Pratim Shah

Staff Firmware Engineer at Samsung - San Jose, CA Sept 2022 – Present
Semiconductor | WiFi
● Provided technical guidance, and mentored junior engineers to enhance their skills and productivity.
● Led a team of firmware engineers for the design and development of robust wifi7 connection.Firmware/Embedded/IoT Engineer with 12+ years of experience.

Sr Firmware Engineer at Latch - San Francisco, CA Jan 2020 – Jun 2022
Smart spaces
● Designed system level feature to improve the communication between the hardware and the backend, which enabled to resolve the issues faster.
● Designed device state query using flatbuffers. Defined the backend behavior to trigger an alert or an action based on device’s state.
● Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, software developers, and production engineer, to ensure seamless integration of firmware with hardware and software components.
● Led the effort to provide same user experience for iOS and Android apps by defining the retry mechanism.
● Tracked manufacturing release dates to coordinate the firmware releases.
● Investigated and resolved BLE responsiveness issues with Android app.
● Conducted technical interviews for new firmware engineer hires and participated in the hiring process.

Firmware Engineer at JUUL Labs – San Francisco, CA Apr 2019 – Jan 2020
Vapor/e-cig
● Ported CLI’s and sensor module drivers from nRF52 to DA1469x.