Karthik Shivaram

Karthik Shivaram is a Hardware and Product Development Engineer with significant expertise in creating Solid-State Storage Solutions, specifically focusing on SSDs. Karthik has a passion for problem-solving and boasts direct experience in Hardware & Firmware bring-up using FPGA's and Complex SOC's.

His professional interests lie in System Design, Firmware & Product Development, Flash Memories, SSD Firmware & Architecture, and System Architecture (x86). He excels in Design for Debug and Developing Test Solutions for validating complex Firmware Features that drive modern SSDs.

Karthik specializes in Solid State Storage Design (SSDs), SSD Controllers, Firmware Validation, Storage Protocols, x86 System Architecture, Hardware Development, FPGA Design, RTL Development, Digital Circuit/Logic Design, Test Plan & Test Case Development, as well as ATE & Bench Testing.

His academic background includes a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from New York University, a Graduate Certificate in Computer Engineering from Polytechnic University, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication from Visvesvaraya Technological University.

Karthik Shivaram has worked in various reputable organizations, including roles as a Storage Engineer, SSD at Facebook, Staff Firmware Engineer at Samsung Electronics, Staff System Design Engineer at SanDisk, SSD Systems Engineer (R&D) at Micron Technology, Hardware Design Engineer at Radiant Communications Corp., Electrical Engineer (Contract) at Cosense, Inc., Technical Associate (Part-Time) at Engineering Conferences International, RF Test Engineer at Mini-Circuits Laboratory, Graduate Assistant at Polytechnic Institute of New York University, and Intern at UTL Technologies.