Firmware & Control Systems
GPS-Guided Drone Autopilot
Developed a PID control system for autonomous drone navigation and integrated C firmware on a PSoC4 microcontroller with GPS sensors.
- PSoC4
- C
- Python
- Control Systems
Sai Tadinada / Embedded Engineer
Bringing hardware to life through code.
I am an Embedded Systems Engineer specializing in firmware development, hardware-software integration, and processor design. I focus on writing robust bare-metal drivers, designing efficient architectures, and ensuring safety-critical compliance.
3
years in embedded systems & hardware
5+
firmware & hardware projects completed
2
processor architectures engineered
Professional Experience
Building safety-critical software and zero-fault firmware for enterprise hardware architectures.
Firmware Engineer
March 2026 - Present
Achieved deterministic error recovery and zero-fault initialization by developing custom C-runtime routines, RISC-V trap handlers, and bare-metal drivers for MMIO peripherals.
Embedded/Firmware Test Engineer
July 2023 - Dec 2023
Developed safety-critical software standards (ISO 26262, ASIL-D) for EV BMS systems and built robust Python/Pytest frameworks for automated validation testing.
Team Lead - Electrical & Power
May 2022 - Aug 2023
Led a 6-member team designing electrical subsystems (TI MSP430, ESP32) to secure a top 10 position in the national CANSAT student satellite competition.
Selected projects - Engineering reliable systems from silicon to software.
A selection of projects highlighting my work in control systems, hardware description languages, and high-performance computing.
Hardware Design
WISC-F24 Pipelined Processor
Designed a 5-stage pipeline processor achieving efficient throughput with a predict not-taken policy and a two-level write-through cache.
- Verilog
- GTKWave
- Unix Systems
FPGA & Cryptography
Hardware Security with FPGAs
Implemented and accelerated RSA and Blowfish encryption/decryption on hardware for high-speed performance using High Level Synthesis.
- Zynq7000
- C
- Verilog
- Vivado
High-Performance Computing
Ray Tracing with OpenMP
Implemented ray tracing operations with OpenMP, enabling higher performance with parallel operation and multiple CPU cores. Achieved up to 3.62× improvement on 200 samples.
- CuDA
- C++
- OpenMP
Skills - The working toolkit behind the projects.
A collection of languages, microcontrollers, and debugging tools I rely on to build robust embedded systems.
Languages
- C/C++
- Python
- Verilog
- System Verilog
Hardware & Microcontrollers
- Zynq 7000 FPGA
- STM32
- PSoC4
- Arduino/NodeMCU
Tools & Protocols
- Git / Jenkins CI/CD
- SPI, I2C, UART, JTAG
- Oscilloscopes / Logic Analyzers
- RTOS & Make
Resume - My professional background and qualifications.
You can view my full resume below.
Publications - Research and technical writing.
A collection of academic research focusing on satellite communication networks, system simulation, and aerospace power validation.
Environment-Aware Green UAV-Assisted, CubeSat Communication Network Energy Efficiency and Outage Probability Analysis.
The Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems
August 2024
Analyzed energy efficiency and outage probability for a green UAV-assisted CubeSat network, designing a 40x efficient communication system architecture.
Dynamic Simulation of Electrical and Thermal Systems for Rapid Design Iteration and Validation of Power Profiles for 3U Imaging CubeSAT
31st IAA Symposium on Small Satellite Missions
October 2024
Detailed the dynamic simulation of electrical and thermal systems to enable rapid design iteration and robust validation of power profiles for a 3U Imaging CubeSat.
Available for the next right role or project
Need reliable firmware or robust hardware-software integration?
I am actively looking for opportunities in Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, and Firmware Engineering. Let's build fault-tolerant systems together.