Aparna Patra

Software Engineer @ NVIDIA

About

Motivated and self-driven engineer specializing in Embedded Software Development. Passionate about solving complex problems and exploring technology. Strong foundation in low level driver development, Linux device drivers, debugging, and validation.

Country

India

City

Bengaluru

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Customer Support, Embedded Software, C++, Security Management, Security, C (Programming Language), Embedded Linux, Embedded Devices, Embedded Software Programming, Electronics, Machine Learning, Web Development, Internet of things

Experience

Software Engineer

NVIDIA

2026-6 - Present · 4 mos

Bengaluru

Embedded Software Engineer

Texas Instruments

2025-1 - 2026-6 · 1 yr 6 mos

- Develop and maintain security software for the MSPM33 MCU family, focusing on secure boot, cryptographic services, and root-of-trust enablement. - Integrate and validate hardware security accelerators (SHA, AES, ECDH, PKA) within embedded firmware environments. - Contribute to secure bootloader architecture and key management workflows aligned with production security requirements.

Application Engineer

Texas Instruments

2023-8 - 2024-12 · 1 yr 5 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Linux and U-Boot based board bring-up, debugging boot flow, device tree configurations, and peripheral initialization. - Performed integration and validation of DSS and MCAN drivers across Linux and RTOS environments, including automotive use cases. - Implemented runtime FDT fixups in U-Boot to enable support for multiple AM62 device variants and board configurations. - Debugged low-level system issues across bootloader, kernel, and driver layers to ensure reliable deployment

Embedded Software Intern

Texas Instruments

2022-9 - 2023-7 · 11 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

-Analyzed boot processes to identify bottlenecks and implement targeted improvements, validate performance improvements across various hardware platforms. -Implemented an optimized authentication of signed images in SBL, to improve the boot performance. -Validated RS485 communication using the Linux kernel driver, on TI hardware, and merged upstream patches into ti-linux-kernel.