About

Jhankar Agrawal is a highly experienced Sr R&D Engineer I at Synopsys Inc with over 10 years of experience in C, System Level and Firmware Programming. He has a strong background in the development, performance tuning, and testing of firmware for SSD (solid state driver) controllers based on SATA protocol in the Flash Storage Domain. Jhankar is skilled in debugging using SSD Event logs, SATA trace, and GDB debugger. Jhankar is a key member of a cross-functional scrum team involved in analysis, design, and development of the product. He has hands-on experience on drive-related tools like Drive Master, Bus Expert, Lecroy SATA Analyzer, and software management tools like JIRA, Accurev, Source Insight, and Jenkins. He is also a valuable contributor to code reviews and document reviews as an Author, Reviewer, and Observer. Jhankar has excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. He is highly self-motivated, disciplined, focused, and a problem-solver. He is an excellent team-player and guide, and he takes ownership and contributes individually to the project. Prior to his current role at Synopsys, Jhankar has worked as a Senior Software Engineer at NXP Semiconductors and as a Firmware Developer at Seagate. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Embedded System from C-DAC and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electronics and Communications Engineering from UPTU. He also has an Intermediate degree in Science from Sacred Heart Convent Higher Secondary School. Jhankar's technical skills include test, Jenkins, and Software Engineer. With his relevant experience of 10.45 years, he has gained a strong understanding of the industry and has developed skills that make him a valuable asset to any team.