About

Mrinal Mahant is a highly skilled and results-oriented Firmware and System Validation Engineer with over 9 years of experience in the field. He is currently working as an R&D Software Engineer in Data Center Storage Solutions at Broadcom LTD, where he oversees Firmware and Application Validation. Mrinal has a keen ability to recognize and implement streamlined processes that reduce errors and improve operational quality and efficiency. He is a diligent, self-motivated, and committed professional with excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. Mrinal has a proven track record in formulating performance test scripts, executing load tests and stress tests, and has good exposure to storage domain. He is familiar with various OS like Windows, Linux, and VMware, and has working knowledge in PCIe, NVMe, SAS, SATA, as well as hands-on experience on hardware server platforms like Intel X86, ARM, and AMD. His specialties include testing (Functional, Performance, Reliability, Scalability), and domain knowledge in Storage-DAS, RAID, SNMP, VDS. Mrinal holds an Executive MBA in Project Management from Sikkim Manipal University and a B.E. in Electronics & Communication from K.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore. He is passionate about exploring more in the storage-security domain, RAID technology, and newly evolving related technologies. Mrinal has previously worked as a Software QA Engineer at LSI, where he gained experience in Performance testing with different tools on software RAID servers. He has a good understanding of RAID technology and various protocols like SCSI, SATA, SAS. He has also worked on different kinds of Software RAID servers and has excellent communication and debugging skills. Mrinal has also worked as a Pre-Sales Engineer at Diagnosys Electronics (I) Pvt Ltd, where he was responsible for testing the operation of each individual device, finding open shorts, broken tracks, voltages, digital failures, and incorrect, broken, or missing passive components. He has also done reverse engineering of unknown circuits that have been declared obsolete by OEM. Overall, Mrinal Mahant is a highly skilled and motivated Firmware and System Validation Engineer with a passion for exploring new technologies and improving operational quality and efficiency.