About

Sumit Kumar is a Senior Lead Engineer at Qualcomm with over 9 years of experience in the software industry. His expertise lies in wireless Embedded Software development, specifically in Bluetooth and WLAN (802.11) edge cutting technologies. Throughout his career, Sumit has held various roles such as C/Perl based programmer, Module Designer, Module Leader, and now a Team Lead with development-centric roles for different cutting edge projects. Sumit's professional competency includes proficiency in programming languages such as C, Perl, and Python, as well as operating systems such as Linux and Windows. He is also experienced in protocols such as TCP/IP, Ieee802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, and Bluetooth, and tools such as Make, GDB, GNU toolchains, Wireshark, Iperf & Chariot, Snoop, Ellisys, and T32. In terms of technology areas, Sumit is knowledgeable in WLAN specifications, Bluetooth specification, data structure, Linux internals, Unix internals (FMS, PMS, and IPC), system programming, socket programming, and multi-threading, as well as Linux commands. Currently, Sumit is a Senior Lead Engineer at Qualcomm, where he continues to apply his expertise in Bluetooth Audio and Coex, which helps to have better user experience in streaming music over BT devices. He has also worked towards smooth coexistence of Bluetooth and WLAN to have efficient antenna sharing between two edge-cutting technologies. Previously, Sumit was a Software Engineer at Broadcom, where he worked on the MAC layer firmware development in Wifi technology, specifically Virtual Simultaneous Dual Band (VSDB), a software feature that enables a device to maintain two or more simultaneous connections (virtual) on two different channels. Sumit holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Information Technology from the Institute of Management & Technology, Ghaziabad, which he completed in 2012. He also completed his 12th grade in Science with a focus on Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry from JS Inter College, Mundakhera, in 2007. Sumit's relevant experience in the field of software engineering is 10.61 years, and his tech stack includes Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, designer, Python, and C.