Shiva Sai Prasad Kothapalli

• Provide end-to-end technical support for Wi-Fi AP customers, focusing on integration, performance, • Resolve issues related to customer WFA test cases, multicast rate configuration, DFS behavior and • Debug and fix issues in NSS drivers, cfg80211, and firmware crashes.
• Support MLO feature integration for Wi-Fi 7 deployments.
• Author technical documentation and train customer engineering teams.
• Helped customers integrate AFC application support into their target devices and resolved AFC cloud • Ensured smooth AFC bring-up by analyzing logs, validating API flows, and coordinating fixes across • Helped customers clear WFA certification for MLO on their APs.
• Assisted customers in fusing boards and flashing Qualcomm firmware.
• Helped diagnose and fix critical issues like RX hang, low throughput due to 11ax features, and crashes, • Supported enabling fast roaming, dynamic bandwidth, and UNII6/UNII7 channels for Australia.

• Designed scalable software architectures for wireless communication systems.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliverables.
• Developed and maintained high-performance code for mobile applications.

Nest Wi-Fi Pro Development

• Actively involved in the development of Nest WiFi Pro product from early stages with key contributions to modules such as WAN, Firewall, QoS, LED and WiFi/Mesh(IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax, 11s, 11k)
• Comprehensive knowledge of the Router Stack, encompassing the Home APP, Cloud, and Router Firmware components
• Resolved 50+ critical bugs throughout product development and participated in release bug scrubs to enhance product stability
• Developed metrics, conducted privacy reviews, and implemented PLX dashboards/alerts to ensure KPIs were met
• Served as the primary contact for privacy and security verification and vulnerability fixes.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including device software, EngProd, hardware, TPM, dogfood, and silicon vendor teams to drive project success
• Complete understanding of Build System, sanity/regression automation framework, CD router and Google Unittest

Google/Nest Wi-Fi Development

• Developed Google/Nest Wi-Fi features including primary and secondary VLAN support for IPTV, dynamic IPv6 enabling without interrupting IPv4, NodeJS and AOGH integration, and pre-OOBE mode.
• Resolved critical issues and monitored crashes through implementation of shell scripts for backtrace extraction.

Google Wi-Fi Stack porting to OpenWRT

• Converted AP software build files to OpenWRT Makefiles for successful porting of Google Wi-Fi stack to OpenWRT
• Migrated upstart scripts to init scripts to enable AP stack operation on OpenWRT and facilitate registration with Google Cloud for device onboarding

• Completed training in core software engineering concepts, including C programming, data structures, networking, socket programming, Linux internals, multithreading, and operating system fundamentals, laying foundation for software development skills.
• Developed and tested small-scale applications using C, improving problem-solving skills and solidifying understanding of key programming concepts.
• Contributed to team projects enhancing networking protocols and optimizing system resource management, gaining hands-on experience in low-level software development and collaboration.