Manish Paul

Debug & Validation Engineer with 11 years of expertise in post-silicon debugging, firmware verification, and system qualification across Intel Xeon platforms and enterprise storage. Proven leader in cross-functional validation programmes, automation enablement, and root cause analysis, with strong skills in BIOS, OpenBMC, DIMM firmware, and Python-based automation. Experienced in applying AI/ML for log analysis, anomaly detection, and RCA insights to accelerate defect closure and product readiness.

Looking forward to contribute in the role of Platform Engineer and QA.

Platform Debug And Validation Engineer - Intel Technology - Bengaluru

(2021-12 - 2026-08)

Responsible for ensuring Intel Xeon platforms are robust, feature-complete and production-ready through deep technical validation, automation and collaboration

• Performing end-to-end debug & validation activities across 5 Intel Xeon server platforms covering Resets, manageability, memory, storage domains.
• Deploying OS, BIOS, BMC firmware, kernels, and operating systems.
• Implementing and validating features like MCTP, SoftSKU, Scan at Field(SAF) feature test cases while ensuring complete functional verification in Intel Xeon servers.
• Implement Intel Debug Token functionality on Intel Xeon platforms, contributing to successful platform bringup.
• Executing error injection validation using cscripts and Fisher tools to verify platform resilience.
• Conducting workload validation utilizing MLC, Stressapptest, Speccpu, and PTU/PTAT to validate platform stability under production scenarios.
• Implementing NGA automation framework, enabling execution of over 200+ automated validation tests through a single-click process.
• Storage validation using different storage devices like M.2/U.2 NVMe SSDs, M.2 SATA SSDs in Intel platforms and Intel VROC technology.
• Verifying crashlog and crashdump functionality using OpenBMC and JTAG environments.
• Debugging validation failures, performing root cause analysis, recreating customer-reported issues, and collaborating with engineering teams for issue resolution.
• Facilitating pre-silicon platform setup and validation activities within Simics simulation environments.
• Driving validation planning and execution for new platform features across multiple Intel Xeon product generations.
• Partnering with firmware, silicon design, architecture, and software engineering teams to accelerate issue closure and product readiness.
• Expanding validation automation coverage through Python scripting and reusable validation frameworks.
• Overseeing release qualification activities by ensuring validation completeness, execution quality, and defect closure.

Lead Engineer - HCL Technologies - Bengaluru

(2019-05 - 2021-11)

Specializing in storage, reset functionality, and automation, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability and robustness across CPS DIMM and NetApp storage platforms

• Validated Power Cycle and Reset functionalities across CPS DIMMs on Linux and Windows platforms across multiple CPS DIMM storage modes.
• Developed comprehensive validation plans and created new test cases for reset functionality.
• Collected and analysed critical validation data including serial logs, memory logs, DimmData logs, NLogs, and system diagnostics.
• Performed root cause analysis on validation failures and reported defects through Intel HSDES.
• Validated firmware for NetApp SAS storage drives across enterprise storage platforms.
• Installed and configured ONTAP environments including kernel deployment, firmware and clustered storage configurations.
• Managed validation test suites including development, execution, maintenance, and updates.
• Executed Python-based automated tests within virtualized environments.
• Configured virtual hosts, storage pools, volume groups, and logical volumes through System Manager.
• Investigated validation failures by analysing Major Error Logs and System Event Logs and reported product defects.

Software Engineer - Mphasis Limited - Bengaluru

(2015-08 - 2019-04)

Specialist in enterprise backup, storage validation and SAN environments, ensuring reliability, performance, and compliance across large-scale data centre infrastructures

• Managed enterprise backup infrastructure supporting multiple global data centres and storage environments for Appliances and traditional tape libraries.
• Configured backup policies, schedules, retention, and VM backup environments, backup policy migration and failure remediation.
• Upgraded firmware and BIOS across backup appliances and NetBackup infrastructure.
• Resolved backup failures, performance issues, storage capacity concerns, and restoration.
• Generated operational reports using Veritas OpsCenter for business stakeholders.
• Verified operating system compatibility and firmware releases across HP enterprise storage arrays.
• Upgraded storage controller firmware and deployed operating systems.
• Established validation test environments connecting servers, storage systems, and Fibre Channel switches.
• Executed validation test cases and maintained test documentation within HP ALM.
• Configured Fibre Channel zoning and SAN environments through GUI and using commands.
• Performed and validated LUN provisioning, different RAID levels, LUN expansion, and host mapping activities.
• Assessed SAN capabilities including clustering, failover, multipathing, and HBA firmware functionality.
• Investigated validation failures, reported product defects, and prepared technical closure documentation supporting project sign-off.

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communication Engineering - Academy of Technology

Major - Artificial Intelligence - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar