Tejal Kurhade

Embedded Firmware Engineer with 4+ years of experience developing, validating, and integrating real-time firmware for mission-critical defense and industrial systems. Skilled in embedded C, bare-metal firmware development on PIC32 and STM32, real-time communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet, UART, RS422, I2C, SPI), and low-level hardware bring-up and debugging (JTAG/SWD, oscilloscope). Delivered production firmware for Indian Navy and DRDO programs, including motor control firmware, sensor and communication interfacing, and safety-critical control logic.

Strong background in root-cause debugging, protocol-level testing, and cross-functional system integration – seeking to bring rigorous, real-time firmware engineering discipline to large-scale embedded software teams.

Embedded Engineer, R&D Electronics at Badawe Engineers Pvt. Ltd. (2022-12 – 2026-04)

• Developed real-time embedded firmware for communication and control subsystems on the Shakti Naval Combat System (Indian Navy), a mission-critical defense platform.
• Developed PIC32-based firmware implementing CAN, Ethernet, UART, and RS422 communication stacks for real-time system control.
• Wrote motor control firmware for a custom BLDC motor controller, including drive logic, protection routines, and power-stage control, and validated it through hardware bring-up and testing.
• Developed embedded firmware for a radar/laser antenna retraction mechanism and an autonomous heavy mobility vehicle kit, implementing sensor interfacing, motor/driver control, communication networking, and safety-critical control-loop logic.
• Performed firmware validation, board-level debugging, and protocol-level testing across all programs; authored interface specifications and verification reports.
• Collaborated with cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams to meet defense-grade reliability and maintainability requirements.

Graduate Apprentice, Embedded Systems at DRDO – VRDE, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India (2021-11 – 2022-11)

• Designed the electrical architecture for a 6x6 hub-motor electric rover platform and developed the embedded firmware for its subsystems.
• Developed sensorless BLDC motor control firmware using back-EMF zero-crossing detection, eliminating the need for Hall-effect sensors.
• Developed firmware for a Power Distribution Board (PDB) supporting multiple vehicle subsystems with fault isolation and current protection.
• Developed embedded control firmware for a semi-autonomous UGV platform, integrating sensor drivers and an AUTOSAR-based software architecture.
• Developed telemetry firmware and host-side monitoring interfaces in Python for real-time diagnostics.

B.Tech in Electrical Engineering – Sardar Patel College of Engineering, University of Mumbai (2017 – 2020)

Diploma in Electrical Engineering – Government Polytechnic Ahmednagar (2014 – 2017)