Jigyasa Hirawat
I have nearly 44 months of experience at SanDisk, where I began as an intern, earned a pre-placement offer, and progressed to Senior Firmware Engineer on client storage products. Over time, my role evolved from technical execution to cross-functional leadership, playing a key role in resolving a critical quality issue affecting 1.7 million storage devices, and delivering significant boot-performance improvements to support design wins under aggressive timelines. Recognised with the Galaxy Award and several Silver Awards, I developed a strong foundation in problem-solving, stakeholder management, and customer-focused delivery. Outside of work, I have been involved in theatre and street plays since college, winning at the national level, and volunteered to teach at a government school in Rajasthan during COVID-19. I am now at XLRI pursuing PGDM-GM to make the shift from building products to shaping what gets built and why.
Work experience
44 months in total
- SanDisk44 months
Career highlights
Senior Firmware Engineer, SanDisk
- Spearheaded cross-functional investigation to resolve a critical quality defect threatening 1.7M deployed storage devices for global clients, averting a large-scale product recall.
- Engineered a high-priority performance turnaround for a Tier-1 OEM client under a strict 3-week deadline, delivered 43% boot-time reduction and 25x read-speed acceleration, securing a critical design win.
- Proactively identified a customer pain point missing from next-gen product specification; collaborated with product management team to work on the solution, customers confirmed satisfaction with the feature addition upon reviewing the updated specification.
Firmware Engineer, SanDisk
- Designed a proactive failure-prevention mechanism for storage chips, detects high-risk components early and retires them before they cause customer-facing errors, improving product longevity.
- Designed and implemented a stress testing mechanism for storage chips that reduced validation time significantly while maintaining full reliability equivalence to long-duration user cycles.
- Received Silver Awards for consistent on-time delivery across multiple high-impact product programmes.
Achievements
- Promoted to Senior Firmware Engineer at SanDisk; recognised for consistent delivery and leadership across 44 months
- Received Galaxy Award for securing Tier-1 OEM design win within a 3-week deadline at SanDisk
- Received several Silver Awards for delivering key firmware milestones on time across multiple high-impact product programmes at SanDisk
- Secured Pre-Placement Offer for full-time role based on excellent internship performance at SanDisk
- Awarded 1st place at national-level street theatre competition along with multiple state-level accolades
- Received Indira Priyadarshini Award, a Rajasthan state government recognition for academic excellence
Certifications
- Foundations of Project Management - Google (Coursera) - 2026
- Introduction to Data Analytics for Business - University of Colorado Boulder (Coursera) - 2026
- Generative AI for Leaders - Vanderbilt University (Coursera) - 2026
- Business Analytics with Excel: Elementary to Advanced - Johns Hopkins University (Coursera) - 2026
- Introduction to Management Consulting - Emory University (Coursera) - 2026
- GenAI for Executives & Business Leaders: An Introduction - IBM (Coursera) - 2026
- The Joy of Computing using Python - IIT Madras (NPTEL) - 2020
