Nirmala Arunkumar is an experienced engineering professional with a strong background in software and firmware design. Nirmala has held positions at several prominent technology companies, including Broadcom Inc. as both a Principal Software Engineer and Staff Software Engineer, and NIO as a Staff Software Engineer. Prior roles include serving as a Senior Firmware Design Engineer at PMC-Sierra and a Senior Software Design Engineer at ST Microelectronics. Nirmala holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, completed between 1996 and 2000. Currently, Nirmala is employed as a Bringup Engineer at Cruise.