Pankil Butala
Software Engineer at Apple
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolPankil Butala is an experienced embedded software engineer with 12 years building RF, modem and real-time systems for leading wireless platforms, currently contributing at Apple after a senior engineering track at Qualcomm. He has deep expertise in 4G/5G RF driver design, beam management, AFC, jammer mitigation and MPE features, and has driven cross-functional work from calibration and factory bring-up to 3GPP-compliant protocol and firmware integration. His background blends academic research—FPGA-based optical MIMO and wireless sensing—with hands-on product development in automotive and lab instrumentation, giving him a rare mix of signal-processing rigor and production-grade embedded software delivery. Based in San Diego, he mentors teams and runs training programs, and his career shows a consistent pattern of translating complex wireless algorithms into robust, ship-ready firmware.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Utpal Sanghvi SchoolBachelor's degree, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at University of MumbaiMaster of Science (M.S.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering at University of California, Los AngelesPh.D., Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering at Boston University
English, Hindi, Marathi, GujaratiGithub contributions (4)
pbutala/MATLAB
Apr 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:79 commits, 14 pushes in 10 months
pbutala/Demos
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes in 3 months
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