Govinda Rao K S

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 7 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 12 years of experience in embedded software engineering.
  • Expertise in driver development for Display domain.
  • Strong background in kernel level debugging.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a skilled Embedded Systems Engineer with extensive experience in driver development and machine learning applications.

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Skills

Core Skills

Device DriversEmbedded SystemsMachine Learning

Other Skills

ASICAgile MethodologiesBLECDebuggingDigital DesignsDisplay ProtocolsDynamic Voltage Frequency ScalingFPGAGPUGPU ComputingHeterogeneous ComputingKernel Level DebuggingMatlabMicroprocessors

About

Embedded software engineer with 12 years of experience in driver/firmware programming for Linux and Windows environments. Expertise in driver development for Display domain.

Experience

Nvidia

Senior System Software Engineer

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Qualcomm

2 roles

Staff Engineer

Nov 2022Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Senior Lead Engineer

Mar 2020Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Intel corporation

2 roles

Graphics Software Engineer

Jul 2013Feb 2020 · 6 yrs 7 mos

  • Involved with development of power-on quality Windows display driver for deployment in multiple Intel Gen and Atom platforms.
  • Involved with full SW life cycle development from pre-Si phase till launch of chipsets to multiple customers.
  • Good hands-on and excellent kernel level debugging of Windows Driver Stack. Debugged and provided driver fixes for multiple customer and internally filed bugs.
  • Worked on waterfall as well as Agile methodologies for SW development.
  • Lead a team of developers in task force mode fixing milestone and OEM release impacting issues in post-Si phase.
  • Good knowledge on various display protocols like eDP, MIPI, DP and HDMI.
  • Implemented various power saving features like Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling (DVFS) and Panel Self Refresh (PSR) for Intel Low Power platforms.
  • Worked on new display features such as Adaptive sync, eDP MSO and DP over USB-C.
  • Working with cross-team, cross-geo for finalizing on design opens for next generation and upcoming platforms.
  • Debugged issues pertaining to various customer designs, new panels enabling and identifying issues specific to panel FW.
Windows Driver StackKernel Level DebuggingDisplay ProtocolsPower Saving FeaturesAgile MethodologiesDevice Drivers+1

Graduate Intern Technical

Jan 2013Jun 2013 · 5 mos

  • Worked on improving the performance of different Machine Learning algorithm by transferring the computing intensive part of algorithm to GPU.
  • Analyzed and compared the performance of feature extraction part of handwriting recognition and speech recognition algorithm on different architecture (CPU and GPU).
  • Developed a Heart Rate Sensor application on a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) profile. Analyzed different BLE profiles for biosensor applications.
Machine LearningGPU ComputingBLEEmbedded Systems

Education

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

M.Tech — Information Technology / Sub-major in Embedded Systems

Jan 2011Jan 2013

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Engineering and Technology (SDMCET)

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Electronics and Communications Engineering

Jan 2006Jan 2010

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