Rajan Kodivel

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India27 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led a 200+ member engineering team at NetApp.
Reduced testing cycle from one month to one day.
Expert in Embedded Systems and Digital TV technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Embedded Systems and Digital TV technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementStorageSoftware EngineeringEmbedded SystemsTestingDigital Tv

Other Skills

Team BuildingEngineering LeadershipDirector levelSoftware Defined StorageHyper-Converged InfrastructureEmbedded LinuxTesting AutomationSoftware ManagementEmbedded SoftwareDevice DriversRTOSFirmwarePerlCSoC

About

Professional Summary Senior Engineer Manager/Director with extensive experience in managing and developing Embedded System Software and Firmware products with Eighteen years of Engineering and Management experience in The industries of Storage,DTV,Mobile(SOC) and X86 processors. Specialties: Technical management of SW Dev, Integration,Validation teams. SW program Mgtt, Customer features def, System Architecture, Feature Effort estimates, & product delivery. Embedded SW Test Automation, Unit , System and Validation Testing. Firmware and Embedded SW Design, Dev and Validation. Digital TV (DTV) and STB(Set Top Box) Software, DTV Transmission Standards, RTOS, C & C++, Visual Basic, VC++, MFC, ADA, FORTRAN & PASCAL. Shell, REXX, Perl and Tcl/Tk) for test software development.

Experience

27 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

16 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Netapp

2 roles

Senior Director of Engineering

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · On-site

Managing a 200+ members Core Storage Engineering (CSE) team in the Enterprise Storage BU, responsible for developing, testing, and delivering NAS and SAN all-flash storage On-Prem & Cloud products.
Led strategic initiatives to expand product offerings and improve market presence.
Implemented policies to boost operational efficiency and compliance.
Oversaw vendor relationships to maintain service quality and cost-effectiveness.
Developed project plans detailing timelines, goals, budgets, and staffing.
Identified and acted on opportunities to enhance operational metrics.
Led teams in designing, developing, and validating Data ONTAP- A storage Operating System
Manage a team responsible for Quality Assurance
Provide direct leadership to the team overseeing Software Defined Storage (eSDS), and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI)
Collaborate with Senior Engineering executives, Product Management team to define, prioritize, and budget new products, oversee end-to-end product delivery, and manage shipping products through to End of Availability (EOA) and End of Support (EOS). Facilitate PMs for core engineering phases using PLC phase review model.
Guide the team in adhering to industry standards for product design and development (including Preliminary Architecture Documents, AS, Functional Specifications, Design Specifications, Master Validation Specifications, etc.).
Coordinate with the Ops team to support efficient manufacturing processes.
Engage with customers to enhance customer experience and improvements.
Manage third-party suppliers under Time & Materials and Outcome-based contracts to ensure seamless software development & delivery.
Plan, budget, and administer the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for Alternate Workforce (AWF), capital expenditures (Capex), and Opex.
Provide mentoring and coaching to senior managers, & Directors resulting in promotion opportunities.
Monitor industry trends to identify areas for growth and innovation.

StorageTeam BuildingEngineering LeadershipEngineering ManagementDirector level

Director Of Engineering

Jan 2010 – Jul 2022 · 12 yrs 6 mos · On-site

Managing Platform validation Team responsible for validating Software and Firmware functionalities of NetApp storage filers.
Team comprised of 30 members with various skill sets of software and Firmware testing with automation development experience.

Broadcom

Software Engineering Manager(Dev,Integration,Validation & Testing)

Oct 2008 – Jan 2010 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area · On-site

Led a 12-member team in designing, developing, and testing embedded software for digital TV SoCs.
Directed development of automated test software that reduced the testing cycle from one month to one day, significantly boosting efficiency and product cadence.
Set up Broadcom DTV streaming Head-end, installing ATSC (8-VSB, 16VSB, QAM, QPSK), DVB-T/H, NTSC, and PAL channels for the Video Domain Business Unit.

Embedded LinuxEmbedded Systems

Amd

Software Engineering Manager

Oct 2006 – Oct 2008 · 2 yrs · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Managed a team of 20 members who were responsible to validate Digital TV SOC. Worked closely with Sony & many DTV OEMs to support solutions for Audio and Video codecs.

Software ManagementDigital TV

Intel

Sr. Software Engineer/Test Automation Team Lead

Jun 2004 – Oct 2005 · 1 yr 4 mos

Developed the automation test framework and test software for validating the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC).
Designed LAN, I2C, and serial transport interface layers and drivers in accordance with IPMI2.0 specifications.

Sigpro wireless

Software Engineer

Jun 2003 – Jun 2004 · 1 yr · Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area

• Developed and tested a board support physical layer package for a 3G wireless multi-standard baseband processor (FLEXIUMTM) in compliance with 3GPP standards and protocol stacks for CDMA2000 and WCDMA.

Ems technologies (formerly spar aerospace), space & technologies group

EMS Technologies

Feb 2001 – Feb 2003 · 2 yrs · Montreal,Canada

Responsible for writing Real Time Simulator Software, Flight Software and Testing Software for the International Space Station (ISS) Program and the Mobile Service Station Program (MSSP).
Activities & Achievements:
Designed the Testing Software and Simulator using C & C++ for the Special Test Equipment (STE) used to test the Flight Software for Robotics workstation (RWS), main control panel for the Astronauts for controlling the mobile service payloads used in ISS.
Wrote the Test App using IBM REXX and Perl in OS/2 RTOS for Workstation Host software (WHS) &Video graphic Software (VGS) under simulated working environment of space with many messages on different control buses (MIL STD 1553 and GPIB).
Coded the Flight software using ADA, C/C++ and Assembly Lang for the RWS, CANADA ARM2 and Robotic Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM).
Wrote the Interface Software and Device Driver in C and VxWorks RTOS for the Control Electronics Unit (CEU) board built on Intel X386 with ACPI and the Video Graphic Board with TMS 320C54X series DSP using VC++ (MFC) and Assembly Language.
Wrote the Interface Software and Device Driver in C under VxWorks for the Control Electronics Unit (CEU) board with Intel 386 Microprocessor with ACPI and the Video Graphic Board with TMS 320C54X series DSP using VC++ and Assembly Language.
Designed the Firmware and the Real time Simulator for the Control, communication and the Robotic Joint elements of CANADA ARM2.
Documented S/W specification, Test Description and Test Report with VISIO, Ms-Office.
Debugged the Flight S/W by Emulator (ICE), IPAT, Scope, Logic and Bus Analyzer etc.

Emcon emsys technologies

Assistant Manger

Jan 2000 – Feb 2001 · 1 yr 1 mo

• As a project leader, handled automation of electronic industrial products with real time capabilities of embedded microprocessors, controllers and DSP within team of 12.

Satyabama university

Software Design Engineer

Sep 1997 – Dec 1999 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Designed, developed & implemented & executed advanced industrial embedded research projects by the AICTE.
Performed research on ‘Implementation of High Voltage DC in Power Lines' and managed microcontroller & microprocessor labs for Electronics &Communication Engineering students.