Manish Birla — Director of Engineering

* Building the expertise in IoT (Internet of Things) & developing the solutions. * Strong interest and passion for wireless technologies, with 14 years of experience in architect and managing mobile software domain including Linux, Android, window mobile,Tizen & Emb-OS. * wider software development experience. It includes develop & port application, engine, library, linux device drivers to various SW and HW platforms. * Very good understanding of wearable (watch) HW and SW architecture, SoC consideration & development using FPGA. * Expertise in sensor development includes native linux device drivers, sensor HAL for various vendors. * Good experience on QC ADSP & DSPS sensor solutions, driver development, power & performance optimizations. * Expertise in sensor data interpretation and algorithm development. * Experience on linux device drivers for TSP, TKEY, LED & Vib. * Good understanding of Linux graphics architecture in user space including x-server, EFL, EGL, HWC & SW/ GPU composition. * Major experience on commercialization of android smart phone & tablets, based on Advance Qualcomm chipsets MSM8x26, MSM8960, APQ8060, MSM8930 & Samsung Exynos SOC. * Lead Android upgrade projects of ICS, JB & JBP. * Worked in variety of roles. The roles are managing team, project, Managing the program, closely work with vendor, technical architect, Customer interaction & individual technical contribution. * Proven track record for effective customer communication and collaboration with 3rd party vendors. (QCT San Diego and QIPL, India) * Proven track record of build team from scratch, build competency & on-time project delivery. * Experience in porting Web-kit browser on windows mobile, stabilization and performance tuning. * Application development experience on Windows Mobile and Windows Phone. * Work experience on high selling models GS2 (1st LTE), GS3, Galaxy Note, Tab & Grand2. * One Patent filed with USA patent office.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a highly skilled IoT and mobile applications architect with extensive experience in automotive and embedded systems.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 25 yrs 10 mos

Skills

Automotive
Embedded Systems
Iot
Smart Home Solutions
Mobile Applications

Career Highlights

14 years of experience in mobile software architecture.
Expertise in IoT solutions and wireless technologies.
Proven track record in team building and project delivery.

Work Experience

Qualcomm India Pvt Ltd

Director, Engineering (4 yrs 4 mos)

Senior Staff Engineer - Automotive (5 yrs 3 mos)

Sasken Communication Technologies

Internet of Things - Architect (1 yr 6 mos)

Samsung research India Pvt Ltd

Senior Technical Manager (6 yrs 9 mos)

Motorola India

Software Professional (4 yrs)

Ruksun

Sr Software Engg (1 yr)

mentorix

Software Engg (1 yr)

L&T

Software Trainee (2 yrs)

Education

at Jai Narain Vyas University

Manish Birla

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

14 years of experience in mobile software architecture.
Expertise in IoT solutions and wireless technologies.
Proven track record in team building and project delivery.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a highly skilled IoT and mobile applications architect with extensive experience in automotive and embedded systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

AutomotiveEmbedded SystemsIotSmart Home SolutionsMobile Applications

Other Skills

Automotive chipsetsLinux AndroidQNXHypervisorEmbedded LinuxSmart Home GatewayIOTivityAllJoynMbed OSFreeRTOSYoctoZigBeeBLEZWaveWifi/TCP

About

Experience

25 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

9 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Qualcomm india pvt ltd

2 roles

Director, Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

Senior Staff Engineer - Automotive

Sep 2016 – Dec 2021 · 5 yrs 3 mos

I am leading Automotive India Customer Engineering Team and supporting Automotive Tier1 in commercializing Infotainment, Telematics, Integrated cockpit solutions to leading Car Makers.
We are providing key support to our customers using Qcom automotive chipsets in their board bring up, feature development, stability / performance/ KPI goals, Power optimization & Compliance Test. We are supporting design and development of Automotive platforms like Linux Android, QNX, Hypervisor, Auto Grade Linux, Embedded Linux & Green Hills.

Automotive chipsetsLinux AndroidQNXHypervisorEmbedded LinuxAutomotive+1

Sasken communication technologies

Internet of Things - Architect

Mar 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore

Worked on preparing Project Proposals contains Architecture, Technical Approach, WBS, effort estimation, Team compositions, Schedule, mile stones, Dependency, Risks, Assumptions & commercials etc.
Worked on Architecture of Smart Home Gateway which enables to connect wide range of devices with connectivity like ZigBee, BLE, ZWave, Wifi/ TCP, 6 LOWPAN and having the rule engine for home automation.
Build the expertise in IOT, Open Source Framework IOTivity, AllJoyn, Mbed OS, FreeRTOS, Yocto etc.
Innovative use case development for Building Energy Management, Connected Home and wearable.
Understand the standards like MQTT, CoAP, 6LowPan, OIC, Cloud Interface etc.
Supported fixing issues, performance and stability on Smart Home Gateway SDK 1.0.
Studied the possible architecture of SDK 1.0 to support speech commands.

Smart Home GatewayIOTivityAllJoynMbed OSFreeRTOSYocto+2

Samsung research india pvt ltd

Senior Technical Manager

Jun 2008 – Mar 2015 · 6 yrs 9 mos

I involved in key commercialization and R&D projects.
SW & HW Architecture for wearable platforms.
Android Smart Phone Projects
Played the key role in building the LINUX BSP team from scratch.
Contributed to Commercialize galaxy models and tablets to various markets.
Leaded the Team for TSP, TKEY, LED, VIB, Sensors ( Accel, Gyro, Mag ), HDMI/ MHL driver and HAL development.
Dedicated sensor core development for 24*7 use cases and power optimizations.
Fusion sensor, Sensor HAL development.
Power optimizations, GPIO configurations, Factory test, Field issue fixing
Android upgrade, worked on ICS, JB, JB MR2 & KK.
work with Vendor, Roadmaps, Study of chipsets, HW/ SW Architecture, SW releases & Issues management.
Browser Project:
Porting of Open Source WEBKIT engine on Windows Mobile platform.
Browser UI development.
Android browser app development for first SAMSUNG Tablet.
Windows Mobile
Windows mobile porting to BRCM chipsets.
Apps porting to new platform and platform customizations.

Linux BSPAndroidSensor DevelopmentPower OptimizationsEmbedded SystemsMobile Applications

Motorola india

Software Professional

Jun 2004 – Jun 2008 · 4 yrs

I worked with Motorola, India for 4 years. I got the chance to work on MMS, SMS, Signin, FOTA and Blogger applications. This is First time I got introduced to Mobile domain, proprietary software, and Technology and Product Development Life Cycle. I got the chance to work with many brilliant Tech Leads, Program & Release Managers.

MMSSMSFOTABlogger applicationsMobile Applications

Ruksun

Sr Software Engg

Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr

I worked with Ruksun for small duration. During the time I had worked on development of MSN and Yahoo Messenger Libraries. I developed the features like sign in/out, Add/ Delete/ Block Buddy, Single/ Group Chat, Status, Alerts etc.

MSNYahoo Messenger Libraries

Mentorix

Software Engg

Jan 2002 – Jan 2003 · 1 yr

Mentorix was one of the leading e-learning software development Company. During the time I worked on School Administrative & Success Maker Management System Software.
I worked little bit on Macintosh OS also.

L&t

Software Trainee

Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 · 2 yrs

This was my first company and first time i got introduced to Software world. I started with trainings on various technologies including main frame, data base, J2EE, soft skills, C, C++, Design, VC++, MFC etc.
First few months I worked on Lotus Notes.
Then I moved to communication department and I worked on ASN encoder decoder & Network Frame generator module.