Dec 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore

• As an Embedded Systems Design Consultant, I help companies in their embedded product development activities like:
• Building technical requirement document
• Schematic and PCB Design review
• Review and suggestions on the Architecture, help in selecting main components like MCU/MPU, SoM, Displays, etc.
• Custom Hardware development (Altium)
• Firmware development from scratch
• PCB Test Automation (PC Software, Jig development)
• The platforms I mainly work on are
• STM32
• Nordic Wireless SoC(nRF52, nRF53)
• Ambiq Micro Apollo 3
• ESP32
• Embedded Linux Compute Modules (Toradex, Phytec, Variscite, Raspberry Pi Compute Module, etc.)
• Also, started developing open-source embedded designs to help support the embedded community.
• I will be sharing these projects on my blog from time to time.

Apr 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · BANGALORE

• Key Responsibilities
• Sale & Business Development for Products & Services (India & China):
• Validation Infrastructure Development to improve the productivity of the engineers (LabVIEW, TestStand, C#, Python)
• Embedded Firmware Development (High-Speed Data Converters / FPGA / MCU/Soc)
• User-Centric GUIs development using Web technologies
• Business Unit Manager - Smart Camera Division
• Lead Generation, Prospecting
• Online Promotion (Linkedin and other channels)
• Understand Market Requirements
• Competition Analysis
• Sales Execution

May 2012 – Apr 2018 · 5 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore, India

• Key Responsibilities:
• Managing Engineering Team (upto 12 members) - Hardware, Software (WinCE, Linux)
• Engineering Project Management
• Pre-Sales Technical Support to Sales Team/Customers
• Post Sales Technical Support to Customers (Global & India)
• Support to Marketing team in content generation ( articles, videos, workshops, reference designs, etc.) & reviews.
• Recruitment of Engineers & other resources in Sales & Marketing
• Also handled previously:
• WinCE Application Programming
• Cloud Library development for - Amazon Cloud S3, SNS, SQS
• Exposure to VS2008, VC++, HTTP / FTP interface in C
• Hardware Design, Schematic Capture & PCB Design using Altium

Mar 2011 – May 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore, India

• Embedded Software Development for Solar based Products: Solar Battery Charge Controllers (MPPT - Buck/Boost), Power Management Modules, GSM/GPRS based Solar Power Grid Monitoring System.
• MCU: Infineon 8bit XC8XX Series, 16bit XE162 Series
• Interfaces: PWM / I2C / SPI / UART / RS232 / RS485 / GSM / GPRS
• Firmware Development for Infineon MCUs, Managing Software Team(3 developers), Support to Production Team, Recruitment, Pre-Sales support to Sales Team, Post Sales Customer Support

Nov 2007 – Mar 2011 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Projects:
• Automation /M2M Projects -
• Water Treatment Plant Monitoring Systems(DLF), GSM based Server Room Monitoring System (Saudi Arabia), Fuel Level Measurement & Monitoring System(BSNL), GSM/GPRS based Railways Battery Monitoring System (Assam), GPS Sync Clock for HCL, Nurse Call System, Packaging Machine Controller, Operation Theater Control Panel, GSM Modem, etc.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Pre-Sales Technical discussions with prospects
• Architect the solution
• Manage development team & projects
• Post-Sales customer support - remotely or on-site
• Support in marketing content creation, reviews.

Nov 2006 – Nov 2007 · 1 yr · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Profile:
• Designing Analog/Digital Electronics and Microcontroller based circuits.
• Embedded Application Software in C
• Front End Hardware Test Automation Software in VB 6.0 for various Projector Cards, Power Supplies.
• Integrating Test equipments (DMM, Oscilloscopes, Digital Power Supplies, Programmable Electronic Loads, etc) with the external circuits for implementing Automated Test Stations.
• Improving already designed testing jigs and implementing new for new as well as for old products.
• Projects:
• Testing/Calibration automation for lift control for Projector
• Test automation Setup for LPS of Projector.
• Various Test Software in VB 6.0 for automated configurations and testing.

May 2005 – Nov 2006 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Profile:
• Testing various Equipments, Training to test-engineers, Writing Test Procedures, Design & Development of test jigs, etc.
• Schematic Capture/PCB Designing (Protel99SE) for power electronics boards and embedded boards.
• PIC C Programming, Front end programming in Visual Basic 6.0.
• Handling RDSO inspections.
• Leading a team of 5 people for different R&D projects.
• Projects Handled:
• Battery Monitoring System (Cell/Bank)
• Integrated Power Supply Monitoring System (40 Channel)
• Fault Status Logger
• Multipurpose Meter with RS-232 Connectivity
• AC Voltage/Current measurement module (Isolated)