Vivek Gautam — Software Engineer
• Linux kernel and device driver developer on ARM platform. • Reviewing and analyzing the user manuals, schematics and develop bootloader and Linux BSP for ARM based Samsung SoCs. • Developing and Upstreaming device drivers for USB and PHY for Exynos 5 and 7 series of SoCs on Linux Kernel as well as U-Boot. • Fair knowledge and experience on USB frameworks for Linux Kernel and U-Boot. • Hands on experience on MMC class driver development and debugging on Linux Kernel. • Board bring up and solving critical issues on Exynos SoC series based Chrombooks. • Fair understanding of Power management, Clock, Pinctrl and Phy frameworks of Linux kernel. • Kernel migration of various device drivers, subsystems and SoCs. • Kernel maintenance and repositories using Git, Gerrit. • Debugging and resolving critical PLM issues and customer reported issues, following issue tracker and CQ. • Experience with Google Chrome build and development environment, test setups, Google Gerrit review processes and issue trackers. • Experience in working with hardware teams at Samsung HQs and with Customer & Engineer teams at Samsung client sites to analyse and resolve technical issues. • Good understanding with hardware design schematics and user manuals. • Experience with JTAG Trace32 debugger for bring-up as well as debugging kernel issues.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a specialist in Embedded Systems with a focus on Linux kernel development.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 14 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Linux Kernel
- Embedded Systems
Career Highlights
- Expert in Linux kernel and device driver development.
- Significant experience with ARM-based SoCs and Chromebooks.
- Proven track record in upstreaming and kernel maintenance.
Work Experience
Arm
Principal Software Engineer (2 yrs 2 mos)
Staff Software Engineer (4 yrs 2 mos)
Samsung Electronics
Staff Software Engineer (4 mos)
Qualcomm
Lead Engineer, Sr (3 yrs)
Samsung Electronics
Technical Lead (1 yr 2 mos)
Lead Engineer (1 yr 11 mos)
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 9 mos)
Education
M. Tech. at Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
B. Tech. at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
Schooling at St. Paul's Sen Sec School