VINOTH KUMAR

Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

10 years of experience in embedded software development.
Expertise in device driver and firmware development.
Proficient in multiple microcontroller architectures.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a specialist in Embedded Systems and IoT development.

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Skills

Core Skills

EngineeringSystem ArchitectsDevice Driver DevelopmentLinux KernelFirmware ApplicationsMicrocontrollers

Other Skills

System level architectureData-structure/algorithmSoC/MicroprocessorsDocumentation practicesSoftware InfrastructureSoftware DesignCLinuxWireless NetworkingWiFiMicrosoft WordMicrosoft PowerPointReal-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)EclipseEmbedded Software

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Around 10 years of experience in embedded software/platform development – including firmware/boot-loaders, Device drivers and applications for developing embedded products. Highly skilled in designing & developing software modules in C/Embedded C language on various OS/RTOS

Experience

14 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

EngineeringSystem Architects

Nvidia

Senior System Software Engineer

Jan 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

System Architects

Juniper networks

Software Engineer 4

Oct 2015 – Jan 2021 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Professional Skills:
Device driver development for basic and advance communication protocols: GPIO, I2C, MAC/Ethernet, MDIO, PCI/PCIe, PHYs, SPI, UART, USB-NCM, graphical display.
Proficient in Linux kernel and Internal design/development on drivers and event handling
Proficient in Processor/Controller Peripheral subsystem such as PCI/PCIe, Memory map, DMA Engine, Interrupt, Timer, Security Engine, Ethernet, I2C & SPI Controllers and other on-chip peripheral devices
Experience in designing Interrupt handlers (Both kernel and user space), DMA, Crypto Engine, Configuration of PCIe inbound/outbound windows and Paging for high speed peripherals
FPGA driver: Proficient in design & developing device driver from scratch. Skilled in configuring, memory mapping and programming (bit-banging) Xilinx/Altera FPGA’s through Active/Passive serial method.
Involved in complete product life cycle start from scratch/initial design phase till project end
Proficient in understanding system level architecture, design and debugging.
Good hands-on experience in data-structure/algorithm and designing an infrastructure/middleware software architecture for a given hardware
Vendor SDK: BCM-SDK (ASIC-Switches), QCA-LSDK (for WLAN), JUNOS customization and debugging
Code management: Code Collaborator, GIT, SVN, Perforce, Review board, Gerrit, GNATS
Firmware Applications for ultra-low power footprints: Bluetooth/Wi-Fi modules for IoT Products
Microcontrollers (8/16/32 bit): SH7269, MSP430, AtMega168, CC2530, TI-Tiva (TM4C129), ESP8266, ESP32/ESP32-S2 (Wi-Fi chip) etc.,
SoC/Microprocessors: P1010/20/21, AXX3500 (Axxia LSI), QCA9550/QCA9892 (WLAN SoC), BCM58712 (ARM based)
CPU Cores: IBM Power-PC PPC440GX (2 Core), LSI PPC476FPs (6 - Core), NRF51822 (ARM Cortex M0), Intel (8051), Intel-Broadwel, Renesas Super-H, QCA9550 (MIPS), QCA9892 (Tensilica),
Good documentation practices/Technical Reports: Word, Excel and Power point presentation