Dundappa Sankapal

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 4 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in testing and debugging semiconductor devices.
  • Proven track record in firmware and DSP software development.
  • Strong leadership in mentoring teams for silicon test development.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Semiconductor and Embedded Systems expert with strong capabilities in firmware and digital signal processing.

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Skills

Core Skills

TestingDebuggingFirmwareDigital Signal Processing

Other Skills

Test programs developmentCharacterizationData analysisMentoringHardware designMicrocontroller programmingADC interface developmentSoftware developmentFixed point analysisAlgorithm developmentCMicrocontrollersMatlabSemiconductorsPerl

Experience

19 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 9 mos
Current Experience

Texas instruments

Engineering Manager

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Bangalore

Intel corporation

2 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2022Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Product Development Engineer

Jun 2019Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Anora

3 roles

Principal Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2018Jun 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

Senior Product Development Engineer

Apr 2016Mar 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

Product Development Engineer

Feb 2015Mar 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

Karmic design centre pvt ltd

2 roles

Post silicon validation engineer- Texas Instruments

Apr 2010Jan 2015 · 4 yrs 9 mos

  • Developed test programs for the TI's high volume DSP's, PMIC's,DRIVERS and interfaces on ATE (VLCT)
  • Characterized HSI modules USB2,USB3,HDMI,DSI and MPHY for all PVT corners.
  • Developed schematic and did simulations for multisite solutions.
  • Multi-probe(Wafer Sort) and Final Test production test development and deployment at ATE Sites.
  • Proficient with lab instruments like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal streams.
  • Done test program conversion for the legacy testers- Dual controller to single controller VLCT, IMPACT to VLCT.
  • Data analysis Cp,Cpk and GRR reports.
  • Yield analysis and improvement through TTR and with different test methodology.
  • Test data analysis for Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility. Data collection and statistical analysis using Testware, PCW.
  • Good in debug activities related to the test solution at all levels; Si-Debug, Board Troubleshooting, Test Implementation.
  • Mentored 5 member team for the Silicon Test Development activity.
Test programs developmentCharacterizationData analysisDebuggingMentoringTesting

Firmware Engineer - KarMic

Apr 2009Mar 2010 · 11 mos

  • Responsible for the hardware design of the experiments board.
  • Training the team regarding the micro-controller concepts and Interface.
  • Developed the ADC interface code for MSP430F2013 and MSP430FG4618 to measure the temperature using internal temperature sensor and ADC
  • Done the SPI interface between MSP430FG4618 and MSP430F2013 on Texas Instruments analog lab in Box.
  • Developed application for DC motor control with MSP430F2274
Hardware designMicrocontroller programmingADC interface developmentFirmware

Karmic design centre pvt ltd

DSP Engineer - Saankhya Labs

Jan 2007Mar 2009 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

  • Developed the DVB-T receiver Software model on VLIW architecture.
  • Done DVB-T receiver fixed point analysis.
  • Developed “C” and Assembly code for the Bit De-inter leaver and De randomizer.
  • Developed Fixed point algorithm in 'C' language for the Frame Synchronization and
  • Fine synchronization. Interfaced implemented 'C' algorithms with MATLAB.
  • Acted as key member to get Instruction set architecture for Universal Demodulator.
  • Acted as the communication channel between the Algorithm team and RTL design team.
  • Used and verified the simulator and assembler developed as the reference model to verify the software development.
  • Implemented “FAST division algorithm” in C .
  • Design of Simplified soft decision De-mapper for DVB-T (MATLAB - Floating point model and software model).
  • Tested software model for all standard channel specifications.
  • Tested and qualified software model for real time captured test streams from DTVLabs on FPGA prototype of Custom VLIW processor.
Software developmentFixed point analysisAlgorithm developmentDigital Signal Processing

Karnataka microelectronic design centre pvt. ltd.

Trainee

Jul 2006Dec 2006 · 5 mos · Manipal

  • •Basic Circuit analysis, CMOS VLSI Design and layout ,CMOS process & analog design and layout.

Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

BE — Electrical and Electronics

Jan 2002Jan 2006

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