
Feature Owner - Media Player, Telematics - Robert Bosch GmbH
Stuttgart Area, Germany

Feature Owner - Media Player, Telematics - Robert Bosch GmbH
Stuttgart Area, Germany
13 years experience in software development for Real Time Embedded Systems. Most of my experience (10 years) is on Automotive Driver Information Systems such as Instrument Clusters and Infotainment Systems. Began my career in a small startup, then an Indian MNC, US MNC and now with a European MNC. Worked on products for major global automotive OEMs.
Started my career with writing software in assembly language, later moved to C, and then C++ (OOPS). In the same line, I started with 8bit Microchip PIC microcontroller and now working on 64bit MIPS processor. Vehicle Networking is one of my areas of interest. International experience in USA, Germany and China besides India.
(Privately Held; Automotive industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year )
- On Deputation to Bosch - Car Multimedia, Germany from RBEI, India
- Responsible for Media Player & Telematics features of a Global OEM´s Infotainment Control and Display Module
- Direct interaction with the OEM customer, and interface to the development team
- Supporting the integration events at customer site
(Privately Held; Automotive industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Bosch Car Multimedia - Driver Assistance & Information systems group
(Privately Held; Automotive industry)
January 2006 — March 2008 (2 years 3 months)
Car Multimedia (Blaupunkt) - Driver Information Systems group
Responsible for leading a team to develop a functional software component for a global automotive OEM Radio Navigation System. Also responsible for the development of Vehicle network simulation using CANOe. Involved in this project from pre-kickoff till Start of Production.
(Public Company; DPH; Automotive industry)
December 2002 — January 2006 (3 years 2 months)
Instrument Cluster Group.
More or less, I was instrumental in the creation of Instrument Cluster Group at Delphi TCI. Was leading a team in India to develop software for a US Automotive OEM's Instrument cluster. Involved from the requirement phase till Start of Production. Traveled to Flint, MI multiple times for co-ordinating the work between Indian and US teams. Also acted as "voice of customer" for the cluster bootloader development team in India.
(Public Company; KPITC; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1999 — November 2002 (3 years 1 month)
Instrument Cluster Group - Delphi SRC
Involved in the development and maintenance of embedded software for various Automotive Instrument Cluster and Driver Info Center programs. Was also leading a small team to do the conformance testing and throughput analysis of Instrument cluster software
(Consumer Electronics industry)
December 1996 — November 1999 (3 years )
Started as R&D Engineer at Index out of the College. In an year time, I was leading the R&D division of the company and was reporting to the Managing Director. Was responsible for leading a small team to develop Software and Hardware of various embedded system products based on Microchip PIC microcontroller. Products include Line Interactive UPS, LCD panel to display high capacity UPS parameters, Induction cooker, Class D Audio Amplifier etc.
B-Tech , Electronics Engineering , 1992 — 1996
Academic Project was the development of hardware and software of a CNC Module based on 8051 microcontroller for a Paper Cutting Machine for HMT Ltd.
B-Tech , Electronics Engineering , 1992 — 1996
Pre Degree , Science & Maths , 1990 — 1992
Government Arts College, Trivandrum
Embedded Systems, Driver Information Systems, Vehicle Networking
Member of IEEE for last 9 years.
Director's Club Award at Delphi Technical Center India on 2004