Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Academic Projects
Certification
Strategic Value to UAE Employers
Timeline
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Akhila V

Akhila V

Palakkad

Summary

Dynamic Microprocessor Engineer with proven expertise at Continental Automotive, specializing in ARM and RISC-V SoC benchmarking and embedded systems development. Successfully led the creation of Power BI dashboards for performance metrics, enhancing project management efficiency. Strong leadership and technical documentation skills drive impactful results in cross-team collaborations.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Microprocessor Engineer

Continental Automotive Components Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
07.2023 - Current
  • Performed R&D and benchmarking on ARM microprocessors (Qualcomm, NXP, NVIDIA, etc.)
  • Analyzed SoC performance, conducted white-spot studies comparing ARM and RISC-V
  • Built Board Support Packages (BSP) for embedded targets, improved system boot time
  • Designed Power BI dashboards for SoC performance metrics and project management
  • Led SoC architecture documentation, system integration testing, and debug analysis

Intern

Continental Automotive
Bengaluru
08.2022 - Current
  • Built a RISC-V based SoC prototype for comparative benchmarking
  • Created training dashboards using Power BI

Intern

Asiapower Company
Sharjah
07.2019 - 07.2019
  • Worked on CAD schematic drawing and electronics circuit layout design

Intern

Arabian Gulf Switchgear
Sharjah
07.2018 - 07.2018
  • Exposure to electrical panel design, switchgear components, industrial safety standards

Education

MBA - General Management

Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham
Coimbatore
04-2027

M.Tech - VLSI Design

Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham
Bengaluru
10-2023

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Jyothi Engineering College, KTU
Thrissur
09-2021

CBSE - Class XII -

Lakshmi Narayana Vidya Nikethan
Palakkad
05-2017

CBSE - Class X -

Lakshmi Narayana Vidya Nikethan
Palakkad
05-2015

Skills

  • Embedded Systems Development
  • ARM & RISC-V Microprocessor R&D
  • SoC Integration & Performance Benchmarking
  • Board Support Package (BSP) Development
  • Technical Documentation & Agile Workflow
  • Engineering Dashboards & Data Visualization
  • Semiconductor Ecosystem Analysis
  • Processor & System Architecture
  • ARM (Qualcomm, NXP, Renesas, NVIDIA, Samsung)
  • RISC-V: ecosystem analysis, architecture deep-dives
  • SoC benchmarking, power/performance tradeoff analysis

Tools & Environments

  • Jenkins, JIRA, Confluence
  • GitHub, GCC, Jupyter Notebook
  • Power BI (dashboarding), Xilinx, Cadence (EDA tools),MATLAB

Programming Languages

  • System Verilog, Verilog
  • Python, C,SQL

Operating Systems

  • Windows, Linux (Ubuntu, Yocto familiarity)

Soft Skills & Communication

  • Leadership, Cross-team Collaboration, Technical Writing,Critical Thinking,Project Management

Languages

  • English, Arabic (basic), Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam

Academic Projects

IEEE Published Project, Synchronous Binary Counter with Variable Clock, Designed a high-speed Johnson counter with pipelining to reduce fanout and increase throughput, Suitable for instrumentation, control systems, and high-frequency counters, 

Heart Attack Detection System using Sensors, Created a microcontroller-based emergency response system using heartbeat sensors, Developed logic for real-time signal detection and automated drug-release simulation

Certification

  • AI Tools & ChatGPT Workshop – B10.x
  • RISC-V Cloud-based Workshop – VSD-IAT, VLSI System Design
  • Internet of Things (IoT) – NPTEL
  • Business English – Cambridge University

Strategic Value to UAE Employers

  • Ready to relocate to Dubai or Sharjah immediately
  • Familiar with UAE industrial culture and work ethics (from previous internships)
  • Able to collaborate in multi-cultural environments
  • Combine engineering depth with project agility and visualization

Timeline

Microprocessor Engineer

Continental Automotive Components Pvt. Ltd.
07.2023 - Current

Intern

Continental Automotive
08.2022 - Current

Intern

Asiapower Company
07.2019 - 07.2019

Intern

Arabian Gulf Switchgear
07.2018 - 07.2018

MBA - General Management

Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham

M.Tech - VLSI Design

Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Jyothi Engineering College, KTU

CBSE - Class XII -

Lakshmi Narayana Vidya Nikethan

CBSE - Class X -

Lakshmi Narayana Vidya Nikethan
Akhila V