Balaji Sridhar
Bengaluru
Summary
Result oriented Embedded Software Engineer with a focus on Firmware Development, Application Development, Designing, Porting, Debugging and Automation Test Scripting; Self-motivated, resourceful with 4+ years of experience and a solid academic background in electronics and communication. Proficient in Secondary Boot Loader, Driver Development,NOR-Flash layer development and radar data processing.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Staff Engineer
Samsung Semiconductor India Research
11.2024 - Current
- Delivered ESCA IPC driver patches for Samsung’s next-generation mobile SoC, enabling efficient communication between AP and ACPM subsystems.
- Owned and migrated the CPU Power Management plugin within the ACPM firmware, managing cluster/core power down and low-power state coordination.
- Led power optimization experiments, identifying and implementing techniques to minimize static and dynamic power consumption across multiple SoC power domains.
- Designed and implemented a Python parser to process power measurement data generated during scenario execution (LCD, Video, Music, App Launch, Wi-Fi Browsing, Game Simulator) and produce automated Excel reports for analysis.
- Validated drivers in both pre-silicon (ZeBu) and post-silicon hardware, ensuring functional correctness, and system stability across multiple SoC configurations.
Senior Software Design Engineer (Onsite)
Texas Instruments
09.2023 - 10.2024
- Responsible for Design and Development of QSPI low level driver for SOC platforms, including AM263x , AM273x and AWR294x.
- Implemented QSPI features, including interrupt handling and memory map write, to ensure seamless integration into the system.
- Integrated the QSPI High-Level Driver (HLD) into the Low-Latency Driver(LLD), resulting in significant reduction in time latency and enhancing overall system performance.
- Conducted testing, ensured MISRA compliance, and managed the release process.
- Led the enhancement of the Syscfg GUI and organising the automated generation of QSPI driver template according to design specification.
- Possess solid knowledge on ARM architecture, contributing to efficient system design and optimization.
Senior Software Design Engineer
Mistral Solutions Pvt Ltd
07.2022 - 08.2023
- Redesign and customized the Secondary Boot loader to support RADAR firmware upgrade, multi-configuration and boot integrity.
- Designed and developed the flash utility used for firmware burning.
- Developed a fusion algorithm to enable seamless integration between CAMERA and RADAR for object and range detection in the Sensor Fusion Kit.
- Designed and implemented applications for achieving multi-radar synchronization through Time Division Multiplexing.
- The spatial filter has been design, developed and integrated into the RADAR firmware to selectively process data from a specified area of interest.
- Designed and developed the host application for collecting radar raw ADC data from FPGA(DCA1000) through the UDP protocol.
- Worked on multi-threading concepts and make files.
- Designed and implemented a test application on the STM Nucleo board for RADAR data validation.
- Modified firmware to incorporate auto sensor stop functionality.
- Modified the radar firmware to transmit radar data through SPI.
Software Design Engineer
Mistral Solutions Private Limited
12.2020 - 06.2022
- Developed the RADAR data processing application (utilizing FFT) to extract the range information from the raw ADC data.
- Implemented the test automation script to validate the functionality of GPIO, UART, I2C, Firmware Upgrade and Functional test cases on Nvidia Xavier NX platform.
- Designed and developed the host parser to effectively parse point cloud data from RADAR via UART.
- Developed a graphical user interface (GUI) using Qt5 for visualizing the RADAR data.
- Design RADAR Chirp Configurations based on customer requirement including high range, high velocity, high range resolution etc.
- Prepare user guides, build guides and test plans.
- Developed application in a Linux environment.
- Possess a knowledge in interpreting the schematic file.
Internship
Mistral Solutions Private Limited
11.2019 - 02.2020
- Designed and developed the application for” Automatic Fire Extinguish Filler.”
- Build the kernel for beagle-bone black.
- Possess knowledge on kernel modules and driver.
Education
B.E - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Kongu Engineering College
Erode, Tamil Nadu04.2020
Skills
Programming Languages
- C, Embedded C, C
Scripting Languages
- Python and Shell Script
Processor
- Beagle Bone Black (AM335X), Nvidia Xavier NX, AM64x, AM243x
Microcontroller
- AM263x, AM273x, AWR294x, IWR6843 , AWR1843 and STM32 Nucleo
Interface
- I2C, SPI, UART, UDP, CAN, OSPI and CSI2
Development Tools
- Code Composer Studio (CCS), STM32 Cube IDE, MPLAB XIDE
Debugging Tools
- Logic analyzer, Wire shark, Trace32, and Perfetto trace
Version Control Tools
- Bitbucket, GIT, GERRIT, SVN
Project Management Tools
- Taiga and JIRA
Operating Systems
- Ubuntu, Windows, ROS
Kernel Expertise
- Linux kernel internals, driver development, device tree
Timeline
Associate Staff Engineer
Samsung Semiconductor India Research
11.2024 - Current
Senior Software Design Engineer (Onsite)
Texas Instruments
09.2023 - 10.2024
Senior Software Design Engineer
Mistral Solutions Pvt Ltd
07.2022 - 08.2023
Software Design Engineer
Mistral Solutions Private Limited
12.2020 - 06.2022
Internship
Mistral Solutions Private Limited
11.2019 - 02.2020
B.E - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Kongu Engineering College
Declaration
All information declared above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Place: BANGALORE
Date:
Authentically,
Balaji Sridhar
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