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GURURAJ VISHNUMURTHY HOLLA

GURURAJ VISHNUMURTHY HOLLA

Electronics Engineer | New Product Development | Engineering Management | Embedded Systems | AI & ML
Bangalore

Summary

PROFILE SUMMARY Overall, 20 years of experience in New Product Design & Development, Project Management and team management, in the electronics and embedded system development for automotive, industrial, medical and consumer electronics domains. Hands on experience in Design, Development, and testing experience for Electrical, Electronics, Embedded Software and Embedded Systems. Involved in New Product Development (NPD) from Quotation, Requirement Elicitation, Design & Development, Validation, Production Release and Manufacturing support including technical and project management activities. Excellent leadership skills including – team management, oral/written communication, interpersonal, analysis, problem solving and decision making. Thrive in both independent and collaborative work environments Managing Engineering Team of - Electronics, Software, Mechanical, Software Validation and Project Management functions Coordination with cross functional global teams and global customers located at US, Mexico, Europe, Japan and China with ability to decisions making related to design and manufacturing. Handling multiple programs to meet tight delivery schedules with high product quality with adherence to CMMI/IATF process by close monitoring of the projects and deliverables Hands on experience in Project Management Role for Automotive projects and has 15+ years’ experience in managing/delivery of global programs. Team building and growing teams from ground-up with experience in hiring right talent, mentoring, performance management.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Embedded System Architect

N-Squared Technologies
Bangalore
07.2022 - Current
  • Primarily responsible for the strategic technology choice and the outsourcing of the technology development and keep track of the technology portfolio of the business
  • Responsible for developing the architecture of platforms and products from the long-term business perspective
  • Review and create system architecture design and implementation within product development group by interacting and reviewing with the existing vendor team
  • Interact with Existing hardware and firmware team to review the Algorithms and logic implementation to achieve the desired accuracy of the vital parameters
  • Review the existing architecture and hardware for the choice of components for reliability and performance and from smooth industrialization perspective
  • Major Project
  • Development of Medical grade wearable with wireless communication interfaces for remote monitoring of the vitals of the subject

Group Manager

Methode Electronics India Pvt. Ltd
Bangalore
06.2009 - 07.2022
  • Responsible for Methode India Engineering Team
  • Involved in hardware design, embedded firmware design, component selection, supplier management
  • Responsible for RFQ costing, Project management and Engineering Design functions (Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Validation)
  • Responsibilities involves developing product architecture, design reviews, coordination with internal /global teams for requirements, design/development/validation till launch of products into production
  • Responsible for people management which involves – building/growing team, hiring right talent, performance reviews, compensation management
  • Responsible for Requirement feasibility & elicitation, Project planning and Monitoring, Reviews and meeting with stakeholders for status updates, Analyzing the health of the project with set of metrics and status update to Management
  • Major Projects:
  • Electronic finish panels, Infotainment/HMI products, Switch bank- Mechanical and Touch, steering wheel control switches, HVAC module, Overhead Light Module
  • Haptic control and Touch based - LCD display modules, Overhead dome, SWS
  • Linear, Position, Torque and speed sensors for automotive and E-Bikes
  • Radio remote controls, Touch switches/Panels
  • Power components for Electrical Vehicle – Busbars, BDU
  • MiFare based Asset management system, Power distribution unit (PDU)

Technical Lead

MindTree Limited
Bangalore
10.2005 - 06.2009
  • Major Projects : Development of Electronic Lock Systems (keypad, MiFare, MagneticCard) for hospitality and vacation homes., HiSpeed Camera Detection System
  • Responsible for hardware design, software coding and project management

Engineer

MICO-BOSCH, now Bosch Ltd
Bangalore
12.2004 - 10.2005
  • Major Projects : Design and Development of Glow Duration Unit - Control Unit for controlling the Glowplugs in Diesel Starting System for Indian OEMs to reduce the emissions
  • Involved in hardware and software design/development and testing activities.

Design Engineer

Multilink
Bangalore
11.2003 - 11.2004
  • Major Projects : Engine Carburetor Control Unit (ECCU), Fuel level sensors, Thermal Sensor for two wheelers, Hands on working experience in hardware board design
  • Embedded software coding, testing on vehicle
  • MAJOR PROGRAMS

Education

MTech - Data Science & Machine Learning

PES University
Bengaluru
05.2021 - 09.2023

B.E - Telecommunication

Visvesvaraya Technological University
10.1999 - 07.2003

Skills

Hardware Design, Low Power Circuit Design, Schematics Design, PCB review, Embedded Product Development, Board Design, Microcontrollers/Microprocessors, Requirement Analysis, Touch Technology, Reverse Engineering, benchmarking, VAVE, RFQ/RFI, EOLT, C, Pythonundefined

Timeline

Embedded System Architect

N-Squared Technologies
07.2022 - Current

MTech - Data Science & Machine Learning

PES University
05.2021 - 09.2023

Group Manager

Methode Electronics India Pvt. Ltd
06.2009 - 07.2022

Technical Lead

MindTree Limited
10.2005 - 06.2009

Engineer

MICO-BOSCH, now Bosch Ltd
12.2004 - 10.2005

Design Engineer

Multilink
11.2003 - 11.2004

B.E - Telecommunication

Visvesvaraya Technological University
10.1999 - 07.2003
GURURAJ VISHNUMURTHY HOLLAElectronics Engineer | New Product Development | Engineering Management | Embedded Systems | AI & ML