Harsha L

Senior Software Engineer with over 4+ years of experience in the automotive embedded domain, specializing in the design and development of low-level device drivers for ARM-based Sx601 and Infineon Aurix TC3xx microcontrollers used in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Proven expertise in secure boot design, cryptographic accelerator integration, and performance optimization for safety-critical systems, compliant with ISO 26262 standards.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Low-level device driver development for radar-based ECU systems using Bosch SoCs (Sx601, Sx600).
• Secure boot sequence design and implementation, ensuring system integrity and ISO 26262 compliance.
• Driver development for CRAU (Crypto Accelerator Unit) and CRCA (Cyclic Redundancy Check Accelerator) enables secure data handling and fault detection.
• Cache configuration and optimization for performance-critical applications.
• Operating system configuration: task scheduling, memory protection, interrupt handling.
• Cross-functional collaboration for system-level integration and validation.
• Mentorship on driver architecture, software modifications, and hardware-software interfacing.
• Primary contact for urgent software issues and customer escalations.
• Unit testing with Google Test (GTest) → ensuring robust code quality.
• Copilot for code inspection → accelerating development cycles, and improving defect detection.

Technical Skills:

• Microcontrollers: 32-bit ARM Cortex-M7.
• Firmware Development: C, Embedded C.
• Peripherals: Timers, PWM, and Interrupts.
• Security and Safety Peripherals: CRAU, CRCA, Secure Boot Sequences.
• Debugging and Integration: Hardware debugging, board bring-up, and peripheral initialization.
• Testing and Code Quality: GTest, Copilot-assisted inspection.

Tools and programming language details:

• Tools: Visual Studio Code, Doors, Trace32, Hex View, GitHub, Jira, and T&R.
• Languages: C, Embedded C, asm.

Over 2 years of experience as a Design Engineer in the medical device industry, with a strong background in Embedded C programming, board schematic design, hardware bring-up, and debugging. Skilled in communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, and TCP/IP, with hands-on experience in testing and system integration.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Engaging in software development life cycle activities such as requirement analysis, architecture design, firmware development, board bring-up, unit and integration testing, debugging, and technical documentation.
• Taking module-level and product-level ownership, and independently executing it.
• Coordinating with other teams, such as Software, Verification, and Validation, for the final integration and deployment of the project.
• Providing product and process-related support to internal and external team members.

Technical Skills:

• Microcontrollers: 32-bit ARM (LPC1788, LPC1769)
• Firmware Development: Embedded C, Assembly-level programming
• Peripherals: UART, SPI, I2C, Watchdog Timer, Timers, ADC, PWM, Interrupts
• Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, RS-232, RS-485
• Programming: Basics of C#, BGScript, C# with Visual Studio
• Industrial Devices: VFD, integrated stepper motor, DC motor, incremental encoder, absolute encoder, potentiometer
• Hardware & Debugging: Board bring-up, peripheral bring-up, hardware debugging
• Design Tools: ORCAD Capture (schematic design), PADS Layout Viewer.

Tools and programming language details:

• Tools: MCU Xpresso, LPC Xpresso, Silabs IDE, Visual Studio, ORCAD Capture, PADS Layout Viewer, TFS (Team Foundation Server)
• Languages: C, Embedded C, C# (basics), BGScript, Assembly