Harshit Kachhwaha

Project : Smart Irrigation Project
Role : Principal Software Engineer

• Leading a project to automate a 790-square-kilometer farm in Egypt, implementing scalable IoT solutions for precision agriculture to drive operational efficiency across large-scale farming landscapes.
• Designed architectural strategies for communication between IoT devices and cloud platforms.
• Developed a device stack utilizing Microservice Architecture for enhanced scalability.
• Developed a Rule Action Service to manage safety conditions for devices, enabling them to execute actions based on rules defined in JSON format.
• Utilized NSQ for efficient Pod communication within the system.
• Implemented a Service Registry to facilitate microservices discovery and management.
• Built a framework supporting multi-architecture builds via Docker.
• Established secure communication protocols utilizing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

Project: Long Range Video Transmission
Role: Staff Engineer

• Developed FPGA Digital Signal Processing (DSP) for radio transmission, including modulation and encoding techniques.
• Created a network driver for FPGA as a Network Interface Card (NIC) over PCIe for Linux environments.
• Enhanced Kubernetes networking capabilities through flat routed network and overlay configurations.

Project: Continuous Integration and Deployment Pipeline
Role: Senior Software Engineer

• Designed and implemented a Docker-based Continuous Integration (CI) engine for GitHub pipelines.
• Developed multi-layer Docker images to streamline package builds and optimize deployment processes.

Project: Software Defined Radios (SDR)
Role: Senior Software Engineer

• Implemented the DIGI-900 user-space network driver using Tap/Tun to bypass the Linux kernel networking stack.
• Enhanced IPv6 stack capabilities for node discovery within the network.
• Designed and deployed a mesh network to connect 10 devices (Raspberry Pi + Digi900 900MHz).

Project: Cat 9K Switch
Role: Software Engineer 4

• Developed platform drivers and optimized ethernet switch boot-up processes booting from SD.
• Created a PCIe driver for the IO Co-Processor to enhance communication efficiency.
• Implemented I2C, GPIO, and UART drivers for Cat 9K switches to ensure seamless hardware interaction.
• Developed the MDIO driver for 10G, 25G, and 40G SFP and QSFP modules for advanced connectivity options.

Project: Cat 1K and 2K Switch
Role: Software Engineer 4

• Designed and implemented an SD card driver for the Cat 1K switch.
• Contributed to bootloader development for the Cat 1K switch, enabling booting from SD card.
• Developed a USB device stack for serial console operations on the Cat 1K switch.
• Implemented USB host stack supporting OHCI and EHCI standards for USB mass storage functionality.

Additional Projects

• Worked on IPv6 Contiki OS for CC2650 and CC1350, focusing on network functionality.
• Developed IPv6 neighbor discovery for IoT nodes and established routing pathways for mesh networks.
• Engaged in multiple networking protocols, including mDNS, IGMP snooping, and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).
• Developed network drivers, including Linux switchdev drivers, to enhance interoperability and performance.

Project : IPTV
Role : Senior Software Engineer
Developed RTP and RTSP stacks for Live and PVoD channels, enabling efficient streaming capabilities.

• Integrated decoding of RTP and RTSP using FFmpeg for legacy systems and GStreamer for Samsung Tizen environments.
• Established inter-process API channels using DBus for seamless communication between system components.
• Created and managed system daemon services, including implementing watchdog mechanisms to ensure process reliability.
• Contributed to IPv6 IoT stack development for Samsung Smart TVs, enhancing connectivity for IoT applications.
• Developed Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 4.0 and 4.1 stacks, including GAP and GATT profiles, to support both client and server configurations.
• Built a home automation demo utilizing a Raspberry Pi with 6LoWPAN running on Contiki OS.
• Conducted a proof of concept (PoC) to control BLE smart locks via the Samsung SmartThings gateway, demonstrating secure access management for smart devices.