Hemanth Kumar
Senior Firmware Engineer
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced Senior Firmware Engineer with 8+ years in embedded systems development, specializing in low-level firmware, flash storage development, and real-time operating systems (RTOS). Proficient in Embedded C, OS concepts with a deep understanding of hardware-software integration, Peripherals. Adept at optimizing firmware performance, debugging with JTAG and other debugging tools. Passionate about developing scalable, efficient embedded solutions and to drive innovation in embedded product development.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
2016
2016
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Firmware Engineer
Western Digital
Bangalore
05.2020 - Current
- Enhanced firmware performance by streamlining code and optimizing algorithms for embedded systems.
- Achieved seamless transitions from initial design concepts to final production through effective coordination with manufacturing partners during prototyping phases.
- Stayed current with industry trends by attending conferences, workshops, and networking events relevant to embedded systems engineering.
- Supported customer-facing teams by providing technical expertise during pre-sales presentations, product demonstrations, and post-sales support efforts.
Consultant Software Engineer
Samsung R&D Institute India
Bangalore
05.2017 - Current
- Major contributions towards development of new features for Bixby 2.0
- Development and including feature 3rd party app features
- By acquiring contents by API calls defined in Bixby IDE
- Active participation on platforms like Stack overflow to get in touch with 3rd
- Party backend developers
- Good experience in integrating 3rd party apps like NPR, CNN, Maps etc.
- Worked in development for Bixby 1.0 for Mobile and Digital appliances, handled the Deep Learning training of models for Deep Intent and Deep Tagger models
- Validation and generation of data for NLP processing
Senior Software Engineer
Global Edge Software Pvt Ltd.
Bangalore
05.2017 - Current
- Company Overview: (Altran Group)
- (Altran Group)
Software Engineer
Global Edge Software Pvt Ltd.
11.2016 - 08.2017
- C and Data Structures
- Knowledge on System Calls, Device drivers, Linux Kernel Internals, File Systems, Memory Management, Multi-threading, IPC mechanisms, Process management (fork, vfork, clone)
- Analysis of 'ps' command by parsing the kernel linked list for tasks
- Implemented mmaps and shell script programs
- Modifying the application's data in the kernel by accessing the physical address of the data
- Implementation of POSIX IPC mechanisms - Message queues, Shared memory, Pipes and Semaphores
- Implementation of multi threaded programming using POSIX pthread library functions
- Linux Networking [TCP/IP protocol suite], Socket Programming
Education
B.E - IT
PVP Siddhartha Institute of Technology
VijayawadaIntermediate - undefined
Narayana Jr College
Skills
- C
- C
- JS
- Linux
- Windows
- Code editors(VS Code, Source insight)
- Version controlling tools
- Product lifecycle
- Agile software methodologies
- Debugging tools(Xplorer, JTAG)
- Bug management tools(JIRA, PLM, YouTrack)
- Teamwork and communication
Additional Information - Extra Curricular Activities
- Actively participated in Barefoot Marathon conducted by Coorg Wellness Foundation
- Worked in a NGO (Make A Difference, India's 2nd largest organization) Ed-support Intern for 1 year.
- 2nd prize in National Youth Parliament conducted by VnU.
- Active member of NSS in college.
- Active member of Hindu E+ club in college.
- Organized many events and Team Bonding activities in college and work place.
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 08/30/93
Roles And Responsibilities
- Take ownership of various modules during development phase
- Coordinate with various teams during validation and commercialization phase
- Learn and understand about various upcoming technologies in the market
- Excellent team player and Quick learner with positive attitude
- Creative, enthusiastic and eager to learn and evolve
- Has the ability to take independent responsibility as well as ability to contribute as productive team member
- Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Conversant in design and coding
Timeline
Senior Firmware Engineer
Western Digital
05.2020 - Current
Consultant Software Engineer
Samsung R&D Institute India
05.2017 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Global Edge Software Pvt Ltd.
05.2017 - Current
Software Engineer
Global Edge Software Pvt Ltd.
11.2016 - 08.2017
Intermediate - undefined
Narayana Jr College
B.E - IT
PVP Siddhartha Institute of Technology
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