Dynamic and results-oriented Electronics Hardware Engineer with 7+ years of experience in electronic product development and 3.5 years of proven leadership as a Project Lead/Product Owner in Agile environments.
Adept at managing full product lifecycles—from concept through production—with strong technical embedded systems development.
Experienced in Functional Safety Software project management, ensuring compliance with standards EN50128 Rail Standards and Drone prototype development project adhering to Quality Standards AS9100D
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Specialist
Tata Elxsi Ltd.
Thiruvananthapuram
03.2022 - Current
Led and managed a project for embedded software development, ensuring SIL4 compliance with the EN50128 standard. Interfaced with ISA, and supported in SIL4 compliance certification for three projects under the same series.
Understood customer needs for the product, defined project schedules, cost budgets, and delivered work to established plans. Actively participated in proposal creations and estimation for new projects with involvement in key customer discussion
Acted as product owner for prototype drone development, overseeing complete system engineering life cycle.
Provided technical support and guidance to junior team members.
Developed process definitions, templates, checklists, and guidelines for AS9100D standard compliance. Supported the organization in Stage 1 audit and extended support for Stage 2 by providing evidence from the Drone project.
Contributed to functional safety projects under ISO 13849, focusing on DIA, hardware development process definition, and DFMEA.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to devise innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.
Projects were delivered with high quality, ensuring customer satisfaction.
Research Associate
Amrita Center For Cyber Security Systems & Wireless Networks
Kollam
06.2021 - 02.2022
Worked on security testing on embedded and IoT devices using hardware hacking tools.
Developed embedded/IOT security learning kits for training newbies in the world of hardware security.
The analog circuit design, PCB layout fabrication support, and board bring-up testing were conducted as a sole activity.
Worked on the design and development of training boards from concept to product.
Participated in extra training and courses to refine and improve upon industry knowledge.
IoT Product Design Engineer
Tranquility IOT and Bigdata Solutions Ltd.(TIBS)
Kollam
03.2020 - 05.2021
Designed innovative product prototypes for IoT applications and big data solutions.
Worked on design, build, modify, test, and deliver electronic hardware solutions that included digital circuitry (microprocessors, logic, etc.), analog circuitry (A/D converters, filters, op-amps, etc.), power conditioning, and communications circuits for IoT prototype development.
Worked on the PCB design tool 'Eagle' for schematics and board design for 2-layer and 4-layer boards.
I worked on firmware development using Embedded C for prototyping.
Worked on wireless communication standards, including Zigbee, WiFi, GSM, and Bluetooth.
I have a working knowledge of communication protocols (HTTP, FTP, etc.).
Generated and maintained project documents, including design documents, drawings, block diagrams, test plans, and reports.
IoT Product Design Engineer
Amrita IOT and Bigdata Solutions Ltd.(AIBS)
Kollam
10.2019 - 02.2020
Company registration changed to Tranquility IOT and Bigdata Solutions Ltd (Activities are listed under Tranquility IOT and Bigdata Solutions Ltd)
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Bangalore
11.2013 - 07.2019
January 2019 to July 2019:
Worked as a blockchain developer on Ethereum platform-based POCs.
Experienced in Front-end development in AngularJS, middleware development in NodeJS, and backend development in Go language.
Experienced in test tools like Postman.
November 2013 to January 2017:
Worked as an Electronics Hardware Engineer in the High Tech and Telecom domain of EIS.
Experienced in electronics circuit design of products and testbench boards, adhering to global EMI/EMC standards and ATEX standards, as part of the ROHS compliance drive.
Experienced in BOM analysis and replacement analysis using Silicon Expert.
Worked on the design of microcontroller-based electronic circuits: digital and analog.
Circuit simulation, schematic capture in Altium, and BOM scrubbing and testing.
Documentation, including Requirement Specification, Kick-Off Deck presentations, Design documents, and Test plan.
Simulation tools: TINA TI, LT-Spice, PSpice, etc. PCB Design Tool: Altium Designer
Conducted system testing and troubleshooting to ensure functionality.
Education
Master of Technology - Communication and Signal Processing
Government Engineering College Trichur
Trichūr
08.2013
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Sree Buddha College of Engineering
Alappuzha
04.2010
Skills
Product lifecycle management
Project Management
Customer engagement
Product Owner
Hardware Development
Quality Assurance
Team leadership
Risk management
Technical documentation
SIL4 compliance
Embedded software development
Analytical thinking
Accomplishments
Project excellence award considering the management, execution, success, customer satisfaction for the project.
Innovation award for successful development of drone prototype
Extramile Award for successful closure of customer project, ISA interaction, and for support in proposal for next projects
Customer Appreciation Award for getting CSAT value of 4.91/5 for APAC based customer project
Languages
Malayalam
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Certification
PG Diploma in Embedded systems and Automotive Electronics from Cranes Varsity ,Bangalore
Functional safety L2-Internal: Internal Certification program on road based functional safety ISO26262 by Tata Elxsi
Functional Safety for Railways and Metros: Self paced course on EN50126,EN50129 and RAMS demonstration by Rail Academy
References
Sreejith, S S, sreejith.s1@tataelxsi.co.in, 884862592, Tata Elxsi Ltd.
Bimal, Satheesh, bimalsatheesh@gmail.com, 9495070710, Tranquility IOT and Bigdata Solutions Ltd
Timeline
Specialist
Tata Elxsi Ltd.
03.2022 - Current
Research Associate
Amrita Center For Cyber Security Systems & Wireless Networks
06.2021 - 02.2022
IoT Product Design Engineer
Tranquility IOT and Bigdata Solutions Ltd.(TIBS)
03.2020 - 05.2021
IoT Product Design Engineer
Amrita IOT and Bigdata Solutions Ltd.(AIBS)
10.2019 - 02.2020
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
11.2013 - 07.2019
Master of Technology - Communication and Signal Processing
Government Engineering College Trichur
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communication Engineering