Mukund Kulkarni
Engineering Manager- V&V
Bengaluru,Karnataka
Summary
Organized Program Manager with 18 yrs of experience in embedded system product testing with extensive exposure to Black Box, testing (Manual and Automation) and project management. Proven track record in decision making, delegating tasks, negotiating with internal and external stake holders, Test management, Estimation and planning, technical recruitment, Leveraging Automation to boost the efficiency and productivity.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager, Senior Program Manager and Engineering Manager
UEI ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT LTD
Bangalore
03.2017 - Current
- Techno managerial role, managing a team of Manual and Automation testers in consumer electronics domain
- Resource prioritization and scheduling, negotiations with external teams such as Program managers, HW engineers, factory, SW development, Application engineering teams, Escalation handling, decision making
- Extensive experience in product testing of Bluetooth Low energy and RF4CE(ZigBee) based Remote Controls/Set Top Boxes, OTT (Over the Top) consumer electronics domain
- Test management of remote control and set-top box projects
- Leading the testing projects on IOT platforms on both iOS and Android mobiles for EMEA and North American regions
- Requirements review, test case design & review, test metrics collection, test process improvements, providing technically feasible suggestions to make the product, the best for nice user experience
- Conducting technical interviews
- Extensive knowledge of OTA, streaming audio and Android OTT applications
- Conducting performance appraisals for the team by giving constructive feedback
- Extensive experience in SW dev life cycle processes and leading E2E product testing and SW releases to factory
- Technically leading the Automation team by providing suggestions on test script flow and finding out issues with Python based test Framework , remote-control SW and Set-top box software/UI
- Team Size (direct reports) handled: 10
- Mid Senior Roles: Test Lead and Senior Test lead (Consumer Electronics
UEI ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT LTD
Bangalore
03.2013 - 03.2017
- Hands on system testing for Bluetooth Low Energy and RF4CE (ZigBee)Remote controls, Set Top Boxes, OTT boxes and IOT platforms
- Requirements review, Test case design & review, Test planning, Resource Scheduling
- Mobile APP based testing on both iOS and Android platforms
- Team Size (direct reports) handled: 6
Senior Test Engineer
UEI ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT LTD
Bangalore
11.2011 - 03.2013
- Hands on system testing for Bluetooth Low Energy, Rf4CE (ZigBee) Remote control, Set Top Boxes, OTT boxes and IOT platforms, Test case design, bug tracking
- Mobile APP based hands on testing on both iOS and Android platforms
- Specialist - Testing (AUTOMOTIVE – CHASSIS domain)
ROBERT BOSCH ENGG & BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD
Bangalore
02.2007 - 11.2011
- Verification and Validation Activities in Automotive Chassis domain where i was involved in testing the SW on the LABCAR (Simulation of a CAR)
- Involved in testing Antilock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD), Electronic Stability Program (ESP), Traction Control Systems (TCS) features
- All communication were handled over the CAN (Controller Area Network) communication protocol
- Software Release and Build Management activities
- Quality checks as per CMMI Level 5 standards
- Majorly Worked for North American and European Clients namely FORD, HONDA.
Technical support Engineer & Applications Engineer
ZiLOG INDIA ELECTRONICS PVT LTD
Bangalore
12.2003 - 01.2007
- Web based technical support on silicon related issues
- Debugging customer source code and fixing compilation/Linker related issues
- Writing Application notes, technical notes
- Pre and Post Silicon validation on ZiLOG chipset
Education
Bachelor's Degree - undefined
Bachelor of Engineering - E&CE
Visvesvaraya Technological University
S.S.L.C - undefined
Karnataka Secondary Education Examination
H.S.C - PCM
GSS Science College, Dept of Pre-University Education
Skills
Continuous improvement Technical communication Program Management, Test management, Test estimation
Leadership Experience Communication Skills Organizational know-howProblem-solving abilities Resource Management, Conflict management
Agile, Waterfall and V- Model sw dev life cycle
ToolsMicrosoft Project Plan, Atlassian JIRA, MS Visual Studio, Source Insight, Beyond Compare, Canalyzer, Doors, Review and Defect Analyzer (RADAR), Frontline BLE Sniffer, Bugzilla, WiresharkCompilersMicrosoft Visual Studio, Eclipse IDE, ZiLOG Developer Studio (ZDS II), ZDSII ZNEO (16 bit), MP LAB IDE, DNCSIM, Green Peak xIDE, IAR Workbench for Arm core, Maxim and TI Chipset, Open ICE for Samsung ControllersCommunication ProtocolsRF4CE, Rf4CE(ZIGBEE), BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy), BT Classic, WIFI Direct, Infrared Radiation, CAN, SPI, I2C, I2S, USB, UARTOperating SystemWINDOWS Win7/Win 10 , ERCOSEK, RTAOSEK (for Automotive domain), Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora), Android and iOSConfiguration ManagementAtlassian Bitbucket, TSDE Configuration Management from Texas Instruments, Clear case, Visual Source Safe, Documentum (DCTM), StarTeam from BorlandProgramming LanguagesEmbedded C, Assembly, Python basic knowledge, TCL basicsMicrocontrollers/ProcessorsZiLOG 8/16/32 bit uc, ZiLOG Motor Control chip, ARM-TMS470/TMS570, Maxim chipset (MQ616, MQ626, MQ610x), Qorvo chipset(GP565, UE878), Broadcom chipset(BCM20734,735), TI2541 BLE chipset, TI2533 chipset
LanguagesEnglishHindiKannadaPersonal ProfileFather’s Name / Mother’s Name: Ramachandra and Parimala R KulkarniTimeline
Program Manager, Senior Program Manager and Engineering Manager
UEI ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT LTD
03.2017 - Current
UEI ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT LTD
03.2013 - 03.2017
Senior Test Engineer
UEI ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT LTD
11.2011 - 03.2013
ROBERT BOSCH ENGG & BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD
02.2007 - 11.2011
Technical support Engineer & Applications Engineer
ZiLOG INDIA ELECTRONICS PVT LTD
12.2003 - 01.2007
Bachelor's Degree - undefined
Bachelor of Engineering - E&CE
Visvesvaraya Technological University
S.S.L.C - undefined
Karnataka Secondary Education Examination
H.S.C - PCM
GSS Science College, Dept of Pre-University Education