Praveenkumar Khot

UEFI/BIOS Experience:

Followed by the training, below are the area that were focused on UEFI/BIOS.

• UEFI and BIOS Setup: Hands-on experience configuring BIOS/UEFI settings, including boot options, boot priority, and hardware configuration.
• EFI Shell: Proficient in using EFI shell for running EFI applications, managing file structures, and debugging EFI shell commands.
• System Boot Process: Familiar with system boot mechanisms, EFI system partition (ESP), and EFI disk organization (GPT, MBR).
• Firmware Development: Experience with EDK2, including firmware structure, creating DXE drivers, adding functions, and utilizing EDK libraries.
• Driver Development: knowledge in creating and debugging driver models, debug prints, and integration with pre-EDK libraries and serial log data collection.
• Tool Proficiency: Experience using ReadWrite Everything and SCT tools for data manipulation and system testing.
• Hardware used: Minnowboard and Raspberry Pi 3,4 boards are used for testing.

Client company: Alstom Transport(March 2023 - June 2024)

Project: Centralized Interlocking(CIXL-M)

Embedded Application based on RTOS platform(PikeOS) for computer based interlocking of train tracks.

• Understanding of requirements, Change Requests and develop/modify code accordingly for LXC container.
• Analyzing open points and fixing the issues

including geo-redundancy and multicast between networks and verification using logs are performed.

• Defensive checks,Quality analysis for C and ADA code.
• Developer testing, troubleshoot, diagnose and identify failing component.
• Configure and troubleshoot switches and other network devices to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Writing and managing Software Module Description and Architecture Description.
• Increased end-user satisfaction by proactively addressing customer feedback and implementing requested features.

Ethernet chip/module manufacturer

W510SSL module Development(sends serial data to cloud via Ethernet)

• Responsible for building and maintaining data storage API in secured flash storage for Cortex-M33 based STM32 controller for
  S2E+SSL module which enables users to save certifications using Arm TrustZone.
• Implementing non-secure callable api, which stores data in dedicated secured memory and testing at AWS cloud system.
• Design documentation of the project life cycle & board testing.
• Firmware(C programming) integration and project analysis with Team|Technical professionals

WiFi module(At command customization)

• AT command customization for a WiFi module- WizFi360 SDK & WiFi module library update and testing.

FTP data-file system adoption @Ethernet library

• Development of file system to transfer data/file received via FTP protocol with combined module of controller & Ethernet shield

Zephyr example implementation

• Setting up a command line Zephyr-RTOS Development Environment in Linux.
• Achieved Ethernet samples examples with Zephyr supported target board and driver supported Ethernet.

Direct method API implementation-MS Azure

• Implemented direct method example for private cloud system which is based on Azure IoTHub device provisioning service
  Testing & monitoring Telemetry & Direct method data processing for WizCloud IoT solution.

Ethernet based modules testing and support

• Building test environment for building examples based on DHCP,TCP Loopback, UDP & multicasting.
• Technical support & SDLC developments with customers.

Firmware development for Electronic register

• Design & development of the firmware, testing-hardware for the electronic register which monitors the gas/petroleum product present in the bobtail truck.
• Worked on external flash driver and handling HTTP clients Get/Post requests via WiFi & Ethernet hence controlling the system
  functionality.(Atmel, TI-CC3200 MCU)

65hp Wankel Engine for UAV Panchi

• Part of design & development team and Instrumentation department for 65Hp UAV vehicle development project.
• Implementation and hardware integration of Engine specific parameters including Flow meter, Fuel Pressure transmission
  measurement, Loadcell, Exhaust temp monitoring and Data Acquisition using LabView.