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Pravin Vaidya

Pravin Vaidya

Hyderabad

Summary

Motivated Engineer eager to work on every facet of System on Chip. Inclination to understand emerging technologies that are enabling parallel business opportunities like Auto and XR. Desire to be involved in design and development of these technologies.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Director

Qualcomm
Hyderabad
09.2007 - Current
  • Currently working as SW PE for Balsam, Aurora, Bonsai and Aliso Chipsets.
  • In the last 17 years with Qualcomm (QIPL), I have served as SW PE for multiple value tier chipsets like Mannar, Rennell, Starhawk, 8x26 and some more.
  • Very recently have started looking into Balsam as well.
  • I started my career in Qualcomm as a target lead for Brew 7x family chipsets.
  • Worked on 90 nano meter and 60 nano meter versions and then moved to 7x27A which was completely done in India from software perspective.
  • Later worked on A and B family chipsets and supported San Diego SW PE's and then got my final PE break on MDM 9x07 Lykan chip.
  • Since then, have been a SW PE for multiple MSM's mentioned earlier.
  • I also manage a small team of 20 engineers.
  • We are responsible for maintaining PDT automation and test frameworks.
  • This software is used to test 200-500 devices per software product across all Qualcomm sites.
  • We have automation and framework for all Android, Windows, Chrome, Modem and Auto chipsets.
  • Off late we are developing automation test framework for XR chipsets.
  • Some key developments that we are working on are 1) Enhancing the PDT test automation and framework for Auto and XR domains.
  • 2) Use of AI for issue reproduction in PDT on demand
  • 3) Use of AI to ensure optimal coverage in PDT.
  • 4) We have developed a tool called Dragon Glass that is being used in SD and QIPL by PDT and WLAN folks extensively. Some exclusive features of this tool is it can write test cases for you and auto verifies it as it's being written. PDT engineers have started using this tool recently.

Principle Engineer

Sasken
Bangalore
01.2004 - 09.2007
  • Here I worked on multiple 3G software products.
  • The customer whom I worked for was Anite Telecom.

Technical Lead

Hughes Software Systems
Gurgaon
10.2002 - 02.2005
  • Here I worked on multiple GMPRS and GPRS software products in the capacity of Software Engineer.
  • Development of GPRS Network Component For NOKIA.
  • The project involves development of PCU for the NOKIA NETWORKS.
  • This PCU is an element of the NOKIA BSC.
  • It supports EGPRS and EQOS features as per REL99.
  • I was responsible for the following: Involvement in the design phase of the product. (Especially the scheduler portion which was residing on DSP's), Development, enhancement and maintenance of MAC layer.
  • The software is a real time application running over a real time OS.
  • System integration and end-to-end testing using full network components at customer site.

Software Engineer

Hughes Software Systems
Gurgaon
04.2001 - 05.2002
  • Development of Packet Gateway Network Simulator for testing UT.
  • The project involved the development of a GPRS Packet Gateway Network Simulator (PGNS) for Mobile Satellite Communication system.
  • PGNS simulates SGSN and a part of BSS functionality, hiding Gb interface.
  • It provides advanced and powerful features of API based Suppression, Trapping, Logging, Tracing, Scripting, Command Line Interface, LabVIEW Interface along with Stack functionality.

Software Engineer

Hughes Software Systems
Gurgaon
01.2000 - 03.2001
  • Development of Base Station Subsystem for Mobile Satellite Communication System.
  • The project involved the development of Call Processing and Call handling part of a Geo-Stationary Satellite based BSS.
  • The scope of work included: Development of base station system (BSS) call processing functionality involving the RR, Layer2, BSSMAP procedures, management of E1 link resources.

Member Technical Staff

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
Pune
05.1997 - 10.2000
  • Development of Management Software for a Fast Ethernet Switch.
  • A 12-port fast Ethernet switch was being developed at C-DAC for Department of Electronics.
  • The project involved developing the management software for the switch.

Education

MTech - Electronics Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology - Madras
06.2020

B.E - Electronics Engineering

Yashwantrao Chavan College of Engineering
Nagpur
06.1996

Skills

  • Software engineering - I have been a software programmer all through Hands on with C, C, Python, Java, System C and Verilog
  • Test automation - In the capacity as the lead of Test Devices and Automation team have underrtaken and managed PDT's ( Product Test ) automation for past 7 years
  • Team management - Have managed a team of about 25 engineers for the last eight to nine years
  • Project management - I have been the project engineer for about six to seven mobile chipsets, and I am currently handling three chipsets for the XR BU
  • Understand Modem, WLAN and Ethernet technologies

Personal Information

Title: Director Engineering

Timeline

Director

Qualcomm
09.2007 - Current

Principle Engineer

Sasken
01.2004 - 09.2007

Technical Lead

Hughes Software Systems
10.2002 - 02.2005

Software Engineer

Hughes Software Systems
04.2001 - 05.2002

Software Engineer

Hughes Software Systems
01.2000 - 03.2001

Member Technical Staff

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
05.1997 - 10.2000

MTech - Electronics Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology - Madras

B.E - Electronics Engineering

Yashwantrao Chavan College of Engineering

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