Ramesh Babu
AI Software Senior Engineering Manager
Bangalore
Summary
- Technologist and System Software Engineer having expertise in developing SW modules and Integrating them into products.
- Seasoned in leading & managing highly qualified R & D teams with excellent organizational skills.
- Broad spectrum of technical expertise in Deep Learning & AI System Software, Automation, Runtime middleware, Multimedia, Linux drivers for Audio (ALSA/ASoC) and DMA drivers.
- Extensive experience in delivering products in a SW organization, interacting with customers and application engineering teams.
- Looking forward to building SW Systems in AI/ML/ADAS domain and building products in these segments.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Deep Learning R & D Senior Manager
Intel Corporation
3 2020 - Current
- Currently lead and manage PyTorch Operators & System global development team (Bangalore and Gdansk, Poland). Responsible for enabling PyTorch operators & Kernels on Intel Habana DL Gaudi accelerators. Defining docker content, upgrading to latest PyTorch versions and handling general system topics.
- Responsible for interacting with Application Engineering team and defined and executed strategy for PyTorch using Docker & Kubernetes and dashboards such as Kibana.
- Architected QA framework for Deep learning uses cases for CI, CD & Nightly test automation. Bootstrapped Systems & Automation team for PyTorch Frameworks team.
- QA framework is for validating PyTorch operators, validating accuracy and performance for PyTorch Deep learning workloads related to NLP, Image recognition, Recommendation systems.
Deep Learning Engineer/Manager
Intel Corporation
05.2018 - 02.2020
- Intel Nervana Deep learning accelerators - Technical lead and Manager for Runtime Middleware team. Team was responsible for performance profiling and optimization of Performance for Nervana Deep learning HW accelerators
- Analyzed overall performance of SW stack, identifying & resolving performance bottlenecks in full stack
- Achieved near zero serial host time by pipelining Host (CPU) compute (C++ code) with device compute for ResNet & BERT workloads.
Linux Driver Software Engineering Manager
Intel Corporation
08.2017 - 04.2018
- Lead & Manage Audio Centre of Excellence (CoE) team, which developed Linux Audio drivers (ALSA/ASoC) drivers for Intel SoCs & Processors.
- Audio CoE's Linux audio drivers integrated in IoT based solutions, Mobile devices, Automotive Infotainment & Chrome books.
- Responsible for upstreaming Linux audio driver (ASoC), SoundWire drivers.
Audio Automation Architect
Intel Corporation
10.2016 - 07.2017
- Developed automation test suite for audio use cases, especially for Chrome OS & automotive Infotainment systems. Automation solution includes Hardware based devices to measure quality of audio and trigger events like 3.5mm jack events.
- Design For Test - Defined Test automation requirements for Linux audio stack, developed generic ASoC machine drivers and audio topologies.
Linux Audio Driver Engineer
Intel Corporation
09.2009 - 09.2016
- Design & develop ALSA & ASoC drivers for Intel's Phone & Tablet platforms across multiple generation of SoCs. These drivers integrated into Moblin, MeeGo, Chrome OS & Android OS platforms.
- Co-author of ASoC Compress audio framework and upstream part of Intel audio drivers to Linux community.
- Involved in developing audio stack for Automotive Infotainment and supported automotive customers to integrate Intel's audio solution.
Senior Software Developer
LG Soft India Private Ltd
03.2009 - 08.2009
- For SIM Storage and Mobile Messaging features for LiMo Mobile platform. LiMo platform is based on Linux operating system
- Developed plugin that uses AT commands to interact with SIM module in multi-threaded software stack.
Multimedia Middleware Developer
Motorola
07.2005 - 02.2009
- Develop and porting of Multimedia features such Video answering machine, MP3 player, Video call in Middleware stack. Relocated to Illinois, US for about 2 years to accelerate development and Integration of Multimedia stack
- Linux SPI DMA driver for TI DM299 & Camera Middleware Engine for Imaging centric phone (MotoZine ZN5) in Motorola Aalborg (Denmark)
- Lead Engineer for Crash reduction task force - Develop innovative methods to uncover system crashes/freezes and triage them. System level debug, analyze and root cause full stack issues for Linux OS based Mobile phones.
DSP Applications Engineer
Analog Devices
11.2003 - 06.2005
- Provide HW & SW System Design solutions for Analog Device customer's by suggesting suitable interfacing devices such as memory devices, AV codec, ADCs, DACs
- Develop bare metal device drivers and White papers that would demonstrate features of ADI DSP processors and VisualDSP++ compiler.
- Demo applications such as JPEG encoder & decoder to demonstrates DSP processor's and ADI's tool chain capabilities
- Verifying IC anomalies reported by customers with DSP VLSI designers, suggesting Workarounds for anomalies.
Embedded Software Engineer
Tachyon Tech Dev
03.2003 - 10.2003
- Design and develop Hardware and Software used for domestic automation equipments such as water meter controllers & fire alarms using embedded micro controllers.
Education
Bachelors - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Visveswaraiah Technological University
01.1998 - 04.2002
Skills
Programming Languages: C, C, Python
Deep Learning, Performance analysis, Linux drivers
Dockers, Kubernetes & Jenkins
Operating Systems: RTOS, UNIX, Android, Chrome and other Linux based OS
Experienced in Agile – Scrum process methodology & SDLC
Good understanding of Low level HW protocols
Languages
English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil & Telugu
Interests
Avid traveler, Photography, Volunteering for NGOs involved in tree planting
Timeline
Deep Learning Engineer/Manager
Intel Corporation
05.2018 - 02.2020
Linux Driver Software Engineering Manager
Intel Corporation
08.2017 - 04.2018
Audio Automation Architect
Intel Corporation
10.2016 - 07.2017
Linux Audio Driver Engineer
Intel Corporation
09.2009 - 09.2016
Senior Software Developer
LG Soft India Private Ltd
03.2009 - 08.2009
Multimedia Middleware Developer
Motorola
07.2005 - 02.2009
DSP Applications Engineer
Analog Devices
11.2003 - 06.2005
Embedded Software Engineer
Tachyon Tech Dev
03.2003 - 10.2003
Bachelors - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Visveswaraiah Technological University
01.1998 - 04.2002
Deep Learning R & D Senior Manager
Intel Corporation
3 2020 - Current
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