SANDEEP ARATHIL
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced and passionate Embedded Systems Engineer with 19+ years of expertise in software development, system architecture, and technical leadership. Proven ability to lead global teams, manage complex product development lifecycles, and deliver high-quality embedded software solutions across diverse domains such as Bluetooth, audio, IoT, and automotive systems. Strong background in SoC firmware, embedded audio use cases, and people/team management.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Staff Engineer / Manager
Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2020 - Current
- Built and led a Bluetooth Audio application software team in BDC for Qualcomm SoCs including next gen Active Noise Cancellation(ANC) software
- Owned QCC522x SoC software architecture, owned subsystem design and emulation, hardware team interactions and end to end product developmet. Lead product discussions with Product Managers, Program Managers, and marketing teams, and engage in early customer engagement.Cross functional team collaboration and strategy management
- Onwed QCC722x Application Development Kit (ADK) for Qualcomm, including feature development, porting the entire ADK to a new SOC platform.
- Delivered platform features, customer support, lead-customer engagement, and onsite support.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring deadlines were met.
- Assisted in recruiting, interviewing, and selecting qualified candidates for open positions.
- People management and leading team with direct reports
Staff Engineer / Manager
Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Developed headset products on QCC518x platform from requirements to delivery.
- Designed Bluetooth and audio use cases for headset; led team for end-to-end software delivery.
- Developed and integrated True Wireless and Handover applications for earbuds.
- Lead Qualcomm speaker/soundbar application delveopment
- Team management
Staff Engineer
Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Led design and development of BLE profiles (GATT, GAP, Battery, HID, Proximity, Temperature etc).
- Architected framework for CSR ADK Bluetooth stack and managed profile integration.
- Initiatives for Test Driven Development and building Unit tests for Qualcomm ADK's
- Enhancement of different Application use cases and stabilizing different features for ADK's
Senior Lead Engineer
CSR India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Developed BR/EDR Bluetooth profiles (A2DP 1.3, HFP 1.6, AVRCP), participated in UPFs.
- Enhanced CSR ADK stack and enabled secure pairing support.
- Owned modules and developed features for CSR Swift(a host driven application) software
Lead Engineer
CSR India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Ported CSR ADK Host software to embedded platforms, led system-level integration.
- Ownership of Bluetooth Qualification for CSR ADK's and defined strategies for Qualification.
- Enhancement and development of use case development in application
Lead Engineer
Harman (Onsite at Germany via Wipro)
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Developed USB HID keyboard and mouse support for rear seat entertainment systems.
- Acted as onsite technical coordinator between Germany and India teams for Bluetooth platform software
- Enhancement and Maintenance of Bluetooth platform software
Engineer
Wipro Technologies (for Harman Projects)
01.2005 - 01.2010
- Design and development of Bluetooth SCO audio routing firmware over USB for win32(Windows XP) X86 platform
- Developed Bluetooth system event handlers, USB/iPod streaming, and HUD support.
- Designed Bluetooth abstraction layers and audio routing features for automotive head units.
- Enhancement of Rear Seat Audio (RSA) Module.
- Maintenance of different flavors of automotive entertainment systems.
Education
MS - Embedded Systems
Manipal Institute of Technology
ManipalB.Tech - Electronics & Communication
Government College of Engineering
KannurPre-Degree -
Payyannur College
SSLC -
Tagore Vidyaniketan Govt. HSS
KannurSkills
- Technical Leadership: Team building, mentorship, technical roadmap planning, delivery ownership, cross-site collaboration, customer-facing engineering
- Project & People Management: End-to-end product lifecycle leadership, hiring and onboarding, stakeholder management, team management
- Programming & RTOS: C, Assembly, Python, FreeRTOS, QNX, and bare-metal programming
- Domains: embedded systems, IoT(Earbud/Headset), Bluetooth audio, automotive infotainment
- Embedded Platforms: ARM Cortex-M4/M55, STM32, AVR 32, Arduino, Qualcomm SoCs (QCC722x/522x/30xx/85xx)
- Interfaces & Protocols: Bluetooth (BR/EDR, LE), I2C, I2S, SPI, CAN (basic), Memory,Power
- Tools & Debugging: Wireshark, Ellisys, Teledyne, scons, LLVM/GCC, Different IDEs, audio analysis tools, GM Lan Tracer, CAT Tools,Core Dump analysis
- DevOps & Process: Git, Perforce, Jenkins, Jira, Swarm, ClearCase
Certification
Professional Certificate Program in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode
Timeline
Sr. Staff Engineer / Manager
Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2020 - Current
Staff Engineer / Manager
Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2018 - 01.2020
Staff Engineer
Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2015 - 01.2018
Senior Lead Engineer
CSR India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2014 - 01.2015
Lead Engineer
CSR India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2012 - 01.2014
Lead Engineer
Harman (Onsite at Germany via Wipro)
01.2010 - 01.2012
Engineer
Wipro Technologies (for Harman Projects)
01.2005 - 01.2010
MS - Embedded Systems
Manipal Institute of Technology
B.Tech - Electronics & Communication
Government College of Engineering
Pre-Degree -
Payyannur College
SSLC -
Tagore Vidyaniketan Govt. HSS
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