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Selvam G

Hyderabad

Summary

Adept SoC Power Validation Engineer with a proven track record at Qualcomm, I excel in Connectivity SoC architecture and power management, showcasing innovation in wearables and IoT Segments efficiency. My collaborative skills led to significant power optimizations, leveraging expertise in PMIC systems and Connetivity concepts.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

CNSS Power Validation - Wearables & IoT

Qualcomm
Hyderabad
06.2019 - Current
  • IOT CNSS Power Team formation - Developed IOT CNSS power team as a single member to team size of 5 Members. Have actively worked on Start of IOT Chipsets Vipertooth,SW3100,SW4100, SW5100 and all IOT Chipsets power Validations
  • Responsible for complete power validation: Conducted comprehensive power validation for the latest WLAN, BT, UWB, WISUN and RFID chipsets in Qualcomm IoT products.
  • Handled complete ownership for SOC power issues: Took charge of triaging and resolving system-on-chip (SOC) power issues related to connectivity.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams: Collaborated with different stakeholders of Chipset power, Audio, Platform, Thermal, Modem, Sensor, and Location teams for many cross-functional analyses and debugs.
  • Soc Architecture Concepts - Having a good understanding of concepts like PMIC, Power Gating, Clock Gating, Voltage/Frequency Scaling, SoC Resource scheduling, Vote/Bandwidth aggregation, Network-On-Chip(NOC), Different Voltage Corners, LDOs, SMPS, Buck-Booster, Island Power Save, etc.
  • Power Competitive Analysis - Actively Performed, Analyzed, Compared, reviewed power consumption of various BT & WLAN scenarios of several Top Tier Wearables like Apple Watch Series(Ultra, watch 9,watch 8,watch 7), Samsung Watch Series(Active 4, Active 5, Active 6). Identified multiple Improvements which had implemented in QC wear Products
  • Customer Issues - Worked with Google, Meta, Mobvoi, Oppo and Other OEMs team to resolve multiple power issues
  • Power Save Innovations & Demos - Presented at the Global Power Summit multiple times and presented innovative ideas on power saving and improvements to leadership teams.
  • Optimization and DoU Improvements - Suggested various power optimizations to Chipset Power team in Application processor, Co-Processor, DDR, WLAN, and BT subsystem levels. Suggested optimizations in Bluetooth SCO, A2DP, and RFCOMM and transition scenarios.

SQA Engineer - (WLAN, Power Consumption)

Client - Broadcom Inc,Bengaluru. Pay Roll - Amboseli Private Ltd
Bengaluru
06.2014 - 06.2019
  • WLAN Test Team Lead: Responsible for validating and assuring quality for 802.11 wireless LAN products (test plan creation, test bed design, and implementation).
  • Power Validation - Developed power test plans and power test cases for different Wi-Fi scenarios and executed them for all Top-Tier Chipsets.(BCM4324,BCM4334,BCM43012, BCM4378, BCM4357,4355C3 for the Apple and Products)
  • Automation - Worked extensively on automating testcases using Python and TCL.
  • Designed simulation tests focusing on common user applications and unlikely cases, advising development team of current configuration performance limitations.
  • Power Save Features : Responsible and had a ownership of all the Connectivity Power Save Features like One core Listen,MIMO power Save, Early beacon termination, opportunistic and Adaptive power save and Etc.
  • WLAN Power Management - Handled Wi-Fi power management features like Power Save Bandwidth, One Core listen, Beacon Trimming, RSSI scenarios, etc.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication(CGPA - 8.1/10)

KLN College of Engg(Board: Anna University)
04-2014

Skills

  • Programming Language : C, TCL, Python
  • OS : Android, Linux,Windows,LE, Wear OS
  • WIFI : WIFI IEEE 80211 a/b/g/n/11n/11ac/11ax/BE
  • BT : BT 42/BT 53/BT 60
  • UWB
  • WISUN
  • RFID
  • SoC Architecture
  • SoC Power Validation - WLAN & Bluetooth Subsystems and Full SoC
  • Clock Gating,Power Gating, Voltage/Frequency Scaling Concepts
  • SoC Power Management and Delivery
  • DDR Bandwidth profiling
  • Understanding of SoC Resource Scheduling, Vote/Bandwidth Aggregation, Network-On-Chip(NOC) concepts
  • PMIC Systems - LDO, Buck-Booster Concepts
  • Hands-on various power measurement tools (National Instruments system-level power tool, Monsoon Power Monitor), JTAG, power probing, etc
  • Hands-On Basic Wifi and Bluetooth Sniffers

Languages

Tamil
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1

Patents and Innovations

  • Filed 1 Patent "AUDIO PLAYBACK IN THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE DEVICES" - US Patent Counsel - Serial.no: 18/956,758
  • Filing in Progress - Power Save Mechanism in 802.15.4 - Final Legal Documentation is in progress
  • Submitted 29 IDFs and 20 Inqubate Ideas on power Saving on IOT/WLAN/BT/UWB Technology areas.

Presentations

  • Presented in Global Qualcomm Power Summit on 2022 and 2023
  • Presented in Global Qualcomm open source summit on 2024.
  • Presented CA analysis outcome and Possible ideas to improve the power to QC Leadership teams

Awards and Appreciations

• Awarded higher "IDF Contributor award" in IOT team in consecutive Quarters.
• Received “IMPACT” Award in Qualcomm for appreciation of outstanding contribution and efforts put in success of team.
• Received “ORION “Award two times in Qualcomm for demonstrating good work connectivity Power Activities.

Education and Training

other

Timeline

CNSS Power Validation - Wearables & IoT

Qualcomm
06.2019 - Current

SQA Engineer - (WLAN, Power Consumption)

Client - Broadcom Inc,Bengaluru. Pay Roll - Amboseli Private Ltd
06.2014 - 06.2019

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication(CGPA - 8.1/10)

KLN College of Engg(Board: Anna University)

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