Sithi Fathima

Senior Lead Engineer

Qualcomm

Hyderabad

06.2020 - Current

Automotive Functional Safety & Embedded Software : Experience in Automotive SoC Development at Qualcomm. Expertise in ISO 26262 Functional Safety , ASIL Compliance , and Safety-Critical Software Development . Hands-on with Built-In Self-Test (BIST) validation , integration, and testing. Conducted Functional Safety Analysis (FMEA, DFA) for automotive systems. Authored Safety Architecture, Safety Requirements, Safety Design Documents, and Unit Test Plans . Experience in Dependent Failure Analysis (DFMEA) . Embedded Software Development & Optimization Developed and optimized safety-critical firmware for Automotive SoCs ( ADAS, IVI) . Strong experience in MISRA-C compliance, static analysis, and code coverage (MC/DC, Statement, Branch) . Expertise in Power and Performance Optimization , including low-level memory management, and profiling . Worked on real-time debugging, hardware/software integration, and firmware validation . Network-on-Chip (NoC) & Safety Subsystems Debugged and validated Network-on-Chip (NoC) functional safety errors for automotive platforms. Experience in Safety Subsystems , ECC, Parity mechanisms, and hardware/software fault detection. Expertise in hardware fault injection testing, watchdog timers (WDT), and recovery mechanisms . Debugged customer issues and provided post-silicon validation and root cause analysis .
IoT, Sensors & Embedded : Designed and developed IoT-based Smart Bin using ESP32, FreeRTOS, AWS IoT Core, MQTT . Hands-on experience with sensor integration, object detection, low-power design . RTOS-based development, inter-task communication, and real-time debugging
Interconnect Bus Driver (AXI, CHI, AHB): Implemented drivers for managing data traffic within the System-on-Chip (SoC) using efficient bandwidth aggregation and frequency scaling techniques.
Network on Chip Error Handling and Debugging: Led efforts to identify and resolve system errors, significantly reducing downtime, and enhancing system reliability.
Specialized in debugging decode, security, and timeout errors
Power Management IPs: Developed innovative power management units to optimize power consumption by managing clock and power gating for various components of the SoC
Memory Management: SoC to DDR memory map driver
Clock Management: Dynamic clock division and gating for SoC power reduction
Bring-Up Support & Code Integration Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon Validation: Provided bring-up support for new chipsets and managed code integration to ensure smooth functionality across various platforms
Conducted thorough validation of SoC designs before and after silicon fabrication
Tool Development: Python - NoC Bandwidth Analyzer, Safety Error Decoder, PMU Decoder, AXIOM Automation for Presil Validation, AHB Bus Detection Validation Automation, NoC Error Decoder, XPU Review Automation.
System-Level Stability Issues: Debugged and resolved complex system-level issues, including core hangs, and other critical stability problems.
Customer Issue Resolution: Collaborated with major customers such as Samsung, Vivo, automotive clients, Meta, Chrome, and Microsoft to address and resolve product-specific issues