Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Projects
Publications
CISCO Campus Ambassadorship
Volunteer Experience
Certification
Languages
Timeline
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Smitha Sony

Smitha Sony

California

Summary

Passionate about making a positive impact and dedicated to driving change in the field of digital electronics, VLSI, computer system architecture, and integrated circuits. With 2 years of work and extensive research experience, demonstrates a strong work ethic and takes responsibility for assigned tasks. Possesses high emotional intelligence (EQ) and excels in understanding and adapting to diverse environments and individuals.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate Engineer

Volvo Group
08.2022 - 07.2024
  • Designed and tested a Coolant Pump for the Thermal Management System of electric buses.
  • Worked in Function Safety as a developer for safety monitors.
  • Implemented and verified End-to-End protection for CAN signals.
  • Familiar with AUTOSAR TEA 2+ architecture, ECU SWC communication, CAN communication, E2E Protection Wrapper and CRC calculation.

UCSC International Summer Research Internship Program

University of California, Santa Cruz
06.2021 - 08.2021
  • Conducted structural and optical assessment of multi-layer structures of Silver Oxide (AgO2) using the Transfer Matrix Method.
  • Acquired basic knowledge of the Transfer Matrix Method to study the optical properties of thin film structures.
  • Obtained preliminary results on protected silver mirrors.

Education

Master of Science - Electrical And Computer Engineering

University of California, Davis
Davis, California, USA
05.2026

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Amrita School Of Engineering
Kollam, Kerala
06.2022

Higher Secondary/Secondary - Science

The Samhita Academy
Bangalore
05.2018

Skills

  • MATLAB Simulink
  • C
  • Python
  • FPGA
  • Verilog HDL
  • Familiar Applications: Xilinx Vivado Suit, Mathematica, ModelSim, Cadence Virtuoso, Keil uVision ALP, GNUSim ALP, LT Spice, Ansys HFSS, Ansoft Designer, CANalyzer, Engineering Tool, System Weaver, Vision

Projects

  • Design and Analysis of Multi-Bit Linear Feedback Shift Register-based PRNG with FPGA Implementation using different Primitive Polynomials
  • Password Protected Door Locking System with Keil u-Vision and Proteus.
  • Designing a flip-flop using CMOS logic with Cadence Virtuoso. Designing a Universal Serial Register with Verilog Programming.
  • Comparing the effects of different Quantization techniques on speech signals with MATLAB.
  • Live In Labs: Development of a Landslide Early Warning Dissemination Model for Anthoniyar Colony, Munnar Designed a detailed software architecture, data flow diagram, and a UI design for an SOS app. Equipped with the knowledge of Human Centered Design (HCD), Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Resource Mapping and QGIS software.

Publications

Design and Analysis of Multi-Bit Linear Feedback Shift Register based PRNG with FPGA Implementation using different Primitive Polynomials Smitha Sony; Anirudh P V; Geethu R.S. 

CISCO Campus Ambassadorship

Campus Ambassadorship 03/2021 - 06/2022

Work under Cisco professionals to spread the word about the activities being held in the company and fill the gap between students and the company., Helped in strengthening skills like interaction, communication, creativity and time management.

Volunteer Experience

  • Volunteered in Kerala Flood Relief Operation 2018 and 2019.
  • Part of 24X7 Compassionate Kerala Call Centre for Kerala Flood Relief Contacted and confirmed the relief accessibility checkpoints for people in need. Fed and updated the acquired information to the system which was sent to helplines.
  • Amrita Student Social Responsibility Social Media Campaign on 'Menstruation Awareness'. Did a successful social media campaign on the Instagram platform. Could reach more than 22,000 people through online content and helped spread lesser-known information about menstruation.
  • Sitara Akka Volunteered to make Teacher Instruction Kits that suggest several teaching methods and techniques for visually challenged students in Tamil Nadu and ease the teaching process.
  • Serve an Hour (SaH) 2018 Volunteer Took the initiative to address and spread awareness about the harmful effects of plastic and its alternatives with a team in a village adopted by Mata Amritanandamayi.
  • Cleaning Campaign Volunteer 2018 and 2019. Volunteered in collecting plastic waste in and around campus and keeping the environment clean.

Certification

  • Completion Certificate: International Summer Research Program, UCSC
  • Volunteer Certificate of Recognition, Sitara Akka
  • Rank Certificate from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 6th Rank in B.Tech ECE 2018-2022
  • IEEE Certificate of Paper Presentation. 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT 2022)

Languages

English
Hindi
Japanese
Malayalam

Timeline

Associate Engineer

Volvo Group
08.2022 - 07.2024

UCSC International Summer Research Internship Program

University of California, Santa Cruz
06.2021 - 08.2021

Master of Science - Electrical And Computer Engineering

University of California, Davis

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Amrita School Of Engineering

Higher Secondary/Secondary - Science

The Samhita Academy
Smitha Sony