Vijay Anand R

Dynamic professional with 15+ years of experience in IT industry. Aspiring for a challenging career in Android Automotive domain which will help in showcasing my technical and managerial abilities and help me in building my technical and domain skills. I come with strong domain knowledge in Android Automotive OS, Finance, BI and E-Learning domains. I have interacted with European, Japanese and UAE clients throughout my career. Currently working as a technical lead with hands on experience in handling a team and providing technical guidance to the team members and keep them always motivated. Strong exposure to the multiple areas involved in developing software for the Android In-Vehicle Infotainment system such as HVAC, Seats and Ventilation, Connectivity etc.,. I have also worked from onsite client location for one of the European OEM's.

Technical Skills: Android HMI, Core Java, AAOS, Kotlin, Android Framework Basics, Flex, ActionScript 3.0

IDE/Tools: Android Studio, Adobe Flash Builder, Visual studio, Eclipse, Toad, Astah

Framework: Pure MVP , MVVM, Garuda and Pure MVC FrameWork

Databases: Basic knowledge of SQLITE and MYSQL.

Operating System: Windows based operating systems. Linux Basics.

SMARTBYTES TECHNOLOGY : HARMAN INDIA (Deployed at client place) (Dec 2023 to Till now)

• This project supports HMI GUI and application layer involves the development of CAR infotainment systems
• I have played a key role during the phase of Requirement analysis, Designing, Development and Delivery of the Feature.
• Worked in developing software for HVAC, BT connectivity, Seats and Ventilation, Spy modules using AAOS, Android using both Java and Kotlin
• I have solved highly complex features on the HVAC and Seats functionality especially in the scenarios of consecutive on change event for multiple events and in the decision making of how the feature should be working
• I'm managing the team of six people along with extending support for then in design and development of the screen and providing support to them to finish their task at the earliest.
• I'm handling the code review for all the changes which are done by the members in my team and providing the feedback and best approaches.
• I'm involved in initial triaging of the bug tickets and accordingly assigning to the team or moving to other teams.
• Involved and supported in the effort estimation analysis of the project.

EXPLEO TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PVT LIMITED(Mar 2022 to Dec 2023)

• Worked on a project which involved the development of framework layer for the CAR infotainment systems with main focus on the design,development of the BT & WiFi related diagnostic feature, RVC features. I have worked on the different layers of the Android architecture including UI, Android Framework and HAL (Vehicle HAL) layer too. Modified IPC Communication(HIDL) and established communication between HAL and Framework layer (BT Stack) as part of this project
• Worked on one of the POC's for Android automotive where my scope of work involved in design and development of HMI, to enable the functionalities for Media, BT Connection, Contacts, Call feature. Also, worked on Vulnerability Road User (VRU) feature used to indicate the end user about nearby vehicles to avoid collisions and ensure safe drive. As part of this POC, done deep technical research on Android Automotive build process to bring up IVI in Raspberry board. Was a key player in effort estimation and grooming the team technically to complete the tasks in time.
• Extensively used the concepts of the Android, Core Java, C++ throughout the tenure within this organization and used the Raspberry Pi Board too for multiple assignments

QuEST GLOBAL ENGINEERING PVT LTD (Feb 2015 to Feb 2022)

• Worked on a project for developing the HMI of CAR entertainment system. Worked on communication modules such as Multiphone connection, Bluetooth, active call and contacts, Driver profiles, etc.,. using Android. Played a key role during the phase of Requirement analysis, Designing, Development and Delivery of the Feature. Also, participated in design and code Review process. Managed team members and guiding them in design and development of the screens and providing support to them to finish their task at the earliest. Extensively used Android, Core Java, SQLITE for the development.
• Worked on another project for the CAR entertainment systems specifically on the UI design for the HMI using Adobe AIR and and actionscript 3. I was mainly involved in the development of UI for the communication modules. I was one of the key players who was also involved in the critical defects fixing by analyzing and finding the root cause of the defects. Played a key role in estimation analysis and provided support to onsite members. Got good appreciation from the end customer for the team work as well as for fixing the critical defects by different ideas.

UNIMONI GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES (Oct 2012 to January 2015)

• Worked on a project AMIGO which is one of the products of UAEEXCHANGE which is completely based on Money Transfer which has two major modules namely Remittance and Forex.
• Played a key role during the phase of Requirement analysis, Designing, Development and Delivery of the features for both remittance and forex. Worked on handling live Incidents and defects fixing by analyzing and finding the Root cause of the defects. Incorporated implementation of Change requirements from PRE team without affection old functionalities.
• Extensively used Spring, Adobe Flex 4.5, ActionScript 3.0, Sybase 1.5, Eclipse, BlazeDS for the development of the software's
• Guiding the team members for better development and SCM team for deployment.

Krios Technologies (Nov 2010 to Sep 2012)

• Worked on the Nephila project for the module of Hungama entry screens using the technologies: Adobe Flex, ActionScript 3.0, Core Java,Servlet, Mysql. Nephila is a performance management tool which is used to analyze the performance of an organization. In the Nephila project, Hungama Screens are basically user entry screens for the client Hungama. The work involved in developing these screens which enhanced the user experience and could track the sales, promotion and product information of the client. I was responsible for writing the Design Specifications for the user interfaces and the business logic layers. Developed the web interfaces with Flex 3, Servlets, HTML, CSS.
• I also worked on KenQuest Assessment Manager which allows creation and distribution of online assessments efficiently in a shorter span of time. My scope involved in understanding requirements from the Project Manager and to do the design and development of the software application using Flex, PHP and Servlets.

BestNetCraft Internet Publishers (Dec 2009 to Oct 2010)

• Worked in the process of developing dynamically generating web pages for the company websites using HTML,PHP and Mysql (www.come2india.org and www.madrasi.info, etc.)
• Learnt the fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization and learnt to build and maintain spatial database for the website.
• Extended my support in providing interface design, content research, development, and synthesis.

Siemens Information Systems Limited (Oct 2008 to Feb 2009)

• Underwent rigorous fresher Induction training for 4 months comprising of in-depth hands on training in C, C++, Java and all internal processes to be followed as part of SDLC .
• Worked on multiple assignments on Java, C++.