Wednesday July 20, 2005

Last updated on July 1st, 2005

Rahul Saraswat

E-mail: rahulkants@yahoo.com Mobile: +91 9845168522
Address: #109, Kristal Halite - I, Ambalipura Post,
Bellendur Road, Off Sarjapura Road,
Bangalore – 560 037, INDIA

OBJECTIVE:

To get into a challenging role where I can continuously improve in all my endeavors and employ my experience for making a difference on a larger scale. This will provide opportunities for me to learn and grow along with tshe organization.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

TECHNICAL LEADER, Embedded Systems (6+ yrs. Experience)

+ Customer Interaction for Requirements collection
+ Milestone definition, Scheduling and Tracking of tasks
+ Module Development (Coordination, Estimation, Design, Coding, Testing and Debugging)
+ Quality Process Implementation within Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
+ Software Configuration Management and Tool Chain Management

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY:

Robert Bosch India Ltd., Bangalore, India (RBIN), May 2000 till date

RBIN is a SEI-CMM Level 4 German MNC, extensively working in the field of Automobile. RBIN is giving the Software Development support to its associates under Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany.

Aerospace Systems Private Limited, Bangalore (ASL), February 1999 - May 2000

ASL, promoted by TATA Group, is engaged in the design and development of Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. ASL provides system solutions using GPS technology in the areas of Navigation, Differential GPS, Timing Applications, etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS (self rating 5...10; 5 being know how and 10 being expert):

Microcontroller/Microprocessor:
TI Centaurus (Dual Processor: TMS470R1x⁷ and TMS320C54x⁵); Intel 80186⁵

Programming Languages:
C⁸; Visual C++⁵; PERL⁷; Assembly language⁵

Operating Systems:
Proprietary OS⁶; ERCOS^{EK 6}

Protocols / Interfaces:
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) ⁶; Serial Communication Interface (SCI) ⁵; RS – 232⁵; National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA-0183) ⁶; Controller Area Network (CAN) ⁶; Object-Oriented Concepts⁶

Development Tools:
Code Composer Studio from TI ⁸; Proprietary Tools ⁸; ASCET-SD ⁵; MKS Source Integrity ⁸; Visual Source Safe ⁹; CodeWright ⁸; GnuMake ⁶; Visio ⁹; Rational Rose ⁶

OTHER SKILLS:

+ Planning; Building relationship
+ Quick learning; Good analyzing capabilities
+ Experience of working in Cross Cultural environment; Team player
+ Exposure to SEI CMM Level 4
+ Interest in learning new things and developing new ideas

WORK SUMMARY:

Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) (achievements are marked with * ):

ACC extends the conventional cruise control by enabling the vehicle to automatically flow with the other vehicles in dense traffic while keeping a safe distance, without any driver intervention.

+ (*) Successfully coordinated the work from customer's location at Stuttgart, Germany to team at RBIN which resulted in greater volume of high quality of work flow to team at RBIN with complete customer satisfaction.

+ (*) Developed new concept of Non-Volatile Memory Update Manager (patent application under scrutiny) and successfully implemented it.

+ (*) Helped customers in defining technical coordination model, milestones of different larger software components and in implementation of quality processes.

+ Active participation in requirements definition discussions and new architecture definition discussions.

+ Were involved in successful development of modules related to Platform Software of ACC such as Process Control Unit, Long Range Radar scheduler, etc. The Software Development Life Cycle is followed in the development or execution of every module.

+ Lead the team of three people for development of different modules. The On-Time Delivery Quotient and Defect-Free Delivery Quotient were rated as 100%.

Dashboard System:

Dashboard System is a part of the modern Integrated Cockpit Electronics (ICE) in automobiles. The Electronic Control Unit (ECU) of Dashboard System collects and process all the information required from various sensors and other Electronic Control Units (ECUs).

+ Two modules were handled while working on Dashboard System:

- Design review and Testing of Blinker Module (Live module for training)
- Thermal Oil Level Indicator (Were involved in all the phases of SDLC)

Global Positioning System (GPS):

GPS is a satellite navigation system designed to provide instantaneous position, velocity and time information almost anywhere on the globe at any time, and in any weather.

+ Achievements involve developing the Differential GPS interface and implementing the Indian Grid Reference System and Message Output Time Synchronization.

+ Involved in the development of Navigation Planning Software and developed GPS-PC Communication Interface on GPS Receiver.

EDUCATION:

+ Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science and Engineering from Adichunchanagiri Institute of Technology, Chikmagalur, Karnataka (Kuvempu University) with 67.28% marks in 1998.

+ B.E. Project: Development of a Graphics Library for CDAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing), Bangalore

+ Seminar: Microprocessor Architecture, Intel 8086
+ Important Courses in B.E.: Microprocessors, C Programming and 8086 Assembly Language

REFERENCES:

Available if required.

Links:

+ CV in MS-Word format can be obtained from (http://rahulkants.tripod.com/resume.doc)
+ Details of projects can be obtained from (http://rahulkants.tripod.com/appendix.doc)
 

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Rahul Saraswat