Santhosh Kumar Thimmanna Bhattar

About Santhosh Kumar Thimmanna Bhattar

Android SW Architect at Volvo Group from past 3+ years. I have overall experience of 13 years of android experience both in Android mobile platform and android automotive. Along with android application layer, I have also worked in different android system layers like Android AOSP, Android Camera HAL, Camera Lazy HAL and Kernel in companies like Volvo, Qualcomm. Experience in BlackDuck/Threat analysis for android apps.Experience in Digital Rights Management (DRM) for multimedia content like Audio, Video and Images from application and framework side.Expertise in customising the UI/UX, Runtime Resource Overlay (RRO) for multibrand vehicle applications of Volvo Group.Also I have worked on almost all versions of android from Android cupcake version to present android version.On Android Automotive:Design and developed following vehicle applications as Architect.Tire Monitoring System (Pressure & Temperature), Load Indicator, Volvo Dynamic Steering, JOAB Connected Body App, Keyboard for all languages, Charge Management for BEV Vehicles, Driver ECO Coaching application, Dual Screen Display for Volvo Concept Trucks. Good knowledge on Android Auto Projection (Audio Focus Service and Audio Ducking )On Android Mobile Platform Qualcomm Chipset- Expertise in developing UI for multiple resolution including for tab i.e.(hdpi, xhdpi, xxhdpi etc)- Good understanding of android media frameworks(Music, Video and Camera ), CSVT Video Telephony framework- Good debugging skills on Android Studio (for Android,JAVA), Application Log Analysis, Systrace and hprof expertise- Android Expertise – Activities, Layouts, Services, Content providers, Media player, Gallery- Software maintenance activities like feature enhancements, bug fixing- Porting Applications across Android versions ( GB, ICS, JB,KK,L)- Good experience in native android applications - Have worked on Android media Framework & Camera HAL layer which includes bugfixing,porting and maintaining the Android Camera framework-Worked on camera issues related to Qualcomm Chipsets from KitKat 4.4.4,Lollipop 5.0 & M 6.0 also fixing bugs- Also have end to end knowledge of buffer flow from camera application to Camera HAL- Worked on Qualcomm Snapdragon camera application and fixed the issues- Have taken ownership of debugging and fixing the android camera CTS issues from Kitkat to Q- Familiar with analyzing the issues using Android tools like systrace, hprof & Hierarchy view- Good Knowledge in analyzing logs & debugging with respect to multimedia issues.

Experience

1. Sr Sde

   Amazon

   Sep 2024 — Present

   Driving software performance and correctness in amazon firetv (android) software system-Optimize system performance, including boot time, cpu and memory usage-Analyse systems and code to understand performance and scalability. Identify and address technical issues at system level and fixing them-Multi variant/OEM support-Review code and technical designs, provide the guidelines. Work on shared tools and infrastructure for performance measurement, analysis and reporting-Research emerging technologies to incorporate into product development. Development of PoCs to demonstrate concepts/Ideas-Implementation of device security features (run time privileges and package signing)

Education

• Bangalore University

  BE, Computer Science

  2005 — 2009