Senthil Kumar Appavoo Saravanan

About Senthil Kumar Appavoo Saravanan

Passionate Software Engineer. Played various roles as needed as Developer, Technical Lead, Requirements Analyst, SW Architect- Vast experience in the Semiconductor Equipment and Medical Devices domains- Strong believer and follower of SOLID principles and Object Oriented Programming technique to build robust and maintainable SW products- Strong expertise in Multi threaded applications, Distributed Control systems, Backend Services, reusable libraries development- Mentored, guided, and collaborated team members to develop quality software.Semiconductor Equipment SW Expertise- Experienced in Control System software for: Assembly & Packaging (WireBonding), EUV Photolithography light source, LED Manufacturing using MOCVD, Electrochemical Deposition tools for Advanced Packaging (ECD, PVD)- Developed Gas Flow and Temperature control subsystems for Semiconductor equipment- Implemented Material Handling Systems using Wafer Robots, EFEMs, Transport systems for Semiconductor Equipment OEMsMedical Devices SW Expertise- Experienced in developing Programmer applications for Implantable Pulse Generators for Neuromodulation to treat Epilepsy, Depression, following IEC62304 processes- Built Mobile application, Backend Services, and libraries to communicate and control the Implantable devices via USB, BT, BLEProgramming languages- C, C++, C#, PythonOperating Systems- Windows, CentOS Linux, Sun Solaris, VxWorks (RTOS), AndroidFrameworks- Microsoft.NET framework- Cimetrix CIMControl framework for Semiconductor Equipment Control software - Xamarin framework for mobile applications- Testing frameworks - NUnit, XUnit for Android, Mocking frameworks - Moq, rhino mocks- Developed custom frameworks for simulators and controls for semiconductor equipment.Communication Protocols used:TCP/IP, Serial, Modbus over TCP, DeviceNet, EtherCAT, Semi SECS/GEM, Bluetooth, BLEStandards- SEMI Standards for Factory Automation, SECS/GEM, Material Handling, Recipe Management- Medical device Software development using IEC62304Tools- Debug: Visual Studio, WindRiver’s Tornado, CrossWind, Ants Profiler, Wireshark, Android ADB- UML: Enterprise Architect, Visio, Azure- DevOps/Tasks - Azure DevOps, TeamCity, Code Collaborator, VersionOne, Jira, Polarion- Version Control - Subversion, Git, Polarion

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Applied Materials

   Jan 2023 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Software Development for Semiconductor Chips Manufacturing Equipment

Education

• Bharathiar University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science and Engineering

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Subversion
• Distributed Systems
• Software Design
• Uml
• Unix Shell Scripting
• System Software
• Embedded Software
• Shell Scripting
• Linux
• Wire Bonding
• Eclipse
• Semiconductor Fabrication
• Postgresql
• C++
• Multithreaded Application Development
• Python
• Mocvd
• Semiconductors
• Ooad
• Solaris
• C#
• Multithreading
• Control System Development
• Device Drivers
• Software Architectural Design
• Tcp/Ip
• Process Equipment
• Pl/Sql
• Unix
• Databases
• Software Architecture
• Rtos
• Sparx Enterprise Architect
• Photolithography