Madhavatu Vastram Naik

About Madhavatu Vastram Naik

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARYPrincipal Audio DSP Firmware Engineer with 20+ years of experience delivering production-certified audio and speech solutions across global SoC platforms. Deep expertise in Dolby MS12 integration, DSP-level optimization, silicon bring-up, and performance engineering across ARM and proprietary DSP architectures.Proven track record of:• End-to-end firmware lifecycle ownership (development → integration → silicon validation → certification → production support)• Reducing MIPS and power through SIMD/assembly optimization• Achieving first-pass Dolby certification across multiple product cycles• Designing scalable automated validation frameworks to accelerate release velocity• Driving complex hardware–software integration and production issue ENGINEERING CAPABILITIES• Audio & Speech Codec Architecture (Dolby MS12, DDCE, MPEG-H, DTS, ITU-T Standards)• DSP Optimization & Acceleration (C, Intrinsics, Assembly, SIMD/VLIW)• Multi-Architecture SoC Expertise (ARM Cortex-A, ADSP, Tensilica, Broadcom Firepath)• System Integration & Hardware–Software Convergence• Certification Compliance & Standards Alignment (Dolby, Industry Specifications)• Silicon Bring-Up & Bit-Exact Validation• Cache, Memory & Micro-Architecture Optimization• Performance Profiling & Complexity Analysis (MIPS, Latency, Footprint)• Automated Regression & CI/CD Frameworks• Dolby IIDK & Audio Precision Compliance• Customer Escalation Management & Production Support• Defect Tracking & Release Governance (JIRA)• Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Execution

Experience

1. Principal Engineer

   Broadcom

   Aug 2010 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Architecture & Codec Leadership• Owned full lifecycle integration of Dolby MS12 (v2.3–v2.8), including DDP, MAT encoders, PCM rendering, and DDCE across ARM and Firepath platforms.• Integrated MPEG-H ALS and legacy decoders (MP3, Vorbis, ADPCM).• Delivered production-ready audio stacks for global consumer platforms.Performance Engineering• Reduced MIPS and power consumption through:• NEON SIMD and intrinsic optimization• Hand-optimized assembly tuning• Cache-aware memory restructuring• Data structure redesign• Applied NEON/SIMD vectorization and micro-architectural tuning to Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) decoder and FlexConnect modules, achieving ~50% reduction in computational complexity (MIPS) while maintaining full Dolby bit-exact compliance.• Conducted detailed MIPS and memory feasibility studies for new SoCs.• Performed Linux perf–based micro-architectural profiling (CPU cycles, cache misses, branch prediction, call-graph analysis).Silicon Bring-Up & Validation• Led early engineering sample bring-up and hardware-software convergence.• Established system-level validation environments (TVs, AVRs, evaluation boards).• Executed bit-exact validation and performance profiling on silicon.Certification & Compliance• Directed Dolby IIDK validation and Audio Precision compliance workflows.• Achieved consistent first-pass Dolby certification across multiple product cycles.Automation & Efficiency• Designed cron-based automated regression framework executing thousands of audio streams.• Automated Dolby MS12 ODT workflows across multiple platforms, significantly reducing triage time.• Engineered cross-platform tooling (Cygwin-based Linux environment on Windows) to streamline validation.Leadership Impact• Acted as technical anchor for customer escalations and integration challenges.• Mentored junior engineers and drove code reviews and architecture discussions.• Collaborated closely with silicon, OS, and QA teams to ensure predictable delivery.

Education

• • M.Tech, in Digital Signal Processing from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, 2005

  M.Tech, Digital Signal Processing

  2003 — 2005

• Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College

  B.Tech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Debugging
• Algorithms
• Assembly Language
• Embedded Software
• Embedded Systems
• Voip
• C++
• Digital Signal Processors
• C
• Arm
• Software Development