Siddharth V.

About Siddharth V.

Experienced professional in Telecomm and Embedded Flash Memory domains.5 Year\'s - Sr. Technical Engg. Manager - Software Development Engineering (Project Initiation, Planning, Execution and Monitoring + Procurement and Risk Management). Memory - UFS & eMMC Protocols. Android/Linux Kernel Interface & Host Platform Tools Dev for UFS. Embedded NAND Flash FW & System Validation - Contributed to several firmware releases to customers such as Huawei, Samsung, Xiaomi, etc. which involves owning up the end-to-end product validation from requirement gathering, planning, guiding, nurturing talent and delegating. Cloud System Planning, Procurement, Execution & Framework Deployment (DevOps & Internal tools)-13 Years - As Staff/Senior Lead, Lead in Software Development mainly around LTE(Gateway, BTS, OA & M). LTE Wireless Protocols -> RRC, RLC, PDCP, GTP-U, GTP-C. IP Protocols -> TCP/UDP/IP. OA & M (LTE BTS, Gateways & Ericsson Routers) Protocols -> OAM (TR-69, TR-196, SNMP, Netconf (Conf-D and NCS)), Mobile AT Commands Dev (GSM & CDMA 1xEvDo), MIB & YANG Data Model. Ericsson Router/Switch Platform Admin Software (Fault Detection, reporting & Monitoring S/W). Test Tools & Automation Software Design and Dev for LTE Core - SGW/PGW/MME & BTS. C/C++/Advanced Python (OOPS & Design Pattern-Working as Software Development Engineering Manager with Western Digital R&D (2018 - Till Date), Achieve full lab automation, FW Failure Analysis & Platform (Android, Linux, Win) Validation for Nand Storage. Managed team of 30 engineers- Involved in customer handling, requirement analysis, solution design, effort estimation, detailed work breakdown, resource mapping, scrum execution, team buildup, task delegation, quality initiatives, Unit & Integration testing & automation, builds releases and e2e delivery of the projects- Worked on LTE 4G Gateway Control Plane & Packet Forwarding, Router/Switch Platform Admin Software, OA & M Software as Senior Lead for almost 13 years- Worked on LTE node\'s project for PDCP, RLC, & MAC integration and new features development, designed and developed a sophisticated tool for validation of independent LTE layers like PDCP & RLC. Also worked on Small Cell Solution for eNodeB & EPC in a single box while handling OA & M related work for eNB/MME/SGW/PGW) in Radisys Inc- Worked on EPG(Evolved Packet Gateway), EVR(Evolved Virtual Router)/SSR(Smart Service Router) Platform Software, OA & M Software and Packet Forwarding(One Year) in Ericsson R&D- Worked on CDMA 1xEvDO mobile chipset AT command dev (Motorola & Qualcomm India).

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Sandisk

   Mar 2025 — Present

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

  Executive Education Program in IT Management, IT and Software Project Management

  2012 — 2013

• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2013 — 2015

• Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

  B Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

  1999 — 2003

• Subhash Smarak Inter College

  SSC & HSC, Mathematics & Science

  1993 — 1997

Skills

• Object Oriented Perl
• At Commands
• Integration
• Testing Tools
• Test Automation
• Lte
• Linux Kernel
• Linux
• Cdma
• Testing
• Embedded Linux
• Linux Internals
• Mobile Communications
• Telecommunications
• Mobile Devices
• Perl
• Wimax
• C
• Unix
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
• Debugging
• Data Structures
• Gsm
• People Management
• Software Development
• Scrum