Software Engineer
Resume:
Someshwar Mukherjee
***********@*****.***
*********@*****.***
http://www.linkedin.com/in/someshwarmukherjee
Summary
Nearly fifteen years of total experience - in team leading, management and
design architecting - in the domains of network applications, processor
modeling, toolchain and software for failsafe embedded systems, and more
recently in development of highly scalable and available web services
related to the online payments domain.
Hands on software development experience on multi-core embedded PowerPC
platforms using C. Some understanding of hardware resource virtualization.
Very strong C skills. Very strong understanding of object oriented
methodologies, the C++ STL and CMM practices. Some understanding of the
commonly used GoF Design Patterns and UML.
Fair understanding of SystemC in terms of simulation / modeling of ASIC
chips. Understanding of functional and cycle accurate simulation
technology. Experience in bare metal software executive bringup on multi-
core simulators.
Conceptual and hands-on understanding of Linux kernel internals like
scheduling, process and memory management, threads and IPC. Some experience
in Linux device driver development and testing. Excellent skills in
UNIX/Linux Shell scripting in ksh, bash and tcsh. Some experience in GUI
development using Tcl/Tk and the Microsoft .NET platform. Experience in Tcl
(expect), Python and Perl scripting for testing automation.
Knowledge of compiler development using UNIX tools, viz. Lex (Flex) and
YACC (bison). Extensive knowledge on GNU auto-tools for dynamic build
configuration, viz. autoconf and automake. Knowledge of Makefiles and the
opensource GNU compilation toolchain, viz. GCC.
Basic understanding of embedded router software - packet forwarding, crypto
and pattern matching. Understanding of datapath acceleration hardware of
the Freescale Multicore Network Processing Platform. Operational
understanding and scripting for SmartBits packet injection hardware for
test packet generation.
Programming experience in CAD/CAM software platforms like AutoCAD and
MicroStation. Experience in MicroStation MDL programming language and
AutoCAD AutoLisp.
Proficient in managing project schedules using MS Project and Primavera. On-
site project management experience covering contract management, customer
support and interaction, customer requirement gathering, and payment
collection and leading a team of engineers and contractual laborers for
installation and commissioning of hardware.
Technical Skill Set
Operating Systems Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora and Suse), UNIX
(HP-UX, SCO, AT&T, Solaris), Windows NT
Architectures Intel x86, RISC, SIMD, PowerPC
Programming Languages C, C++, SystemC, Shell, Python, Tcl/Tk, Perl,
Assembly, Lex / YACC, UML, SQL
Databases Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, MySQL
Programming Interfaces Microsoft Visual Studio, #Develop, Rational
Rose, Freescale CodeWarrior
Project Management Tools CVS, GIT, Accurev, MS Project, Primavera
Product Packaging Tools GNU packaging tool chain, InstallShield
Configuration Management GNU automake and autoconf
Quality Control CMM (Level 4), ISO9001-2000
Professional Experience
June 2012 till date: Software Development Manager, Amazon Inc., Bangalore
Sep 2010 - Jun 2012: Manager - Modeling and Firmware, Sandisk (India) Pvt.
Ltd., Bangalore
Feb 2006 - Aug 2010: Sr. Systems Engineer, Freescale Semiconductor (India)
Pvt. Ltd., Noida
Dec 2003 - Jan 2006: Sr. Software Specialist, Celstream Technologies Pvt.
Ltd., Bangalore. (working for Thomson).
Feb 2001 - Dec 2003: Systems Design Engineer, Ansaldo Signal (India) Pvt.
Ltd., Bangalore.
Jun 1998 - Jan 2001: Project Engineer, DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems India
Ltd. (now Bombardier Transportation), Calcutta.
Projects Undertaken (reverse chronological order)
Amazon
Software Development Manager (Jun 2012 till date)
Managing web services development related to the payment services of
Amazon. Worked on managing a team to create upfront payments processing
platform. In parallel, also managed a team involved in secure last-leg
payments autohorisation and authentication with payments processors
(banking institutions). Currently managing a team that deals with refunds
and chargeback payments processing.
SanDisk
Manager - Modeling and Firmware (Sep 2010 to Jun 2012) - Equivalent to
Staff Engineer
Development of a configurable firmware to validate model features.
Design and implementation of an automated performance measurement and
benchmarking framework for the model releases.
Development of serialization framework for existing model codebase. The
design introduces minimal changes in the existing classes. Automatic
implementation of serialization using this framework, deploying Python to
parse the output of GCC-XML and edit the source code on the fly.
Building up of the team; recruitment. Mentoring a team of engineers to
write firmware for model validation.
Creation of test framework to allow co-validation of model against ASIC
simulation.
Freescale Semiconductor
Individual contributor, Networking Software Division (Sep 2008 to Aug 2010)
Implementation of a Linux device driver for IEEE-1588 timer IP in the P4080
SoC. This also entailed modifying the GNU PTPd daemon to use hardware time-
stamping and demonstrate clock sync to ~25ns.
Enablement of access to the P4080 datapath blocks from user-level Linux
processes. This entailed creation of specialized drivers for the IP so that
accesses to the blocks by user land applications are not routed through the
kernel.
Creation and streamlining of quality processes for the software team. Team
gearing up for ISO certification audit.
Development of networking traffic router software with an inbuilt quality-
of-service algorithm. This project primarily showcases the capabilities of
the hardware datapath accelerators of the Freescale P4080 multicore
solution.
Performance optimization of router software for Chinese client Huawei. The
client's code was optimized to give the expected throughput on the
Freescale P4080 multicore platform.
Scripting automation to create a regression framework for running workloads
on simulators and boards. The regression framework supported driving test
input data using Spirent SmartBits as well as standard utilities like
tcpdump / tcpreplay.
Performance analysis of proof-of-concept router software and its
optimization on the P4080 platform. Delivered the optimized code to NSN to
be the starting point for their code development.
Tech Lead, System Performance & Modeling Group (Feb 2006 to Aug 2008)
Validation of P4080 simulator. This involved creation of the validation
framework and writing proof-of-concept test cases. The bulk of test cases
were developed using contracted resources from Wipro. This regression suite
was used as the acceptance test suite for simulator deliveries by Virtutech
(supplying the functional simulator to Freescale).
Bare-metal applications development framework for quick testing of the
P4080 simulator in terms of the functionality of the datapath engines.
Enhancement of build infrastructure for cross-platform building of the
simulator codebase. Removal of old Makefiles and introduction of GNU
automake and autoconf. Porting of base libraries from Linux to Cygwin.
Introduction of thread-safety in the base PowerPC simulator (powersim).
Removal of singletons from the design.
Functional modeling of various IP blocks like PCI-Express, SIRI, SATA etc.
for use in SoC simulators. These simulators are used by the post silicon
bringup teams for generating the golden output during regression testing.
Celstream Technologies
Sr. Software Specialist (Dec 2003 to Jan 2006)
Development of modeling platform (class libraries) for simulation /
validation of a professional video-processing DSP, using TLM and SystemC
(v1.0). The client was Thomson Multimedia, France. The simulator was used
to develop optimized application software (codec processing) before the
hardware was taped out.
Development of an assembler and disassembler for a SIMD DSP core inside a
video processing ASIC. The client was Thomson. The ASIC contained several
RISC cores controlling VLD processors and DSP cores for image processing.
Ansaldo Signal
Systems Design Engineer (Feb 2001 to Dec 2003)
Development of a grammar and its compiler to automate Railway Signaling
interlocking software generation from the yard data. The secondary
objective of the project required development of a PC-based real-time
simulation system for the interlocking. The project was for use within the
company.
Design of control software for a computer controlled signaling system for
MARTA, Atlanta, USA. I was deputed to Pittsburgh for three months to gather
the customer requirements and understand their standards.
Installation, testing and commissioning of control system for yard
signaling control at Sealdah, Eastern Railway, India. I was posted at site
to manage the activities using trained contractual resources. I was also
responsible for getting customer design approvals and payment collection.
DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems
Project Engineer (Jun 1998 to Jan 2001)
Design, installation, testing and commissioning of an automatic (unmanned)
wayside signaling system for Eastern Railway (India) in the Sealdah
suburban section. I was responsible for gathering contractual requirements,
design of the circuits, installation of equipment, testing and
commissioning of the system. I was also responsible for on-site contract
management, payment collection and training of customer personnel for
maintenance of the installation.
Awards
Awarded a Certificate of Recognition in Freescale for efforts to streamline
quality processes.
Awarded "Bravo" in Freescale for simulator validation methodology
development.
Awarded "Master Brain" in Celstream for consistently excellent performance.
Other Freelance Projects
Developed a robotic car in college and controlled it through the COM port
of a PC.
Implemented a data storage device with any ordinary audiocassette tape
recorder with design of an interface card for the PC.
Highly interested in neural networks and fuzzy logic. Experimenting on
artificial intelligence during spare time.
Education
BE (Electrical Engineering) - Delhi College of Engineering, University of
Delhi 1998 69%
AISSCE - Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, New Delhi
1994 82%
ICSE - St. Xaviers' School, Malda (WB)
1992 88%
Personal Information (sensitive data masked for security reasons)
Date of Birth ## January 1976
Nationality Indian
Sex Male
Work Experience 14 years, 10 months
Passport Number E124 (have non-annotated valid 10-year multi-
entry US business visa)
Email Address ***********@*****.***, *********@*****.***
Present Address Bangalore
Cell: +91-809*-***-***
Web Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/someshwarmukherjee
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