Chithra Annegowda
Phone: (M) 312-***-**** Email: *******.*********@*****.***
**** ********** ******, #**, ********, Illinois 61109
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging role in Embedded Software Development to contribute towards organizational success and
grow to a Senior Management level
SYNOPSIS
Passionate, smart and result oriented professional with 10 years of experience in IT industry as Embedded Software
Engineer; Extended expertise in Software Development, Verification & Validation, Simulation,, Embedded
Systems, Programming, Debugging, and Analysis; Deep understanding of technology with focus on delivering
business solutions; Persuasive communicator with exceptional relationship management skills with the ability to
relate to people at any level of business and management; Adroit at analyzing the organization requirements; Highly
ethical, trustworthy and discreet;
Skilled Technical lead and Embedded software architect with proven ability to lead and motivate teams to
maximize productivity
Exceptional communication, analytical and inter personal and problem solving skills
Thorough knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle
Dedicated and highly ambitious to achieve personal as well as the organizational goals
Ability to promote cooperation between stakeholders of the project
Good presentation skills with experience in presenting technical data to Boeing technical team and FAA
Working at customer location for more than 6 years
Experience in project management, estimation and handling teams of size 25
CORE COMPETENCIES
Excellent Programming Skills- C,C++ Debuggers and Emulators
Embedded Systems Verification and Validation
Microcontrollers Good with Communication Protocols
DSP Multicultural team co-ordination
CARRER HIGHLIGHTS
Rated “OUTSTANDING”(3 successive years) for contributions in the Project(HCL Technologies)
Received appreciations from customers and senior managers for developing a table driven software
architecture which can be used across multiple motor controller applications.
Won several laurels and appreciations from superiors for smart work and efforts shown on Software
Development
Received appreciation from hardware and system senior management for troubleshooting capabilities
Received accolades from clients/team lead for my best performance in process improvement
EDUCATION
Bachelor in Engineering with specialization in Computer Science from Viveshwaraiah Technological
University in 2004 with distinction.
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
Languages: C, C++, Java
IDE: Code Composer Studio, Eclipse
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows NT, Linux, LynxOS
Tools: Rational Rose, Telelogic Rhapsody, Synergy, DOORs, Microsoft visio, CVS, Code composer
studio, TTTech tools, Vitra Pathfinder
Protocols/Standards: Time Triggered Protocol (TTP/C), Common Area Network (CAN), 1 Wire DMM, DO-178B
CAN 2.0A, CAN 2.0B
Embedded Design: Embedded C
HARDWARE
DSP Programming
Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
Emulators, Debuggers
WORK HISTORY
United Technologies Aerospace Systems through HCL America Inc. (Jan’10 to Present)
Project Title: Common Motor Start Controller for Boeing 787 -10 (Jan’13 to Present)
Role: Software Architect and Technical Lead
Team Size: 11
Common motor starter controller program is to develop firmware for the 32-bit Freescale MPC5554 microprocessor
used for protection, control logic, contactor control, BITE, and communications in the 787 Power Generation System.
Key Deliverables:
Change Report implementation for new and enhanced requirements of Boeing 787-10 variant on Boeing 787-9
flight code
o Analysis of the change requests from customer specification with hardware and system tech leads
o Troubleshoot and Debugging of field return units
o Defining new software requirements and enhancing the existing software requirements
o Design development without affecting the core architecture
o Enhancements to the client proprietary software library
o Implementation of the changes using ANSCI C
Verification and validation of the changes
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Development testing and hardware software integration test
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Providing software support to system and hardware tests
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Software Integration Test Environment development in Java
o Developed APIs in Java to perform simulated functionalities of all the external interfaces of the
controller
o Develop test scripts using the Java APIs to perform requirement based testing of the software
requirements
o Provide technical training and guidance to the team – onsite and offshore
o Work allocation and project management
o Configuration management
Project Title: Strategic Motor Controller for Boeing 787 (Jan’10 to Dec’12)
Role: Software Architect and Technical Lead
Team Size: 16
Strategic motor controller program was to develop a strategic motor controller application that can be used across
various avionics motor controller applications with minimal changes.
Key Deliverables:
project planning documents (RTCA DO178B Plans)
System requirement and hardware requirement analysis and review
Software requirement definition from higher level system requirements
Software architecture to meet the purpose of easy reusability across motor controller applications
Presenting Preliminary Design and Critical Design requirements to Boeing technical team
Software implementation using ANSCI C
Boot code development
TI DSP 28335 peripheral configuration
Prototype development for hardware and system proof of concept
Software integration tests
Hardware and Software Integration Test Procedure Development and Execution
System Integration tests
Field failure analysis and troubleshooting
Configuration management
Change management - Software Representative for Change Report Board
Reviews of life cycle data against DO 178B guidelines
Participation in Boeing technical reviews, FAA software development audits and Quality Analyst audits and
SOI audits
Creation and modifications of customer software standard procedures
Configuration management and build creations
United Technologies Aerospace Systems through HCL America Inc. and HCL Technologies Limited
Project Title: Fan Motor Controller for Boeing 787 (Jan’07 to Dec’09)
Role: Lead Engineer
Team Size: 25
Fan motor controller provides sufficient air output for cooling electronics and maintaining cabin pressure. The
application software embedded in the Fan Motor Controller, monitors and controls discrete and analog signals and
drives the fan motor from the speed received through the CAN bus from the host computer.
Key Deliverables:
project planning documents (RTCA DO178B Plans)
System requirement and hardware requirement analysis and review
Software requirement definition from higher level system requirements
Software architecture, high level design and low level design and documentation
Presenting Preliminary Design and Critical Design requirements to Boeing technical team
Software implementation using ANSCI C
TI DSP 2812 peripheral configuration
Offshore and Onsite co-ordination
o Providing technical clarifications to the offshore team
o Identifying and Defining work packages
Preparation of Estimation and Schedule.
Work allocation and tracking
Interaction with Boeing – Technical and Status calls
Weekly status reporting to Boeing
Participation in Boeing reviews, HS SQA audits and SOI audits
Creation and modifications of Software standard documents
Configuration management and build creations
HCL Technologies Limited, India
Project Title: ODACS TTP/C Comms Tool development (May’05 to Jan’07)
Role: Software Developer
Team Size: 8
TTP/C Comms Tool provides simulated TTP communication to the Unit Under Test (UUT) in a “fly-the-box” scenario
to permit development testing. The TTP/C Comms Tool will transmit TTP/C data to the UUT from the simulation
process and will receive TTP/C data transmitted by the UUT. The received traffic will be passed back to the simulation
process.
Key Deliverables:
Preliminary and detailed design
Implementation of TTP/C Comms tool in C++ using design patterns
Creating the configuration files from the TTech proprietary TTP tools
Training new team members
Customer interaction
Configuration managment
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 16th June, 1982
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada
Work Status: H1B Visa
References: Available on Request
(Chithra Annegowda)