Rajavelu Balasubramanian
About Rajavelu Balasubramanian
Rajavelu Balasubramanian is a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer with extensive experience in firmware development and integration. He has worked at Bosch Global Software Technologies since 2021 and previously held positions at Ravel Electronics Pvt. Ltd. and Tech Mahindra.
Work at Bosch Global Software Technologies
Rajavelu Balasubramanian has been employed at Bosch Global Software Technologies as a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer since 2021. He is based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. In this role, he focuses on developing and optimizing embedded firmware solutions, leveraging his extensive background in embedded systems.
Previous Experience in Embedded Systems
Prior to his current position, Rajavelu worked at Ravel Electronics Pvt. Ltd. as an Embedded Firmware Engineer from 2019 to 2021. During his tenure, he ported I2C and SPI drivers and applications from Renesas to STM32 and integrated the LoRa WAN stack. He also gained experience in configuring GATT, GAP, and L2CAP servers within the Texas Instruments BLE Stack.
Internship and Early Career
Rajavelu began his career as an Embedded Engineer Intern at Ravel Hiteks Pvt. Ltd. from 2016 to 2017. This internship lasted for five months and provided him with foundational experience in embedded systems. He later joined Tech Mahindra as an Associate Software Engineer in 2017, where he worked for six months on implementing Vehicle Information Service Specification (VISS) for Android and iOS.
Education and Certifications
Rajavelu holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Jeppiaar Engineering College, which he completed from 2012 to 2016. He also holds a Six Sigma Green Belt certification, demonstrating his knowledge in process improvement methodologies. Additionally, he is certified in the German Language at Level B2 from Goethe Chennai.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Rajavelu has contributed to the development of Board Support Packages (BSP) and Hardware Abstraction Layers (HAL). He has experience with Android Open Source Project (AOSP) development and has implemented Firmware Over-The-Air (FOTA) updates for IoT gateways across multiple regions, including India, the US, and Asia. His technical skills include optimizing boot time for display systems.