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Ashutosh Katke

@ashutoshkatke

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I build safety-critical embedded firmware, RTOS systems, and low-level architectures for regulated products.

India

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I've delivered embedded firmware for Schneider Electric, Giesecke+Devrient, Philips Healthcare, Honeywell, and Bosch across industrial automation, SIM OS, medical imaging, fire safety, and automotive systems.

At Schneider Electric, I architect IEC 61508-compliant TMR firmware, including FMEA, redundancy diagnostics, and SPI, ADC, and RS-485 interfaces. I also ported the IEC 61499 FORTE runtime to STM32 and lead a proof of concept to migrate HDLC functionality from FPGA to microcontroller.

At Philips, I designed servo-assisted X-ray motion control for the C-90 flagship, delivering jerk-free wall-stand positioning with RTOS C/C++, motor control, ADCs, encoders, and CAN. At Giesecke+Devrient, I led next-generation SIM OS development in C and Java, including OTA updates and remote file management.

Across 16+ years, I've owned architecture decisions, board bring-up, hardware-aware debugging, design reviews, and functional-safety delivery under IEC 61508, IEC 62304, and ISO 26262. I also mentor engineers and use AI tools to accelerate requirements analysis, documentation, and design and code reviews.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Engineer II

Current

Schneider Electric

Mar 2022 - Present (4 years 5 months)

Architected IEC 61508-compliant TMR firmware for TRM module, defining HW/SW FMEA, diagnostics, and interface design. Ported IEC 61499 FORTE runtime to STM32 and led POC to migrate HDLC protocol from FPGA to microcontroller.

IEC 61508 TRM SPI Ethernet APL HDLC FPGA C C++

Lead Engineer

Giesecke+Devrient

Feb 2020 - Mar 2022 (2 years 1 month)

Led next-gen SIM OS development in C and Java, including OTA update mechanisms and RFM. Ensured compliance with ETSI, GSM, and related telecom standards.

C Java SIM OTA ETSI Standards

Software Designer

Philips Healthcare

Aug 2015 - Feb 2020 (4 years 6 months)

Designed servo-assisted automatic X-ray motion control for C-90 flagship, delivering jerk-free positioning using RTOS C/C++ firmware, servo DC motor, ADC, encoders, and CAN. Delivered IEC-62304-compliant medical software including software FMEA.

RTOS C C++Encoder CAN EN 62304 Software FMEA

Product Design Engineer

Honeywell

Nov 2013 - Aug 2015 (1 year 9 months)

Developed RTOS-based fire safety firmware with inter-processor communication, embedded web server, TCP/IP, and Modbus-TCP Ethernet stack. Architected bootloader for firmware upgrades over Ethernet and USB.

RTOS Fire Safety IPC Web Servers TCP IP Modbus Ethernet Bootloaders USB

Senior Software Engineer

Robert Bosch

Nov 2011 - Oct 2013 (1 year 11 months)

Developed RTOS-based automotive diagnostics firmware for Nissan LCM following ISO 26262 process, implementing UDS diagnostics stack with CAN/LIN integration. Applied model-based development using function block diagrams.

RTOS Automotive Diagnostics ISO 26262 UDS CAN

Software Engineer

Syslogyx Electronic Solutions

Jul 2009 - Oct 2011 (2 years 3 months)

Developed bare-metal firmware in C across 8/16/32-bit MCUs, led board bring-up, HW/SW debugging, and schematic analysis. Designed peripheral drivers and communication interfaces.