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Bala Vakamalla

@balavakamalla

Product Programme Lead at Infabytes Solutions, taking IoT hardware from concept to live trial and coordinating delivery through production launch.

India

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At Infabytes Solutions Ltd, I own end-to-end delivery of hardware and embedded software programmes, coordinating engineering and manufacturing work from concept through production launch. I took an IoT product from initial idea through ESP32 hardware bring-up, firmware, AWS IoT Core cloud integration, and live trial.

Previously, at Novo Innovations, I led the E.ON Accelerator Programme from concept through prototyping, validation, and scalable manufacturing, and presented programme progress to director-level stakeholders and investors. My embedded engineering work includes safety-critical instrument firmware at Tracerco and a 10GbE Linux network card driver at HCL Technologies that was adopted by major Linux distributions.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Product Programme Lead

Current

Infabytes Solutions Ltd

Sep 2024 - Present (2 years 1 month)

Owned end-to-end delivery of multiple hardware and embedded software programmes, coordinating cross-functional teams from concept through production launch. Managed stakeholder communications and manufacturing readiness for high-volume production.

Senior Embedded Software Consultant

Tracerco

Nov 2022 - Sep 2024 (1 year 10 months)

Led end-to-end firmware development for a safety-critical radioactive measurement instrument, including custom EEPROM file system and USB interface firmware. Developed device drivers and a Python GUI for configuration and testing.

Embedded C Firmware AVR32 EEPROM USB SPI I2C Linux Python PyQt Safety Critical Regulatory Compliance

Head of Software & Product Programme Lead

Novo Innovations

Jun 2016 - Jul 2018 (2 years 1 month)

Led a multi-discipline hardware/firmware/mechanical/manufacturing programme for an IoT wireless device from concept to scalable manufacturing. Managed stakeholder and investor communications, ensuring compliance with GDPR and production readiness.

Program Management Cross functional Coordination Stakeholder Communication Investor Communications Risk Management Jira Confluence GDPR Data Controller Thread OpenThread Manufacturing Production Readiness Regulatory Compliance

Embedded Software Tech Lead

HCL Technologies

Apr 2015 - Feb 2016 (10 months)

Led a team of 5 engineers delivering crypto and compression drivers for Intel multicore platforms. Architected a 10GbE PCI-E Linux network card driver adopted by major Linux distributions.

Team Leadership Sprint Planning Backlog Management Rally Scrum Linux Kernel 10 GbE PCIe Test Driven Development FreeBSD Porting Optimization

Controls Software Team Lead

4Energy Ltd

Jun 2014 - Mar 2015 (9 months)

Coordinated a team of three engineers across firmware and driver development for HVAC/BMS products. Designed modular RTOS-based firmware architecture and maintained Agile delivery with JIRA.

Team Coordination Firmware RTOS SPI I2C Modbus Embedded Linux Jira Agile HVAC BMS

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Buddi Ltd

Jul 2013 - Apr 2014 (9 months)

Developed firmware in Embedded C for GSM/GPRS/GPS hardware modules for safety-critical law enforcement applications. Designed a bespoke RF radio protocol and implemented FreeRTOS interrupt-driven multi-task event system.

Embedded C GSM GPRS GPS Radio Frequency FreeRTOS Interrupt Driven Multitasking Safety Critical

Embedded Software Engineer

Robosynthesis

Feb 2013 - Jul 2013 (5 months)

Ported 10GbE Ethernet driver to BeagleBoard-xM on Angstrom Linux for a military robot platform. Developed multi-threaded real-time C/C++ applications for various control interfaces.

10 GbE Ethernet BeagleBoard Angstrom Linux C C++Multithreading Real time Dashboards TI OMAP Qt Framework RS 232 RS 422 USB

Embedded Software Engineer

Fujitsu

Aug 2012 - Feb 2013 (6 months)

Designed firmware architecture for a wide-area M2M mesh network node in Embedded C on PIC32 with FreeRTOS. Developed multi-threaded messaging protocol in C++ on ARM Linux and added Linux Ethernet kernel driver.

Embedded C PIC32 FreeRTOS C++Linux (Aarch64)Linux Kernel Ethernet MontaVista Test Driven Development Boost ClearCase

Lead Firmware Engineer

Onzo Ltd

Nov 2010 - Aug 2012 (1 year 9 months)

Led firmware development for a ZigBee Smart Energy In-Home Display meeting regulatory specifications. Designed layered object-oriented firmware in Embedded C on ARM Cortex-M3 and implemented ZCL clusters.

Zigbee Smart Energy ZSE ZCL Embedded C ARM Cortex M SPI I2C USB Unity Test Driven Development SVN Adaptive Cruise Control

Senior Firmware Engineer

Elster Metering Ltd

Feb 2007 - Nov 2010 (3 years 9 months)

Designed and developed firmware in Embedded C/C++ for ultra-low-power electronic water meters. Contributed to patented algorithm development and built a production tracking system managing 100,000+ units per quarter.

Embedded C C++Ultra Low Power USB Radio Embedded Linux LCDs SPI I2C PWM Patents Production tracking

Systems Engineer

Jantec Electronics Ltd (AWS Group)

Jul 2005 - Feb 2007 (1 year 7 months)

Developed firmware in C and Assembly for automatic ventilator control and designed hardware/firmware for VxWorks RTOS-based control and security systems. Built signal test equipment for London Underground train radio systems.