Ashish Phogat

Project: Vehicle Infotainment - Major North American OEM

Type: Development as well as Sustenance

Tools: Git, C, C++, QNX, JAZZ, Tortoise SVN, Understand C++

Duration: Jan 2020 - Current

Project Description

Product is an In vehicle infotainment system having features as Firmware over the Air - FOTA, Radio, Browser, USB and Bluetooth playback, hands free call, touch screen and a faceplate, which is used for multimedia and navigation features.

Responsibilities:

• Streamlined project processes by implementing agile methodologies, resulting in increased efficiency and faster completion times.
• Identified risks early in the project lifecycle, developing mitigation plans to prevent schedule delays or cost overruns.
• Feature Roll Out Plans - FROPs, Cycle planning, Release planning.
• Established clear lines of communication between stakeholders by creating detailed status updates that kept everyone apprised of critical milestones throughout each stage of the project.
• Leading the agile development processes such as TDD, FDD, Pair Programming, Sprint planning meetings, Daily stand-ups, Backlog grooming sessions, Sprint and Retrospective reviews to optimize team workflow patterns.
• Collaborated with business users, technical teams and testing teams during kickoff meetings, joint application designing, and planning sessions to validate requirements.
• Enhanced team performance by conducting regular training sessions and providing opportunities for professional development.
• Developed comprehensive documentation such as user guides and training materials to facilitate smooth handovers at the conclusion of each project phase.

Project: Vehicle Infotainment - Major North American OEM

Type: Designing, Development and Maintenance

Tools: C, C++, QNX, JAZZ, Tortoise SVN, Understand C++

Project Duration: July 2017 - Dec 2019

Project Description

Product is an In vehicle infotainment system having features as Firmware over the Air - FOTA, Radio, Browser, USB and Bluetooth playback, hands free call, touch screen and a faceplate, which is used for multimedia and navigation features.

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering, requirement clarification, feature estimations, proof of concepts.
• Feature Roll Out Plans - FROPs.
• Leading the agile development processes such as TDD, FDD, Pair Programming, Sprint planning meetings, Daily stand-ups, Backlog grooming sessions, Sprint and Retrospective reviews to optimize team workflow patterns.
• Lead a team of 15 - 20 developers to successfully deliver high-quality software features - FOTA, System Services, Power Moding in C and C++ on QNX platform on time and within budget constraints.
• Enhanced system performance with thorough code reviews, debugging, and optimization techniques.

Project: Kombi Instrument Cluster - Major European OEM

Type: Designing, Development and Maintenance

Tools: C, C++, QNX, JAZZ, Tortoise SVN, Understand C++

Project Duration: July 2015 - July 2017

Project Description

Kombi Service is a module running in infotainment which is responsible for driving instrument cluster over ADC Protocol. IC cluster is a standalone complete infotainment system comprises of Navigation, Tuner, Telephone, and Media. Kombi Service module is further divided into 9 sub modules including GARMIN Navigation module, Google Navigation module, Radio/Tuner module, Media module, and Telephone module, Remote UI modules including Apple Car Play, Car Life, Android Auto and Mirror Link.

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering, requirement clarification, feature estimations, proof of concepts.
• Feature Roll Out Plans - FROPs.
• Leading the agile development processes such as sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming sessions, sprint reviews and retrospective reviews to optimize team workflow patterns.
• Lead a team of 10 - 15 developers to successfully deliver high-quality software modules on time and within budget constraints.
• Design and development of software modules like kombi service on QNX platform in C and C++ to drive cluster features over CAN protocol.
• Enhanced system performance with thorough code reviews, debugging, and optimization techniques.

Project: Vehicle Infotainment - Major North American OEM

Type: Development as well as Sustenance

Modules: HMI AL, Vehicle Services

Tools: C, C++, QNX, JAZZ, Tortoise SVN, Beyond compare, Understand C++

Project Duration: July 2014 - August 2015

Project Description

Product is an In vehicle infotainment system having features as Radio, Browser, USB and Bluetooth playback, hands free call, touch screen and a faceplate, which is used for multimedia and navigation features.

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of developers to successfully deliver high-quality software projects on time and within budget constraints.
• Leading the agile development processes such as sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming sessions, and retrospective reviews to optimize team workflow patterns.
• Design and development of modules in C and C++ like software abstraction layer and vehicle can shadow to handle CAN messages on QNX platform.
• Enhanced system performance with thorough code reviews, debugging, and optimization techniques.

Project: Connected Color Radio

Type: Development as well as Maintenance

Tools: QNX, JAZZ, Tortoise SVN, Beyond compare, Understand C++

Project Duration: September 2013 to July 2014

Project Description

Connected color radio is an In vehicle infotainment system having features as Radio, Browser, USB and Bluetooth playback, hands free call, touch screen and a faceplate, which is used for multimedia and navigation features.

Responsibilities Handled:

• Requirements Analysis: Understanding the requirements of the client related to Browser module.
• Participated in agile development processes such as sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming sessions, and retrospective reviews to optimize team workflow patterns.
• Enhancement of existing Browser functionalities, addition of new functionality in C++, Bug fixing.
• Maintained comprehensive documentation of development work using UML, facilitating knowledge sharing among team members.

Project: EPIC & FastBrake Pneumatic Air Braking System

Type: Development as well as Sustenance

Platform: Zilog Z180, Coldfire

Tools: C, C++, IAR Compiler

Project Duration: February 2010 – August 2013

Project Description

The Client - Wabtec Railway Electronics is comprehensive supplier of products, services, and systems for the global rail industry. This Project deals with the braking system of freight and passenger trains. The system is designed for the major pneumatic braking functionality containing various modules working synchronously over CAN protocol to provide an effective braking mechanism.

Responsibilities:

• Participated in agile development processes such as sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming sessions, and retrospective reviews to optimize team workflow patterns.
• Developed features in C and C++.
• Partially performed the activities of feature lead with actively scheduling and monitoring, analyzing delivery risks, task tracking.
• Performed the DP (Defect Prevention) activities like analyzing the defects that appear at various stages of project development, taking effective measures to reduce the occurrence of defects, conducting various knowledge exchange sessions among team members, conducting various training sessions for the team members to attain a certain level of competencies.

Major Achievements:

• Team awarded with Quarterly Best Performance Award for delivering the code in a dynamic environment where requirements were changing very frequently from client side.