About

Rajivgandhi Selvam is a seasoned Systems and Applications Engineer with over 9 years of experience in the field of Embedded Software Development. He is currently working as a Senior Embedded Software Engineer 3 at Brunel, where he is responsible for creating a Linux Board Support package, Linux Kernel development, tooling, and system application development for V2X reference design targets. Rajivgandhi has a strong knowledge of C and Linux, with basic knowledge in C++ and QNX. He is proficient in core Computer Science areas like Data Structures and Algorithms and has a good exposure to scripting languages like Python, Shell, Ruby, Bash, JavaScript, etc. Rajivgandhi has experience in Linux build systems such as Open embedded, Bitbake, and Yocto (Poky). He is knowledgeable of Toolchain, cross-compiling, porting, and Compiler (gcc). He has experience in Embedded Linux BSP, device drivers, and porting of drivers and kernel modules. He is proficient in customizing and using Code Sourcery and Yocto Toolchain for Linux Open Source Software development (ARM and x86 systems). Rajivgandhi is strong in OS fundamentals and Linux kernel internals, debugging skills, and problem analysis. He has knowledge of debugging tools like kgdb, gdb, lttng, systemtap, valgrind, strace. Rajivgandhi has hands-on experience in Systems Calls, Multi-threaded programming, IPC Mechanisms, etc. He has experience in version control tools like GIT, Mercurial, Bitbucket, clear case, etc. He is knowledgeable of Automation Testing and Build systems like Jenkins, Bamboo, Vagrant. Rajivgandhi's working methodology includes Agile Software Development, Scrum Board, JIRA. Rajivgandhi has previously worked as a Systems and Applications Engineer 3 at NXP Semiconductors and as a Senior Software Engineer at Spirent Communications. At NXP Semiconductors, he was part of the System Innovations and Applications team at Automotive BU. His day-to-day activities included creating a reference design for Automotive V2X to support the customers and demonstrating it at Technical Fairs. At Spirent Communications, he was part of the System Engineering and Platform Team developing Board Support Package, Linux Kernel Development, Diagnostic monitoring, Design, and Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems. Rajivgandhi holds a Bachelor