About

Vikas Gaikwad is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience in Embedded Product Development, IoT, Smart Home-based product development, and ARM, ATmel, Microchip PIC16/18/32, Cypress PSoC4 and PSoC 5 family MCU. He is an Open Source Linux lover and Python Trainer, working on Embedded Python. Vikas is an excellent communicator with strong interface skills, enabling him to interact effectively with internal and external groups. He is a quick learner with a good aptitude and is always ready to adapt and learn different domains. His well-organized, methodical, and detail-oriented approach makes him a valuable team player. Currently, Vikas is working as a Senior Software Engineer at ifm. In his previous role as Technology Lead-Embedded Systems (Edge Computing) at Infinite Uptime, he was responsible for programming Edge Computing devices, architecting firmware, and working on bootloader development. He also worked on lower-level device peripheral communication protocols like UART, I2C, SPI, USB, network protocols like MQTT, HTTP, TCP-IP, BLE4.2, and built the fully configurable machine diagnostic engine for motors and bearings on Edge. Vikas also led the development of an M2M Remote Monitoring System for Bulk Milk Chillers and collected sensor data over Modbus RTU, GPRS technology using AWS server to store real-time sensor data while working as a Lead Embedded Systems Designer (M2M IoT) at Promethean Power Systems. Vikas holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Electronic Science (Embedded Systems) from the University of Pune and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Electronic Science from Fergusson College. He is proficient in Software Engineering, Python, AWS, MySQL, MongoDB, and is a skilled designer.