Rajeshkanna Viswanathan Bremen, DE
Embedded Software Engineer · 13+ Years

Software for machines that must not fail.

Avionics · Space · Automotive

I build safety-critical embedded software across the full stack, from FPGA and bare-metal firmware and sensor drivers to certification evidence. One of the few engineers carrying both DO-178C DAL B avionics and ISO 26262 ASIL-D automotive experience in a single career.

Rajeshkanna Viswanathan
AVIONICS · DO-178C AUTOMOTIVE · ISO 26262 CONNECTIVITY · IoT
13+
Years, safety-critical
100%
First-pass ASIL D audits
10+
Global OEM programmes
2
Safety standards: DAL B, ASIL D

Three domains, one discipline

The same rigor (requirements, verification, traceability) applied wherever software has to be trusted: in the air, on the road, and at the edge.

Aircraft wing at sunset
AvionicsDAL B

Flight & avionics

Flight-control and avionics software to DO-178C, with FPGA signal processing and redundancy.

  • DO-178C
  • FPGA/VHDL
  • RT PolarFire SoC
  • ARINC 429
  • DO-160
Highway traffic at dusk
AutomotiveASIL-D

Vehicle & ECU integration

AUTOSAR software for braking and steering ECUs to ISO 26262 ASIL D, across CAN, FlexRay and automotive Ethernet.

  • AUTOSAR Classic
  • AUTOSAR Adaptive
  • CAN / CAN FD
  • FlexRay
  • 10BASE-T1S
  • Flex Gateway
  • PREEvision
  • ISO 26262
City lights at night
IoTEarly career

Connected & edge

Sensor-to-cloud firmware on TI SimpleLink and ARM microcontrollers over MQTT, with BLE, Wi-Fi and OTA updates.

  • TI CC3200
  • TI CC2650
  • MQTT
  • BLE / Wi-Fi
  • Sensor to cloud
  • OTA

Selected work

In the role
POLARIS RaumflugzeugeAvionics and flight-control software for supersonic and hypersonic UAV: FPGA/VHDL, sensor drivers, and DO-178C DAL B verification.
BoschAUTOSAR basic software for braking and steering ECUs to ISO 26262 ASIL D across 10+ programmes for GM, Daimler, Toyota-Lexus and JLR, delivered in multi-disciplinary teams across sites in Germany and India, with 100% first-pass safety audits.

Hands-on projects that show the depth behind the standards: from a flight computer I built up from the board, to the verification that proves it works.

SENSORS IMU / GNSS / AIR EKF STATE ESTIMATE CONTROL FLIGHT LAWS MIXER ALLOCATION ACTUATORS PWM / SERVO STATE FEEDBACK
Flight-control loop implemented on the FCC, from raw sensors to actuator commands.

Capabilities

Standards
DO-178C DAL B · DO-254 · DO-160 · MIL-STD-1553 · ARINC 429/664 · ISO 26262 ASIL-D
Architecture
Centralized flight-compute · IMA partitioning · HW/SW partitioning · safety & redundancy architecture · interface definition
Process & methods
Agile / Scrum & V-model · full lifecycle: requirements, design, code, integration and test · requirements-based development · DO-178C & ISO 26262 lifecycle · ASPICE
FPGA / HDL
VHDL · Xilinx Vivado · Microsemi Libero · RT PolarFire SoC (RISC-V) · DO-254
Languages
Embedded C · MISRA C · C++ · Python · VHDL
RTOS & platform
RTEMS · FreeRTOS · bare-metal · board bring-up · POSIX
Automotive
AUTOSAR Classic & Adaptive BSW (BswM, EcuM, RTE, MCAL) · CAN / CAN FD / FlexRay / J1939 · Ethernet (10BASE-T1S, SOME/IP, SOAD, PLCA) · Flex Gateway · PREEvision
Sensors & buses
IMU / GNSS / airdata drivers · sensor fusion · SPI, I2C, UART · CAN Aerospace
Verification
MC/DC structural coverage · Rational DOORS · Cantata · Trace32 · SIL / HIL · CANoe / CANalyzer

Trajectory

Since 2025

Avionics Embedded Software Engineer

POLARIS Raumflugzeuge · Bremen

Avionics and flight-control software for supersonic and hypersonic UAV: FPGA/VHDL, sensor drivers, and DO-178C verification evidence.

2017 to 2025

AUTOSAR & E/E Software (to Lead)

Bosch · Germany & India

AUTOSAR BSW for braking and steering ECUs to ISO 26262 ASIL-D with 100% first-pass safety audits; Flex Gateway and in-vehicle Ethernet for GM, Daimler, Toyota-Lexus, JLR.

2013 to 2017

Embedded Software Developer

IoT, medical & industrial · India

Sensor firmware on TI SimpleLink (CC3200 Wi-Fi, CC2650 BLE), ARM and PIC microcontrollers, with OTA bootloaders, MCAL drivers and board-level debug.

Let's talk

If you are looking for an engineer who pairs deep safety-critical domain knowledge with a hands-on drive to build and deliver results, let's connect. Whether it is a role, a collaboration, or an idea you want a second opinion on, I am always open. Please feel free to reach out, I am happy to talk.

Location
Bremen, Germany
Languages
English fluent, German B1
Status
EU Blue Card holder
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