Alekhya Ponnaboina

Automotive HMI Software Engineer with 3.4 years of experience in designing, developing, testing, and validating embedded software solutions for automotive instrument clusters using C++ and Qt/QML. Experienced in developing real-time gauges, telltales, alerts, and user interfaces while ensuring compliance with ISO 26262 functional safety standards. Skilled in HMI development, ECU integration, debugging, performance optimization, unit testing, integration testing, and software verification activities.

Proficient in Agile methodologies, delivering reliable, high-performance, and user-centric automotive software solutions that enhance system stability, functionality, and user experience.

Associate Software Engineer - Ramp Group (PTG) - Hyderabad, India

(2023-03)

Company focused on automotive software development

• Engineered embedded software modules in C++ for automotive display systems, improving stability and performance
• Constructed responsive HMI interfaces including gauges, telltales, alerts, and information pages using Qt/QML and IBM Rhapsody
• Resolved critical UI defects and performance issues, decreasing runtime failures by approximately 30%
• Optimized QML rendering logic to enhance visual performance and reduce screen lag
• Developed components for a UML-based analysis and code generation tool using Qt 6.5 and QML for dynamic interface generation
• Executed unit and integration testing using Vector CAST, Google Test, and Coyote in accordance with ISO 26262 standards
• Applied structured testing techniques including Boundary Value Analysis, Equivalence Partitioning, and Fault Injection. Improved software quality and system reliability by supporting ECU integration, software verification and validation (V&V), and system-level testing for automotive instrument cluster applications
• Managed source code, defect tracking, and sprint activities using Git, Jira, Agile methodologies, and SDLC practices to support efficient software development and delivery

Bachelor of Technology - Bhaskar Engineering College (2018-08 - 2022-06)