Divya Gampala

Embedded Firmware Engineer with 1+ year of industry experience developing defence-grade embedded systems on NXP i.MX RT1062 and STM32 microcontrollers. Proficient in Embedded C, FreeRTOS, bare-metal firmware development, peripheral driver implementation (SPI, I²C, UART), external ADC interfacing, and firmware debugging using OpenOCD and JTAG. Currently contributing to a real-time web-based HMI for drone command-and-control, replacing a Qt-based GUI using HTML, JavaScript, and WebSockets.

Certified in Embedded Systems Design – CDAC, Hyderabad.

Senior Engineer – Embedded Software & HMI at Astra Microwave Products Ltd. (2024-10 – Present)

• Developing embedded firmware in Embedded C on NXP i.MX RT1062 for defence-grade sensor processing hardware, including SPI-based external ADC interfacing for vibration and geophone signal acquisition.
• Contributing to real-time browser-based HMI for drone command-and-control (D4 – LRDE, DRDO), replacing a legacy Qt-based GUI with a web-deployable interface using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WebSockets.

Associate Professor – ECE Department at CMR Engineering College (2012-06 – 2024-03)

• Taught Embedded Systems, Microcontrollers, Digital Electronics, and VLSI Design; guided student projects in firmware and IoT application development.
• Published 12 journal papers and 11 conference papers in embedded systems and VLSI; attended 50+ Faculty Development Programs.

Assistant Professor – ECE Department at Avanthi Institute of Engineering & Technology (2011-07 – 2012-06)

• Taught core ECE subjects; guided student research projects and participated in departmental academic activities.

Assistant Professor – ECE Department at Matrix Institute of Technology (2008-06 – 2009-07)

• Taught Electronics and Communication Engineering subjects and participated in departmental activities.

PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design – Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) (2024-03 – 2024-08)

Ph.D. in Electronics & Communication Engineering – Shri Jagadish prasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University (2017-01 – 2021-12)

M.Tech in VLSI System Design – SRTIST (2009-01 – 2012-12)

B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering – Vathsalya Institute of Science and Technology (2004-01 – 2008-12)