CV | Harsh Pal — Software Engineer

Profile

Software Engineer at Visteon India, specializing in Android infotainment UI components and automotive platform development. Lead Maintainer of Project 404 — an open-source AOSP-based Android OS supporting 16+ devices across a global developer community. Background in Android (AOSP, Android Automotive), AI/ML, and open-source platform engineering.

Education

Vellore Institute of Technology, Bhopal

2019 – 2023 · B.Tech in Computer Science (Specialization: AI and ML) · CGPA: 8.48/10

Experience

Software Engineer

Mar 2023 – Present · Visteon India · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Owned end-to-end changes across infotainment UI components (keyboard, System UI, home, casting), reducing crash scenarios and improving platform stability for production automotive deployments.
Resolved critical keyboard defects (emoji layout, locale-specific scaling, resource-shrinking regressions), improving input reliability across multiple languages and screen sizes.
Implemented motion-aware keyboard availability, voice-input recovery probes, and UX restrictions aligned with in-vehicle safety behavior while keeping interactions responsive.
Optimized HMI modules through resource-shrinking safeguards and dex pre-optimization, improving startup behavior on constrained automotive hardware.
Integrated third-party handwriting and suggestion engines across architectures, enabling richer text input workflows and broader validation on emulators and target rigs.
Integrated infotainment packages (keyboard, home, media, dialogs, system bars) into Android-based images for multiple OEM programs with repeatable build flows and successful pre-integration runs.
Built and maintained internal automation APIs for email, SMS, and calendar workflows, reducing client-side glue code and simplifying integration.
Diagnosed and fixed build and packaging issues in car services, overlays, and device makefiles, unblocking multi-display targets and keeping CI pipelines stable for release branches.

Junior AI Engineer and Project Support

Mar 2023 – Jul 2023 · Must Fintech · Remote

Built API-driven automation helpers for business workflows and assisted in deploying practical AI-enabled product features.
Worked with product stakeholders to convert requirements into lightweight, testable implementations.

Android AOSP Developer Intern

2020 · INIT Consumer Technologies Pvt. Ltd. · Remote

Built a custom Android OS variant by forward-porting features such as fingerprint-on-display and adaptive auto-brightness.
Worked with Android build system, device trees, kernel modifications, and AOSP framework customization.

Technical Skills

Programming: Kotlin, Java, Python, C/C++, SQL

Core CS: Data Structures, Algorithms, OOP, Time/Space Complexity, Problem Solving

Android & Platform: Android SDK, AOSP, Android Automotive, Jetpack, Gradle, AIDL, IPC/Binder, Services, XML

Architecture: MVVM, MVC, Clean Architecture, Repository Pattern, SOLID Principles, Design Patterns

Engineering: Production debugging, crash triage, log analysis (logcat), root-cause fixes, code reviews, regression-safe refactoring, unit and integration testing

Tools: Git, GitLab, Jira, Jenkins, CI/CD, Linux

Certifications

Business Analyst with Power BI — Dataquest
Deep Learning Foundation Bootcamp — Certificate of Excellence · DPhi
MTA Certification: Introduction to Programming Using Python

Coding Activity