Industries, Domains, Jobs and Skills | Embedded systems podcast, in Pyjama

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗖 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 - https://inpyjama.com/blog/c-pointers-course-is-out/ 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝): https://discord.gg/VzAyyWneDY 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: https://www.youtube.com/@inpyjama/join In this episode, we dwell on how standard embedded systems are in the Industry. What domains can one expect to find it, the job roles we have seen around and the skills needed for someone preparing for entry-level positions. 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 00:00 Introduction 02:56 Industries: Opportunities for Embedded Systems Engineer 04:04 Service provider companies 04:48 What does "IP" mean? 06:00 EDA Tools 06:51 Semiconductor Companies 07:52 What does "DSP" mean? 08:45 Software companies in Semiconductor 09:30 OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) Companies 09:45 Dell and Embedded Systems 09:59 Audi and Embedded Systems 11:08 The Networking Sector and Embedded Systems 12:21 Defence Sector and Embedded Systems 12:56 Aerospace and Embedded Systems 13:08 Integration and tiers of OEMs 13:43 FAANG/MAANG in semiconductor 14:05 Amazon, Cloud Business, Hypervisor and Embedded systems 15:15 Smart home devices and Embedded systems 15:50 Why FAANG/MAANG companies need Embedded Engineers 16:48 The new definition of Embedded Systems: Amazon, Alexa and Shopping 19:00 Embedded Systems, everywhere... 19:23 RTOS (Real-time operating systems) and FAANG/MAANG companies 20:02 IOT (Internet of Things), Everything connected to the cloud... 21:10 Domain and Industries 23:56 Industrial Applications of Embedded Systems - Robotics on Assembly line. 25:30 Example of the skew in job opportunities between OEMs and Semiconductor 26:34 Embedded systems in Rice mills 28:41 Electrical Vehicles (EV) and Embedded Systems 29:15 The Case of Tesla Cars 29:42 Job roles and skills 29:56 Wasim's career journey and various roles 30:08 Testing IOT Cameras and the use of Python 31:20 Testing wearables remotely 32:35 HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) and what it means 33:49 Audio Middleware and Automotive 34:43 OTA (Over the Air updates) updates related work at Cisco 35:32 Dev's work at Samsung on Display units - Device drivers, Python-based testing 36:49 Device driver, Verification, Validation works at Google 37:10 Piyush's work history and various roles around - Firmware dev, Verification, Validation roles 37:40 Kernel developers, Device drivers, Host software 37:58 Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse drivers for UEFI and pre-OS environment 38:15 Host software layer and what it means 38:35 Validation and Verification, RF team and Instrumentation control with Python 39:13 Role at Google, Validation Software, lower level code, drivers for SoC 39:38 Rajat's journey and Other roles 39:53 Application Engineering and What it means to be Customer facing 41:20 Field Application Engineering 41:33 SDK (Software Development Kit) Development at Microchip - Firmware, Middleware and Device Driver development 41:48 Kernel Development 42:16 What does firmware development mean? 44:00 Emulation and Validation Engineering 44:30 Differences in roles - Dev and Application Engineering 45:40 Embedded systems - the system is the King 46:34 Skillset for Entry-level Jobs! 48:49 How much hardware knowledge is necessary? 49:13 Starting a career in testing and validation 50:07 Pointers and Structs 51:20 Memory model and Other topics ​𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙡 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨: 𝗣𝗶𝘆𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗿: https://www.linkedin.com/in/streetdogg/ 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗮: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajat-batra-a88124126/ 𝗗𝗲𝘃 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗶: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dev-bishnoi-468596126/ 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗺 𝗔𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗺: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wasim-akram-6a86a09b/ 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahmadbharmal/ ----- We will be sending updates to all the members of the inpyjama community! If you'd like to not miss out on those, please be sure to sign up here: https://inpyjama.com/#/portal/signup #inpyjama #embeddedsystems #embedded #systemdesign #software #softwareengineering #embeddedpodcast