Lokeshkumar M
Automotive Software Engineer | Edge AI | Intelligent Systems | Generative AI
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Applied AI and Systems Engineer with a background in automotive software engineering and safety-critical systems. Experienced in combining domain knowledge, embedded computing, and machine learning to build intelligent systems that transform observations into actionable decisions. Interested in developing AI solutions that are trustworthy, explainable, and capable of operating in complex real-world environments.
Experience
Research Fellow – Rajiv Gandhi Entrepreneurship Program at Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS), Government of Karnataka (2026-02 – Present)
Leading the development of PRISM, an explainable reasoning framework for intelligent embedded systems. Building prototype decision-support systems for automotive and autonomous applications using Edge AI and interpretable reasoning. Evaluating system behavior across safety-critical scenarios requiring transparent decision making.
Verification & Validation Engineer at L&T Technology Services (2022-10 – 2026-01)
Contributed to perform validation on production automotive ECU software (Power Net Guardian ECU), specialized in system verification, functional safety validation, fault injection testing, test case automation and ASPICE-compliant software quality activities.
- Developed a Proof-of-Concept AI-assisted test case generation framework to explore automated derivation of validation scenarios from system requirements, evaluating rule-based, retrieval-based, and LLM-driven approaches.
- Reduced Execution time and manual effort by 2x by automating the test execution.
- Recognized as Employee of the month and received multiple mail appreciations for my contribution towards software quality assessment.
Post-Grad Intern at L&T Technology Services (2022-01 – 2022-07)
Completed structured training on automotive embedded software development, ECU architecture, functional safety, verification methodologies, and automotive software engineering practices.
Education
M.Tech in Digital Communication – BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore (2021 – 2022)
B.E. / B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Eng – Govt S.K.S.J.T.I, Bangalore (2016 – 2021)
