# Vinayachandra N

> Principal Software Engineer at ARRIS

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/vinayachandra

Summary

Software Engineering professional with 11+ years of experience in design, development and Testing on Embedded domain with specialization in Transcoder, Encoder and Set Top Box development.

- Experience in programming languages C and C++ on embedded environment.
- Good understanding of Encoder and Set Top Box architecture.
- Extensive Experience in design and development of HEVC , AVC and MPEG4 single/multi-  channel encoder and transcoder.
- Experience in development of cable, Satellite and Hybrid Set Top Box on various platform.
- Good exposure and understanding of the television standards DVB, ATSC, ARIB.
- Experience and knowledge on an ancillary data systems teletext, subtitle, closed captions.
- Experience in adinsrtion (SCTE-104 and SCTE-35) implementation.
- Working experience on various video and stream analyzer tools.
- Good understanding and working knowledge on version control tools CVS, Git and Perforce.
- Good working knowledge on the Issue tracking system tools bugzilla and Jira
- Experience in integrating with the third application and codecs on various platform.
- Good understanding and Experience in Full software development lifecycle.
-Worked Extensivelly on Linux, pSOS, Cent OS and openSuse platform.

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ ARRIS
Jan 2017 – Present | Santa Clara, California Area

### Technology Lead @ Infosys (Arris)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Santa Clara, California Area
Leading the team  of developing next gen HEVC encoder product. Involved in  design, development , implementation and testing of various product features.
Responsible for requirement gathering ,  work break down,  scheduling , tracking and coordinating with offshore team in developing product.
Successfully integrated the software HEVC codec with customer legacy product.
Enhanced the various software components , subsystem to process and drive the audio, video enhancement data, closed caption and ancillary data.
Worked with the multiple vendors in resolving the various HEVC video syntax analysis/compliance issues.

### Technology Lead @ Infosys (Arris)
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014
Worked on the supporting various MPEG-2/MPEG-4 encoder, transcoder product features development and addressing the field issues. Involved in design and implementation of the AFD data handling, CC-608/708 closed caption, SCTE-104 ad insertion for compressed/SDI input.
Worked on analysis of the teletext demodulation and decoding from raw input bytes based on ETSI-300 706. Addressed various critical field issues in Teletext decoding.
Driving , mentoring , work assignment to team and building the team to work on various encoder products.

### Software Technology lead @ L&T Infotech
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Worked on development of hybrid Set Top box product. Involved in design and developing of unified setting engine used to configure STB with various users and operator configuration.
Involved in design and development of DVB-S middleware software stack for basic A/V play and  TV guide .

### Senior Software Engineer @ Tata Elxsi
Jan 2004 – Jan 2009
Engaged and worked  on various Set Top Box products based on  ARIB, DVB-S/S2, ATSC standard.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering
UBDTCE, Davanagere


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vinayachandra-n-39a1a7104

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Last updated: 2026-04-12