Senior AI Engineer @ Forvia · Pune, India

Swapnil Alase

Engineering AI that works in the real world.

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Senior AI Engineer at Forvia with an unusual edge: years of shipping production automotive embedded software before moving into AI. I combine machine learning and data analysis with a deep understanding of how real hardware, real constraints and real users behave.

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01 · About

From embedded systems to AI

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Swapnil Alase

Senior AI Engineer · Forvia

I started my career close to the metal — writing Embedded C, bringing up Bluetooth links between car radios and phones, and hardening infotainment systems for OEMs like Volvo, Renault, Mack Trucks and Stellantis.

Along the way I realised the most interesting problems were no longer just about moving bytes reliably, but about making systems that learn. So I moved into Forvia’s AI team and began an MS in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (Scaler Neovarsity · Woolf University).

Today I work on AI while keeping the engineering discipline that embedded taught me: measure everything, respect constraints, and ship things that work in the real world. My north star is AI that runs where the data is born — on the edge.

  1. Foundation

    Electronics & Telecommunication

    Bachelor of Engineering, University of Pune. First published work: an IoT digital signage system on Raspberry Pi.

  2. Specialise

    Embedded Systems Design

    PG-Diploma at CDAC Pune — microcontrollers, RTOS, communication protocols.

  3. Ship

    Automotive Embedded @ Forvia

    Infotainment and Bluetooth software for global OEMs; led a small team on secure phone-to-radio communication.

  4. Transform

    AI Team @ Forvia + MS in AI & ML

    Internal move into AI. Machine learning, statistics and data analysis applied to automotive products.

  5. Next

    Edge AI

    Intelligence that runs on the device — where embedded and AI finally meet.

3+

Years in AI

3

Years in Embedded

4

Automotive OEM programs

MS

AI & ML (in progress)

02 · Experience

Where I’ve worked

AI today, built on a foundation of production automotive engineering.

AI · currentForvia · AI Team · Pune, India

Senior AI Engineer @ Forvia

Internal transfer into Forvia’s AI team — applying machine learning and data analysis to automotive software products.

  • Applying machine learning and statistical analysis to automotive and infotainment data.
  • Bridging AI models with embedded platforms, bringing hands-on knowledge of in-vehicle systems to the AI team.
PythonSQLPandasNumPyScikit-learnStatisticsData Visualization

Engineering foundation · Embedded

Forvia (formerly Faurecia)

Embedded

Automotive infotainment software for global OEMs — Volvo, Renault, Mack Trucks and Stellantis.

Senior Software Engineer

  • Led the CEA team (3 engineers) establishing Bluetooth communication between the car radio and a mobile app using the CEA protocol.
  • Integrated cybersecurity mechanisms for secure data exchange between infotainment and IVI modules.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to meet Stellantis infotainment standards.

Software Engineer

  • Developed and validated infotainment modules for Volvo, Renault and Mack Trucks.
  • Implemented voice-recognition contexts and middleware test benches (FC7100, NIS).

Graduate Engineering Trainee

  • Feature validation and testing for infotainment systems.
CC++Embedded CBluetoothCybersecurityLinuxGitJenkins

Axonet Emsys Pvt. Ltd.

Embedded

Industrial IoT hardware and firmware.

Embedded Intern

  • Developed IoT gateways on PIC microcontrollers with Modbus, I²C and UART communication.
PICModbusI²CUARTIoT

03 · Projects

Things I’ve built

AI projects in progress, production embedded work, and data foundations. New projects land here as I ship them.

★ Spotlight · AI / MLBuilding in public

Edge AI Lab — ML on the device

My next flagship: taking models from a Jupyter notebook down to resource-constrained hardware — quantisation, latency budgets and real sensor data. Combines both halves of my career.

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  1. 1Pick a sensor problem & collect data← now
  2. 2Train a baseline model in Python
  3. 3Quantise & prune for the edge
  4. 4Deploy & benchmark on device
  5. 5Write it up on the blog
PythonPyTorchTinyMLQuantizationRaspberry Pi
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▶ Try it · neural net playground

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A real neural network training live in your browser — no libraries, just math. Add points and watch it learn.

Embedded

Car Radio ↔ Mobile App over Bluetooth (CEA)

Led a 3-engineer team that established secure Bluetooth communication between an OEM car radio and a mobile app using the CEA protocol, with integrated cybersecurity for infotainment ↔ IVI data exchange.

▹ Team lead (3)▹ Stellantis standards▹ Production
Embedded CBluetoothCEA ProtocolCybersecurityAutomotive
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Data foundations

Walmart — Purchase Behaviour with CLT & Confidence Intervals

Statistical study of customer transactions: compared spending across gender, age and marital status using bootstrapping, the Central Limit Theorem and confidence intervals to back marketing decisions with evidence.

▹ Bootstrapped CIs▹ 3 customer segments
PythonPandasStatisticsCLTHypothesis Testing
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Embedded

Industrial IoT Gateway & Digital Signage

Built IoT gateways on PIC microcontrollers (Modbus, I²C, UART) and published an IRJET paper on an IoT digital signage board using Raspberry Pi 3 — where my love for connected devices began.

▹ IRJET publication
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04 · Skills

Two worlds, one engineer

AI and data skills on one side, embedded and automotive expertise on the other — and the place they meet.

AI · ML · Data

PythonSQLNumPyPandasScikit-learnMatplotlibSeabornJupyterStatisticsHypothesis TestingEDAData VisualizationGenerative AI

Edge AI — where they meet

  • On-device intelligence
  • Sensor & vehicle data
  • Resource-aware ML
  • Reliability engineering
  • Secure data pipelines

Embedded · Automotive

CC++Embedded CBluetoothInfotainment / IVICybersecurityLinuxGitJenkinsModbusI²CUART

05 · Learning

Education & credentials

Education

  • MS in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

    Scaler Neovarsity · Woolf University

    In progress — Python, SQL, statistics, data analytics, machine learning.

  • PG-Diploma in Embedded Systems Design

    CDAC, Pune

  • B.E. Electronics & Telecommunication

    SCOE, University of Pune

Certifications

  • ✓Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
  • ✓What is Generative AI? — LinkedIn Learning
  • ✓Generative AI: The Evolution of Thoughtful Search — LinkedIn Learning

Publication

  • IoT Based Digital Signage Board using Raspberry Pi 3

    IRJET · 2017

Writing

Latest from the blog

Notes on AI, edge intelligence and the journey from embedded to ML.

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06 · Contact

Let’s build something intelligent.

Open to AI / ML engineering roles, collaborations on Edge AI, and conversations with people making the same journey. My inbox is always open.

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