Swapnil Alase
Senior AI Engineer
Pune, Indiaswapnilalase07@gmail.com+91 96895 47060linkedin.com/in/swapnilalasegithub.com/swapnilalase25
Summary
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.
Experience
Forvia — AI Team · Pune, India
Senior AI Engineer
- 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.
Forvia (formerly Faurecia) — Infotainment & Connectivity · Pune, India
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.
Axonet Emsys Pvt. Ltd. · Pune, India
Embedded Intern
- Developed IoT gateways on PIC microcontrollers with Modbus, I²C and UART communication.
Skills
AI / Data: Python, SQL, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Jupyter, Statistics, Hypothesis Testing, EDA, Data Visualization, Generative AI
Embedded: C, C++, Embedded C, Bluetooth, Infotainment / IVI, Cybersecurity, Linux, Git, Jenkins, Modbus, I²C, UART
Selected projects
- 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.
- 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.
- Target Brazil — E-commerce Order Analytics (SQL) — Analysed 100K+ e-commerce orders (2016–2018) in SQL: order status, payments, freight and customer geography — turned into recommendations on pricing, shipping efficiency and customer satisfaction.
- 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.
Education
- MS in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Scaler Neovarsity · Woolf University - PG-Diploma in Embedded Systems Design
CDAC, Pune - B.E. Electronics & Telecommunication
SCOE, University of Pune
Certifications & publication
- Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
- What is Generative AI? — LinkedIn Learning
- Generative AI: The Evolution of Thoughtful Search — LinkedIn Learning
- IoT Based Digital Signage Board using Raspberry Pi 3 — IRJET, 2017