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About Hari Caushik

With over 10 years of software development experience — including 5 years specializing in QNX Board Support Packages at Qualcomm and NVIDIA — Hari Caushik brings deep expertise in automotive-grade embedded software, safety compliance, and security policy to every engagement.

Experience & Expertise

Over 5 years working on QNX Board Support Packages at Qualcomm and NVIDIA for automotive hardware, including:

  • QNX Startup Code — Pre-kernel software initializing hardware, collecting system information, and preparing the environment for the QNX kernel. Work includes ARM GIC initialization and debugging features.

  • QNX Security Policy — Owned secpol configuration and implementation at Qualcomm, supporting an organization of ~1,500 employees.

  • Automotive Safety & Security Compliance — ISO 26262 and ISO 21434 compliance at NVIDIA, including MISRA/CERT fixes, cyclomatic complexity, FMEA/DFA, and Threat Modeling.

  • ASPICE Compliance — Requirements through architecture, design, unit, and integration testing.

  • Embedded Protocols — Resource managers, GPIO, I2C, and UART.

Background

Prior to QNX work, 4 years at HP for a total of 10 years of software development experience.

  • B.S. in Computer Science — Oregon State University

  • M.S. in Computer Science — University of Texas at Austin

Need expertise in QNX, safety and security development and compliance, or embedded software? Get in touch.

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