https://bhargavamandapati.com Team Lead and Android Automotive engineer with 10+ years building AOSP/AAOS platforms, vehicle HALs, infotainment middleware and software-defined vehicle capabilities for global OEMs. en Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://bhargavamandapati.com/blog/writing-a-custom-vhal-for-android-automotive/ https://bhargavamandapati.com/blog/writing-a-custom-vhal-for-android-automotive/ A practical walkthrough of adding a vendor-defined vehicle property to AAOS — from property ID and permissions to CarPropertyManager on the app side. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bhargava Mandapati AAOS VHAL AOSP Automotive https://bhargavamandapati.com/blog/vss-bridging-autosar-and-android-automotive/ https://bhargavamandapati.com/blog/vss-bridging-autosar-and-android-automotive/ Why the Vehicle Signal Specification is the piece that makes software-defined vehicles tractable — and what it takes to map ARXML signals onto Android vehicle properties. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bhargava Mandapati SDV VSS AUTOSAR AAOS https://bhargavamandapati.com/blog/leading-platform-teams-across-time-zones/ https://bhargavamandapati.com/blog/leading-platform-teams-across-time-zones/ What a decade of onsite-offshore automotive delivery taught me about handoffs, blockers, and the difference between a status update and a decision. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bhargava Mandapati Leadership Engineering Management Automotive