Senior Systems Engineer: Electrified Mobility - Hyliion, Inc.                                                                                            

●        Lead the team on OBD and Service Diagnostics requirements and implementing according to industry standards

●        Created the fault monitor strategy and Fault detecting criteria for BMS, VCU, HCU, MCU, and Electrified Accessories

●        Compiled the Clearing Criteria, Debouncing Criteria, Fault latching criteria, SPNs and FMIs, SAE J1939 Protocol for DM1 to DM35, OBD Requirements, MIL regulation, UDS-DID and RID definition

●        Wrote the Summary table and documentation for EPA and CARB Certification

●        Wrote the Diagnostic Troubleshooting steps for every DTC based vehicle and component reactions

●        Compiled and implemented the UDS functionality to interface with the scan tool during servicing and End-of-Line Testing

●        Lead the team to perform Design-FMEA, SW-FMEA, Functionality-FMEA and supported the team to perform DVP and Process-FMEA

●        Responsible for creation of 1x Pilot Production Level Vehicle for Model-Year 2024

●        Feature Owner of the following:

1.       OTA Update strategy and implementation

2.       Vehicle and Component Diagnostics strategy and implementation

3.       Safety critical Diagnostics Remedial actions

4.       Transitioning the Vehicle into a Fail-Functional System and ISO-26262 design principles

5.       Vehicle Operating Modes (Automatic Drive Mode, EV Mode, Manual Charge Mode, Plug In Charge Mode, Limp Mode, Fault Mode, Thermal After-run)

6.       Power Up and Power Down strategy

7.       CAN+LV+HV Architecture

8.       Hill Start Assist

9.       Adaptive and Predictive Cruise Control

10.    Service Manuals

11.    Driver Notification on the HMI

12.    Vehicle to Cloud Communication

13.    Accelerometer and gyroscope integration

14.    End-of-line Commissioning Process

15.    Vehicle eRetarder + Regenerative Braking

16.    One-Pedal-Drive

17.    Engine Start Stop

18.    SoC Recalibration strategy and process

19.    Hotel and Park Mode Energy management

20.    HV Component Sizing and Duty Cycle

21.    Warranty and Service constraints+Requirements

22.    Advance Manufacturing Quality Control Requirements

23.    Distance till Empty Strategy and Implementation

24.    Vehicle level safety critical test cases

●        Developed and Compiled the Vehicle Level, System Level, Sub-system Level and Component level requirements.

●        Owned the responsibility for 6x Systems including HCU, Powertrain, HMI, HVAC, Power Steering, Instrument Cluster, HV Energy System, LV Energy System, ADAS

●        Developed Model Based System Engineering framework and performed analysis on Enterprise Architect

●        Engineered Logical Architecture, Physical Architecture and SW Architecture for the application

●        Established traceability, derivation and testcases creation to reformed stakeholder requirements

●        Create commissioning process and engineering thresholds to perform Integration

●        Optimized the systems by performing DFMEA and FMEA analysis, and tested their implementations

●        Directly interfaced with Component suppliers for owned systems to create SoW, Validation and Verification Test Plan for solving technical issues

Electrical Systems Engineer – FEV North America, Inc.                                                                                                       

● Lead development of HV architecture, LV Architecture and Communication architecture for Class 8 hybrid truck and agricultural products

● Research and selected EE/ME components based on the non-functional requirement and duty cycles

● Compiled and debated HV, Electrical, Functional safety, EE Safety, EMI/EMC requirements

● Lead the integration of the key powertrain and Energy management components

● Co-ordinated the Engineering development with EE/ME/SW/Systems/Calibration/Purchasing to optimize the System

● Supported SiL, MiL, HiL, ViL testing for all of my system requirements and implementation

● Intensely worked with APSW and suppliers to integrate the powertrain, BMS, Electrified-Accessories

● Created a commissioning and End-Of-Line plan to validate the prototype builds

● Hands-on debugging EE/SW issues to optimize and improvise the integration and implementation

● Successfully designed and improvised 2 generations of hybrid vehicle by leading a team of 6 Electrical + 4 Control Engineers

● Lead the HiL Integration and supported the HiL Testing on dSpace Scalexio platform

● Developed and implemented Control strategies for Torque management, ADAS functions, Energy management, HVAC functions, safety critical functions, Electric Vehicle standard compliances

● Performed Reverse Engineering and Benching for perfecting Engineering strategies

● Co-ordinated significant adaptation decisions of components interfaces and performance with the suppliers

● Worked for reputable Client like Hyliion, Tesla, Lucid, Rivian, Electrifying Patriot 4450

Engine Performance and Emissions Intern – MAHLE                                                                                      (05-2019 to 08-2022)

●        Testing and Developing Pure Electric, Diesel and Hybrid Powertrains for OEMs

●        Monitoring engine performance and emissions metrics and analyzing how they relate to engine design

●        Identifying potential improvements via design and calibration changes using ETAS INCA, Solidworks, MATLAB and Excel

●        Explaining the results and proposing solutions by analyzing the data to the project engineer and OEMs

●        Creating test plans and reports for governmental and environmental standard organizations like EPA and CARB

Engineering Intern – ALERJE                                                                                                                                                                                         

●        Execute the designing, modeling, developing and FEA using Fusion 360, optimizing, validating, prototyping and testing for Epinephrine Auto-Injector

●        Successfully engineered Force-Activated button mechanism, locking mechanism, driver design and needle cover

●        Wrote design reports and compliance documents for FDA approval

Research – Regenerative Braking and Cruising                                                                                                                                                            

●        Research project to develop the strategy for storing the regenerated power in capacitors for tractive use

●        Modeled and simulated the extended range by 11% in MATLAB and Simulink for highway drive cycles

Hybrid Society of Automotive Engineers (Hybrid SAE) – Tractive System Engineer                                                            

●        Accomplished performance goals by DoE-type experiments for the complete electrical powertrain

●        Solely responsible for developing and assembling accumulator, motor and motor control application for the vehicle

Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (Formula SAE) - Vehicle Dynamics Engineer                                                    

●        Designing using Solidworks, development, manufacturing, and analyzing performance of the suspension system

●        Accountable for optimization of camber angle using Lotus Shark and determined the maximum normal forces always exerted by the tracks on tires during the competition

Wayne State University

• Masters of Science in Artificial Intelligence

• Specialization - Deep Learning, Autonomous Driving, AI Security

Wayne State University

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

• Specialization - eMobility and Electrification