Aakash Patra
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic professional with over 10 years of experience at the intersection of data science and data engineering, specializing in the automotive domain. Expertise in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and platforms, including Central Powertrain Control, Battery Management Systems, inverters, and motors. Proficient in leveraging cloud platforms and big data technologies such as Spark to extract actionable insights from extensive datasets, driving significant business growth. Committed to utilizing innovative solutions that enhance data-driven decision-making processes.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Engineer
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Pvt Limited
07.2025 - Current
- Project management,JIRA to track and manage tasks.
- Completed deep research into powertrain analytics for BLKs to optimize related projects.
- Inspected data products and recommended key updates to enhance user experience and resulted in cost saving of approx 600000 Euros per year.
- Set project deadlines, delegating work according to project needs.
Senior Technical lead
Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Pvt Ltd
04.2022 - 06.2025
- Responsible for Field car analytics to find valuable insights from field cars for product improvement related to central powertrain controller
- Responsible for developing tableau dashboards to understand statistical overview from PHEVs/BEVs.
- Automation of jobs over azure/tableau to refresh various analytics reports.
- Developed certification course for Mercedes Benz AG collectives on load collectives.
- Guide junior engineers, helping them grow their technical skills and contributing to the overall expertise of the team.
Senior Engineer
Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Pvt Ltd
10.2019 - 04.2022
- Root cause Analysis and implemented solutions.
- Responsible for designing, architecting, and developing data products for load collective validation.
- Established Digital diagnostic validation for aid calibration issues in car.
- Adoption of silver qtronics for validation using simulation.
Engineer
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Pvt Limited
07.2017 - 09.2019
- Creative problem-solvers who use their technical knowledge to develop practical solutions to real-world challenges.
- Working with other engineers and stakeholders to ensure a project's success. Communication skills are key to translating complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Developed platform for BLK validation as part of process innovation for Mercedes-Benz AG. Resulted in cost saving from matlab licenses.(approx 50000 euros).
System Engineer
Tata consultancy Services
11.2014 - 06.2017
- Responsible for Locomotives Auto Engine Start stop designs. Handling multiple clients across America, Brazil and India for AESS development
- Architect for Monte carlo simulation platform for identifying disbalances over rotor shaft. This was developed to enable engineers to identify rotor imbalances in field and provide quick response
- Analyzing/Refining black box data pertaining to Rolls-Royce aero defence engines
Education
Bachelors of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics
Manipal Institute of Technology
06.2014
Skills
- Full Data Lifecycle Management
- Problem-Solving & Innovation
- Leadership & Mentorship
- Tableau
- Pyspark
- Python
- SQL
- Azure Databricks
- Agile Methodologies
- Scrummaster
- Simulink
- Matlab
Accomplishments
Offensive patent on active clutch wear monitoring using LSTM.(2025)
Defensive patent on enabling health based range prediction for plugin hybrids. (2021)
An analysis and evaluation of state estimation methods for lithium-ion batteries regarding requirements of 48 V HEV applications
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.112907
SUPPORTED CAUSES
- Organised blood donation camps
- Participated in various activities as part of corporate social responsibility
Awards
Department Award- Process Innovation (03/2023) MBRDI, Envisaged and developed development cars analytics platform to digitally front load analytics to save time and cost.
Departmental Award- Gold Team (12/2021) MBRDI, Patent on PHEV operating strategy to maximize EV range, Patent on new strategy for reverse steering mechanism
Certification
- Python for Datascience and machine learning
- Statistics for Data science and business analytics
- Crisp-DM
Hobbies and Interests
Movies, Playing cricket, Swimming
Timeline
Principal Engineer
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Pvt Limited
07.2025 - Current
Senior Technical lead
Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Pvt Ltd
04.2022 - 06.2025
Senior Engineer
Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Pvt Ltd
10.2019 - 04.2022
Engineer
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Pvt Limited
07.2017 - 09.2019
System Engineer
Tata consultancy Services
11.2014 - 06.2017
Bachelors of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics
Manipal Institute of Technology
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