Abhijeet Chothave

• Technical Lead for System level Simulations and developing control strategies for energy efficient cooling of battery, Cabin comfort, HVAC and EPT Cooling for range benefit
• Engineered efficient cooling solutions for hybrid and electric vehicles, including advanced heat pump systems.
• Ideating and developing rapid control prototyping (RCP)/HIL setup for confirming control logics on system hardware combining strength of simulations & testing
• Developing models 1D Simulations of HVAC, Battery & EPT Cooling using GT Suite
• Developing control algorithm in Simulink, verifying using co- simulation with plant model
• Developing inhouse testing methodology (physical & simulation) for human thermal comfort in vehicles
• Benchmarking of HVAC, EPT Cooling, and Battery cooling systems from global BEV
• Filed Patent - "HEAT PUMP SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR HEATING A CABIN OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE" - Focusing on cost and efficiency for Indian Climatic Conditions (Application no 202321042655)

• SHEV & BEV Thermal system modeling for 1D simulations for thermal system simulations
• Building Electric Vehicle Architecture in System Analyst for EV's of Renault & Nissan Using Simcenter Amesim, GT-Suite & MATLAB Simulink

• Responsible for defining targets, managing convergence, validating achievement & recommending countermeasures on vehicle projects in order to reach Brand Identity
• Analysis and forecast customer satisfaction criteria India specific for HVAC performance based on survey results and past customer complaints
• Performing & managing the thermal comfort tests for new & serial life projects
• Identifying test requirement based on change content in the AC loop, prepare & issue the analysis report along with countermeasure where required
• Performing AC Cooling & Climate Control Test at variable ambient at public road (hot & cold climate) and Climatic Chamber (at corporate facilities in Japan & Romania, supplier facility ARAI & GARC)
• Prepared new setup in India for R-N vehicle testing of cabin comfort & climate control SW inside climatic chamber & public road testing
• Conducting benchmarking and identifying need of Indian customer requirement
• Fault finding, rectification & calibration verification of Auto AC
• Nissan L-level certification for HVAC Testing from NTC
• Tools used: NI Flex logger, Simulink & Vector CANape
• Projects Handled: Nissan: Magnite & Kicks HVAC validation including Auto AC Tuning; Renault: Kiger Auto AC Tuning validation & Kwid serial life improvements

• Lead testing of in cabin air management of Passenger and Commercial vehicles
• Devising process for air flow measurement at HVAC part & in-vehicle occupant level air velocity measurement
• CRFM testing of cars and UV platforms for air velocity measurement & analysis
• Benchmarking of competitor vehicles on system level, component level & Vehicle level
• Target setting of in-cabin air management for new upcoming products in PV segment
• Finding the best location for air vents during concept phase using parts from RCP
• Performance evaluation of HVAC system at vehicle level for airflow & cabin cooling
• Analyzing test data, generation of test reports & giving recommendations
• Projects Handled: Tiago, Tigor, Nexon, Altroz, Hexa, Harrier in-cabin air management & thermal comfort; Jaguar F-type, F-Pace Demist & Defrost Certification Tests as per AIS-084 in India
• Achievement: Filled 2 copyrights for the innovative projects

• Developing new process concepts for production optimization and formulating guidelines for the sequencing of manufacturing activities
• Process planning of vehicle assembly line by modelling in 3D using Bentley MicroStation

• Integrated Cost Reduction (ICR) core team member
• Idea generation through benchmarking & feature mapping of the benchmark vehicles
• Proficiently focused on Electrical, Electronic & HVAC aggregate of passenger cars
• Short common condenser project for cost saving
• Alternate sourcing of music system
• Product cost reduction initiatives for meeting the predetermined target of cost savings
• Vista HVAC unit weight reduction of 2 kg and cost reduction ideas of Rs 650 /car

• Manufacturer of 2-wheeler electrical components like stators, Ignition Coils, etc
• Received exposure in new product line development & Production sections
• Assisted in setting up new production line having different manufacturing processes (Powder coating, Electrical Windings, CNC machining, etc)
• Standardized a setup by implementing PFMEA, Control Plan, PPAP Documentation, etc
• Modified workstations using MOST for streamlining the assembly process & reducing the CT by 30%
• Adroitly managed 40 employees and their daily production planning

• Got exposure for line maintenance and production activities of heavy commercial vehicles
• Played a vital role as a TPM Implementation Coordinator
• Implemented small projects for reduced the line down time in assembly line
• Resourcefully handled production of axles in heavy vehicles

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