Akhila T Bastian

Work History

Quest Global

02.2023 - Current

Company Overview: Wabtec Corporation
Traction and AUX control in locomotives
Defining requirements for Subsystem Design Specification
Participating subsystem design reviews and making sure design meets the requirement
Validation and Verification of Test case and Test plan development for HITL/loco & commercial test plan
Model based control design (MATLAB / Simulink)
Logic development for diagnostics log in loco level
Familiar in reviewing the electrical schematic (P2P)
Expertise in DOOR's platform
Familiar with EDR, DRS & Clear Quest platforms
Participated in hardware in the loop (HITL) lab testing
Familiar in writing DFMEA for Subsystem Design Specification
Wabtec Corporation
Major Projects: Wayside Charge Controller (WCC) - Worked as a System Requirement design engineer in Direct current Wayside Charge Controller (WCC) which is used for charging batteries of a Battery Electric Locomotive (BEL)
FLX Drive (Battery Electric Locomotive) - Worked as a System Requirement design engineer in creating diagnostic logics, mapping the requirements, modifying P2P diagrams & deriving the test plan for Battery Electric Locomotive (BEL) project

Luminous Power Technologies

07.2022 - 01.2023

Wabtec Corporation

09.2021 - 06.2022

Worked on the Grand Test Auto-Locomotive testing platform
Performed the initial studies of AC locomotive's mechanical and electrical systems
Installed T-rx software and explored the procedure to do software testing
Benchmarking of liquid cooled power electronic converters based on device ratings, thermal ratings of converters and motor drives, volume, cooling arrangement, application etc
Investigated the interaction of power control of the locomotive to the electric network systems and studied the factors influencing power quality issues
Major Projects: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Locomotive - Simulation & Performance Analysis of the traction system using MATLAB/Simulink for the hydrogen fuel cell locomotive project