Dhananjay Lokhande
Pune
Summary
Automotive professional with 10 years of expertise in AUTOSAR BSW, CDD development, and 1.5 years of experience in project management. Experienced in leading 17-member teams across multi-project environments, optimising resources, and driving quality improvements. Recognised for performance excellence, with a focus on aligning technical solutions to business outcomes.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Project Manager
KPIT Technologies, Pune
Pune, India
08.2019 - 12.2024
- Responsible for end-to-end project lifecycle – initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
- Defined project scope, resources, and budgets as per customer requirements.
- Conducted risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies to minimise project delays.
- Managed project budgets, ensuring financial feasibility and resource optimisation.
- Led a team of 17 engineers, conducting performance reviews, mentoring, and career development plans.
- Responsibilities
Software Engineer
Valeo India Private Limited, Chennai
Chennai, India
04.2017 - 07.2019
- Requirement planning of various BSW modules for Automation and Manual integration testing
- Test sprint execution of the Automatic and Manual Test Cases.
- Development and maintenance of test APIs and environment setup
- Responsibilities/Tasks
Embedded System Engineer
Workplace/Company
04.2014 - 08.2016
Sr. Technical Lead
KPIT Technologies, Pune
Pune, India
04.2014 - 04.2016
- System and Software requirement analysis and Design preparation
- BSW module configuration using Altium and C4K tool
- Development and integration of CDD and Wrapper modules with AUTOSAR stack
- Review management of development and testing lifecycles
- Responsibilities
Education
B.E. - Electronics and Telecomm.
NMU
Skills
- ASPICE
- ISO 26262
- Agile
- Waterfall
- Scrum
- Resource Management
- Risk Management
- MS Project
- DOORs
- JIRA
- Six Sigma
- FMEA
- AUTOSAR Classic
- CDD development
- Quality assurance
- Team management
- Technical troubleshooting
- Project management
- Requirements analysis
- Release planning
- Sprint planning
- Root-cause analysis
- Waterfall methodology
Certification
- PG-Diploma in Embedded System Design from CDAC ACTS (2016-08 - 2017-03)
- FTM certification from KPIT Technologies
LANGUAGES
English - Full Professional Proficiency
Hindi - Full Professional Proficiency
Marathi - Full Professional Proficiency
Timeline
Technical Project Manager
KPIT Technologies, Pune
08.2019 - 12.2024
Software Engineer
Valeo India Private Limited, Chennai
04.2017 - 07.2019
Embedded System Engineer
Workplace/Company
04.2014 - 08.2016
Sr. Technical Lead
KPIT Technologies, Pune
04.2014 - 04.2016
B.E. - Electronics and Telecomm.
NMU
Hobbies and Interests
Interest
Awards
Title/Award Name, Name of the institution that issued/awarded it