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Dinesh Babu

Systems Engineering-Automotive (Battery Electric Vehicles, H2 Vehicles, Electric Power Steering)
Bangalore
Dinesh Babu

Summary


Overall 17+ years in Corporate, specifically into Systems Engineering, Technical Risk analysis, Technical Project Management, Process Delineation, Test Management, Requirements Engineering and Management, Organizational Project Enabling Activities for Automotive domains.


Practicing Systems Engineering in-line with INCOSE-SE for automotive sector aligning with “Vee-Model” and IPDS phases. Hands on knowledge on deployment of right process in-line with ASPICE and IATF 16949 Standards.


Strong experience in using Requirements Engineering and Failure Mode Effective Analysis tools, AIAG-VDA Approach, Configuration Management and possess international working exposure.


A passionate, adaptive and fast-learning person with a broad and acute interest in the innovation, I enjoy collaborating with different disciplines to develop novel skills and solve new challenges.


Admirable System Engineering experience in automotive products development


Promoting productivity and quality standards, ready to accept challenges with demonstrated capabilities


Motivating and inspiring everyone to do their best work with excellent interpersonal conflict resolution skills


Experienced in multicultural work environment, can communicate goals everyone understands them and their role

Maintaining Moral and workplace harmony with Strong project management, time management skills

Overview

19
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
6
Certificates
4
Languages

Work History

Reliance Industries Limited
Bangalore

General Manager- Leading Systems Engineering
03.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Delivered business strategy and developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency.
  • Performed statistical analyses to gather data for operational and forecast team needs.
  • Responsible for the analysis, documentation, coordination and management of system design and system integration for Battery Electric Vehicle and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
  • Analyze the business and stakeholders needs and develop systems models in MBSE environment with technical support from cross functional teams.
  • Prepare system context diagrams and asses the clear boundary between system and external systems and actors.
  • Identify use cases and prepare use case scenarios/ operational architectures /system functions/capabilities.
  • Prepare logical, physical architecture and interfaces using MBSE tool (Dassault’s Magic Draw)
  • Breakdown system conceptual models into individual sub-system and component models.
  • Develop models with SysML for requirements, Architectures (Functional and Physical),properties, interface definition, verification and validation in line with MBSE frame work.
  • Support architecture trade off analysis for system architecture selection in the tool.
  • Ensure complete traceability for requirements, behaviour, structure, analysis, verification and validation within the model organisation.
  • Identifying the requirements of aggregates/subsystem/system of Battery/Fuel Cell EV projects and document them in a clear and binding way
  • Identifying the project stakeholders’ user classes and negotiate their responsibilities
  • Developing requirements specifications according to standard templates using discussions with stake holders, document analysis, requirements workshops, scenarios, event lists, task and workflow analysis
  • Decomposing high-level vehicle requirements into aggregate/system level functional requirements and quality, specified in an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those must base their work on the requirements
  • Defining the quality attributes, external interfaces, constraints, and other non-functional requirements
  • Leading requirements of DFMEA and verification, ensuring that requirement statements are complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, and verifiable, and that they conform to standards
  • Participating in peer reviews and inspections of requirements documents reviews of work products derived from requirements specifications to ensure that the requirements were interpreted correctly
  • Enter, manipulate, and report on requirements stored in a commercial requirements management tool
  • Define requirement attributes and facilitate their use throughout the project
  • Managing requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the project as per ASPICE recommendations
  • Identifying the requirements errors and defects, and write requirements defect identification and notification reports
  • Managing changes to baselined requirements through effective application of change control processes and tools
  • Establish and implement effective requirements practices, including use and continuous improvement of a requirements process
  • Assist with the development of the organization’s requirements engineering policies, procedures, and tools
  • Implement ways to reuse requirements across projects
  • Identify ways to assist product management in product planning through requirements development and analysis
  • Propose new product features and updates
  • Tool used : Siemens Polarion, Catia No-Magic

Veoneer India Private Limited
Bangalore

Engineering Manager
09.2021 - 03.2022

Job overview

  • Definition and review of functional and Non-functional requirements, Features and software components as per INCOSE RERM guidelines
  • Management activities include setting priorities, develop system iteration plan, and deliver product requirements
  • Evaluated project requirements to identify and mitigate risks.
  • Verified construction documentation to meet client requirements and vision.
  • Checked design compliance with product specifications and standards requirements.
  • Evaluated existing procedures and made proactive adjustments to meet changing demands.

Sonacomstar Automotive Technologies Pvt Ltd
Chennai

Senior Manager-Functional Head Systems Engineering
05.2020 - 09.2021

Job overview

  • Product: EV Power Train for 2Wheerler/3 Wheeler and Passenger Cars segment (e-Motor and Controller)
  • The Key responsibilities are,
  • Leading Requirements Engineering/Attributes & Technical Project Management and Technical Risk Analysis as a part of Systems Engineering
  • Responsible to implement Systems Engineering capabilities such as traceability, review process across organization for SWE.1, SYS.2 dimension, including Technical Risk Analysis (FMEA) & Technical Project Management as per ASPICE standards (L1 and L2)
  • Definition and review of functional and Non-functional requirements, Features and software components as per INCOSE
  • RERM guidelines
  • Conducting Technical Analysis, Evaluate the vehicle requirements with cross functional team to convert suitable EV system requirements
  • Facilitate team and cross-functional level communications and act as liaison between the team and the customer, suppliers and other departments
  • Management activities include setting priorities, develop system iteration plan, and deliver product requirements
  • Development and maintenance operational processes/procedures used across the information technology group
  • Creation of functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure
  • Responsible to establish Technical Risk Analysis process as per latest AIAG-VDA FMEA, definition and review of various types of FMEAs (System/Design/Software& Interface)
  • Presenting FMEA results to Management and OEM on regular basis,
  • Tracking validation and verification strategy and evaluating the results according to Test case derived, Responsible for
  • Change management and Problem management as per ASPICE guideline
  • Tool used: Intland Code beamer, APIS-IQRM 7 Pro

Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited
Bengaluru

Team Manager
09.2018 - 05.2020

Job overview

  • Requirements & Technical Risk Analysis in System Engineering
  • Product: Electrical Vehicle and E-Power Train for Passenger Car Segments
  • The Key responsibilities are,
  • Have developed and Managed team with 13 Engineers with different engineering discipline to execute Requirements Engineering and technical Risk Analysis (AIAG-VDA Approach)
  • Have responsible to develop state of art to implement Requirements Engineering & Technical Risk Analysis (FMEA),
  • Have developed System Requirements Specification based on Model Based Requirements Engineering (MBRE) for multifunctional system (Electric Power Train) & Agile RE approach in sub system module requirements Specifications
  • Decomposing the High Level Customer Needs (Vehicle/Business) Level requirements into system level requirements
  • Evaluate the vehicle requirements with cross functional team to convert suitable EV system requirements
  • Requirements Development using Requirements Engineering Natural Language format as per INCOSE & IEEE standards
  • Presenting Requirements Compliance report to management in ALM Polarion
  • Administered monthly and annual reviews to direct reports and set clear and measurable goals, action plans and follow-up procedures.
  • Drove performance of staff by creating incentives and positive work atmosphere and administering recognition and rewards programs.
  • Creating BOM based FMEA Structure from platform structure (7 steps approach as per New AIAG-VDA Approach)
  • Reviewing FMEA function and failure modes of new customer projects FMEA, Presenting FMEA results to Management and OEM (Mahindra MRV) on regular basis
  • Tool used : Siemens Polarion

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited
Coimbatore

Specialist- Systems Engineering
01.2009 - 08.2018

Job overview

  • In Advance Engineering Processes
  • Product: Electrical Power Steering for Passenger Car Segments
  • The Key responsibilities are,
  • Managed Small team about 5 Engineers, to handle various OEM projects in Electric Steering System Analyzing Customer requirements with Bosch Automotive steering internal EPS (Column & Belt Drive)
  • Allocate the system requirements to the sub system modules (Software, Hardware, Safety and testing) to get review and release the system requirements in system IBM DOORS
  • Evaluating the system software functions requirement and decomposing to sub system level requirement (Software)
  • Verifying & Tracking the test coverage as per the test plan, validating test results according to requirements acceptance criteria in DOORS for all functional & Non-functional requirements (Process requirements)
  • Variant management in DOORS depends on system software function /behaviour Requirements
  • Writing the new functional requirements in platform/System Requirements Specification according to OEM requirements
  • Performing the system level impact analysis in every new function inclusion ( For design change DRBFM Analysis)
  • Support to Functional safety manager for system safety assessment according defined safety goals
  • Requirements management and tracking in DOORS for Automotive Steering Systems projects
  • Leading the activities for requirements specification freeze in DOORS, baseline creation, horizontal and vertical traceability across system specification and design/architecture requirements specifications till test specification
  • Requirements linkages status tracking and monitoring, preparing presentations for higher management
  • Handled independently complete FMEA moderation of Two Major customer projects in System Engineering for EPS product variants Column Drive including Drive unit & Belt Drive (up to 17KN with 34 variants)
  • Knowledge in System Modeling language (SYSML) for requirements mapping between System and Subsystem functions
  • Create and maintain the design FMEA / System FMEA customer project FMEA structure from standard FMEA according to VDA Risk Management Chapter 4 using APIS IQ-RM 6.5 Pro
  • Synchronize and track FMEA time schedules according to the project management principles
  • Support concept solutions, decisions and definitions of required actions in FMEA methodology
  • Track implementation of defined actions and evaluate the required FMEA standards
  • Organize and lead the FMEA moderation meetings and Handling the stack holder’s conflicts
  • Experience in ASPICE (ENG 2.0 and 3.0) work culture

ZF lentsysteme Gmbh

Onsite Project coordinator
08.2011 - 10.2012

Job overview

  • Projects: EPS Design and Development Projects, The Key responsibilities are,
  • Resource capacity planning, Ensuring the deliveries to development team as planned
  • Evaluating Assembly and Parts level drawing according to Requirements Specification before releasing to PDM
  • Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.
  • Tracking Engineering change requests and coordinating Change Control Board (CCB) meetings to analyse change impact
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
  • Tasks co-ordination between onsite and offshore in various activities with 20 engineers over a 14 months from Robert Bosch Automotive Steering, Germany (Formerly ZF Lenksysteme Gmbh).
  • Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
  • Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.

ASM Technologies, Applied Materials
Bengaluru

Design Engineer- Systems
01.2008 - 12.2008

Job overview

  • The Key responsibilities are,
  • Technical reviewer for semi-conductor manufacturing machine drawings, SPOC for Production drawing release approval
  • Coordination between assembly line and supplier to ensure the correct part availability, CAD model Quality review and release internally for further process
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to conceptualize and refine product concepts.
  • Liaised with stakeholders to define and document design requirements.
  • Drafted documentation detailing design requirements and technical specifications.
  • Responsible for supplier change request and Problem management.

Novemebr, Quality Engineering, software Technologies
Bengaluru

Design Engineer-Rotary Systems
01.2005 - 12.2007

Job overview

  • The Key responsibilities are,
  • Concept development and creation of CAD drawing for part design using CAD tool ( Pro-Engineer)
  • Steam turbine development Package study, Wave modelling development using Unigraphics
  • Drafted documentation detailing design requirements and technical specifications.
  • Coordinated technical requirements, scheduling and solution development for engineering design and test issues.
  • Liaised with stakeholders to define and document design requirements.
  • Conducted engineering studies on design for products, associated and subsystems components and structures.
  • Created CAD drawings using AutoCad to convey manufacturing and production configurations.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to conceptualize and refine product concepts.
  • Travelled to Schenectady, New York, USA about 3 months for Advance Design & Development training in GE-Energy

Education

SSM College of Engineering
Anna University

Bachelor of Engineering from Mechanical Engineering
05.2002 - 10.2005

University Overview

CSI Polytechnic College
Directorate Of Technical Education, India

Diploma from Mechanical Engineering
05.1999 - 05.2002

University Overview

Skills

    Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

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Certification

BOSCH Certified FMEA Moderator, APIS IQ-RM Tool and methodology

Software

Code Beamer, Siemens Polarion, IBM-Rational DOORS

Catia NoMagic (Cameo) - MBSE

APIS IQRM 7 Pro

SVN, Clear Case

Omni Tracker, JIRA

MS Tools

Creo Elements, Autodesk Inventor, Uni-Graphics, AutoCAD

Catia 3DS,Team Center, Speedmaxx (Axalant), Autodesk Vault

Timeline

General Manager- Leading Systems Engineering
Reliance Industries Limited
03.2022 - Current
Engineering Manager
Veoneer India Private Limited
09.2021 - 03.2022
Senior Manager-Functional Head Systems Engineering
Sonacomstar Automotive Technologies Pvt Ltd
05.2020 - 09.2021
Team Manager
Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited
09.2018 - 05.2020
Onsite Project coordinator
ZF lentsysteme Gmbh
08.2011 - 10.2012
Specialist- Systems Engineering
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited
01.2009 - 08.2018
Design Engineer- Systems
ASM Technologies, Applied Materials
01.2008 - 12.2008
Design Engineer-Rotary Systems
Novemebr, Quality Engineering, software Technologies
01.2005 - 12.2007
SSM College of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering from Mechanical Engineering
05.2002 - 10.2005
CSI Polytechnic College
Diploma from Mechanical Engineering
05.1999 - 05.2002
Dinesh Babu Systems Engineering-Automotive (Battery Electric Vehicles, H2 Vehicles, Electric Power Steering)