Elavarasu Naguladiyan

Dynamic and self-motivated professional holding 16+ years’ experience in the automotive industry. As technical lead in the features verification and validation team, proven expertise in project planning, resource allocation, budget management, team leadership, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven decision making. Adept at delivering complex projects on time, collaborating across organizational boundaries, and implementing process improvements that drive quality and cost savings.

• Leading & developing V&V plan for the features (like; Exterior Noise, Load Capacity, Vehicle Agility, EDAIR & PAA) across multiple projects; setting feature targets based on the requirements of market wanted position.
• Managing and securing project budgets and resources.
• Coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver project activities on scheduled timeline.
• Coordinating with global and local certification authorities (ARAI, TUV, VCA) for regulatory compliance and successful approval.
• Developing roadmaps for feature and CVA activities, presented feature status at key project milestones, and managed cross-functional stakeholder communication.
• Analyzing post-test data using SIEMENS Testlab and identified root causes for noise, delivering actionable solutions.
• Feature status presentation on each project gate.
• Securing Coolant system verification, Cooling system performance & Hot spot tests to understanding LAT, IMTD, CAC-PD & Thermal impact in components.
• Securing & delivering other powertrain related requirements tests.
• Test code creation to simulate & validate field issues.
• Supporting engineering team to establish robust RCA.
• Expertise in Data acquisition systems; IPETRONIK, DEWESOFT, and ATI VISION

Certificate of completion - Project Management Assessment from Learn Tube.ai