Madhura Manjunath Hegde

Technical Leadership & OEM Engineering

• Lead automotive embedded software engineering activities across Automotive Diagnostics, AUTOSAR Classic BSW integration,
  cybersecurity, FOTA and vehicle communication for global OEM programs.
• Act as a technical interface between global OEM engineering teams, software development and validation teams, driving requirement clarification, technical discussions, issue resolution and project alignment.
• Supported 9 global OEM programs — Honda, Volvo, BYD, VW, NIO, GWM, Xiaomi, Naveco and BMS — across 7–8 automotive
  platforms/ECUs.
• Drive technical discussions and reviews across requirements analysis, software/system design, integration, system testing and defect resolution.
• Collaborate with customer, system, software and validation teams to identify technical gaps, perform impact analysis and drive issues to closure.
• Mentored 4–5 junior engineers, providing technical guidance, conducting design reviews, troubleshooting, and offering day-to-day engineering support to enhance team capabilities.
• Delivered coding-guideline training to 150+ freshers/graduate engineers, supporting consistent embedded software development
  practices.

Requirements Engineering & Software System Design

• Analysed and interpreted 100+ automotive diagnostic requirements and specifications, identifying ambiguities, inconsistencies and
  technical gaps and translating them into implementable software/system specifications.
• Performed requirements traceability and impact analysis using IBM DOORS, aligning OEM requirements with software design and
  system verification.
• Developed and reviewed Software System Design Specifications (SWSD) for automotive diagnostic and OBD functionality.
• Conducted technical analysis of requirement gaps, collaborating with OEM and internal stakeholders to clarify requirements and establish feasible solutions, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
• Supported alignment between customer requirements, system design, software implementation and validation activities throughout project milestones.

Automotive Diagnostics & AUTOSAR Classic

• Acquired 7 years of expertise in automotive diagnostics and AUTOSAR Classic, specialising in UDS and OBD protocols., covering UDS, OBD, OBDonUDS and AUTOSAR diagnostic BSW.
• Designed and reviewed diagnostic system specifications covering UDS services, OBD functionality, diagnostic communication and
  AUTOSAR BSW integration.
• Worked extensively with DCM, DEM, NvM, PduR, CanIf, CanTp and RTE, analysing diagnostic data flow, BSW interactions and
  integration behaviour.
• Applied automotive diagnostic standards including ISO 14229, ISO 15031/SAE J1979 and ISO 27145/SAE J1979-2.
• Analysed and resolved diagnostic behaviour, communication issues, requirement inconsistencies and BSW integration defects through system-level technical analysis.
• Supported diagnostic functionality across UDS, OBD and OBDonUDS, including diagnostic communication and DTC-related functionality.

Automotive Cybersecurity

• Acquired 2 years of experience in automotive cybersecurity, focusing on security requirements and integration. covering security requirements, integration and system validation.
• Worked with HSM, SecOC, UDS Security Access, key management, SecMgr APIs and Secure Logging.
• Supported cybersecurity engineering activities aligned with ISO/SAE 21434, including requirements analysis, technical clarification and
  validation.
• Performed root-cause analysis of cybersecurity integration and communication issues, collaborating with development and validation teams to identify and resolve technical gaps.

FOTA & Software Update

• Gained 1 year of experience in FOTA, specifically in software-update workflows and validation processes., covering software-update workflows, flash bootloader interfaces and system-level validation.
• Defined and executed FOTA/reprogramming test scenarios, validating software-update sequences and investigating update-related integration issues.
• Supported system-level analysis of software update and reprogramming behaviour in automotive embedded environments.

System Testing, Debugging & Root-Cause Analysis

• Contributed to the resolution of 150+ diagnostic, BSW integration, communication and timing defects/root causes.
• Performed system-level verification and debugging using Vector CANoe, CANalyzer, ETAS INCA and DBC databases.
• Analysed CAN and diagnostic traffic, investigating communication behaviour, timing issues and system-level integration problems.
• Developed CAPL automation for system testing, fault verification and regression activities.
• Conducted technical reviews and supported ASPICE-compliant development and verification activities.

• Developed embedded C software for microcontroller platforms to
  enhance functionality and performance.
• Supported hardware bring-up and conducted functional testing to
  identify and resolve defects effectively.