Nijinkumar Kappanakkal

Looking for a challenging position as a Senior Verification and Validation Engineer in the field of Automotive Embedded Testing which demands the best of my professional skills and helps me in enhancing my skills and knowledge

• ISO-11898 (CAN)
• ISO-14229 (UDS)
• ISO-26262 (FuSa)
• ISO-15765 (CAN TP)
• ASPICE
• Agile Methodology

• Power Net Guardian

Organization: Bosch Global Software Technologies 

Hardware: ECU, VN1640, Electronic Load boxes 

Tools: CANoe, vFlash, VTest Studio

Description: Working as a Senior Engineer responsible for verification and validation of powernet guardian ECU which used to protect the safety critical ECU in the Autonomous Drive vehicle network from Over Current, Over Voltage, Under Voltage and Over Temperature scenarios. Along with protection, activates a redundant mechanism to function the safety critical ECU.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Requirement analysis of the system requirement specification

- Effort estimation for the tasks 

- Test specification design from the requirements 

- Test Case Automation 

- Test Bench preparation and configuration 

- Test Execution and Test Results Analysis 

- Test documentation and summary preparation 

- Defect raising and tracking 

- Ensuring ASPICE process compliance

- Implementing CI/CD in the project

• EV Charger Interface Module

Organization: Aptiv Automotive Components India 

Hardware: ECU, VN1640, VN5610, Vector VT System 

Tools: CANoe, Customer specific flashing tool,

Description: Leading Independent Test and Verification team for Advanced charger interface module project for multiple European OEMs. The charger interface module act as a gateway between the external charger and battery management system in the vehicle. The module controls and monitors the vehicle charging and also has the capabilities to share charging data to the outside world. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Worked as a competency leader as well as product owner (75%) and also as a Test Engineer (25%) for the project

- Estimating the effort for the activities and for the change request from customer

- Planning of tasks in Jira and assigning to the team by estimating in story points

- Attending meetings with stakeholders to align with the overall project milestone and negotiating the activities based on the team work load

- Tracking the progress in the tasks through daily standup meetings

- Updating the overall status to management through weekly meeting and monthly metrics.

- Preparation and update of ITV Test Plan document 

- Supporting team for the Requirement Analysis, Test Case Development, Test Automation, Test Execution, Bug Reporting and Bug Tracking

- Documentation of the test results in the predefined format and sharing the report with the customer

- Interacting with the customer through meetings and e-mails to ensure the customer satisfaction throughout the project 

- Setting up the test bench and trouble shooting

- Ensuring ASPICE Level 2 compliance in the project

• HIL Verification of ADAS ECU Failsafe Conditions

Organization: Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre , India 

Hardware: ADAS ECU, VN1610, Ram scope, Vector VT 

Tools: CANoe, CANape, Trace 32 

Description: Validation of Advanced Driver Assist System Diagnostic functionality by ensuring condition for Diagnostic Trouble Code setting and timings are according to the requirement. Manual and automated tests are conducted to measure the CAN signal and internal flag timings. 

Roles and Responsibilities: 

- Inputs files creation according to the work request received from the customer 

- Performing the test according to the predefined test procedure 

- Review of the performed test cases according to the pass fail criteria and intimating the bug directly to the customer through e-Mail 

- Documentation of the results and sharing the results to the customer through SVN

• HIL Verification and Validation of RF Hub ECU and Keyfob

Organization: Tata Elxsi Ltd
Hardware: HIL Test Bench, RF Hub ECU, Key-fob module, VN1630, Arduino, Oscilloscope, Renesas E1 Emulator, TED Kit, Multimeter
Tools: CANoe, Vector V Flash, Renesas Flash Programmer, JIRA, Polarion
Description: Verification and Validation of Radio Frequency Hub Module and Key fob by executing the test cases developed from requirement specification documents and ensuring that the feature functionality is according to the requirement.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Setting up the test bench according to the requirement to be tested. > Test case generation from the product definition document 

- Performing the test case according to the test cases generated
- Updating the test results in Polarion
- Reporting the bugs observed in Jira and bug tracking
- Direct interaction with client regarding the issues and timelines 

- Peer Review of test results and test procedures

• Test Case Generation for Electronic power Steering Validation

Organisation: Tata Elxsi Ltd
Tools: AutomationDesk, Control Desk, Python
Description: Test case development and custom library creation in automation desk using Python for Electronic Power Steering ECU SW
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Understanding the Diagnostic requirements of the ECU (UDS) 

- Understanding the parameters in the ECU from the Control Desk panels

- Writing Diagnostic test cases for testing the ECU
- Developing custom library in AutomationDesk using Python script 

- Coordinating with the on-site team members for executing the tests

• HIL Testing of Light Combat Aircraft

Organization: Aeronautical Development Agency
Hardware: Digital Flight Control Computer, Air Data Computer, Iron- bird test facility
Tools: MATLAB, Simulink
Description: Hardware-in-Loop Simulation, System Integration and functionality testing of different Onboard Flight Program software of Light Combat Aircrafts (‘TEJAS’ and ‘LCANavy’) in IRON BIRD test facility of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Generation of Test Description from Test Matrix 

- Understanding of the SW changes from Simulink model 

- Expected results generation using EVTool in MATLAB
- Conducting Formal Testing in presence of Certification Authorities. 

- Development of analysis program and analysis of Test Data
- Preparation of Test Results Document and raising Problem Reports