Pothikan Suresh T R

Test Delivery Management (Lab Car & In-Vehicle Tests) in Bosch's Active Safety projects (ABS, ESP, iBooster, IPB etc.,) for various OE projects aimed at latest vehicles (incl. Electrified & Autonomous vehicles)

Customer: RBNA (America)- Ford, GM, RBAC (China) - Shanghai GM, PATAC

Projects: Ford P708. GM BEV (Electric Vehicle), HAD (Autonomous Drive), SGM 258, 358, 458

Key Skills: Team Management (20+ associates), SCRUM Project Management, Test Program & Delivery Management, Agile Program Planning, Labcar Resource Management across India, US, Germany & Australia

Usage of Tools like RTC, DOORS, HP-ALM, Microsoft Project, Office, Teams, Lists etc.,

Visa: US B1 Visa - until 2029

Test Program Management - Test Planning, Monitoring & Control, Delivery of 20+ HMI V&V projects, ATE Architect

Customer: Whirlpool Corporation, Michigan, US

Project: Whirlpool HMI Validation using ATE (Machine Vision & Haptics Robot)

Key kills: Team Management - 12+ Associates, Customer Management, Technical Presales & Proposal Realization, SCRUM Management, RTC planning, ATE framework Architect (Robots & Vision Validation) using LabVIEW, Supplier Management of ATE components

Product Manager & Architect of In-house developed and commercially sold Test Automation Systems - Graphics Test System (GTS), Power Curve Generator (PCG), Automated Test Sequencer (ATS)

Customer: Robert Bosch Car Multimedia & Instrumentation System BU - Germany, Hungary, Portugal, China, US

Global Customers - JLR, Honeywell, Whirlpool

Project: Test Solutions Development - GTS, PCG, ATS, License application development & Issuance of License to customers - perpetual, subscription, floating etc.,

Bootstrapped from 3 to 15+ associates in a short span

Key kills: Team Management - 15+ Associates, Test Solutions consultant, Market Analysis & Benchmarking, Pre-Sales & Technical Proposal preparation, Product Management (100+ Licenses), Core Algorithm Development using LabVIEW for Machine Vision, Licensing, Measurement and Instrumentation applications

Core Developer of Graphics Test System (GTS) in a team of 3 associates

Customer: Robert Bosch Car Multimedia & Instrumentation System BU

Project: Test Solutions Development - Graphics Test System (GTS)

Key kills: Core Algorithm Development using LabVIEW for Test Automation applications, Digital Image Processing - OCR, OCV, Pixel Search, Character Segmentation, Animation Test, Intensity Test, Machine Vision using Camera & Framegrabber

Deputed in UK and part of Vehicle Program Management leading Infotainment Integration - Headunit, Amplifier, Amplifier, RSE, Camera, GPS, Telematics etc., @ JLR Headquarters, UK

Customer: Jaguar & Land Rover, UK

Project: Land Rover L550 - Discovery

Key kills: Program Planning for Infotainment Integration, BOM validation, Sign-off testing using Vector CANoe & Internal Test tools, Supplier & PMST Management, Plant support during prototype vehicle build, Field Issues support of prototype vehicles, Test Vehicles planning - Statutory check like EMC & DAB tuning

Software System Validation of Instrument Clusters & Test Coordination between regional teams

Customer: Continental Romania & Germany

Project: Audi A8, VW MQB, AB2, TT, Ford B517

Key kills: Project Planning, Test Coordination between Romania & Singapore, Requirement Analysis, Test Design & Specification Development, Test Automation & Execution,

Tools: DOORS, Vector CANoe, CAPL scripting, CANalyzer, Microsoft Project, Office

Software Developer for Embedded System products - MFP WUSB, Mobile Devices

Customer: Ricoh, Japan & Motorola Mobile Devices, US

Project: Ricoh MFP Wireless USB R&D, Motorola Firmware development

Key kills: C Programming, Linux Internals, Embedded System Development, Function Driver validation, Test Application Suite development, Bugzilla, Clear DDTS, Clearcase