Sainathan Sathyamurthy
Chennai
Summary
An experienced Engineer, currently pursuing my final year MTech from BITS PILANI, specializing in Automotive Electronics. I bring over 16 + years of experience in automotive research and development in the field of development, project and product management, change management, release management, vehicle safety and validation and implementing functional safety across product lines - ADAS & Brakes System
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Expert - Engineering Leader Grade
ZF CVS
Chennai
11.2021 - Current
- Feature Safety Lead of Autonomous Braking across all regions of ZF, leading end-to-end development and series support.
- Key stakeholder, as part of the release review process and CCB (Change Control Board), within ZF.
- Collaborate with a diverse global customer base across Europe, North America, India, and China, aligning technical and safety requirements, and ensuring effective communication and delivery.
- In charge of finalizing the braking cascade for all variants integrated with ADAS.
- Coordinated the V&V team on test strategy, test execution, analysis, and PR resolution [System, FUSA, & SOTIF] as an expert.
- Managed internal and external stakeholders, driving effective supplier management and cross-functional collaboration for seamless project delivery.
- In charge as ADAS Functional Safety Manager across all regions within ZF CVS.
- In charge of releasing the safety case of all the ADAS product lines by planning, monitoring, and executing safety development lifecycle activities.
- Coordinating verification and confirmation review of all safety deliverables as per ISO 26262
- Aligning system FMEA, safety concepts, requirements, pre-requisites, and safety anomalies with the customer.
- Developed a resource planning and capability estimation framework, and aligned training and budgeting to the growth roadmap.
- Defining the ODD, conducting SOTIF hazard and performance limitation analysis, identifying triggering conditions, deriving SOTIF safety measures, and determining validation mileage targets using Monte Carlo analysis.
Associate Consultant, ESC & Vehicle Safety Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai
09.2017 - 11.2021
- Head of Vehicle Safety, leading a team of 16 dynamic engineers, ensuring end-to-end development, and series release.
- Part of the decision-making board as vehicle safety head, analyzing change content and its impact on safety, cost, and timeline.
- Functional safety validation of brake systems, ADAS, and e-powertrains.
- In charge of the functional integration of AEBS and other ADAS features.
- Leading ABS, ESC development, and validation.
- Collaboration with the Powertrain team for EDTR and Vacuum Management across all variants in the project scope.
- Served as a single point of contact between industrialization and engineering for complaints and escalations regarding development, maintaining stakeholder communication and engagement.
- Pedal feel tuning and calibration.
- Overall friction development with multiple suppliers.
Senior Engineer - Brakes & Dynamics
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
Chennai
05.2014 - 09.2017
- Incharge of Brake System Development , Validation of across all projects in MRV.
- Friction Development and NVH evaluation
- Was instrumental in creating Subjective Performance Attribute Envelope
- Have performed Vehicle Dynamic Subjective and Objective Evaluation .
- DFMEA coordination & Key coordinator for Jury, 10 x 20 Durability and launch activities.
- FE establishment and Vehicle Validation in Dubai for XUV
Senior Engineer
Brakes India Ltd
Chennai
10.2011 - 05.2014
- System Sizing and Development trials of M1 and N1 vehicles.
- Validation and execution of development trials Friction development duty cycle establishment.
Engineer
Nissan Ashok Leyland Technologies Ltd.
11.2009 - 10.2011
- Company Overview: ViaConsult
- Project - 307T: Reporting to Manager - Vehicle Testing, Full Brake system Validation for 307T.
- ViaConsult
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
Saveetha Engineering College
Chennai04.2009
Skills
- Product development
- Project management and coordination
- Functional Safety - ISO 26262
- SOTIF - ISO 21448
- Supplier management
- Engineering Change Management
- ADAS safety validation
- Validation program management
- Verification and validation
- Test strategy
- Test execution and analysis
- Communications
- Brakes development
- Vehicle dynamics attribute envelope
- Risk Analysis
- Tools : - MATLAB, PTC, DOORS, MEDINI, ISOGRAPH ,CANalyzer
Languages
- French
- English
- Tamil
Accomplishments
Four Defensive Ideation submissions and one First filing were initiated at ZF.
Timeline
Expert - Engineering Leader Grade
ZF CVS
11.2021 - Current
Associate Consultant, ESC & Vehicle Safety Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
09.2017 - 11.2021
Senior Engineer - Brakes & Dynamics
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
05.2014 - 09.2017
Senior Engineer
Brakes India Ltd
10.2011 - 05.2014
Engineer
Nissan Ashok Leyland Technologies Ltd.
11.2009 - 10.2011
Bachelor of Engineering -
Saveetha Engineering College