Vijayakumar Gowripurohith
Bengaluru
Summary
- Total 13 Plus years of professional experience in automotive including as Technical project lead -System Engineering ,Verification & Validation.
- Project management experience in budget estimation /tracking and monitoring of L1 and L2 level work packages aligning with cross functional discipline team.
- Experienced in complex system engineering with an extensive background in System engineering principles, project leadership in innovative product development in ADAS and HPC ECU's.
- Experienced in working directly with customers by leading in quotation phase and resolving technical queries for system engineering scope.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Leader /Lead System Engineer -System Mangt.
GKN Automotive
07.2024 - Current
- Developed and implemented a system eng. level planning that improved team collaboration and communication, resulting in delivery of system work packages on-time.
- Tracking and presenting quality metrics of system engineering area to internal and external stakeholders (Including High level management teams)
- Lead estimation and impact analysis for change request and discussion with customer and internal cross functional teams.
- Involved in system engineering internal key project initiative - Improving process , KPI measurement .
- Involved in local management strategic planning and team level organization topics.
- Set performance expectations for the team, monitoring progress towards goals and providing constructive feedback as needed.
- Empowered team members by delegating responsibilities according to individual strengths and areas of expertise.
- Maintained an inclusive and diverse team culture, promoting respect and understanding among all members.
Technical Project Lead-System Engineering and Testing
Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH.
04.2022 - 06.2024
- Responsible to lead a team of fifteen plus system requirement engineers in planning , tracking and execution of System Eng. tasks.
- Leading planning for system engineers in SAFe PIPE planning in KANBAN project setup.
- Lead responsible to ensure system engineering milestone are achieved and respective engineering gate outcomes are met.
- ASPICE Task force lead for SYS1 and SYS2 system activities - Main speaker in ASPICE assessment .
- Leading Risk assessment and prioritization with respect to requirement coverage(Release recommendation for SOP SW delivery /URL release)
- Established new collaborating approach "Community of practice"(COP) and leading group of System and software Requirement Managers..
- Represented project in Cross project /Cross customer alignments forums and bringing in generic system engineering solution(Reusable System requirements)
- Achieved level 2 Fully for the ASPICE system engineering area.
System Engineer
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
02.2019 - 03.2022
- Lead system engineer responsible for platform parking functional development.
- RFI , RFQ phase and also to plan major system engineering release in accordance with project milestones.
- Leading system scope in new project acquisition meeting with customer - Development of compliance matrix and Technical proposal.
- Development of functional hierarchy and requirement management plan.
- Leading system design review (DR's) and PV activities with engineering milestones.
- Bench marking with various supplier for the similar product and involved in Design to cost analysis.
- IP rights check for new use case for ultrasonic sensors – Claim analysis and resolution or deviation identification. Outcome: Three patents filed world wide to protect the use case - trailer detection system for bike carriers.
- Preparation of Demo vehicle to present the concept at customer locations.
- METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A TRAILER DETECTION SYSTEM : EU EP3822098A1
- METHOD FOR INITIALIZING AN ULTRASONIC MONITORING SYSTEM COMPRISING MULTIPLE ULTRASONIC SENSORS : WO2021122209A1
- Ultraschallsensor zum Bilden einer Sensorkaskade und Sensorkaskade von Ultraschallsensoren:DE102019134734A1
Submitted patents :
Function owner and Validation-ADAS
Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Private Limited
11.2014 - 12.2018
- Series functional development of Traffic sign recognition and Lane departure warning protection system in mono and stereo multipurpose camera systems.
- Responsible for end to end system responsibility from development support to roll out of functions (Handling customer issues)
- Software release testing for SOP & Pre-production vehicles.
- Responsible for function Validation at Component Level using HILs and Participation in joint Euro NCAP testing with Tier 1 supplier.
- Development of functional requirements & functional test cases for Multi-purpose camera system which is integral part of Level 2 Autonomous driving system in Mercedes Benz cars.
- Debugging issues in multipurpose camera system, reported by after sales based on the customer complaints - Analysis of vehicle traces with customer issue to identify root cause for issue.
- HIL Validation of functionalities by simulation of partner Ecus, Ultrasonic sound sensors (USS), system vehicle, environment & driver actions.
Verification and Validation Engineer
Volvo India Pvt Ltd
08.2012 - 10.2014
- Validation of Major features of system - DACU (Driver assistance control unit) handles Adaptive cruise control, advanced emergency braking system, Lane keeping system, Lane change system.
- Function Validation at Component Level using HiL systems.
- Requirements Analysis, reviewer of Test cases capture, Test Procedures preparation, Consolidating results, Summary Rep.
Education
Professional Certificate - Introduction to computer vision using Matlab
Mathworks
Professional Certificate - Model-Based Systems Engineering - MBSE
Technion And Edx
Functional Safety - ISO26262 ASIL Risk Classification
TÜV SÜD
05.2024
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics
Visvesvaraya Technological University
06.2012
Skills
- Leadership
- Communications
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Interpersonal Communications
- Functional Specification
- Requirements Elicitation
- Systems Analysis
- Planning
- Presentations
- Technical Sales
- UML and SysML (Model based)
- DoorsAutoRTM
- Enterprise Architecture
- CAN /LIN/Flexray/
- ISO 14229
- DoIP
- C /Python
- EB ADTF /CANoe/Candela
- TPT
- JIRA/Confluence
- PTC /Windchill rv&s integrity
- SAFe
Languages
Deutsch
English
Personal Information
Nationality: Indian
Timeline
Team Leader /Lead System Engineer -System Mangt.
GKN Automotive
07.2024 - Current
Technical Project Lead-System Engineering and Testing
Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH.
04.2022 - 06.2024
System Engineer
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
02.2019 - 03.2022
Function owner and Validation-ADAS
Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Private Limited
11.2014 - 12.2018
Verification and Validation Engineer
Volvo India Pvt Ltd
08.2012 - 10.2014
Professional Certificate - Introduction to computer vision using Matlab
Mathworks
Professional Certificate - Model-Based Systems Engineering - MBSE
Technion And Edx
Functional Safety - ISO26262 ASIL Risk Classification
TÜV SÜD
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics
Visvesvaraya Technological University
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