Punith Bafna
Coventy
Summary
An accomplished automotive professional with over 7 years of experience and having comprehensive knowledge on ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System), Automotive Embedded System Testing and feature deliverables.
Worked in the areas of Requirement Gathering, Requirement Authoring, Test Design, Test Scenarios and Test Cases Development, Verification and Validation on both, Systems and Subsystems for various sensor components like Front Camera Module (FCM), RADARs (CCM/MRR), Driver Facing Camera (DFC) and SVC (Surround View Camera System) that caters in delivering various ADAS/AAD features like: Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Lane Keep Assist (LKA), Traffic Jam Assist (TJA), Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR), Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), Forward Collision Warning (FCW), Automatic Cruise Control (ACC), Automatic High Beam Assist (AHBA), Blindspot Detection, Driver Distraction Warning.
A Senior Technical Lead who possesses knowledge on CAN communication protocol, UDS - ISO 14229 (Unified Diagnostic Services), ISO 26262 (FuSa) and good comprehension of DTCs (Diagnostic Trouble Codes) and State Machines.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Technical Leader
KPIT
Coventry
12.2021 - Current
- Deputed onsite as a System and Subsystem Engineer for Sensor components for one of the UK's largest automotive firm
- Responsibilities includes: Owning the module and feature responsibilities that encompasses, Requirement Authoring, Defining KPIs and Performance for ADAS systems and supporting subsystems, Requirement Validation, provide technical support during Verification and Validation (V&V) activities and coordinate with different stakeholders, Support Engineering Sign Off activities (ESO)
- Liaised with suppliers for requirements, defect handling and change request management
- Analyse Requirements and help with defining the acceptance criteria for the Safety Features that are being developed
- For various customer issues, internal fleet issues - provide support on technical know-how and capture these issues in order to improve the performance, customer experience and make the features more robust
- Looking into the areas for improving the feature performance without compromising on Quality and Regulations
- Liaising with the Regulation/Homologation teams ensuring feature's regulatory compliance
- Provide necessary technical documents to the Systems, Regulations/Homologation teams in order to complete feature sign off and certification activities
- Hands-on experience with the management tools like: TRM, JIRA, DOORs
- Obtained Class 3 Driver's Licence via CAT Driver Training
- Maintained GDPR compliance for ADAS/AAD systems throughout development
Senior Test Lead
KPIT
Bangalore
11.2017 - 11.2021
- Worked as Senior Test Engineer for various OEMs in US, Germany and Japan
- Responsibilities includes: Requirement Analysis and develop Test Design and Test Cases, Verification and defects reporting, Verification & Validation using dSPACE, creating automated test scripts in CAPL, ECU Diagnostics testing and DVR (Diagnostic Verification Report)
- Led a team of 12, liaised with customers, coordinated verification and release processes
- Flashing of the ECU Units and Calibrating the module to set up the Hardware and create a Test Environment
- Verifying the Software output with related signals and variables over Vector Tools like CANoe and CANape and using actual Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) that goes in the vehicle
- Negative Response Code(NRC) adherence testing as per UDS(ISO14229)
- Experience on Diagnostic Trouble Codes’ (DTCs) and diagnosing relevant DTCs. Also, creating scenarios to log such DTCs (Negative Test Scenarios’)
- Support Vehicle Test Engineers to ensure the readiness of the Camera Module from Flashing to Calibrations and proceeding with the Testing for features like; Braking, Lane Departure Warning, Traffic Sign Recognition
- Provide inputs and analysis on Vehicle Defects by emulating them via System Bench Testing to ease the Software fix
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Science
Gogte Institute of Technology
Belgaum, IndiaSkills
- Requirement Authoring
- Verification and Validation
- Management Tools (TRM, JIRA, DOORs, PTC)
- Leadership and team management
- Decision Making
- Vector Tools (CANoe, CANape, CANalyzer)
- Effective communication skills
Affiliations
- Swimming
- Travel
- DJing
Accomplishments
- High CSAT: Received high CSAT for 3 consecutive quarters for delivering the products with ZDD and on-schedule
- Testing Techniques: Received an Appreciation to implement a new Testing Technique for Sleep Cycle Test using NIDAQ and Relay Box and delivered it before the time
- Planning: Analyzing Issues, Decision Making, Project Management, Strategic Planning
- Team Work: Collaboration, Delegation, Goal Setting, Group Leadership
Certification
- Class 3 Driving License from CAT Driver Training
- Functional Safety and ISO 26262 course from Udemy
- ISTQB certified from International Software Testing Qualification Board
Languages
English
Fluent
Hindi
Native
Timeline
Senior Technical Leader
KPIT
12.2021 - Current
Senior Test Lead
KPIT
11.2017 - 11.2021
Bachelor of Science - Information Science
Gogte Institute of Technology
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