Raghvendra Tripathy
Cambridge,United Kingdom
Summary
Solution oriented, team player and proactive FuSa & SOTIF technical lead with over 8+ years of hands on experience in the automotive industry.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Technical Lead SOTIF
IDIADA Automotive Technology UK ltd
Cambridge, UK
2025.01 - Current
- Developed end-to-end V&V strategies including validation targets, ODD/scenario coverage, and scenario-based testing approaches
- Designed detailed testing strategies across public roads (route selection, quality miles accumulation, data collection), proving grounds, and simulation environments
- Prepared SOTIF confirmation checklists to ensure regulatory compliance and safety validation
- Created field monitoring and operational phase data collection strategies for continuous safety assessment
- Built comprehensive SOTIF safety arguments for regulatory approval and stakeholder alignment
- Trained 50+ SOTIF Engineers globally, establishing standardized practices and methodologies across international teams
Senior Functional Safety and SOTIF Engineer
IDIADA Automotive UK Technology Ltd
Cambridge, UK
2022.11 - 2025.01
- Specified Operational Design Domain (ODD) and extended FuSa Item Definitions for SOTIF integration
- Performed hazard analysis, risk evaluation, and defined acceptance criteria for safety validation
- Identified triggering conditions using STPA and other systematic analysis methods
- Evaluated system responses to edge cases and unknown scenarios
- Developed SOTIF mitigation measures with comprehensive impact and risk assessment
Functional Safety Engineer
IDIADA Automotive Technology India Ltd
Pune, India
2022.06 - 2022.11
- Developed ISO 26262 processes for work product reviews, safety assessments, and confirmation reviews
- Performed concept phase activities including Item Definition, HARA, FTA, FSC and TSC (including derivation of FTTI and FTTI budgeting)
- Managed supplier engagement through technical discussions and safety requirement alignment
- Reviewed and validated supplier work products for ISO 26262 compliance
- Led DIA (Dependent failure analysis and Interface Agreement) discussions for system-level safety integration
Technical Lead FuSa
KPIT Technologies Ltd
Pune, India
2021.10 - 2022.06
- Successfully lead a FuSa project for a high valued USA based OEM
- Performed HARA, FSC, TSC, FTA for ALKAS, LDW and ACC
- Lead supplier discussions
- Performed FTTI budgeting
Senior Software Engineer (Automotive FuSa)
KPIT Technologies Ltd
Pune, India
2020.05 - 2021.10
- Performed FTA and FMEA activities for VCU, PTO, Cruise Control and LKAS
- Developed algorithm to calculate fault tolerant time interval (FTTI) based on vehicle dynamic parameter for VCU, PTO, Cruise Control and LKAS
- Developed algorithm to calculate Hazard metric value for EV School Bus based on vehicle dynamic parameters
Functional Safety Engineer
KPIT Technologies Ltd.
Pune, India
2019.05 - 2020.05
- Performed Item Definition, HazOp and HARA activities for Air Brake system, Vehicle Control Unit (VCU), Power Take-off (PTO), Cruise Control and Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS)
- Derived Functional Safety Requirements (FSRs) of PTO, Cruise Control and VCU
- Derived Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs) of PTO and VCU
M. Tech. Intern (Research)
KPIT Technologies Ltd.
Pune
2018.06 - 2019.05
- Performed Item Definition, HazOp and HARA activities for HV-DC supply system, ePowertrain and BMS
- Derived Functional Safety Requirements (FSRs) of DC supply system, ePowertrain and BMS
- Performed research work on functional safety of SAE Level-2 connected vehicle
Education
M. Tech. - Embedded System Design
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra, Haryana 2017.01 - 2019.01
B. Tech. - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Dr. K.N. Modi Institute of Engineering and Technology
Modinagar, Ghaziabad 2009.01 - 2013.01
Skills
- Item Definition
- HARA, FSR, TSR
- HazOp/ FTA/ FMEA/ STPA
- FMEDA
- FTTI, Hazard Metric
- Agile Methodology
- SOTIF V&V Strategy
- Acceptance Criterion & Validation Target
- Identification of Triggering Conditions
Certification
- Certification in Automotive Functional Safety - Certification in accordance with ISO26262:2018, TUV Nord
- Requirements Writing - The University of New South Wales, Coursera
LANGUAGES
English - Full Professional Proficiency
Hindi - Native or Bilingual Proficiency
Marathi - Elementary Proficiency
PUBLICATIONS
- International conference papers (2019)
- R. Tripathy, J. Harmalkar, and A. Kumar, 'A Functionally Safe and Reliable High Voltage DC-Power Supply System Architecture for Safety Critical System,' 2019 Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Electronics, Electrical & Computational Intelligence (ICAEEC), India, 2019
- R. Tripathy, J. Harmalkar, and A. Kumar, 'A Functionally Safe Dual-bus Platoon Architecture for Future Smart Cities,' International Conference on Trends in Electronics and Informatics, Tirunelveli, India. Apr. 23-25, 2019
Timeline
Technical Lead SOTIF
IDIADA Automotive Technology UK ltd
2025.01 - Current
Senior Functional Safety and SOTIF Engineer
IDIADA Automotive UK Technology Ltd
2022.11 - 2025.01
Functional Safety Engineer
IDIADA Automotive Technology India Ltd
2022.06 - 2022.11
Technical Lead FuSa
KPIT Technologies Ltd
2021.10 - 2022.06
Senior Software Engineer (Automotive FuSa)
KPIT Technologies Ltd
2020.05 - 2021.10
Functional Safety Engineer
KPIT Technologies Ltd.
2019.05 - 2020.05
M. Tech. Intern (Research)
KPIT Technologies Ltd.
2018.06 - 2019.05
M. Tech. - Embedded System Design
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
2017.01 - 2019.01
B. Tech. - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Dr. K.N. Modi Institute of Engineering and Technology
2009.01 - 2013.01