Karthik Kayyar

Managing software development for commercial EV applications in a dynamic, global and multicultural team

- Manage actuator development programs in pre-sales and quoting phases with multiple customers - Lead System Concept Development for smart actuators in pre-quote stage to meet price targets - Analyze OEM requirements and develop Compliance Matrices based on proposed concept - Develop Functional Safety Concept from Safety Goals - Develop Technical Safety Concept based on FSC and according to ISO26262 - Manage Tier-2 supplier for AUTOSAR BSW delivery to meet customer expectations

- Developed Electromechanical Actuator System concepts - Provided technical support to Sales and Marketing teams for new product concepts - Supported OEM application integration issues in the APAC region - Managed software partners and oversee delivery of software projects in a timely manner - Strategized to develop software development capability within Stoneridge Control Devices Organization for better control of project delivery and minimize cost

- Functional Safety responsible for electromechanical subsystem; developed Functional Safety Concept from Safety Goals, Interface Analysis and subsystem DFMEA; developed subsystem level Functional Safety V&V plan - Developed strategies and tools to test and validate smart actuators in DV and PV phases - Led root cause analysis of test and field failures - Developed functional test strategies for manufacturing smart actuators - Developed new smart sensors with low-cost communication protocols

- Built and tested electromechanical systems for advanced chassis control by integrating sensors, actuators and rapid prototyping controller with vehicle CAN - Interfaced HW with rapid prototype ECU for SW development - Developed System and SW requirements for chassis controls; coordinated testing and calibrating activities - Developed control SW for air suspension system using Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow and RTW - Tested and calibrated control SW through vehicle testing in proving grounds

- Developed wiring schematics to implement advanced suspension programs in production vehicles - Built wiring harnesses and assembled prototype control systems on engineering vehicles - Designed and built ECU based test stations for variable adaptive damping hardware - Developed actuator control and diagnostics SW for adaptive damping system using Matlab/Simulink

- Led team of five manufacturing test development engineers for new Engine Control Modules - Designed and implemented functional tests to verify all hardware functions of ECUs - Developed embedded testability SW in C and assembly - Improved First Time Quality (FTQ) performance for diesel engine controller program in production by 30,000 PPM by eliminating false failures at the functional test station

- Led team of four SW engineers verifying embedded SW code to capture coding errors in a gasoline engine management program - Verified and tested embedded software for powertrain, suspension and body controllers and flagged out functional errors - Reduced lead time by developing manufacturing test software at remote site for deployment at Delphi Automotive Systems, Singapore

Internal Combustion Engines Vehicle Control Systems Vehicle Dynamics Dynamics & Control of Automatic Transmissions

Signals and Systems Analog and Digital Control Systems Microprocessor Architecture Power Electronics