NEETIN CHOUDARY

• Manage V&V testing for multiple modules, acting as Project Manager for Sustainability Analysis and Group Test Manager (GTM) for others. Oversaw regression testing across releases to ensure modules performed as expected and matched engineering benchmarks.
• Directed help desk support for division modules, managing ticket assignments and ensuring timely technical responses to clients.
• Microgrid Controller (MGC): Led redundancy setups for critical projects, created automated installers, and built hardware-side code in C# and Python to enable digital twin simulations. Developed communication protocols, integrated controllers with MongoDB, and implemented Grafana dashboards and RabbitMQ messaging.
• Sustainability Analysis: Managed design and deployment of emissions calculation engine. Supported development of Blazor UI, Dockerized APIs, and monitoring tools to provide real-time environmental insights for electrical networks.
• Network Reduction: Directed testing and validation of methods reducing large-scale networks into smaller equivalents for faster studies while preserving accuracy.
• Network Aggregation: Oversaw aggregation of renewable energy farms into equivalent models for interconnection studies while maintaining electrical dynamics and energy losses.
• Frequency Response Analysis: Reviewed and validated module to compute frequency responses across channels to determine stability margins and facilitate control design.
• AI Enhancements: Supported development of AutoComplete for electrical networks and AI-based cloud engines to assist engineers in system studies.
• DataHub with AutoCAD/Revit: Directed integration enabling import/export of electrical models between ETAP and CAD tools, supporting digital twin workflows.
• Represented ETAP in webinars, demos, and technical conferences.

• Acted as Group Test Manager, reviewing and approving test cases for division modules. Conducted V&V testing against electrical benchmarks to ensure product accuracy across releases.
• Supported users of group modules through help desk, resolving technical queries and escalating bugs to development teams.
• Microgrid Controller (MGC): Co-developed new features, supported co-simulation, and validated controller logic in real-time environments.
• Flicker Meter: Supported design and validation of IEC 61000-4-15 compliant module, ensuring accuracy and compliance with international standards.
• DataHub Tool: Contributed to integration efforts connecting ETAP real-time systems with customer data pipelines.
• Communication Protocols: Enhanced and validated integration of DNP3, IEC 61850, and Modbus for interoperability with field devices.
• etapPy API: Extended Python API to automate system studies and improve engineering productivity.
• Performed load flow, transient stability, and harmonic studies; provided training and technical support to global clients.

• Executed test plans for ETAP modules under senior engineer guidance. Performed V&V testing to validate electrical calculations against IEEE/NFPA benchmarks.
• Supported module users through help desk, troubleshooting and documenting incidents.
• Microgrid Controller (MGC): Tested features, logged incidents, and supported validation of controller performance.
• Protocol Testing: Validated DNP3, Modbus, IEC 61850, and C37.118 interoperability against controllers and devices.
• Co-Simulation: Assisted in PSCAD-ETAP electromagnetic transient co-simulation, ensuring phasor-EMT domain consistency.
• Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL): Performed real-time simulations using OPAL-RT and MATLAB/Simulink to benchmark ETAP performance.
• Python Automation: Developed initial scripts to automate validation tasks and support electrical analysis.
• Documented results, prepared V&V reports, and assisted in customer-facing demos and support.