Pouya Arabizadeh
Dublin,OH
Summary
Results-driven Principal Engineer with nearly 10 years of experience at Honda, specializing in testing, technical leadership, and HILS bench design. Proven track record of leading complex projects that identified critical software issues and delivered significant improvements in software quality. Adept at driving cross-functional collaboration, mentoring teams, and implementing innovative engineering solutions that enhance reliability and performance. Recognized for technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and commitment to advancing product excellence.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Engineer
American Honda Motor Co
05.2016 - Current
Battery Simulator Development
- Led a team to design a battery simulator.
- Studied and analyzed the specifications of the battery ECU unit.
- Designed a plant model to generate required signals for the battery ECU, including CAN signals.
- Developed an I/O section within the model.
- Designed both high-voltage and low-voltage models.
- Designed the harness and identified specifications for the amplifiers.
- Connected the harness and amplifiers to the ECU.
- Verified standalone operation of the model and system.
- Confirmed integrated operation with other units.
- Fixed DTCs by modifying the model.
- Confirmed the system was ready for deployment.
- Led a team to design a HILS Charger Bench.
- Studied and understood the specifications of the DC charger ECU.
- Designed a plant model to simulate required signals for the charger ECU.
- Designed a PLC line between the charger simulator (ds5366) and the DC charger ECU.
- Verified the model and operation of the charger station simulator bench.
- Verified requirements for achieving the target CCS charging level of 10 (current demand).
- Verified communication between the supervisory ECU and the charger ECU.
- Simulated and verified charging requirements, including charger lid and gun connection.
- Led integration verification of the system.
- Verified compatibility of the software stack for each release.
- Checked all DTC codes across ECUs in the loop.
- Investigated and troubleshot all codes.
- Verified and fixed models running on the benches.
- Verified CAN communication between benches and ECUs.
- Conducted manual and automated tests.
- Conducted automated FSA (Fail Safe Action) tests.
- Conducted automated “shoken” tests to check vehicle performance.
- Conducted automated wake-up and sleep tests.
- Performed automated post-processing of test results.
Education
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI07-2016
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Iran University of Science & Technology
Tehran 03-2014
Skills
- Research and analysis
- Problem solving
- Planning and communication
- Project managment
- Team mentoring
- MATLAB & Simulink
- Pyhton
- CANalyzer
- dSPACE Products
- A&D Products
Timeline
Principal Engineer
American Honda Motor Co
05.2016 - Current
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Iran University of Science & Technology