PRASHANTH RADHAKRISHNAN
Troy,MI
Summary
Engineering manager with a proven background in technical program management and systems engineering with experience in ADAS, Chassis Controls and Autonomous Vehicles. Managed 3 direct reports and a cross functional team of 20+ engineers spread globally to deliver park aid features along with Ultrasonic sensors and cameras across 10 vehicle lines.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Technical Manager
Valeo
01.2023 - Current
- Managed a newly formed team of 3 Product Technical Leaders and elevated performance through hands-on coaching and mentoring.
- Brought a new camera imager integration timeline back on track to meet customer milestones by improving data collection, annotation, transfer, and validation efficiencies
- Created and maintained process flows for calibration releases to identify early detection of errors and implemented gate reviews to deliver more than 100 calibration files across 10 different vehicle lines on time.
- Tracked more than 60 customer change requests estimated at more than 2 million USD from scope identification, effort estimation, and resource planning to delivery for production within budget.
- Established and led a Change Control Board comprising cross-functional discipline leads (Systems, Validation, Software, Calibration, Project Managers, Product leaders) for 6 software trains
- Championed root cause analysis for gating issues and provided on-time resolution for complex software solutions to enable launch excellence
Sr. Technical Program Manager – Systems and Test
Argo AI
04.2022 - 10.2022
- Led the End-to-End workstream for AV Intents development which involved coordination of Systems requirements definition, SOTIF analysis, test planning, and execution to robustly define and test Autonomous Vehicle’s behaviors on the road for the mission in scope
- Established dashboards to report testing status and progress which helped bring virtual testing on track to deliver for mission-based milestones
- Enabled the delivery of SOTIF coverage analysis reports by interfacing with Systems, Data Science and triage teams to work through blockers and tooling dependencies
Team Lead - Lead System Validation Engineer – Autonomous Vehicle Systems
General Motors
12.2020 - 04.2022
- Led a team of validation and test engineers (6) to deliver evaluation reports on time to enable saleable builds for host vehicle systems like AV Health Management, Fail Operational Power, Thermal, Braking, Steering, and Propulsion
- Created and managed scenario-based simulations for validation of vehicle capabilities including urban, sub-division, and highway maneuvers
- Utilized agile methodologies for tracking validation activities to meet fast-paced program timelines
- Maintained strategy for Perception system validation and secured Capital Expenditure funding ($400K) for test equipment.
Sr. System Safety Engineer – Chassis Control Systems
General Motors
10.2016 - 11.2020
- Led team of System Safety Engineers (5) to ensure timely delivery of safety cases for brake control systems and Inertial Measurement Units
- As the discipline lead for sourcing safety critical commodities, rolled out process changes to improve early identification of changes that can impact safety work products
- Supported identification, evaluation, and resolution of safety-critical development and field issues across multiple disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Calibration etc)
- Championed cross-functional collaborations to ensure product design is in line with safety requirements for in-house brake control development.
System Safety Engineer – Chassis Control Systems
IAV
04.2013 - 10.2016
- Managed the execution of functional safety process for Electronic Brake Control Modules sourced from suppliers and passed internal audits with no corrective actions.
- Completed 5+ baseline safety cases for different suppliers and product types enabling launch of active safety features that involved braking
Education
Master of Science - Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Southern California
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Skills
- Team Leadership
- Mentorship
- System Safety
- Systems Engineering
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Automated Driving
- Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprises
- Vehicle Development Process
- Software Development Life Cycle
- DFMEA
- Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment
- FTA
- FMEDA
- STPA
- Project Management
- Program Management
- JIRA
- JAMA
- DOORS
- IBM RTC
- ISO 26262
Timeline
Product Technical Manager
Valeo
01.2023 - Current
Sr. Technical Program Manager – Systems and Test
Argo AI
04.2022 - 10.2022
Team Lead - Lead System Validation Engineer – Autonomous Vehicle Systems
General Motors
12.2020 - 04.2022
Sr. System Safety Engineer – Chassis Control Systems
General Motors
10.2016 - 11.2020
System Safety Engineer – Chassis Control Systems
IAV
04.2013 - 10.2016
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Master of Science - Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Southern California
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