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Sujay Kadalage

Warren,United States

Summary

Highly skilled and motivated Electrical Engineer with a solid 12-year background in the Automotive Industry and renewable energy systems. Proficient in navigating diverse, multi-cultural environments and collaborating effectively with various technical and cultural teams. Recognized as a quick learner, patient, highly adaptable, personable, and adept at fostering and maintaining strong working relationships

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

EPT VEHICLE VALIDATION ENGINEER

STELLANTIS
12.2019 - Current
  • Validated system level requirements on electrified powertrains through on-road, test-track, static climate cells and dyno drive cells
  • Read, understood the VF requirements and created DVPs for vehicle programs including RAM trucks (mHEV, BEV and REPB), Jeep Cherokees (PHEV), Wranglers (4xE), Wagoneers (mHEV), Chrysler Pacifica (PHEV), Alfa Romeo Tonale (mHEV), Promaster (BEV)
  • Experienced with vehicle diagnostic and calibration tools such as Vector CANalyzer, INCA and CDA (Stellantis proprietary tool)
  • Hands-on experience on vehicles - swapping ECUs like ECM, PIM, CADM, CVADAS, ETM, IPC and DHM, installing gateway harnesses, J1699 compliance testing.

RESEARCH ENGINEER

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
11.2015 - 11.2019
  • Autonomous Vehicle Level 4 Power Supply Project - Creation of use cases, developing attribute and system level requirements, derived (component level) requirements, DFMEA, modeling and simulation of MRC events in Simulink to evaluate various battery chemistries and combinations to ensure voltage quality for safety loads, boundary diagrams, P-diagrams, Key team member in creating Engineering Spec for AV L4 battery
  • Autonomous Vehicle Level 3 Power Supply Project Leader - Design and system level analysis on L3 Powernet topology, worked closely with DAT team and Motion Control (Chassis) to collect functional safety requirements and data for emergency evasive maneuvers, DFMEA of ultracapacitor module
  • 48V Project - Created a Simulink model of 48V/12V Buck-boost DCDC converter for Power Supply Simulation Tool, proposed improvements in load-shed strategy and developed interface for 12V battery transient capability for smart load management
  • Other - supported PbA battery modeling for SCVSP (Ford internal tool), estimation and booking the off-cycle credits for dual-battery technology by writing a MATLAB code for wind tunnel data analysis, performance evaluations of new battery chemistries (LFP, LTO)
  • Development and implementation of vehicle level system strategies to achieve competitive design across functions focusing on electrical energy management
  • Developed battery characterization test procedures to capture battery parameters and real-word dynamic battery response in order to create a Simulink model of different battery chemistries to be used in Fuel Economy simulations to assess the effect of new battery technologies on FE improvement and CO2
  • Compared charge acceptance of new vs aged AGM battery based in DCA test results
  • Simulink and Simscape physical modeling.

APPLICATION ENGINEER

LEANWAY ENERGY PVT LTD
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Lead engineer of a team for developing a Wind-solar Hybrid controller with autoswitchover to grid which had a remote monitoring technology which was implemented using 802.11 also it was provided with RS-232 serial port to download and analyze power generation data
  • Acted as a Procurement Engineer and coordinated with suppliers
  • Gained knowledge about controller interfacing, HMI and Event recorders that were used in SEL relays for diagnostics and failure analysis
  • Led a team of 7 for installation and commissioning of 12 wind-solar hybrid projects up to 10KW for companies including Burckhardt Compressions, John Deere, KPIT Cummins and Accenture
  • Worked as a Lead Engineer for installation and commissioning of 15KW Solar Power plant
  • Installed solar power plants for non-industrial sector using Grid Tie Inverters
  • Responsible for project planning for solar power generation plant.

Education

MSEE -

Michigan Technological University
01.2015

B.Tech EnTC -

VIT
01.2011

Skills

  • CANalyzer
  • ETAS INCA
  • Matlab
  • Simulink
  • Stateflow
  • LabVIEW
  • Teamcenter
  • Sharepoint
  • MSOffice
  • Power Generation
  • Energy storage systems

Extracurricular Activities

Member of Students' Council for three years in college. Founder member of "Vishwakarma Nature Club" (trekking and adventure sports) and "Shwaas" (students' social organization for conducting Computer and English language literacy for school children in rural areas) LGBTQ Ally

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Elementary
Marathi
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Kannada
Native or Bilingual
Gujarati
Elementary
Punjabi
Elementary

Timeline

EPT VEHICLE VALIDATION ENGINEER

STELLANTIS
12.2019 - Current

RESEARCH ENGINEER

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
11.2015 - 11.2019

APPLICATION ENGINEER

LEANWAY ENERGY PVT LTD
01.2011 - 01.2013

MSEE -

Michigan Technological University

B.Tech EnTC -

VIT

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