10/20/2026 updated
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HiL / XiL Test Lead | ISO 26262 Functional Safety | ASPICE | AI Test Automation | 10+ yrs
India
Only remote
M.Tech, Automobile Engineering, NIT Warangal, 2015About me
Automotive V&V lead, 10+ years at Daimler Truck and Tata Motors. I build HiL/SiL test strategies for EV and ADAS functions, make them ISO 26262 and ASPICE audit-ready, and automate them with Python and LLM/RAG. Cut verification cycles by 50%. Remote worldwide or on-site in India.
Advanced Driver Assistance SystemsTest AutomationAutomated Testing FrameworkAutomotive ElectronicsCAN BusDSpaceFunctional SafetyISO 26262Python (Programming Language)MATLABSimulinkSystem Integration TestingSystems IntegrationTest DesignTest Management
Test Architecture & Strategy
Vehicle-level and subsystem functional and functional-safety testing, including test strategy planning and execution, leading and mentoring verification teams, risk and milestone tracking, test case design, and test environment setup and commissioning.
Automation, Scripting & Agentic AI
Agentic AI application development, LLM/GenAI integration (GPT-4o, local Ollama models), RAG pipelines (hybrid BM25 + vector retrieval), prompt engineering (Cursor, Claude Code, LibreChat), and Python frameworks for test automation, regression, and trace analysis, including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Docker Compose.
HiL Bench & Cross-Functional Leadership
Management of shared, multi-user dSPACE HiL benches used by multiple teams across departments, peer-to-peer alignment between HIL engineers and testers, and balancing load across parallel HiL and SiL platforms based on real-time capability and availability.
Automotive Buses & Diagnostics
Expertise in CAN, CAN-FD, LIN communication protocols and DTC/diagnostic artifact analysis for automotive systems.
Tools & Toolchain Proficiency
Hands-on experience with dSPACE PHS & SCALEXIO, NI, PROVEtec TA, ECU-TEST, Vector CANalyzer/CANape, ETAS INCA, JIRA, Confluence, DOORS NG, IBM ETM, and PTC Windchill.
Quality Management, KPIs & Standards
ASPICE (SYS.4) compliance, quality KPI definition, monitoring and reporting, defect clustering and triage dashboards, ISO 26262 Functional Safety, requirement traceability matrix (RTM), root cause analysis (RCA), and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Simulation & Modelling
Functional modelling and simulation using MATLAB, Simulink, and Simcenter Amesim for drivetrain performance evaluation and hydraulic/pneumatic component modelling.
Customer & Stakeholder Management
Coordination across systems, components, plant-modelling, and global engineering teams, aligning validation outcomes with release decisions and designing global KPI dashboards spanning multiple countries.
EV Systems Integration & Calibration
Support for EV integration on prototype programmes through vehicle-level drivability calibration, e-drive torque coordination, and control-strategy logic development for e-drive master controllers.
Vehicle-level and subsystem functional and functional-safety testing, including test strategy planning and execution, leading and mentoring verification teams, risk and milestone tracking, test case design, and test environment setup and commissioning.
Automation, Scripting & Agentic AI
Agentic AI application development, LLM/GenAI integration (GPT-4o, local Ollama models), RAG pipelines (hybrid BM25 + vector retrieval), prompt engineering (Cursor, Claude Code, LibreChat), and Python frameworks for test automation, regression, and trace analysis, including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Docker Compose.
HiL Bench & Cross-Functional Leadership
Management of shared, multi-user dSPACE HiL benches used by multiple teams across departments, peer-to-peer alignment between HIL engineers and testers, and balancing load across parallel HiL and SiL platforms based on real-time capability and availability.
Automotive Buses & Diagnostics
Expertise in CAN, CAN-FD, LIN communication protocols and DTC/diagnostic artifact analysis for automotive systems.
Tools & Toolchain Proficiency
Hands-on experience with dSPACE PHS & SCALEXIO, NI, PROVEtec TA, ECU-TEST, Vector CANalyzer/CANape, ETAS INCA, JIRA, Confluence, DOORS NG, IBM ETM, and PTC Windchill.
Quality Management, KPIs & Standards
ASPICE (SYS.4) compliance, quality KPI definition, monitoring and reporting, defect clustering and triage dashboards, ISO 26262 Functional Safety, requirement traceability matrix (RTM), root cause analysis (RCA), and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Simulation & Modelling
Functional modelling and simulation using MATLAB, Simulink, and Simcenter Amesim for drivetrain performance evaluation and hydraulic/pneumatic component modelling.
Customer & Stakeholder Management
Coordination across systems, components, plant-modelling, and global engineering teams, aligning validation outcomes with release decisions and designing global KPI dashboards spanning multiple countries.
EV Systems Integration & Calibration
Support for EV integration on prototype programmes through vehicle-level drivability calibration, e-drive torque coordination, and control-strategy logic development for e-drive master controllers.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2026
Languages
GermanBasic knowledgeEnglishFluentHindiNative speaker
Project history
Python bench for an ADAS planner, safety controller and actuators: 56 fault scenarios across SiL, CAN, FMU, ROS 2 and ESP32-S3 HiL (CAN via SPI controllers). CI gates an exact 56/56 match; OTA release 12/12 on real hardware.
AI test pipeline: LLM drafts, code decides, a person approves each stage (SHA-256-bound). The bench runs the tests and the LLM drafts RCA and defect reports.
OpenModelica vehicle plant and 12 V supply models verified in CI by mutation testing (9/9 and 11/11 mutants caught).
Tools: Python, python-can, ROS 2, FMI/FMU, OpenModelica, ESP32-S3, GitHub Actions, LLM/RAG.
Designed and built an end-to-end clinic management platform with agentic, AI-assisted development, turning a practising gynaecologist's clinical workflow into product requirements and architecture. Includes a voice-to-prescription pipeline (LLM).
Security-first backend: FastAPI + PostgreSQL on Docker Compose behind an Nginx TLS proxy; de-identified records (HMAC-SHA-256 blind patient IDs, names and phones encrypted at rest).
GitHub Actions CI on every push and pull request.
Tools: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker Compose, Nginx, GitHub Actions, LLM APIs, Cursor.
Architected and led XiL (MiL, SiL, HiL) test strategies for complex e-Mobility software systems. Developed comprehensive test specifications and automated trace-analysis frameworks connecting DOORS requirements to test cases and bug reports, achieving 100% requirement coverage. Managed shared dSPACE HiL benches used by 5 teams across 2 departments. Designed a global Power BI KPI dashboard spanning India, Germany, and USA test sites. Built an end-to-end Python-driven ML Ops test pipeline (LLM + RAG) automating requirement-to-test-specification conversion and RAG-backed debugging. Authored a unified global EMI/EMC compliance-testing framework now the company standard (published 2025).
Certificates
Advanced Certificate: Agentic AI & RAG Engineering
IIT Madras Pravartak2026
Product Owner Learning Journey (WoW)
Daimler Truck Learning Academy2025
Functional Safety Engineer L1 (ISO 26262:2018)
TÃœV NORD2021
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level
ISTQB2020