Powertrain-Transmission Calibration Engineer Resume Ann Arbor, MI - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

3 years of experience in automotive powertrain (engine, transmission, driveline) controls Algorithm development
Experience in MATLAB Simulink/State flow modeling.
Knowledge of C/C++ in Embedded Coding (Auto - Code).
Experience with ETAS calibration development toolchain (INCA)
Familiarity with test environments (vehicle/dyno) and hands-on controls implementation
Familiar with implementation of rapid prototype controllers and hardware-in-the-loop systems
Experience with IBM Rational Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for software content, issue, and release management.
Experience with DFMEA creation, ability to lead/participate in DFMEA reviews.
Experience working with cross functional teams (e.g. transmission calibration, program management) and self-motivated to make plans and take action with minimal direction
Experience with communication protocols (CAN, LIN, etc.) and associated development tools
Ability to read electrical/electronic schematics
Involved in all stages of V-Model of Software development- Requirement, Design and Testing (Unit Testing, HIL Testing).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Powertrain-Transmission Calibration Engineer

Confidential, Ann Arbor, MI

Responsibilities:

Calibrated adaptive gear shift strategy for 8 speed automatic transmission to meet the drivability targets and test-cycle fuel economy, emissions requirements
In-vehicle testing, validation & calibration development under various climate, altitude, terrain conditions
Accurately developed and implemented changes to calibration to improve the performance and robustness of the system
Presented full data report to management and other calibrators
Delivered complete transmission calibration release and resolved customer complaints by coordinating with transmission shift quality and engine torque control teams
Perform data acquisition and analysis in the ETAS INCA/MDA environments

Transmission HIL Verification & Validation Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Reviewed Requirement documents from DOORS tool and provide feedback to maintain high quality of the requirements.
Identify different scenarios/operating conditions to test a high-level requirement and develop robust reusable Component Level Test Cases to provide optimum test coverage
Validate the requirements on dSPACE Hardware-in-Loop (HIL) simulator by injecting fault pinouts or loss of communication.
Developed automated test scripts.
Worked on engineering and automotive CAN communication Vector Tools - CANoe.
Analysed validation results and reported issues in the issue tracking system and supported cross functional teams to find the root cause and resolution of the issue.

Transmission Controls/ Algorithm Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Design and develop automatic transmission control algorithms in the MATLAB Simulink/State flow environment.
Responsible for developing algorithms and software for transmission and driveline control systems with emphasis on
Transmission subsystems and their interactions; including clutch, hydraulic, diagnostics and drivability.
Design and develop new concepts for transmission control algorithms to support new power train systems.
Develop software functional components for clutch to clutch transmission controller.
Optimize algorithm design through modeling, simulation, data collection and analysis.
Maintain and improve control system requirement specification
Collaborate with calibration team to resolve diverse kinds of issues in areas such as staging clutches for up-shifts/down-shifts, integrating calibrations for various driver and performance modes, garage shifts, shift pressure and line pressure, clutch air purge, clutches pulsing etc.
Developed C-based SW algorithms for 8/9/10 speed automatic planetary transmission following internal software design, development process.
Performing in-vehicle and HIL testing to validate TCM software against VF requirements
Composed test cases to validate and verify requirements and software changes using SIL for SW validation.
Reporting and analyzing post-test failures and providing suggestions to Requirements team for the same
Review and implement software changes for software functional components.