Ilhan Catak

Battery Systems Consultant

Ilhan Catak
Winnenden, Germany

Erfahrungen

Aug. 2022 - Bis heute
2 Jahren 7 Monaten
Winnenden, Germany
Hybrid

Senior Battery Systems Expert

Freelancer

o Senec GmbH – Leipzig 04129 Germany: 400V 50A LFP (LiFePO4) 20 kWh Home PV Solar Hybrid ESS Energy Storage System with Inverter, MPPT, Charger and Battery Pack. ESS System HIL Testing with Load-Grid Simulator, PV Solar Simulator (High Voltage Power Supply) and Linux – ARM Cortex based embedded single-board computer as a test controller. ESS systems testing and battery systems consultancy o HyperX GmbH – Kornwestheim 70806 Germany: 48V 100A and 60V 120A Li-Ion battery packs design and BMS integration project with Direct Liquid Immersion Cooling Technology for an industrial mobile machinery battery pack.

Nov. 2021 - Aug. 2022
10 Monaten
Aichwald, Germany

Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer

AMK Automotive GmbH

Embedded Hardware Engineering on BLDC Electric Motor Inverter design, development and testing. Automotive compressor BLDC motor inverter-ECU development for air suspension systems. ASPICE V-Model based research and development environment Automotive HIL Testing with Vector RT Rack and VT System. Vector vTESTstudio and CANoe. Vector CAPL scripting.

Jan. 2019 - Okt. 2021
2 Jahren 10 Monaten
Weinstadt, Germany

Senior Research & Development Engineer

Stoba e-Systems GmbH

EV Electric Vehicle Electric Power-train development project. Electric motor driver (Inverter) test system

VCU Vehicle Control Unit design: Including hardware & software design with Arduino board hardware and embedded C on Eclipse IDE. CAN Bus interface. ASPICE V-Model based research and development environment

Battery Pack Hardware Development: AFE (Analog Front-End) BMS (Battery Management System) ASIC hardware design. BDU (Battery Disconnect Unit) hardware design. Battery Simulator Hardware Design.

Demonstrator vehicle integration project: Electric motor, inverter, battery pack and gas throttle integration with VCU (Vehicle Controller Unit) software coding in PAWN (C-like syntax). Electric motor AMR (Anisotropic Magneto-Resistive) magnetic rotation/angle sensor hardware design.

Aug. 2017 - Sept. 2018
1 Jahr 2 Monaten
Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Embedded Project Engineer

Bosch Sub-contractor (Esip Steinbeis)

Hardware and software support to diesel exhaust system SCU Small Control Unit PM Particulate Matter sensor development project. ASPICE V-Model based automotive software research and development. Vector vTESTstudio and CANoe based SCU embedded system testing. IAR Embedded Workbench and Eclipse IDE based embedded C software development and debugging. Hardware and software modifications and tune-up for better EMC performance of the system.

März 2015 - Juni 2016
1 Jahr 4 Monaten
Ankara, Turkey
Hybrid

Senior Business Development Engineer

Birtel Ltd.

Business development and feasibility studies

  • Pure electric (EV), hybrid (HEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) electric vehicles development feasibility study
  • Battery pack manufacturing project feasibility study
  • Commercial vehicle hybrid conversion project feasibility study
  • Business development of Free-Floating EV Car Sharing project feasibility study
  • Smart-phone app based remote engine start project development feasibility study
  • Distributorship and supply agreement with major Li-Ion battery cell manufacturers, Li-Ion BMS (Battery Management System) manufacturers, BLDC motor and driver manufacturers
März 2014 - Feb. 2015
1 Jahr
İstanbul, Turkey

Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer

Mobit A.S.

Li-Ion battery pack design and production for EV cars, hand-held two-way radio, alcoholmeter, power tools, electric bike and unmanned aerial vehicles. E-bike BMS design. Battery Protection Circuit Module (PCM) and fuel gauge design and production.

  • 72V 120Ah 8.64 kWh LiFePO4 EV battery pack manufactured for a Turkish EV car manufacturer
  • 36V 10Ah Li-Ion battery pack manufactured for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV
  • 48V 20Ah Li-Ion battery pack manufactured for an EV race car
  • 36V 18Ah and 12Ah battery packs manufactured for an E-bike manufacturer

Special Li-Ion battery management system design for adapting / using Li-Ion battery cells on NiMH battery packs and chargers.

Feb. 2000 - Feb. 2008
8 Jahren 1 Monate
İzmit, Turkey

Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer

TUBITAK / BILGEM (UEKAE)

Special featured cellular GSM phone hardware design GSM module, TFT LCD module, camera module, Wi-Fi module, Blue-tooth module, acceleration and tilt sensor IC's, lithium battery charge and power management system, ambient light sensor IC and vibration motor. Writing low level drivers and hardware test routines software on embedded C and TI Code Composer studio. Embedded ETX form factor CPU motherboard hardware design. EMC and TEMPEST compliance-based system design for information security, system performance and immunity considerations. Mean Time Between Failures MTBF calculation and analysis.

Nov. 1998 - Dez. 1999
1 Jahr 2 Monaten
Manisa, Turkey

Embedded Software Engineer

Vestel A.S.

Integration of Nokia digital terrestrial set-top box receiver with Vestel analog chassis for a custom joint venture project with Alba- UK and Nokia- Finland. Writing teletext software for a custom Australian customer. Implementation and integration of RCMM remote control protocol to Siemens 8051 TV controller software. Embedded Assembler and C language used on development on Keil Compiler and Lauterbach in circuit debugger.

Zusammenfassung

Battery pack / module integration / development BMS battery management system hardware development EV electric vehicle electric powertrain development Embedded hardware engineering Embedded software engineering EMC compliance-based system design Automotive functional safety ISO 26262 ASPICE v-model automotive software development - Altium Designer IDE hardware design - Eclipse IDE embedded C software design - Autodesk Fusion 360 3D mechanical design - Product requirement and specifications

Sprachen

Türkisch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Verhandlungssicher
Deutsch
Grundkenntnisse

Ausbildung

Okt. 1990 - Juni 1994

Bogazici University

Bachelor's Degree, BSEE · Electrical and Electronics Engineering · İstanbul, Turkey

Zertifikate & Bescheinigungen

Blue Card (Blaue Karte EU)

Class B Driving License