Consultant System Architect / Lead HW Engineer / Integration & Validation Manager

Client: Continental - ADC Automotive Distance Control Systems GmbH, Lindau, Germany

• Planned, executed, developed, analyzed and documented the System Integration tests for the automotive RADAR (77 GHz) in cooperation with the test team worldwide for the Daimler vehicles
• Co-ordinated project teams worldwide regarding System Integration & Design Validation Tests
• Planned, and tracked the test execution and documented the System Integration tests in cooperation with the test teams worldwide
• Developed/Improved the test equipment and methods to execute the Design Validation tests using the RF instruments, RADAR Target Simulators, Lauterbach Trace32, and CANoe

Client: Farasis Energy Europe GmbH - BDC, Frickenhausen, Germany

• Led and tracked the development of the hardware for an automotive-compliant high-voltage (400V) battery management system for an electric C-SUV project of a Turkish OEM TOGG
• Ensured that the battery pack along with the BMS met the customer requirements and all requirements were communicated and agreed upon by all internal and Europe-wide external stakeholders for a cost-effective and seamless product development
• Carried out internal design reviews of the hardware modules for their EMC and functional safety compliance as well as environmental, electrical and reliability tests execution
• Carried out root cause analysis and corrective action for any anomalies, both internal and external, that were discovered during the development and validation
• Documented and presented the outcomes to the internal and external stakeholders

Client: Magna Electronics Europe GmbH & Co. OHG (Sailauf, DE)

• Developed reference sensors systems for validation of the front camera and LIDAR-based advanced driver assistance systems for BMW vehicles using high-resolution and long-range automotive LIDARs (from Velodyne, Luminar, Innoviz, and Hesaitech), Cameras (from MobilEye, Teledyne, and Axis), RADARs (from Continental), INS/GNSS (from OXTS and Novatel), Time Master (from Orolia), and Data Logger (from x2e).
• Accomplished the setups from requirements to proof of concept including RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs as well as negotiating NDAs with suppliers, training the staff for the developed setups as well as presenting results, and getting approval from all stakeholders.
• Saved 1.45 M EUR with design improvement and the right choice of sensors.
• Defined the debug data interfaces (CAN-FD, SPI, I2C, UART, PLP) for the data collection and reprocessing-HIL for the camera and LIDAR-based DUTs for the BMW vehicles.
• Designed an echo handler circuit to minimize the echo from participants of a conference call attending it from the same room.
• Documented and presented the outcomes to the internal and external stakeholders.

Client: Hybrid LiDAR Systems AG (Salzdetfurth, DE)

• Reviewed HW architecture, design and firmware of an automotive LIDAR camera developed using the Laser scanners and SPAD arrays from Elmos Semiconductor.
• Developed the concept for the validation of the LIDAR camera performance.
• Documented and presented the results as well as transferred the knowledge to the HW team to progress further on their own.

Client: Dance GmbH (Berlin, DE)

• Reviewed and improved the electric system architecture and documentation of the eSystem (BMS, HMI, motor, motor controller, torque sensor, and electronic lock) of the Dance eBike.
• Carried out Root Cause Analysis and Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCA & RCCA) for the eSystem failures of the eBike.
• Developed an eSystem test bench and set up an electronics lab for quality control of the eSystem components, validation of the eSystem RCA & RCCA as well as further in-house hardware development and its characterization.
• Documented and presented the results as well as transferred the knowledge to the HW team to progress further on their own.

Client: Johannes Schäfer GmbH (Haiger, DE)

• Developed SCADA software for a hydraulic testbench for FTE Automotive to test an automotive gear actuator and record the system errors and performance of the device under test.
• Controlled the test bench sensors and actuators using the cDAQ hardware and LabVIEW software from National Instruments.
• Documented and presented the results as well as transferred the knowledge to the HW team to progress further on their own.

Universities worked with:

• Punjab University College of Information Technology (Lahore, PK)
• University of the Punjab, Gujranwala Campus (Gujranwala, PK)
• Virtual University of Pakistan (Lahore, PK)
• APTECH Computer Education (Faisalabad, PK)

Taught the following undergraduate and graduate courses:

• Circuit Theory
• Digital Logic Design
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Software Quality Assurance
• Software Project Management
• Object-Oriented Analysis and Design using UML

• Designed a right-hand circular polarized helical antenna in the VHF range for a tracking-free reception of signals of a low earth orbit satellite on the ground station

• Executed process optimization and optimal operation of a UREA fertilizer production plant including normal operation, maintenance/emergency shutdown and startup of the production plant machinery (high-pressure multistage compressors/pumps, reactors, exchangers, evaporators etc.) according to ISO 9001-2000 SOPs
• Oversaw implementation of the Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment (QHSE) management system and fire prevention/fighting in the units of responsibility