Ilhan Catak
Senior Battery Systems Expert Freelancer
Experience
Aug 2022 - Present
2 years 11 months Kornwestheim, Germany
Senior Battery Systems Expert Freelancer
HyperX GmbH
- 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.
Aug 2022 - Present
2 years 11 months Leipzig, Germany
HybridSenior Battery Systems Expert Freelancer
Senec GmbH
- 400V 50A LFP (LiFePO4) 20 kWh Home PV Solar Hybrid ESS Energy Storage System with Inverter, MPPT, Charger and Battery Pack.
- ESS systems testing and battery systems consultancy.
Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
10 months 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 - Oct 2021
2 years 10 months 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, and 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 - Sep 2018
1 year 2 months 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.
Mar 2015 - Jun 2016
1 year 4 months Ankara, Turkey
HybridSenior 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.
Mar 2014 - Feb 2015
1 year 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 years 1 month İzmit, Turkey
Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer
TUBITAK / BILGEM (UEKAE)
- Special featured cellular GSM phone hardware design including 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 - Dec 1999
1 year 2 months 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.
Languages
Turkish
Native
English
Advanced
German
Elementary
Education
Oct 1990 - Jun 1994
Bogazici University
Bachelor of Science, Control Systems · Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Turkey
Certifications & licenses
ISO26262 FuSa Functional Safety Training
Stoba eSystems
Xilinx FPGA EDK + V-II Pro 5 days course
Xilinx Programmable Logic Competence Center
Object Oriented Programming 5 days course
TUSSIDE
Total Quality Management Seminar
TUSSIDE
Class B Driving License
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