Identified, addressed, and mitigated fleet hardware and software safety risks in collaboration with Systems and Safety teams.

Partnered with Engineering to rapidly and safely test and validate firmware using production and test fleet configurations.

Trained Operations including vehicle servicing, deployment, issue triage, and general troubleshooting.

Document technical feedback on fleet issues and areas for improvement in reports to management, as the interface between Eng and Ops.

Improved fleet metrics including Stack Launch and Cold-Start-to-Engage durations by collaborating with Embedded Systems, Operations, Systems teams, resulting in a 40% reduction in cycle times.

Drove hardware/firmware reliability improvements of two vehicle platforms across three markets.

Championed fleet retrofits for sensor firmware and module retrofits, resulting in a 6% improvement in vehicle launch durations.

Analyzed AV system logs for root cause analysis, triaging, documentation, and mitigations.

Drove supplier quality issue resolution for AV systems including LiDAR, radar, compute, ethernet switch components (using Jira QMS).

Acted as the in-field AV systems troubleshooting specialist to quickly unblock fleet operations and new market launches.

Coordinated fleet hardware retrofits through the vehicle change process, including validation, service planning, documentation.

Write and maintain Operations SOPs in Confluence to ensure efficient and safe execution of AV servicing and launch.

Wrote and maintained Python and Bash scripts to streamline troubleshooting for in-field operations teams, including module log pullers.

● Lead the testing and validation of new autonomous vehicle software (SW), firmware (FW), and hardware (HW).

● Lead a team of 4 engineers and 7 technicians on executing test plans safely and on accelerated timeframes.

● Oversaw the testing and validation of 5 new service routes, 5 major software releases, and 4 new vehicle platforms.

● Interviewed and evaluated 6 new hires that filled open Test Engineering and Technician positions.

● Collaborate with HW, SW, FW developers to create testable system requirements using Jama.

● Develop and write test plans to safely and comprehensively validate the full AV stack HW and SW stack.

● Wrote python script to extract autonomy performance/safety metrics from logs, used for SW release gating.

● Create and maintain computer simulated test cases using Simian from Applied Intuition.

● Troubleshoot SF, FW, HW issues discovered during testing. Effectively communicate issues to internal customers.

● Oversaw the design and fabrication of a motion sensor activated pedestrian analog pull rig for emergency braking tests.

Perform early-stage reverse engineering, design, prototyping, and production release​ ​for all Nostrum fuel system products.

Coordinate the ​hardware integration​ of Nostrum automotive fuel system products across multiple vehicle platforms.

Communicate with customers and suppliers to ensure product requirements are being met effectively and on schedule.

Design and fabricate fuel system components, manufacturing fixtures, and test fixtures using ​Solidworks​.

Create ​FEA simulation studies​ for vibration, stress, thermal loads, using Solidworks. Correlate results with test data.

Perform ​in-vehicle packaging studies​ with rapid-prototyped parts to ensure product fitment.

Champion ​DFMEA​ for fuel system components during the ​APQP​ ​phases of product development.

●Coordinate instrument panel design, development, and validation testing for multiple vehicle programs.

● Collaborate with cross functional teams in developing solutions to problems identified in testing, design, and manufacturing.

● Ensure products meet safety regulation requirements including FMVSS201, FMVSS302, China Compulsory Certification.

● Work closely with OEM customer to define DVP&R requirements and test specifications.

● Analyze test data and generate test reports for presenting to upper management and customer.

● Direct technicians in test setups, test procedures and the proper execution of tests.

● Invented an In-molded Electronic Instrument Panel and created a prototype that won a company innovation

competition.