Design Engineer Engineering

SHUBHAM SANJAY THOSAR

SUMMARY:

oResults-focused professional with strengths in User Experience, Product Design and Development with 3+ years of experience in the automotive industry. Adept at balancing parallel targets to promote productivity & to positive outcomes.

oMaintained and managed 10+ feature HMI logic flows in the center stack in JAMA based on user testing, research, benchmarking and leading cross-functional teams through development and system harmonization while meeting budget and timing goals

oExtensively studied Human Machine Interaction, UX/UI and ergonomics principles during my Master’s in Human factors and Ergonomics Course at U of M

oWorked with Rivian User Experience team to develop best-in class experience for the Rivian customer and spearheaded the UX research for Rivian EV Charger

oPerformed ethnography and literature research to identify the customer needs and new trends in HMI/User experience for ADAS Features (autonomous/self-driving ecosystem)

oWorked with customer channel and system component owners to ensure feature is delivered in a way that meets feature objectives and has a consistent cross-channel experience.

oCollected VOC’s from the focus groups of ‘ADAS Research Clinic’ and assisted in creating need-based opportunity statements with the help of cross-functional teamwork (Strategy, Vehicle UX, Vehicle UI, Product Planning, Charging, Battery, Industrial Design)

oBenchmarked Cadillac Supercruise for Rivian R2 Product Roadmap and presented my finding in a memo to Vehicle UX director

oDemonstrated proficiency in DFMEA, ISO-26262 Functional Safety, Root Cause Analysis and Engineering Problem Solving

oDFMEA documentation in JAMA for features like Lane Boundary Detection, Light Detection, Sign Detection, Object Detection, Traffic Light Detection, Visual landmarks, Obstacle Detection and Lane departure warning

owith attributes team, infotainment development team and system engineering teams to capture development concerns and potential path to mitigate the risk arise from those concerns

oDesign and Developed HMI interaction between and Autonomous Vehicle and Pedestrians HTA and Low Fidelity Mock-Ups and tested them with usability studies

oExperienced working on projects that involve the implementation of various sensor types (to measure force, position, acceleration, light, etc.).

oExcellent communication skills; verbal and written. Willingness to learn and grow professionally

oDeveloping next Generation User Experience for Maas (Mobility as a service) is like a moon landing of our generation

TRAINING/SKILLS:

Tools:

JAMA, ASIL-D, Microsoft Office, JIRA, CATIA, MATLAB/Simulink, A2mac1 Benchmarking, Python, Adobe Photoshop, JD Power APEAL, Strategic Vision, mTAB, DOORs, Atlassian Jira Agile, IoT

Key metrics & responsibilities:

User Experience Design, FuSa Requirement Documentation, HMI Logic Flow, Usability Studies, Wireframes, Lo/Hi-Fidelity Mockups, Research Clinic, Interactive Prototypes, User Surveys/Interviews, A/B Tests, Pugh Analysis, VOC, Iterative Customer Research

Interpersonal Skills:

oAttended high impact presentation skills training

oEffective communication methods training

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Michigan, Dearborn-2018-2020

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, BAMU University, Aurangabad-2013-2017

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

May 2020 – Present: Seeking Employment

June 2019 to May 2020:

Rivian Automotive – Plymouth, USA

Vehicle UX – R1T and R1S

oOversaw the development of R1T, R1S and RPV: researched customer preferences of vehicles and assisted HMI use cases for features

oMaintained and managed 10+ feature HMI logic flows in the center stack in JAMA based on user testing, research, benchmarking and leading cross-functional teams through development and system harmonization while meeting budget and timing goals

oDerived Feature's External Functions from Use Cases in JAMA for ADAS features which atomically describe the reaction of the feature to any given input/interaction and completion of external functions were tracked by the JIRA

oWorked closely with cross-functional team & feature owner in documenting decomposed functionality from vehicle feature to component and constructed boundary diagram and P-diagrams in JAMA for various features

oAssisted team in creating DFMEA documentation in JAMA for features like Lane Boundary Detection, Light Detection, Sign Detection, Object Detection, Traffic Light Detection, Visual landmarks, Obstacle Detection & Lane departure warning

oBenchmarked Cadillac CT6 Supercrise and provided strengths and weakness in the form of memo to the UX director

oPerformed ethnography and literature research to identify the customer needs and new trends in HMI/User experience for ADAS Features (autonomous/self-driving ecosystem)

oTracked and managed 130 features HMI logic flow in JIRA and coordinated it with the respective feature owner with RAG matrix

oCollected VOC’s from the focus groups of ‘ADAS Clinic’ and assisted in creating need-based opportunity statements with the help of cross-functional teamwork (Strategy, Vehicle UX, Vehicle UI, Product Planning, Charging, Battery, Industrial Design)

oParticipated in weekly internal status meeting with attributes team, infotainment development team and system engineering teams to capture development concerns and potential path to mitigate the risk arise from those concerns

May 2018 – Sept 2018: Master’s Education in USA

Aug 2017 to May 2018

Tata Motors Ltd. – Pune, India

System Engineer – Premium Segment

oCollaborated with internal and external stakeholders to recognize feature opportunities and develop the vision, functional objectives, epic user stories, logical architectures, and UX/UI concepts that meet the needs

oLead feature definition end-to-end across all customer interaction channels (i.e. in-vehicle, mobile app and web) that meet the product vision. Prioritized requirements for downstream teams to support iterative development and minimal viable product (MVP) definition

oDeveloped Human Factors guidelines and Use cases for an Autonomous Shuttle project

oPerformed DFMEA and Functional Safety (ISO 26262) analysis for HMI use cases in Autonomous Shuttle

oExperienced working on projects that involve the implementation of various sensor types (to measure force, position, acceleration, light, etc.).

Oct 2015 to Aug 2017

Formula SAE – Aurangabad, India

Design Engineer – Formula 1 prototype racecar

oIdentified drivers posture and behavior under naturalistic driving conditions with the help of SAE guidelines in Solidworks

oSpread headed virtual human simulation studies to identify occupant packaging issues and driver comfort for cockpit design of race car

oDesigned and Developed best-in-class intuitive cockpit for a F1 car with the help of NHTSA and SAE guidelines

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Product Development and Management (Mid-Size Pickup Truck)

Benchmarking and Preliminary Design Specifications (V-Model Product Development )

oPerformed Benchmarking study using Pugh Diagram for reference vehicle- 2018 Chevy Colorado and competitors- 2018 Ford Ranger and 2018 Toyota Tacoma. Compared reference vehicle attributes with the leading competitors

oUsed System Engineering principles and presented the important product design & development challenges

Kano Model for a Self-Driving Car

oFramed Functional and Dysfunctional questions for the survey to prepare a KANO model

oPrepared a Kano model & addressed the satisfiers & wow factors after reviewing and analyzing the survey

User Experience

HMI between Autonomous Vehicle and Pedestrians

oCreated detailed Hierarchical Task Analysis (HTA) of communication & interaction between Autonomous Vehicle & pedestrians

oCreated medium-fidelity prototype that encompasses the entire tasks which convey design ideas to obtain the correct feedback

oDesigned, conducted, analyzed, and reported the results of a usability test of the user interface developed in prototyping stage

Delivery Driver’s App

oCollected VOC’s and created User Persona and User-Stories to understand the stakeholders in the process

oConducted a survey, customer clinics and went on a Ride-along with the drivers to get the pain-points from the process

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