Payal Daksh

• Led development and deployment of audio solutions for luxury vehicles.
• Led and motivated a dynamic team of approximately 25 engineers.
• Coordinated with stakeholders (Harman, Qualcomm, Arkamys, Cerence) to review progress and adjust plans.
• Managed the entire project lifecycle from Acquisition through SOP, maintaining strict adherence to cost, quality, and schedule benchmarks.
• Managed a cross-functional team, including developers, integrators, validation, and QA, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Implemented agile methodologies, reducing project delivery time by 25% and enhancing team collaboration.
• Developed project schedules, risk management plans, and resource allocation strategies, aligning with company goals.

• Developed applications for Vehicle Interface Processors for PSA, Honda, and Mitsubishi, including implementing CAN DBC and CAN drivers for Transmission Control Units (TCU).
• Conducted requirement analysis and impact assessments for change requests, managed code development, and executed functional testing for both AUTOSAR and non-AUTOSAR modules.
• Ensured high code quality through Coverity and resolved MISRA C warnings.

Key Projects:

• Vehicle Interface Processor for TCU and Cluster (PSA, MMC, Honda): Engineered TCU features with a proprietary OS scheduler for data transmission over SPI to a modem application processor; implemented CAN DBC. Ensured compliance with customer specifications and standards using Coverity and QAC and performed unit testing with Vector CAST 2018.

• Developed platforms for Body Control Modules (BCM) and clusters, engineering drivers for Renesas F1K series, including Port, ADC, Timer, and SPI modules.
• Ported sound generator and ADC functionality across various controller series.
• Programmed and maintained board support packages in C, including boot processes and firmware design, with a focus on resolving issues through targeted bug fixes.

Key Projects:

• Body Control Module and Cluster Module (BCCM): Engineered and unit-tested drivers and presentation layer modules (Port, ADC, DIO, and linear I/O); designed high-level software architecture with sequential, component, and activity diagrams.
• Seat Belt Buzzer Feature: Implemented and analyzed requirements and impact; conducted software maintenance using Synergy.
• Sound Generator and Timer Drivers: Developed drivers to support buzzer applications, including comprehensive testing and validation.

Experience:

• Gained extensive expertise in electronics, from prototyping to mass production.
• Conducted design reviews, established validation processes, analyzed requirements, and created detailed reports.
• Utilized multimeters, thermal imagers, LCR meters, function generators, oscilloscopes, and temperature chambers for various tasks.
• Designed circuits for prototypes with a solid understanding of control strategies and conversion topologies.
• Performed worst-case analysis, simulations, and problem-solving to address test failures.

Key Projects:

• Cluster for e-Rickshaw: Developed bare-metal code in C for PIC16 controller; updated software, finalized development, and conducted hardware validation.
• DC-DC Converter for e-Rickshaw: Designed a non-isolated buck topology; involved in circuit designing, hardware prototyping, debugging, validated hardware and software integration.