nihal pol

Functional Safety Manager with 5+ years of successful experience in functional safety and system engineering. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success. Strengths in safety concept and analysis backed by training in ISO 26262 by TÜV SÜD.

Skills
Automotive System Engineering | Functional Safety ISO 26262
Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)| Braking systems – Bosch iBooster + ESP
Communication and People skills | Campus Executive Officer for Bosch - University Relations
 

Certifications
Product Manager by Udacity | 2022
FMEA moderator training by Bosch |2021
Modular Training on Functional Safety Standard ISO 26262 Trained by TÜV SÜD | 201

Work History

Project Safety Manager | Bosch - Electronic Stability Program |2021 – Current
Responsibilities
• Manage functional safety lifecycle for customers Volkswagen, Tesla, Honda, Rivian, Lucid
• Work along with customer project team on devising safety concept for new functions
• Perform analysis for Failure modes & effect analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Establish the functional safety test strategy and review test cases
• Prepare and conduct functional safety assessment and quality gate reviews
Impact
• On-time delivery of safety work products for software with new baseline and running change in customer projects of Volkswagen and Tesla

Project Safety Manager | ZF - Advanced driver assistance systems | 2018 - 2021
Responsibilities
• Manage the global safety team to complete safety activities within project releases
• Work for the functional safety of fusion system for Advanced mergency braking (AEB), Adaptive cruise control (ACC), Road departure braking (RDB), and Lane keeping assist (LKA)
• Coordinate development interface agreement with customer and supplier
• Establish functional safety concept at vehicle / system / software level
• Support the architecture design of system and software
• Lead functional safety analysis (HaRa, FTA, FMEA, HAZOP and DFA)
• Establish the functional safety test strategy and review test cases
• Prepare and conduct functional safety assessment and quality gate reviews
• Provide the training and technical guidance in functional safety for project team
Impact
• Devised complete safety concept for Road departure braking, Lane keeping assist
• Delivered FTA safety analysis for Emergency braking, Adaptive cruise control
• Forming safety concept which led to on time delivery of Short Range Radar project

System Engineer | ZF - Advanced Driver assistance systems |2018 - 2019
Responsibilities
• Drove function improvement on functions multiple ADAS functions
• Customized software with respect from data analysis of public road tests
• Investigated system performance on Hardware & Software in loop (HiL & SiL) environment
• Evaluated the tests on test-track regarding pre-production and release
• Showcased Requirements engineering
• Conducted customer workshops for product introduction
Impact
• Successful product delivery to TATA. First collision mitigation system in India.
• Successful demonstration of AEB and ACC for various Indian customers
• Successful demonstration of lane keeping assist (LKA) prototype for TATA

Lead Automated Agricultural Tractor| ZF - Product Innovation Team | 2017 - 2018
Responsibilities
• Supervised the automated steering control development
• Conceptualized the idea for automated steering control for the project
• Designed the mechanical assembly for the steering actuation mechanism.
• Drove the interfacing of SW/HW with steering motor and master controller ECU
• Developed the control algorithm for precise steering actuation
• Engineered the prototype manufacturing and testing
Impact
• Achieved the prototype demonstration in short time which led to successful product launch by customer Escorts Ltd. First automated agricultural tractor in India.

Student Intern | Automotive Research Association of India ARAI| 2016 - 2017
Responsibilities
• Developed Lane keep assist control algorithm for electric passenger car
• Restructured the car for automated control and installed rapid prototyping platform
• Tested prototype for LKA and other ADAS functions like AEBS and ACC
Impact
• Prototype demonstration to Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India
• Participation in Mahindra led nationwide competition for Autonomous vehicles

M.Tech in Automotive Engineering | Vellore Institute of Technology | 7.8 CGPA | 2015 – 2017
B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering| University of Mumbai | First Class | 2010 – 2014