Chandana M S

Automotive Validation Engineer with 3.5 years of experience in vehicle-level ECU diagnostics, communication protocol validation, and HIL testing for Volkswagen Group (Audi HCP4 Platform). Expertise in UDS (ISO 14229), CAN/CAN FD, Automotive Ethernet (DoIP, SOME/IP), and trace analysis using CANoe with CAPL and Python scripting. Experienced in defect lifecycle management, cross-functional stakeholder collaboration, and knowledge transfer.

System Test Engineer at Aumovio India Private Limited (2023-07 – Present)

• Perform vehicle-level end-to-end validation of Body Control ECU functionalities for Volkswagen Group (Audi HCP4 Platform).
• Validate BAP protocol communication, LINSH, TNS (Trigger Notification Service), and FoD (Functions on Demand) including UDS-based activation workflows.
• Execute HIL-based validation and integration testing using Vector VT System and LabCar across vehicle build and release phases.
• Track and manage defect lifecycle end-to-end using JIRA across all vehicle testing stages.
• Collaborate with ECU developers, system architects, and OEM stakeholders for CR analysis and implementation, ensuring requirement-to-validation alignment.
• Develop and maintain detailed test cases and test reports for System Requirement (SYR) and Stakeholder Requirement (STR) aligned with system and software requirements.
• Maintain requirements traceability using DOORS; support ASPICE SYS4/SYS5 compliance audits.
• Automate test execution using Python-based DUST framework; execute CI/CD validation using Jenkins.
• Utilized Python-based DUST framework to automate test execution, contributing to reduction in manual testing effort.
• Provided Knowledge Transfer (KT) sessions on Diagnostics testing to junior team members; guided and mentored them in UDS validation and test case development

System Test Engineer – Internship at Continental Automotive Components Pvt. Ltd. (2022-12 – 2023-07)

• Validated complete AUTOSAR DEM DTC lifecycle — debouncing, aging, status byte transitions, and event memory handling.
• Performed robustness, stress, and negative testing for DEM modules.
• Supported OBD diagnostics validation – IUMPR, Modes and emission-related DTC behavior.

M.Tech in VLSI Design and Embedded Systems – M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru (2021 – 2023)

B.E. in Electronics & Communication – SJC Institute of Technology, Chickballapur (2017 – 2021)