Doddi Balachandu

Automotive Engineer with 1.6 years of experience in Vehicle Safety and Quality Assurance, specializing in vehicle development and validation. Experienced in supporting V-model development, functional validation, process improvement, and quality management to ensure safe, reliable, and defect-free products. Passionate about advancing future mobility and electric vehicle technologies while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions that meet customer and safety requirements.

Software Quality Analyst - Tata Consultancy Services - Bangalore

(2024-12)

• Ensure software and system development processes comply with Automotive SPICE standards.
• Participate in internal ASPICE gap analysis and support process improvement plans.
• Assist in preparing and participating in ASPICE assessments and audits (e.g., Level 2 or Level 3 readiness).
• Act as a quality interface between internal teams and external ASPICE assessors.
• Defined, implemented, and maintained development processes aligned with ASPICE process areas (SYS.1, SYS.2, SWE.1–SWE.6, SUP processes, etc.).
• Conducted CM audit for all the supported projects as per defined frequency.
• Identify process non-conformities and drive corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
• Perform quality assurance (QA) activities during software/system development life cycle.
• Facilitation of QMS in line with ISO 9001:2015 & CMMI-DEV V2.0 Collection of Metrics data and conducting metric Analysis.
• Knowledge on SDLC's (Waterfall, V-model & Agile etc) & Facilitation of SDLC's to the development teams.
• Conducting 5why, 8D reports as part of RCA and providing CAPA for identified issues.
• Perform confirmation reviews for SW (Unit testing, Integration testing and application) before every Software delivery.
• Maintain project quality records, traceability matrices, and compliance reports.
• Provide dashboards and metrics related to process compliance and quality KPIs.
• Contribute to risk management and lessons learned documentation.
• Provide training and coaching on ASPICE processes to engineering teams.
• Create Safety & Quality Plan considering Life cycle procedures applicable for respective projects.
• Verified software quality through confirmation reviews, testing assessments, regression analysis, and validation of safety-critical functionality for vehicle programs.
• Contributed to Process definition development with standard documents and templates.
• Conduct self-reviews on process documents to identify improvement points/gap analysis.
• Conduct Work Process/Product Audits to ensure the quality of deliverables to client.
• Identify non-conformities and initiate corrective/preventive actions.
• Moderated problem control boards (PCB) and supported defect management, change impact analysis, and software release approvals.
• Supports to creating processes, work instructions, procedures, and other relevant aids per ISO 26262 guidelines.
• Delivered process training, coaching, and awareness programs to promote a strong quality culture within engineering teams.
• Tracking Resource loading, and related metrics to identify the team performance analysis.

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering - R.M.K Engineering College, Anna University