Harshitha K C

Highly motivated Diagnostic engineer with overall 4 yrs of experience as a Diagnostic content development & Validation Engineer. Rendering my service to the best of my abilities and utilizing every opportunity to grow and excel with the organization, which provides me the opportunity to improve my skills and knowledge to grow along with the objective of an organization and to make a very sound career by taking challenging works and to expertise in that field.

Diagnostic Engineer at Mercedes-Benz Research & Dev of India (2023-08 – Present)

Currently working as a Diagnostic Engineer in the R&D/Aftersales division, focusing on developing, authoring, and validating diagnostic content for powertrain electric drive control units.

• Development and maintenance of OTX-based diagnostic content for Electric Drive control units using GradeX following ISO 13209 standards.
• Expertise in authoring of guided test steps/repair actions for troubleshooting of Diagnostic trouble codes for different ECU's and template creations.
• Led the validation and simulation of new and series control units, with a specialized focus on electric drive control units, ensuring robust diagnostic functionality.
• Worked extensively with Automotive Ethernet, DoIP, CAN, LIN and FlexRay protocols for vehicle diagnostics and ECU communication.
• Performed ECU Flashing, variant coding, diagnostic session handling and Bootloader validation activities during ECU development.
• Proficiently utilized a diverse suite of diagnostic tools such as GradeX (India), SMRD's, Candela, analysing dynamic & static wiring harness diagrams, EDLS, FCS, ASPLM, Dialog Cloud, and PIV for in-depth analysis and development.
• Managed and resolved Xentry Support System (XSS) cases, performing critical debugging, log analysis, and tracing field issues to successful resolution, enhancing diagnostic system reliability.
• Served as a key Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for many Control units & topics including FUSI LOCK and EEC replacement in 4th generation batteries, and managed multiple ECUs, demonstrating strong leadership and technical ownership.
• Complete content development of ECU TPG1_MMA(Thermal and Propagation), DC-DC Converter, Oil pumps control units from stage0 to Final stage development with validation.
• Travelled to Germany on a work assignment to conduct content testing and validation activities, gaining direct, hands-on experience with vehicles and refining diagnostic processes.

Graduate Engineer Trainee at Mercedes-Benz Research & Dev of India (2022-08 – 2023-08)

Trainee as a XENTRY Diagnostic Author, designing and implementing diagnostic solutions for an electric drive control units using GradeX Tool.

• Handled Redmines /HPALM tasks, fixing SMRD's, Multi-checkers as a part of the project to increase the quality of deliverables.
• Handled Xentry support system tickets from the field, performed root cause analysis and debugging of diagnostic failures and field issues, ensuring reliable performance of electric vehicle systems.

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in Mechanical Engineering – Malnad College of Engineering