Rohit Desai

System Testing & Validation Engineer with 2.8 years of experience in Battery Management Systems (BMS) and Vehicle Control Units (VCU) within the Electric Vehicle industry and 3 years as Electrical Engineer. Strong expertise in test planning to reporting, functional safety compliance and CAN-based diagnostics. Proven record of reducing deployment failures through structured verification and validation processes.

System Testing & Validation Engineer at VoltUp Energy Pvt. Ltd. (2023-11 – 2026-01)

Designed and executed Design Verification Plans and Reporting (DVP & R) for L-category EV BMS with expertise in functional safety compliance and CAN-based diagnostics.

• Designed and executed Design Verification Plans and Reporting (DVP & R) for L-category EV BMS
• Performed unit, integration, system, environmental, and field testing
• Validated BMS and VCU hardware & firmware; identified 50+ critical defects
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to debug Firmware Over the Air (FOTA) update and Communication issues
• Understanding and familiarity with communication protocols like CAN, UART, UDS, MQTT for communication and diagnostics with ECUs
• Conducted HIL Test Bench Testing, regression testing; ensured AIS-038 & AIS-156 compliance
• Supported EMI/EMC ensuring AIS-004
• Hands on with tools like: Logic Analyzer, Oscilloscope, PEAK CAN, CANalyzer, UDS, UI, Excel, Agile, Airtable (Requirement management), memtool, MQTTX, etc.

Intern, Hardware Testing & Validation at VoltUp Energy Pvt. Ltd. (2023-06 – 2023-10)

Prepared test benches and performed design verification and validation for 2W/3W BMS systems.

• Prepared test benches and model-based block diagrams, Board Bring up and performed DVP
• Assisted in RCA, test execution, and validation reporting for 2W/3W BMS

Electrical Engineer at Nextsoft Engineering Solution (2020-05 – 2023-04)

Performed comprehensive electrical engineering tasks across design, supply, erection, and commissioning phases with focus on safety and performance requirements.

• Identified Electrical loads and their characteristics, understanding SLD and transferring to installation in Design phase
• Check component, dimension and location specification in Engineering phase, Inspection and documentation in Supply phase and Site preparation in Erection and installing phase
• Ensure safety and performance requirement, insulation and Hi-pot testing, Onboarding operational maintenance team in Testing & commissioning phase

B.E. in Electrical Engineering – Shivaji University (2014 – 2017)

Diploma in Electronics Engineering – MSBTE (2014)