umar

Profile Summary:

• Currently working in the role of senior Program Manager and Product owner for development of two new products (Instrumentation Cluster & Connectivity Control Unit).

• 15 years of professional work experience in projects related to Software, Hardware & Simulations development for automotive, aerospace and Power domain.

• Seven years of experience in managing Products and Programs, Stakeholder communication control, Project time and cost estimation. • Expert in model based development and system simulations.

• Development experience in key application areas of control systems for HVDC transmission, Powertrain, Power systems, Aero, Battery management systems, Autonomous car, Instrumentation Clusters and Connected car applications for vehicles and aircrafts. • Extensively worked on tools & technologies like Matlab, Simulink, State Machines, Stateflows, Simscape, Embedded coder and Failure mode effect analysis (FMEA).

• Competency in all phases of systems development life cycle including analysis, design, development, safety analysis, implementation and Testing.

• Highly experience in all aspects of Product & Program Management, Agile methodology, PMP and usage of tools like SVN, Jira & Confluence.  

Work Experience:

Embitel Technologies Ltd (Volkswagen Group Company) – Senior Program Manager – Internet of Things (IoT & Connected Cars) Nov 2020 –Till Date (India)

• Product and Program owner for development of a connected car ECU

. • Product and Program owner for development of instrumentation cluster for a new EV.

• Program management, product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction

• Managing all program management aspects from initiation and planning to monitoring and control, SW, HW, Safety, DVP, EOL etc.

• Communication control, Stakeholder Management, Vendor and Supplier Management.

• Develop best practices & processes to handle the requirements of today and the future.

• Train, coach, present technical information and progress reports.

• Roadmap & Strategy development

HCL Technologies Ltd – 1. Program Manager / Modelling Expert – HVAC & Climate Control at Ford Motor Co. Nov 2019 –Oct 2020 (India) 2. Program Manager / Subject Matter expert – Autonomous Vehicle at Yanmar Inc. Aug 2017 – Oct 2019 (India & Japan) 

• Managing & leading the teams on the design, development and project delivery of autonomous vehicle features & vehicle Climate Control

. • Managing project initiation, estimation, resource deployment, stakeholder communication and milestone planning.

• Handling multiple programs simultaneously for an OEM developing autonomous tractor, In house HCL autonomous car and other client projects.

• Managing and initiating technical investigations, concept studies and problem solving, balancing characteristics and requirements to maximize performance/cost.

• Participation in algorithm development & modelling of various features for autonomous car, ADAS & HMI for automatic climate control system.

• Support high impact technical issues during various phases of testing & launch.

• Leading expertise with focus on technical issues/feasibility and functionality.

• Develop and present System trade-off studies to solicit direction