Vikrant Vaidya Email & Phone Number

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Lead Electric Vehicle training verticalTechnical consultancy for product development - Technical due diligence - Model-based product development - Proof of Concept studies - Product positioning, technology & strategy

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

TCS Bangalore

- Lead powertrain functional & calibration activities performed at TCS- Calibration services - supplier selection and management- Manage deliverables for PSA program milestone requirements

TCS ODEC Bangalore

- Build and lead an offshore team of vehicle performance & fuel economy analysts- Support analysis & correlation process development- Develop new capabilities for virtual validation & vehicle energy management

GM Powertrain India

• Led an organization of 53 with 4 Engineering Managers on my direct staff
• Instrumental in conceptualization, drafting and institutionalization of Employee Tuition Assistance policy for GM Tech Center India
• Instrumental in defining GMPT India organizational framework in terms of roles, career pyramids and skill metrics
• Led the GMPT India internal communications team as a stretch assignment

GM Powertrain India - AT Controls

• Led a group of 10 which supported GM’s first full-scale Software In Loop (SIL) capability development for dDCT program to which I contributed through plant modelling. Subsequently supported 3 SIL packages, Global FWD.
• Coordinated with advance algorithms groups in Engine & Transmission to strategize use of SIL and similar virtual development environments.
• Supported creation of '65% cal' transmission shift & TCC pattern generating tool.
• Led a cross-functional DFSS project for creating region specific duty cycle test for predicting manual transmission clutch wear in field

GM Powertrain India - PT CAE

 'Gold source' for entire GM India Powertrain portfolio for India Energy PIT Led the activity of collecting customer-like data for a low-cost BEV based on Gen-2 Spark mule which was a joint development between GM India and a local BEV OEM Reva Electric Involved in Drive Quality assessment for Cruze MY09, MY12 & Spark/Beat MY10, MY11 Involved in.

GM Powertrain India - Transmission CAE

 Performed transmission duty cycle analysis for all 6-speed FWD variants Responsible for enhancing, maintaining & releasing versions of GM in-house transmission duty cycle simulation code. Built friction launch capability and ‘intelligent’ driver model. Also upgraded controls representation in the tool for power based ETC

Engineering Research Center - Vehicle 2

 Transmission & axle ratio selection for various Tata passenger vehicles Design Engineer - steering sub-system for a SUV / light truck platform Built capability for kinematic analysis of entire front suspension & steering systems Design Engineer – front suspension spring for passenger car platform

Master'S Degree, Energy Systems Engineering, B+

Master's degree program fully sponsored by General Motors

Engineer'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 1St Class (>60%)

High School, Physics, Chemistry & Maths

Physics, Chemistry & Maths stream with Electrical Maintenance vocational course

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