Aditya Ravichander
Systems Engineer · AV & Automotive

Aditya
Ravichander

3 years owning safety-critical E/E systems at Volvo Trucks — braking, vehicle dynamics, and AV integration. M.S. in Robotics, B.Tech in Control Engineering. ISO 26262 certified. Building safe systems.

Systems Integration ISO 26262 HARA · FMEA Electronic Braking Systems CAN / J1939 Python · C++ · MATLAB

About

Systems thinker.
Safety engineer.

Aditya at an industry event

Hi, I'm Aditya. I’m a Systems Engineer, and it's been a great journey so far. I started by building robots at NIT Trichy, then developed AV testbeds at ASU, and most recently worked on safety-critical braking systems integration at Volvo Trucks.

I am in Austin, Texas but open to relocation anywhere in the US for Systems Engineering, Software Integration, Validation, or Functional Safety roles

What else for fun?

Piano · Cricket · Hiking · Road trips · Public speaking

3
Years at Volvo Trucks
5
Vehicle programs contributions
80%
Test time reduction via Python automation
2
IEEE publications
GitHub Starstruck — repository with many stars
🏔️
Arctic Code Vault Contributor — 2020 GitHub Archive Program

Technical Skills

What I bring to the table.

A blend of safety engineering rigor, hands-on systems validation, and robotics/software depth — unusual in the same profile.

🛡️

Functional Safety

ISO 26262HARA ASIL DecompositionDFMEA Safety ConceptsSFMEA

E/E Systems & Architecture

CAN / J1939EBS Interface DefinitionRequirements Traceability SystemWeaverConfiguration Management
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Vehicle Dynamics & ADAS

Electronic BrakingStability Control Auto HoldTraction Control TPMSSVAT / AV Integration
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Validation & Diagnostics

HILVector CANalyzer CAPLDTC Analysis PPAP DocumentationCross-ECU Signal Analysis
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Software & Automation

PythonC++ MATLAB/SimulinkROS / ROS2 GitJIRA / SAFe
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Robotics & AI

CARLAGazebo TensorFlow / KerasReinforcement Learning ControlVehicle Platooning

Experience

Where I've done the work.

Systems Engineer — Vehicle Dynamics
Volvo
Jun 2023 – Dec 2025
Volvo Trucks North America · Greensboro, NC
  • Designed system and safety requirements for Auto Hold, Traction Control, Park Braking, Vehicle Stability Control End User Functions for diesel, electric, and vendor powertrain integration platforms.
  • Contributed to interface definitions for integration with Cummins X10 Engine, Allison Transmission, and in-house ADAS ECUs.
  • Led functional safety activities: HARA, DFMEA, ASIL decomposition, Safety Concept alignment with requirements traceability.
  • Technical Software Component Owner for EBS, AV I/O Module, Air Production Modulator, Front Axle Steering, and Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems across diesel, electric and autonomous truck platforms.
  • Supported vehicle programs as E/E owner, aligning software-hardware integration with vehicle-level safety goals and multi-partner supplier deliverables.
  • Built Python-based automation tools that reduced software validation cycle time from 40 hours to 8 hours — an 80% reduction across vehicle variants.
  • Investigated complex field failures using CAN diagnostics, DTC analysis, and cross-ECU signal correlation; drove supplier corrective actions to closure.
  • Mentored 3 engineers in systems integration and structured validation execution.
ISO 26262EBSCAN/J1939 AVFMEAPythonVector CANalyzer
Systems Design Engineering Intern
Volvo
May 2022 – Aug 2022
Volvo Group · Greensboro, NC
  • Designed a novel auxiliary braking control concept for highway trucks — patent idea approved for novelty by Volvo patent attorneys.
  • Built a deep neural network (TensorFlow/Keras) to predict dynamic system parameters from real-world truck CAN data; validated against physical vehicle behavior.
  • Led project end-to-end: problem formulation → data analysis → prototype → vehicle testing → executive presentation.
TensorFlowCAN DataNeural NetworksPatent
Robotics Researcher
ACS LabASU
Aug 2021 – May 2023
Autonomous Collective Systems Laboratory · Arizona State University
  • Developed CHARTOPOLIS — an NSF-funded small-scale AV testbed used for human-robot interaction and autonomous decision-making research. Presented at IEEE IROS 2022.
  • Built C++ and Python modules for encoder-based RPM estimation, sensor data acquisition, and real-time data publishing across a distributed robotics architecture.
  • Modeled autonomous driving scenarios in CARLA, Unreal Engine, and RoadRunner; maintained simulation pipelines.
  • Qualified 3rd in the International RoboRacer Sim Racing League at ICRA 2025.
ROS2CARLAC++PythonIROS
Controls Research Intern
IISER Bhopal
Jan 2021 – May 2021
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) · Bhopal
  • Developed Barrier Lyapunov Function control strategies for underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles; derived and simulated 6-DOF AUV kinematics/dynamics in MATLAB/Simulink.
  • Open-source repo received 53 GitHub stars and 7 forks.
Nonlinear ControlMATLAB/SimulinkAUV ⌥ GitHub →
Control Systems Research Intern
IIIT Delhi
May 2019 – Aug 2019
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) · Delhi
  • Built a physics-based 2-DOF dynamic model of an underactuated AUV and implemented an optimal LQR controller for trajectory tracking. Evaluated controller robustness through simulation and parameter sweeps.
  • Adopted by the research community with 41 GitHub stars and 7 forks.
LQR ControlMATLAB/SimulinkAUV ⌥ GitHub →
Robotics Engineer
Spider R&DNIT Trichy
Feb 2019 – May 2021
Spider R&D Club, NIT Trichy
  • Achieved architectural decentralization for a swarm of mobile robots, thereby enabling fault tolerance.
  • Programmed microcontrollers of differential-drive robots and integrated with 2-DOF robotic arm, motors, servos, ultrasonic sensors.
MicrocontrollersROSsensors & motors

Projects

Built outside the job.

RL Agent for Multi-Lane ADAS Decision-Making

RL Agent for Multi-Lane ADAS Decision-Making

Built a Double Deep Q-Network agent for autonomous lane-change decisions. Designed reward structures and evaluated policy behavior across simulated driving scenarios with safety constraints.

DDQNPythonAutonomous Driving
⌥ GitHub →
CAN Signal Anomaly Dashboard

CAN Signal Anomaly Dashboard

Full-stack dashboard (FastAPI + React + Recharts) with a Python z-score anomaly detection backend on realistic Volvo Class 8 CAN datasets with injected fault events for real-time visualization.

FastAPIReactCANPython
⌥ GitHub →
Autonomous Mapping with LiDAR

Autonomous Mapping with LiDAR

Successfully solved the autonomous mapping problem and avoided obstacles for an extended time. Presented a high-level navigation algorithm on a 2-wheeled robot with a LiDAR scanner using RTAB-Map and ROS.

ROSRTAB-MapLiDARNavigation
⌥ GitHub →
Waypoint Tracking with PID Control

Waypoint Tracking with PID Control

Applied PID control to the turtlesim robot for waypoint tracking using Python scripts in ROS. Implemented closed-loop position control for precise path following on a simulated 2D robot.

ROSPID ControlPythonturtlesim
⌥ GitHub →

Research

Published work.

📚 View full profile on Google Scholar →
ACS LabASU
CHARTOPOLIS: A Small-Scale Testbed for Research on Autonomous Vehicles
Presented at IEEE IROS 2022 · Autonomous Collective Systems Lab, ASU
Simulation
Simulation
Robot
Robot
Arena
Arena
Spider R&DNIT Trichy
BEE-BOTS: A Blockchain-Based Decentralised Swarm Robotic System
Published at IEEE ICCAR 2020 · Spider R&D Club, NIT Trichy
Simulation
Simulation
Robot
Robot
Arena
Arena

Leadership & Certifications

Beyond the technical work.

Public speaking, community leadership, and professional certifications that round out the engineering profile.

Certifications

Volvo
ISO 26262 Functional Safety
Volvo Trucks North America
  • HARA, ASIL
  • Functional Safety Concept (FSC)
  • Technical Safety Concept (TSC)
  • Software Requirements
  • Hardware Requirements
Google
Austin Cloud Engineer's AI Toolkit
Google for Developers · June 2026
  • Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • AI Infrastructure
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Knowledge Graphs

Toastmasters International

Toastmasters
Northwestern Toastmasters
VP of Education · VP of Public Relations
  • Triple Crown Award, 2025
  • Winner, Club International Speech Contest, Jan'26
  • 3rd Place, Area 42 Table Topics Contest, Feb'26
  • Completed Persuasive Influence Pathways Public Speaking Curriculum

Student Leadership

SENSORS
Chairperson — SENSORS
Dept. of Instrumentation & Control Engineering · NIT Trichy
  • Led a 400+ student community to conduct guest lectures, workshops, events.
Spider R&DNIT Trichy
Spider R&D Club
NIT Trichy
  • Co-developed and instructed hands-on robotics workshops for freshmen students.

Let's talk.

Open to roles in AV, functional safety, and systems integration.