Kunal Patel

Kunal patel

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Sr. Customer Quality Engineer @ Micron Technology

  • Education

    • Kettering university

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      Masters of engineering management engineering/industrial management
    • Kettering university

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      Bachelors of science electrical engineering
  • Experience

    • General motors

      Jul 2011 - Jul 2024

      Design Release Engineer responsible for execution of Hardware and Software development of compute cluster unit (CCU) at General Motors. Specifically within this component responsible for Microcontroller Farm consisting of an array of independent MCUs that up-integrate features from 23 current generation ECUs.- Responsible for execution of DV/PV testing including GMW3172 environmental and durability validation. - Component Technical Requirements Spec owner responsible for authoring and integrating requirements tailored to the CCU.- Lead development of Virtual ECU model of CCU used to simulate physical HW for SW development, integration, and validation. Show less - Lead DRE for 360 Surround Vision System for Global Light and Heavy Duty Silverado/Sierra, Full Size SUV (Escalade, Yukon, Suburban), and Buck Envision for MY21-MY24 with all new Vehicle Intelligence Platform (VIP) Electrical Architecture. - Responsible for HW and SW development on base and high level modules- Own and manage complexity of SW and Calibration Release. Manage release of SW and HW to meet all development and production milestones at manufacturing plants globally. - Coordinate Validation, Quality, Warranty, Purchasing, Vehicle Team, Integration, OTA, Service milestones and deliverables- Regularly present status and issue reports to Executive Leadership and Chief Engineers.- Responsible to lead and manage tier 1 supplier to ensure deliverables are met on time and with quality. Show less - Program Manager for Infotainment Low and Global Expansion Programs for MY19-MY21 Vehicles- Single point contact to all functional organizations related to Infotainment, Vehicle Program Teams, Quality, Marketing, Purchasingand Suppliers- Responsible for managing and executing program timing, hardware/software changes, and issues related to the infotainmentsystems- Directed Marketing and Engineering teams to define features for future content- Ensured successful development and launch cycles by driving to meet milestones and removing roadblocks for engineering teams.- Investigated and tracked all launch issues to closure, supported PPAP, lead investigations, organized development ride trips, investigated warranty, supported vehicle build events, and supported technical design reviews. Show less Employed through GM for 10 internship experiences rotating through telematics organization. - Created an end-to-end push messaging system in the C programming language. - Implemented application on OnStar prototype module.- Created test cases and ran to collect data and results.- Created a push messaging system on 2 android applications in the Java programming language to demonstrate feasibility of implementing this system in the vehicle.- Created a Log analyzer tool using C# that parsed for data in log files with thousands of lines of messages. Engineers can use this tool to parse for many different types of messages that were specific to their needs eliminating the need for engineers to read through these large message logs. - Designed the UI of the Mobile Oats testing application in Java Android. - Conducted field tests for OnStar's 4G Hot Spot.- Worked with modifying and testing an augmented reality application that would superimpose navigation and POI data on the user's screen using javascript. - Designed the UI for turn-by-turn navigation in OnStar's Navigation Unit using Adobe Illustrator.- Created an interactive web application to demonstrate use of OnStar's Navigation System using Javascript, HTML5, CSS.- Organized a secure database containing over 40 million security certificates. - Created a program to access this database allowing the user to input the names of multiple files copying them to a user specified folder using Visual Basic.- Worked in the GPS/Wireless test team- Conducted field tests to analyze various aspects of throughput and GPS signal through the Greater Detroit Area. - Collected GPS data from the field and analyzed data using various in house software tools. - Tested and analyzed GPS data by simulating recorded routes using Spirent test/simulating tools. - Worked with Matlab to develop data analyzing software. Show less

      • Sr. Design Release Engineer - Central Compute Unit

        Dec 2022 - Jul 2024
      • Product Manager – Telematics and Network Services

        Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
      • Design Release Engineer - 360 Surround Vision System

        Sept 2019 - Oct 2021
      • Program Manager - Infotainment

        Sept 2017 - Sept 2019
      • Development Engineer - Telematics

        Jan 2017 - Oct 2017
      • Telematics Cooperative Internship

        Jul 2011 - Dec 2016
    • Micron technology

      Jul 2024 - now
      Sr. customer quality engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Safe agilist certification certification

      General motors
      Dec 2021
    • Certified safe® product owner / product manager

      General motors
    • Lean six sigma black belt (icbb)

      General motors