Vijayakumar Tallada
Friedrichshafen,BW
Summary
Results-driven professional with over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry, specializing in active safety and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Expertise as a Project Manager and Product Test Manager is complemented by a proven track record in leading the end-to-end delivery of automotive embedded software programs while ensuring strict compliance with AUTOSAR standards. Proficient in establishing and managing Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for automated testing and deployment, with strong technical skills in Python for test automation, scripting, and data analysis. A solid background in program and project management, combined with international experience in Germany and Japan, enhances the ability to foster customer relationships and drive high-quality product outcomes that consistently meet industry standards.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager: Product Test
Magna Electronics
01.2024 - Current
- Responsibility of team hiring, onboarding, professional development.
- Acting as the primary person and mentor, supporting team members to achieve their goals and grow personally and professionally.
- Monitor team workload and health, manage headcount planning
- Engaging team compliance with critical automotive processes and norms such as ISO 26262, and ASPICE.
- Serving as a first point of contact for all test topics
- Interface to customer and Internal stakeholders for all test topics.
- Global Team Size: 40
System Test Manager (ADAS – Lidar)
Magna Electronics
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Converting customer requirements into System requirements.
- Timing Plan and project resource management.
- Risk Management & Issue Resolution
- People Management, tracking and improving competencies via training plan across departments.
- Global Team Size: 20
Product Owner
ZF Group
01.2022 - 03.2023
- Reference Algorithm is the product used in the Autonomous shuttle system validation.
- Facilitate communication between stakeholders, Agile team members and developers.
- Design and manage the project backlog, roadmap and Agile solutions.
- Define, monitor and analyze key metrics of the product.
- Weekly Project status review with higher management and customer.
System Test Manager
ZF Group
02.2020 - 12.2021
- Test strategy planning for Autonomous Shuttle projects.
- Interaction and coordination with different departments for test vehicle buildup
- Test Data campaign planning and monitoring.
- Set up HIL & SIL resources based on project requirements.
- Complete responsibility for testing traceability and quality.
Group Lead
Continental Automotive Components India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2018 - 01.2020
- Scheduling of resources and expenses of software features for the delivery of software releases
- Tracking the levels of development and adaptation of plans and timelines in the global environment
- Resource planning the international teams with monitoring and organizing hour entry of various projects.
- Embedded software development in a safety-critical environment
- Test Automation development for Radar & Camera products.
- Responsible for global/regional projects test delivery from India.
- Heading a workforce of 30+Engineers in the area of Test& validation
Worldwide Test Coordinator
Continental ADC
04.2016 - 09.2018
- Act as bridge between Global Test Engineering team worldwide and Indian teams (Internal &External)
- Responsible for Test Engineering- Operations in India. However, Algorithm remains the primary focus.
- SW test strategy planning of L3 requirements
- Identification of test resources
- Sync with Global Teams
- Test Execution plan & Report review.
- Delivery responsible as per milestone planning
Senior Technical Lead
Continental Automotive Components India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2014 - 03.2016
- Communication stack development for Short Range Radar
- Requirement Analysis.
- Work Break Structure Preparation.
- Software Requirement Sheet Preparation.
- Low Level Design, Coding & Testing.
- Worked as a component architect for ADAS Products (Radar & Camera)
Project Manager
Robert Bosch India Ltd
04.2010 - 08.2014
- Interaction with European customers & Japanese customers.
Senior Software Engineer
Robert Bosch India Ltd
04.2007 - 03.2010
- Diagnostic Component Responsible for Motorcycle and Car projects.
- Establishing communication between ECU and Tester (CAN/KWP2000) using AUTOSAR.
- Integration of AUTOSAR Components & Diagnostic Communication Manger (DCM) Services implementation.
Software Engineer
Panacea Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
05.2005 - 03.2007
- Requirements, Design, Coding & Testing.
- Black box and white box testing.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
04-2005
Skills
- Team leadership and mentoring
- Automotive embedded systems expertise
- Automotive communication protocols
- Quality standards compliance: ASPICE, Agile, PRINCE2, ISO26262
- Project management expertise
- Product testing and CI/CD integration
- Stakeholder relationship management
- Global project collaboration
Certification
PRINCE 2 Foundation
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Intermediate (B1)
Japanese
Beginner (A1)
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Manager: Product Test
Magna Electronics
01.2024 - Current
System Test Manager (ADAS – Lidar)
Magna Electronics
01.2023 - 12.2023
Product Owner
ZF Group
01.2022 - 03.2023
System Test Manager
ZF Group
02.2020 - 12.2021
Group Lead
Continental Automotive Components India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2018 - 01.2020
Worldwide Test Coordinator
Continental ADC
04.2016 - 09.2018
Senior Technical Lead
Continental Automotive Components India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2014 - 03.2016
Project Manager
Robert Bosch India Ltd
04.2010 - 08.2014
Senior Software Engineer
Robert Bosch India Ltd
04.2007 - 03.2010
Software Engineer
Panacea Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
05.2005 - 03.2007
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
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