Avesta
Molaei
Automotive Testing Engineer — Bosch France
01-Field notes
Hi, I'm Avesta, an embedded systems engineer specializing in automotive testing.
I studied embedded architecture and electronics at ESIEE Paris, and I've been at Bosch for six years. I started in engine control, developing virtualization and rapid prototyping tools, then moved on to brake systems, on the test and validation side. My day to day? Building test benches, running them, and prototyping whatever custom tooling a test needs, whether that's mechanical, electrical or software.
Outside of work, I do... the exact same thing. I mess around with tech I find cool, and every now and then one of my "experiments" turns out useful. I'm also into cats, cooking, mixology, home improvement, making music, anime and anything car-related.
02-Trace log
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- Responsible for wHiL test bench setup with IPG CarMaker
- Definition of maneuvers and test script development
- Full bench development, operation, and execution
- Result analysis in collaboration with the STLA customer team
- Design and setup of new electrical standard for test bench & lab equipment (NF EN 60204-1 and ISO 13849 compliance)
- Buildup of new lab process to ensure absolute traceability for testing
- Specification, design, and assembly of special bench & lab equipment for special test requests
- Mechanical, electrical, and software prototyping of testing tools
- E.g.: custom setup to test wheel speed sensors in the loop, custom CAN/CAN-FD/FlexRay "multiplug" racks for benches, and custom bench control software for more accurate & repeatable maneuvers using game controllers
- Proxy for simulation activities: environment setup, FMU generation
- Virtual test execution and result analysis with the REN customer team
- Validation of braking SW features (ISO 26262)
- Spec tracking through IBM ALM, DOORS
- Apprenticeship / trainee coordination & handling
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- Design, development, sensor integration, calibration, maintenance, automation, and test bench development
- Test campaign management: communication with requesters, suppliers, and software developers; analysis of test requests, setup of test components on the bench, inventory management
- Design & implementation of a dual synchronous test bench capable of running endurance tests on two components simultaneously, reducing the test campaign duration by half
- General bench improvement: optimization & simplification of bench systems to enhance reliability and efficiency
- Automation of processes to improve result consistency & repeatability
- Development, sensor integration, calibration, and test bench setup
- Test campaign management in collaboration with the materials laboratory
- Modification of the climatic chamber to control tests in temperature and brake fluid viscosity
- Machine setup and maintenance, material handling
- Part design & manufacturing to improve bench QoL (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Cura, PrusaSlicer)
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- PoC and prototypes focused around the virtualization of the ECU, the car, and its environment
- Automotive rapid software prototyping (MATLAB/Simulink, eHOOKS, INTECRIO)
- C and Ruby programming; SiL testing (COSYM, LabCar)
- Design and deployment of an Embedded Cloud Computing platform for distributed ECU Sim/Compute Proof of Concept
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From idea, to the requirements, spec book, GUI design, database handling, Java programming.
03-Calibration
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Preparatory cycle (2018–2020) — Theoretical Mathematics & Physics, Analog Electronics and Digital Electronics, Computer science.
Elective & Workshop classes: Neo4J database creation, Arduino with Bluetooth & Android robotics.
04-Verified
05-Output
My personal projects, built on my own time.
Free and Open Source tool to view, measure and analyze CAN/CAN-FD bus traffic on Windows.
An ergonomic, modular mechanical keyboard with fully custom firmware — designed and built from the switches up.
REBEC2A (RC Electric Based Experimentation Chassis for Automotive Applications) started as a fun school project between friends that quickly turned into a fully fledged automotive experimentation platform.
School project: open source Android app to control a Bluetooth-connected relay through an AVR microcontroller. Supports voice control.
06-Toolset
- Braking Systems — ESP10, TMC, IPB / IBooster / BWA
- Design, installation, and development of test benches
- Mechanics and hydraulics, harnesses and electronics, sensors / actuators / acquisition / measurement
- Bus CAN, CAN HS, CAN FD, FlexRay
- IMC/Famos, CANalyzer, ACW, MM6x, TKwinX, VX/VN, DASIM, TFW, DASYlab, PEAK-CAN
- Analog and Digital Electronics, Simulation (Cadence, LTSpice), Design (Eagle, KiCAD, EasyEDA), Soldering
- MCU Platforms — PIC16F, ATMEL AVR/Arduino, STM32F4, NXP, ARM Cortex M0, M7
- 3D Printing (FDM, SLA), CNC milling, Soldering, Oscilloscopes, Multimeters
- Autodesk Fusion 360 — advanced
- CATIA V5 — basic
- C, Java, MATLAB/Simulink
- Java for Android — medium
- Linux — advanced
- Network & NAS — advanced
- Virtualization — VMware, VirtualBox
- Git, GitHub, Cloud