Chanchal Dhiman.

Open to opportunities · Twin Cities, MN · will relocate

Chanchal
Dhiman.

Systems & Electrification Engineer — EV powertrain, controls, functional safety.

Five years taking electric machines from Simulink model to production floor. Currently leading mechatronic system development at Tennant Company; previously shipped EV platform conversions, SIL2-qualified control systems, and the data pipelines that keep a fleet honest.

Press / anywhere to jump around

5+ yrsIndustry experience
SIL2IEC 61508 qualified system
EV ↦ ProdPlatform conversions shipped
MS, 3.68Mech. Eng — Michigan Tech
H1BTransfer ready, no lottery

Experience

Where I've built things

Jan 2026 — now

System Engineer, Mechatronics

Tennant Company · Twin Cities, MN

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  • Lead MBSE-driven product development for electromechanical platforms using SysML and MATLAB System Composer — owning system architecture, interface control documents, and V&V strategy from concept through validation.
  • Run DSM analysis to find hidden interface coupling early, before hardware is committed, and restructure subsystem boundaries accordingly.
  • Drive software integration testing across embedded controls, communication protocols, and electromechanical actuators.
  • Own requirements traceability across mechanical, electrical, software, and controls so design intent doesn't get lost between disciplines.
  • Replaced informal cross-functional communication with structured system models, meaningfully reducing late-stage integration surprises.

MBSE · SysML · System Composer · DSM · V&V · requirements traceability

Sep 2023 — Dec 2025

Electrification Engineer II

Tennant Company · Twin Cities, MN

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  • Led end-to-end EV platform conversion programs — e-motor selection and control, inverter integration, BMS architecture, and production validation.
  • Designed closed-loop motor control in MATLAB/Simulink and validated it end-to-end via HIL testing against drivetrain performance targets.
  • Qualified steering control architecture to SIL2 under IEC 61508 — production validation, not a paper exercise, and the first SIL2-qualified system on the platform.
  • Evaluated wireless power transfer for contactless charging of industrial AGVs: trade studies on transfer efficiency, thermal load, and foreign object detection.
  • Implemented CANopen across multi-node EV platforms, building motion-control sequences on the CiA 402 state machine for coordinated drive behaviour.
  • Built Python test automation with Azure-connected pipelines; the resulting Power BI dashboards replaced manual status reports with real-time program monitoring and root-cause visibility across the fleet.
  • Authored functional safety documentation supporting ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 compliance across the electrification program.

Simulink · HIL · SIL2 / IEC 61508 · CANopen / CiA 402 · wireless charging · Python · Azure · Power BI

Jan — Aug 2023

Electrification Engineering Intern

Populus Group · Michigan

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  • Contributed to prototype development of industrial electrified platforms — HV battery and control system design.
  • Performed simulation, performance modelling, and calibration in MATLAB and Python.
  • Ran battery performance validation and motor testing (PMAC vs induction) through data-driven analysis.
  • Created reusable test scripts and simulation templates that streamlined R&D validation workflows.

MATLAB · Python · battery validation · motor testing · HV systems

Jun 2019 — Jul 2021

EV Controls & Validation Engineer

HKI Motors · India

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  • Developed BLDC traction control with Model-Based Design in MATLAB/Simulink — motor dynamics, torque loops, and regenerative braking logic for an EV powertrain platform.
  • Deployed control software to embedded hardware via Rapid Control Prototyping on the MotoHawk/Woodward toolchain, enabling real-time closed-loop iteration without manual code generation.
  • Ran HIL validation against a steady-state dynamometer to characterise motor performance under load and verify control response against torque-speed targets.
  • Performed system calibration and drive-cycle data analysis to refine control parameters and document performance margins.

Simulink · BLDC control · MotoHawk / Woodward · RCP · HIL · dynamometer

Jul — Dec 2017

Mechanical Engineering Intern

Maruti Suzuki Pvt. Ltd. · India

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  • Assisted in design and validation of CVT systems for 4-cylinder engines.
  • Conducted data acquisition and performance analysis on torque-transfer stability and drivability metrics.
  • Prepared feasibility assessments and technical reports supporting production integration.

CVT design · data acquisition · transmission · powertrain

Projects

Open source & research

MBSE · systems

DSM Optimizer

Spectral clustering and Markov Cluster Algorithm with simulated annealing to partition system dependency matrices — surfacing hidden coupling in large architectures.

DSM · MCL · simulated annealing · Python
Control systems

Power-split hybrid vehicle control

Model Predictive Control strategies optimising battery and engine power sharing across multiple drive cycles.

MATLAB · Simulink · MPC · HEV
Optimisation

Battery sizing for hybrid EVs

Kuhn–Tucker optimisation for battery pack sizing under thermal, energy, and aging constraints.

MATLAB · optimisation · battery · thermal
Architecture study

Propulsion architecture trade-off

ICE, BEV, and PHEV comparison in AMESim — gearbox ratios, motor sizing, and energy utilisation.

AMESim · BEV · PHEV · powertrain
Embedded controls

Electronic throttle control

Closed-loop feedback controller for an electronic throttle body over CAN, with real-time calibration tooling.

CAN · control theory · embedded
Mechanical · SAE BAJA

Custom CVT & gearbox design

Custom CVT and gearbox for an ATV; transmission ratios validated on an inertia dynamometer.

SolidWorks · CVT · dynamometer · SAE

Education

Degrees & certificates

2026

Professional Certificate, MBSE

MIT xPRO — system architecture, DSM, SysML, systems thinking

In progress
2021 — 2023

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Michigan Technological University — control systems, signal processing, V&V, electrification

GPA 3.68
2021 — 2023

Graduate Certificate, Hybrid & EV Engineering

Michigan Tech — hybrid powertrain, BMS, power electronics, electric drives

2015 — 2019

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Savitribai Phule Pune University — SolidWorks, V&V, automotive engineering

About

How I work

I work at the seam between hardware, software, and the system around both. Most of what I've shipped follows the same arc: model the behaviour first (MATLAB/Simulink, AMESim), prove it before hardware exists (HIL/SIL), then carry it to production with the traceability and safety documentation to survive an audit.

The graduate work behind that — Model Predictive Control, battery sizing optimisation, ICE/BEV/PHEV trade studies — still earns its keep daily. And because a fleet in the field generates more truth than any test plan, I build the Python/Azure/Power BI pipelines to listen to it.

Model & simulate

MATLAB/Simulink · AMESim · LabVIEW · HIL/SIL · MPC

Embedded & networks

CAN / J1939 · CANopen · CiA 402 · MotoHawk · Raspberry Pi

Systems & safety

MBSE · SysML · DSM · IEC 61508 (SIL2) · ISO 26262 · V&V

Data

Python · SQL · Azure · Power BI

Contact

Let's talk

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