Systems & Electrification Engineer - EV powertrain, MBSE architecture, embedded controls, and data engineering from concept through production.
01 - About
Engineer at the intersection of hardware, software, and systems - turning complex electrification requirements into production-ready designs.
I'm Chanchal Dhiman, a Systems & Electrification Engineer currently leading mechatronic product development programs at Tennant Company using MBSE methodology. My work lives where hardware, software, and systems-level thinking converge.
My academic foundation spans hybrid & EV powertrain, control theory, and simulation - including graduate research in Model Predictive Control, battery sizing optimisation, and ICE/BEV/PHEV architecture trade-off studies.
End-to-end toolkit: MATLAB/Simulink modelling, HIL/SIL validation, Python automation, SQL querying and dashboard development, Azure data pipelines with real-time Power BI monitoring, and hands-on embedded prototyping with CAN/J1939.
02 - Skills
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03 - Experience
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04 - Projects
Open source tools and graduate research spanning electrification, systems engineering, and embedded controls.
Open Source & Recent Work
Real-time CAN bus debugger with native protocol decoding for CiA 301 (CANopen), CiA 402 (motion control), and J1939 (heavy vehicle networks). Built for rapid signal tracing and fault isolation across multi-node industrial and automotive systems.
Design Structure Matrix tool applying spectral clustering and Markov Cluster Algorithm (MCL) with Simulated Annealing to partition complex system dependency matrices -- reducing interface complexity and surfacing hidden coupling in large-scale engineering architectures.
Academic & R&D Projects
MPC strategies for hybrid vehicles optimising battery and engine power sharing across multiple drive cycles.
Kuhn-Tucker optimisation for battery pack sizing under thermal, energy, and aging constraints.
ICE, BEV, and PHEV comparison in AMESim -- gearbox ratios, motor sizing, and energy utilisation.
Closed-loop feedback controller for an electronic throttle body via CAN and real-time calibration tools.
Custom CVT and gearbox for an ATV. Validated transmission ratios on an inertia dynamometer.
Raspberry Pi integration with sensors for motion control, real-time data logging, and robotic feedback loops.
05 - Contact
Actively exploring roles in systems engineering, electrification, controls, and R&D -- open to any industry, remote, hybrid, or relocation for the right opportunity.