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Pranav Gupta Email: kush924@gmail.

com
Portfolio: www.linkedin.com/in/pranavthapar/ Mobile: +91-7042613151
Github: github.com/kush924
Education
Bachelors of Technology, Electronics and Communication 2021 - 2025

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Punjab, India CGPA: 7.28
Courses: Embedded Systems, Digital System Design, Analog Electronics, Signal & Systems, Modern Control Theory, Information
Communication Theory, Numerical Analysis

PCM & Computer Science, CBSE - AISSCE (Grade XII) 2020



Kamal Model Senior Secondary School, Delhi, India 88.4%
Professional Experience
TekUncorked - Internship Embedded Engineer
• Driver Development | Embedded Linux | Checksum verification | LTE Modules | GNSS Jun 2023 - July 2023
Wurth Elektronik GNSS Module Erinome-II Driver Development and Integration with Existing Real-time Asset
Monitoring System designed for Power Grid Transformers health monitoring.
Position of Responsibility
Electronics and Data Acquisition Engineer - Team Fateh FSAE team
• Transducer Selection, System Design, System Integration, Debugging and Troubleshooting Dec 2021 - present
Leading Design and Development of all Electronic circuit designs including safety circuits and a modular Data
Acquisition system based on Teensy-4.1 designed to work with multiple sensors and CAN bus and also provide visual
feedback to the driver while Storing data in SD card as well as transmitting in real-time using xbee module.
Powertrain Engineer FSAE team
• Wiring Harness Design, Engine Tuning and Maintenance JUN 2022 - present
Designing wiring harness to interface all the different sensors, actuators, DAQ system, and ECU together in a reliable
manner using appropriate connectors, crimps, lugs, and strain-relief techniques. Troubleshooting and Maintenance of
Engine(KTM-390).
Electric Vehicle Design Engineer FSAE team
• Motor & Motor Controller Selection, Accumulator Designing, Safety Circuits Designing Dec 2022 - present
Spearheading ongoing transformation of the formula student Combustion engine team to an Electric team, helping
the High Voltage team in designing the EV powertrain, Designing the Low Voltage safety circuits, pre-charge, and
dis-charge circuits. Mentoring junior teammates in designs, simulations, and verification of their designs.
Embedded Product Design Mentor Student Club
• PLEX- Product Led Experiential Learning Nov 2023 - present
Mentoring junior undergrad students in designing end-to-end products from identifying the requirements to
brainstorming the possible approaches and then finalizing the platform, and programming stack to use. providing
them with material and sites to refer from and helping them troubleshoot their designs.
Technical Skills
• Languages Primary: C / C++ / embedded C, system verilog
Secondary: Python, MATLAB, Verilog, Assembly, processing,
• Board Arduino, Teensy-4.1, STM32-F446ZE, ESP32, ESP8266, Pi pico, Raspberry Pi, Cyclone II
• Tools PCB Design: KiCad, EAGLE, EasyEDA; PCB Simulation: LTSPICE, TinkerCAD, Multisim;
3d Printing: Cura, PrusaSlicer; Misc: Nextion Editor, Rapid Harness, XCTU, Kei, LabVIEW
• Frameworks platformio, VS Code, Git, Github, RTOS, LATEX
• Protocols UART, I2C, SPI, CAN Bus, LoRa, Xbee
• Misc Skills Data Sheet Reading, Weighting Design Decisions, Good Engineering Practices

Awards
Formula Bharat 2024 Kari Motor Speedway - Coimbatore

Curiosum Tech Overall - 3rd JAN 2024
◦ Overall Statics- 1st, Engineering Design Event- 1st, Cost & Manufacturing - 1st
SUPRA SAE INDIA 2023 Buddh Internation circuit - Noida

Maruti Suzuki Overall - 2nd August 2023
◦ Engineering Design- 1st, Autocross- 1st, Acceleration- 2st, Skidpad- 2nd
SUPRA SAE INDIA 2022 Buddh Internation circuit - Noida

Maruti Suzuki Overall - 2nd August 2022
◦ Endurance- 1st, Acceleration- 1st, Engineering Design- 2nd, Best Tuned Engine
Projects
• DATA Acquisition Unit - Low-Cost DAQ unit for a Formula Student Car(ESP 32, CAN
networking{SN65HVD230}, Communication protocols{I2C, SPI, UART}) Designed, developed and deployed a
low-cost and reliable DAQ system to record data of various dynamic parameters of a formula student car, that is used by other
engineers to validate their designs and monitor the performance of the overall car and quantitatively analyze any design change
or improvement in driver performance.

• Telemetry System - Long-Range High-Speed Wireless Telemetry System(ESP 32, Arduino Mega, Xbee S2C,
LoRa, Processing, Communication protocols{I2C, SPI, UART}) Designed wireless telemetry system to transmit high
frequency data packets(upto 50Hz) for long range communication to a Base station. The base station ’Supervisor’ node device
can be used to translate setting changes or inflict operations on the telemetry station device.

• Engine Harness - Designed Lightweight, Low Cost and Reliable Harness for Professional Motorsports wiring
(Software Tool: Rapid Harness; skills: crimping, soldering, connector selection) Designed and Installed Professional
autosport grade wiring harness with individual selection of each component and implementation of good engineering practices
like strain relief at each vulnerable point, leading to a reliable and long-lasting high-performance harness design.

• BSPD Circuit - Designed Safety Circuit for Vehicles (Software Tool: KiCad, EasyEDA, LTSPICE) Designed
safety circuit for vehicles to constantly monitor the sensor data of brake pressure sensor and throttle position sensor to make
sure both the systems are working properly. The system shuts off the car if any implausibility is detected in the data

• LoRa Detect - Detection of LoRa Messages using SDR(RTL-SDR) on GNU Radio (Software Tool: GNU
Radio on Ubuntu) Detection of LoRa communication for preventing misuse in high-risk areas, gr-Lora project by rpp0 used
for deploying physical layer of LoRa comm protocol on the RTL-SDR.

• ECU Configuration - Basic Configuration and analysis of data from a custom ECU(Software Tool:
PE3Monitor, PEViewer; ECU: PE3-8400P) Configuration of engine settings, debugging, and recorded engine data
collection from PE3 ECU using PE3Monitor, Plotting and visualization of CSV file data using PEViewer.

• Line follower - Maze solving IR line follower(Arduino nano, H-bridge Motor Driver(TB6612FNG), Magnetic
Encoders(Hall Effect); Software Tool: Arduino IDE, VS code, Platformio) Designed maze-solving IR line follower
with 8 IR LEDs, using PID control loop and motor encoder for high-speed line following and implemented LSRB algorithm to
solve a maze and store the fastest maze path in memory.

• BL Touch - Automatic Bed Levelling for FDM 3d-printers(VS code, Platformio, Marlin) Added auto bed leveling
functionality to a personal Ender-3 FDM printer using a probe-based proximity sensor to skew the 3d design in G-code to be
paralleled to the non-linear topological matrix of the build surface instead of the rudimentary method of paralleling the build
plate by feeler gauge and spring loaded mounting bolts.

• Star Guide - Design of a crude Telescope pointer.(Arduino Uno, Joysticks, Matrix Numpad, Servos, Wokwi)
Designed a crude two-degree-of-freedom telescope pointer that can take input Star coordinates in the form of Azimuth and
Elevation Angles or can be controlled directly using linear potentiometer joysticks.

• Solar Panel Cleaner - Bluetooth-controlled 4-wheeled Solar Panel Cleaner Robot.(Arduino Uno, H-Bridge
Motor Driver(L298), Bluetooth to Serial UART Module(HC05) Designed a 4-wheeled crude solar panel cleaner robot
with a roller brush and vipers, controlled remotely by a bluetooth app.

Products
Sheer cell Tester Freelance
• ESP32, Load Cell, Arduino IDE, Excel, Stepper Motor, Stepper Motor Driver May 2022 - July 2023
Designed electronics of a setup to acquire force measurement data using bar Load Cells to determine the sheer stress
required for the flow of sample powder at different normal stress. Sheer cells are used extensively in research and
industry to determine Powder Flow Functions and flow-ability of powders.
Impedance Tube Development Reserch and Development
• NI LabVIEW, DAQ-MX, GRAS freefield Microphone, cDAQ-9174, NI-9232, NI-9263 May 2023 - Dec 2023
Designed a low-cost two-mic impedance tube setup for acoustic measurements of the sample, providing
high-resolution data of the absorption coefficient vs frequency of the material, developed in-house specifically for
testing the effectiveness of 3D-printed acoustic meta-materials.
Smart Energy Management(in development) Mentoring
• Mentoring, Team Building, Work Delegation, Feedback, Troubleshooting Dec 2022 - present
Mentoring and guiding junior undergraduate students in designing and deploying an end-to-end finish product for
monitoring the presence of people in a room and controlling the air-conditioner to optimize the AC run time and
minimize the use of electricity.

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