Karthikeyan Palanichamy

Karthikeyan Palanichamy is an electrical engineer with over sixteen years of experience in the automotive industry. Karthikeyan specializes in vehicle motion embedded controls and software development for electrification levels ranging from micro-hybrids to battery electric vehicles. His expertise includes feedforward and feedback torque controls, torque distribution strategies for multi-axle systems, and real-time constraints to protect hardware components. He excels in battery power management, propulsion-based power distribution strategies, and powertrain architecture analysis using dynamic equations. Karthikeyan also leverages Matlab GUI tools to analyze data from various testing platforms. In addition to his technical skills, Karthikeyan is proficient in requirements management (DOORS, JAMA), change management (RTC, Jira), and configuration management (Git, Rational Synergy). He has extensive experience in Embedded C and Matlab-Simulink for software design and development, as well as CppU, SIL/HIL simulation, and in-vehicle testing for software verification. His ability to develop multi-domain plant models and perform verification and validation of control software makes him a leader in automotive engineering, driving advancements in electrification and vehicle motion control technologies.