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  <h1>A systems engineer shaped by aerospace industry, applied research and robotics automation.</h1>
  <p class="lead">My experience spans UAV certification testing, aircraft control laws, smart grid automation, human-drone interaction, simulator documentation and hardware/software verification.</p>
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  <article class="reveal"><span class="date">Jun 2024 – Present · Weiterstadt, Germany</span><h2>Ground Test Engineer · Wingcopter</h2><p>Author TEP/QTP, verification reports and compliance documentation for certification activities. Execute battery characterization campaigns, define SoC/voltage thresholds for Immediate Landing and RTH logic, design dummy-battery architecture, support EMI/EMC tests, SATCOM testing, lighting qualification and ANATEL evidence packages.</p><ul><li>Battery qualification and destructive-test enablement using simulated battery systems.</li><li>UAV conformity taskforce coordination across hardware configuration, BOM traceability and PCBA conformity.</li><li>EMI/EMC campaigns according to CISPR 22/32 and lighting qualification aligned with FAA, DO-160G and ASTM standards.</li></ul></article>
  <article class="reveal"><span class="date">May 2024 – Jun 2024 · Dreieich, Germany</span><h2>Flight Simulation Engineer · Avenger Flight Group</h2><p>Developed EASA-compliant Master-QTG documentation for Airbus A320/A330 simulator maintenance and qualification.</p></article>
  <article class="reveal"><span class="date">Aug 2023 – Feb 2024 · Dortmund, Germany</span><h2>Master Thesis Student · Fraunhofer IML</h2><p>Thesis topic: Nonlinear System Identification and Control using Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamics for Model Predictive Control with evaluation on evoBot. Grade: 1.7.</p><p><a href="https://tu-dortmund.sciebo.de/s/qjEty9YHvae8zrC" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read thesis</a> · <a href="https://github.com/hkharsh786/SINDYc-on-WIP.git" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View code</a></p></article>
  <article class="reveal"><span class="date">Dec 2022 – Apr 2024 · TU Dortmund</span><h2>Graduate Research Assistant · Smart Grid Automation</h2><p>Worked on IEC 61850 and IEC 61970-301 automation tooling, CIMPY 2.4 to 3.0 migration, automated IID generation using ICD templates, and Python framework development for grid connection point and household auto-configuration files.</p></article>
  <article class="reveal"><span class="date">Mar 2022 – Jan 2024 · TU Dortmund</span><h2>Graduate Research Assistant · Human Drone Interaction</h2><p>Created 6DoF IMU datasets for drone swarm gesture-control models, optimized tracking using PID tuning and EKF sensor fusion, migrated ROS swarm-show platform toward ROS2/Crazyswarm and supported NAO/RoboMaster robotics showcases.</p></article>
  <article class="reveal"><span class="date">Jun 2019 – Aug 2021 · Bengaluru, India</span><h2>Executive Aircraft Design / Graduate Engineering Trainee · TATA Advanced Systems</h2><p>Developed autopilot control laws and system architecture for MALE aircraft, designed and tuned PID controllers for small UAV stability, formulated EKF for altitude estimation, supported MIL/SIL/HIL robustness testing, worked on UAV electrical integration, BLDC selection, harness design, BOM, LRU interfaces and reliability improvement.</p></article>
  <article class="reveal"><span class="date">2017 – 2018 · Jamshedpur, India</span><h2>Early industrial and research internships · Tata Steel / NIT Jamshedpur</h2><p>Worked on PLC S7-300/S7-400 learning and automation tasks, motor speed control, and automatic solar water pump modeling using soil moisture feedback.</p></article>
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