Sai Ram Pappu
About Sai Ram Pappu
Sai Ram Pappu is an Autonomous Vehicle Validation Engineer II at Motional, where he has worked since 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has a diverse background in systems engineering and validation across several automotive companies, including General Motors and FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
Work at Motional
Sai Ram Pappu has been employed at Motional as an Autonomous Vehicle Validation Engineer II since 2020. He is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he engages in the validation of autonomous vehicles. His responsibilities include debugging errors by analyzing CAN logs using the Vector CANoe tool and coordinating the setup and maintenance of advanced automotive test equipment. He develops comprehensive test procedures for vehicle integration and track testing, ensuring that all associated requirements and design documentation are fully verified.
Previous Employment Experience
Prior to his role at Motional, Sai Ram Pappu held several positions in the automotive and technology sectors. He worked as a Systems Engineer at Genpact from 2013 to 2014 in Hyderabad, India. He then served as a Systems Validation Engineer-HIL at FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for 11 months in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and as an Active Safety - Feature Validation Engineer at General Motors in 2017. Additionally, he worked as an Autonomous - System Validation Engineer at General Motors from 2018 to 2019.
Education and Expertise
Sai Ram Pappu earned a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Western Michigan University, where he studied from 2015 to 2016. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, completed from 2009 to 2013. His educational background is complemented by various internships, including an Electrical Engineering Intern position at Pantech Solutions Pvt Ltd and an internship at Krest Technologies.
Technical Skills and Responsibilities
In his current role, Sai Ram Pappu regularly engages autonomous vehicles in AV mode on local test tracks. He creates test paths in RC software based on logical scenarios and utilizes test equipment such as Guided Soft Target (GST) and driverless platform Sync Omni from AB Dynamics. He collects data logs from the AV stack and verifies timestamps to ensure accuracy. Additionally, he provides weekly metrics on test development and execution progress using the JIRA tracking tool.
Early Education
Sai Ram Pappu completed his Intermediate studies at Sri Chaitanya Junior Kalasala, focusing on Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry from 2007 to 2009. He also obtained his Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from Dilsukhnagar Public School, where he studied Science and Mathematics from 1997 to 2007.