Bhagyashree Dhande
About Bhagyashree Dhande
Bhagyashree Dhande is a Test and Reliability Team Lead at Motional, with a background in electrical engineering and extensive experience in product validation and design changes in the automotive sector.
Current Role at Motional
Bhagyashree Dhande serves as the Test and Reliability Team Lead at Motional, a position she has held since 2020. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing testing and reliability processes, ensuring that products meet high standards of performance and safety. Her work contributes to the development of autonomous vehicle technology, focusing on the reliability of systems and components.
Previous Experience at TE Connectivity
Before joining Motional, Bhagyashree Dhande worked at TE Connectivity from 2016 to 2020 as a Senior Product Engineer. During her four years in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area, she provided technical guidance and proposed design changes based on validation and verification of automotive communication products and antenna designs. She also held the position of Test Engineering Intern at TE Connectivity for three months in 2015.
Experience at Cummins Inc.
Bhagyashree Dhande worked as an Electronics Engineer at Cummins Inc. for one year in Pune Area, India, from 2012 to 2013. In this role, she contributed to the development and testing of electronic systems, gaining valuable experience in the automotive industry.
Academic Background
Bhagyashree Dhande earned her Master's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, studying from 2014 to 2015. Prior to that, she completed her Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Instrumentation and Control at the College of Engineering Pune from 2008 to 2012. Her academic background has provided her with a strong foundation in engineering principles.
Research and Development Contributions
During her tenure as a Graduate Research Assistant at UNC Charlotte from 2014 to 2015, Bhagyashree Dhande developed in-house signal integrity tests for infotainment product qualification and validation, adhering to IATF16949 standards. She also designed and implemented an artificial intelligence safety system for chamber monitoring and fault trigger control to mitigate fire hazards. Additionally, she authored technical test reports and laboratory documents to verify product reliability and quality.