Pradeepkumar Kandasamy

About Pradeepkumar Kandasamy

I work on electronics that cannot fail.My specialization is designing and validating safety-critical hardware used in industrial automation and medical devices — systems that must pass certification, survive harsh environments, and operate reliably for years in the field.Over the years I have worked across the complete product lifecycle: from schematic design to certification testing, failure investigation, and production release. My focus is not only making hardware function, but ensuring it remains safe, compliant, and predictable under electrical stress conditions such as ESD, EFT, surge, radiated emissions, and environmental exposure.I have hands-on experience with:• Functional safety & risk engineering (ISO 14971, FMEA, FTA, HAZOP)• Medical & industrial compliance (IEC 60601, IEC series)• EMI/EMC debugging & mitigation• Failure root cause analysis & reliability improvement• High-speed memory interface validation (DDR/LPDDR)• Embedded communication interfaces in harsh environments (RS485, CAN, Ethernet)• Hardware verification & validation methodology• Production readiness & change controlI am particularly interested in understanding why electronic systems fail in real-world conditions and designing architectures that prevent those failures.Currently contributing exploration of safety-critical electronics, helping teams build certifiable and reliable products rather than repeatedly fixing late-stage failures.

Experience

1. R & d Hardware Design Engineer

   ABB

   Oct 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   R&D Hardware Engineer — Sub Station Automation /Industrial Automation (Safety-Critical)• Led validation of functional safety I/O modules ensuring compliance readiness• Investigated immunity failures during ESD/EFT testing and implemented hardware mitigation• Defined verification methodology for subsystem reliability testing• Collaborated with certification teams to close compliance gaps before formal testing• Performed hardware failure analysis and corrective design implementation

Education

• Erode Sengunthar Engineering College

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

  2012 — 2016

• State Board School Examinations (Sec.) & Board of Higher Secondary Examinations, Tamil Nadu (TNSB)

  HSC, Higher Education

  2010 — 2012

Skills

• Management
• Engineering
• Biomedical Device Design
• Scada
• Pcb Design
• Microsoft Excel
• Matlab
• Leadership
• Plc Siemens
• C
• Electrical Engineering
• Field Instruments
• Research
• Project Management
• Protus
• Plc Allen Bradley
• Microsoft Office
• Labview