Vijay Michael, M.S.

Architecture, change-control process and validation methodology →

• Directed iterative delivery of an automated trading system running three concurrent strategy variants plus paper-traded shadow engines, with acceptance criteria defined per variant.
• Prioritised a ~20-experiment backlog against statistical power analysis and cancelled candidates that failed significance testing, including one whose entire backtested return traced to a single outlier session.
• Established an additive-only change-management process for a production system handling live capital, gating every release on a 90+ check automated regression suite spanning dependency-injection ordering, state isolation, failure containment and performance budgets.
• Required byte-level hash verification of all 167 existing files before deployment to prove non-interference.
• Led root-cause analysis on production incidents and converted each finding into permanent automated coverage.
• Traced three days of silent data loss to an undocumented launcher dependency, then encoded the failure mode as a regression test rather than a runbook note, eliminating recurrence.
• Translated ambiguous strategy requirements into testable specifications and stakeholder-facing analytics dashboards.
• Enabled data-driven go/no-go decisions across a 46-day evaluation window, surfacing statistically inconclusive results instead of reporting them as wins.

• Primary liaison between customer engineering teams, suppliers, internal leadership and manufacturing partners to ensure alignment on project scope, requirements and deliverables.
• Managed complex, cross-functional multi-phase product development programs from concept through production, ensuring quality release and faster time-to-market.
• Led requirements gathering sessions with OEM clients, translating technical and business needs into actionable specifications, documentation and project plans.
• Produced detailed reports, designs and status updates for stakeholders, ensuring transparency across engineering, operations and leadership teams.
• Coordinated change management activities, ensuring accurate documentation, communication and implementation across internal and external teams.
• Analysed performance, cost and feasibility data to support decision making and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Managed vendor relationships, ensuring timely delivery, quality compliance and alignment with project objectives.
• Supported business development by contributing technical insights, feasibility assessments and cost optimisation strategies.

• Managed multimillion-dollar development programs, coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, suppliers and OEM customers.
• Led stakeholder meetings, technical reviews and requirement gathering sessions to ensure alignment on project goals, timelines and deliverables.
• Developed and maintained project documentation including specifications, reports, risk assessments and change logs.
• Analysed engineering and performance data to generate insights, support decision making and optimise product and process outcomes.
• Drove continuous improvement initiatives that reduced development time, improved quality and increased profitability.
• Coordinated EBOM/MBOM updates, engineering changes and communication across internal teams and external partners.
• Supported launch programs for multiple OEMs across program, cost, manufacturing, quality and process improvement.

• Automotive crash management specialist developing high-strength aluminium structures for federal safety regulation including FMVSS, IIHS, CMVSS and ECR.
• Forming simulation and crash analysis of 7xxx and 6xxx aluminium alloys using Hypermesh and LS-DYNA, guiding tooling concepts for serial production with knowledge transfer from prototyping.
• Reviewed customer SOR/RFQ, technical specifications and BOM to assess manufacturing feasibility, proposing and evaluating design changes against customer requirements.
• Worked with CAD designers and manufacturing specialists on value analysis and value engineering.
• Delivered development, testing and technical reports supporting the product team and alignment with customer requirements.

• Managed the safety team delivering battery pack designs with FEA tools for a hybrid vehicle program.
• Optimised and developed battery packs by analysing the business requirements.

• Conducted customer reviews and optimised designs using FEA tools to meet performance, cost and weight requirements.
• Designed and developed black-box products including vehicle bumper systems and components.
• Coordinated with test and product engineers to correlate simulation against physical crash test results.

• Gathered requirements from NVH and crash safety teams, performed analysis and delivered component-level and full-vehicle morphing of a car model.