Andrew Tan

I authored requirements, performed FMEAs, and executed V&V activities for safety-critical systems, enabling Aurora’s operating design domain for the first L4-autonomous class-8 truck and 2 future generations optimized for scale. • Derived Safety of the Intended Functionality (SOTIF) and Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs) for thermal and audio systems, ensuring Fault Handling Time Intervals (FHTI) met the Fault Tolerant Time Intervals (FTTI). • Developed module-level requirements for ASIL D components, as the primary point of contact with multiple external partners, and led weekly reviews with stakeholders until alignment. • Pioneered process improvement initiatives for requirements exchange and technical alignment with international Tier 1 suppliers, significantly reducing integration lead times by 3x, from 3 days to 1 day. • Performed Failure Mode and Effects Analyses for 3 hardware generations across 3 vehicle platforms, to identify functional, safety, and performance gaps, with ≥ 99% of all single-point faults covered by safety mechanisms. • Designed Fault Detection and Response (FDR) logic for safety-critical thermal systems, ensuring system transition to a Safe State within the FTTI under single-point fault conditions. • Led Safety Validation activities by executing detailed vehicle-level test plans, providing objective evidence for the Safety Case to support L4 deployment on public roads.

I verified, validated, and signed off on Waymo's Chrysler Pacifica platform in Arizona, one of Waymo's first customer facing driverless services, and on the Jaguar I-Pace platform in San Francisco, a project that I was heavily involved with since Waymo's very first I-Pace. • Verified all Waymo autonomous platforms’ operational capabilities for thermal cooling controls, high voltage battery cycling, NVH, user experience, and reliability • Created and led daily verification tests for 50+ safety critical features, allowing daily operation on public roads for customers, by allocating testing personnel at multiple test locations • Owned Alpha, Beta, Production hardware V&V, including module schedules, resource needs, and high-visibility dashboards for tracking performance metrics • Created and managed reliability tests up to 3x life involving accelerated aging, thermal cycling, 4 corners, loss of communications, fallback responses, serviceability, and safety regulation • Created and executed 20,000+ software unit tests, Hardware-In-the-Loop tests, and end-to-end vehicle integration tests, with 93% automation, streamlined for monthly execution

My team developed a solution to research living conditions on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. Our device collects a stratified ice sample from under the surface of Europa and brings it back to Earth for research. This device is designed extensively through CAD modeling, additive manufacturing, and machining. We showcased and tested our device at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston, TX in June 2018. • Led a team of undergraduate Mechanical and Electrical Engineers to propose and manufacture a cylindrical, calescent, ice-core extractor that operates in 0-degree Celsius water • Presented and contributed to the PDR, FDR, Systems Engineering analysis and customer demonstration to NASA astronauts at the NBL

• Assisted in developing a wearable energy harvesting system for a Marine to reduce logistics of battery resupply • Prototyped tactical power loggers for electronics used in military field operations to evaluate harvesting requirements using SolidWorks and 3D printing • Reverse engineering complicated parts with 3D Scanning CMM including a FaroArm • Approved for Department of Defense Secret clearance

• Proposed design modifications to mobile biometric identification devices, including components such as iris scanner, fingerprint sensor, camera, card reader, software and hardware interfaces • Developed prototypes with the use of AutoCAD drawings • Implemented process improvements after performing failure analyses on defective and returned devices • Debugged and appended company software onto Android interface with C programming • Created user guides and reference manuals for customers and suppliers