Jul 2018 – May 2024 · 5 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Worked in all phases of the design process for a multitude of products, components, parts, assemblies and subassemblies, including drafting, dimensioning, tolerancing, prototyping and documenting results.
• Design for Six Sigma - Green Belt certified (Hardware), Used Statistical Process Control and Process Capability (Cp/Cpk) to make data driven decision for high volume products
• Hands-on Experience in Advanced Manufacturing Process including CNC, Sheet Forming, 3D Printing, Injection Molding.
• Responsibilities include dealing with suppliers, sourcing teams, developing new processes, conducting DOEs to validate process capability, qualifying processes for mass production, and completing Audits for SOP compliance.

Dec 2016 – May 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Co-Leading a team of 20 members to build India’s 1st driverless car (prize money –$1 million)
• One of the 11 finalists out of 259 teams (IV Level); received a Mahindra E2O electric car for development
• Designed a prototype of 4 wheel electric car, implemented control module and electronic differential

Sep 2016 – Nov 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Leading a team of 12 students to build a multitasking robot with a budget of INR 1.5 million
• Won the World Finals at Tampa, Florida USA (awared - $6000)
• Won & Co-authored “Advanced Manufacturing” and “Predictive Design & Simulation” poster challenge
• Functionalized control for the robot that could run, climb stair, throw & kick ball and lift weight

Aug 2016 – Sep 2016 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Ideated and designed a remotely controlled compact bomb defusing bot for the Indian Army
• Showcased the working of prototype in 17th India International Security Expo 2016, New Delhi
• Built a military grade remote operated robot with video feedback capabilities and robotic arm

May 2016 – May 2018 · 2 yrs · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Responsible for funding and sponsorship required for the competitions and technical projects
• Managed and created a brain storming session for innovative ideas for the summer projects
• Mentored 22 first year students for 4 technical projects: Solar Panel cleaning bot, Dehumidifier, Automatic GSM-GPS enabled room cleaning bot and 3D scanner

May 2016 – Jul 2016 · 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Project 1: NC-code generation for wire-cutting of thin slots in a circular pattern on a disc
• Project 2 : Machinability Database Development with Automatic NC-code Generation for 3-axis 5-axis Milling experiments Developed a VB application for Design of Experiment (DoE) generation of 3-axis and 5-axis slot milling experiments.

Jan 2016 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Rochester, Michigan, USA

• The vehicle ‘SeDriCa’ participated in all three events and secured first place in the Autonomous Navigation Challenge, second place in the Design Challenge, second place in the Interoperability Profiles Challenge and were placed first (overall) in the pool of 29 participating teams from 5 different countries.
• The problem statement is to build a fully autonomous unmanned ground robotic vehicle must negotiate around an outdoor obstacle course under a prescribed time while maintaining a minimum of speed of one mph over a section and a maximum speed limit of five mph, remaining within the lane, and avoiding the obstacles on the course

Aug 2015 – Apr 2016 · 8 mos · Hostel-7, IIT Bombay

• Taking up a responsibility of all technical activities including GCs, Tech room etc and maintain a flexible environment of tech in hostels. Interact with institute tech council and get all tech facilities avail to hostelmates

Jan 2015 – Feb 2015 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Worked with marketing manager for ideating sponsored companies requirement
• Created database for e-commerce companies for sponsoring in E-Summit’15
• Developed effective communication and convincing skills in the process of contacting the sponsors

Dec 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Managed competitions in Asia’s largest technical festival
• Developed Problem statement and Manual Presentation for the IRC Competition organized by the Techfest.
• Finalized the deal with technical Workshop companies and d 3 technical workshop.
• Planned competition arena and handled 180+ teams for the Block worrier competition all 3 days

Nov 2014 – Dec 2014 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Worked in a big fat team of Asia’s largest cultural festival Dec 2014
• Negotiated with food vendors to get the best deals from them
• Ensured the distribution of food in 10 different events during the fest and efficient dispersal of food coupons.