Mar 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

May 2022 – Aug 2022 · 3 mos · Mountain View, California, United States

• Aided product design and development of fully autonomous home cleaning bot for EVT gate
• Designed and built an anechoic and noise testing chamber for device testing and benchmarking
• Characterized and selected components and sensors for EVT release with comprehensive testing
• Fabricated test setups including MCU programming and sensor integration for humidity sensing in the vacuum circuit

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Led mechanical development of a soft controllable endo-vascular medical device prototype to help aid severe trauma and fatal blood loss

Mar 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Redesigned and developed mechanical subsystems and 20+ components for mass production including GD and T, User Research, Prototyping and Design for Manufacturing
• Achieved product cost targets and FDA compliant US launch deadline by building jigs and fixtures for assembly and internal inspection
• Created and released technical packages including 50+ component and assembly drawings, ECN across 8+ revisions for contract manufacturing
• Mentored a team of 4 new design engineers towards skill development and performance ramp-up through technical trainings and reviews
• Designed testing requirements for compliance with IEC 60601, 61010 standards for product safety and ASTM D7386, D4169 for shipment performance

Sep 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Conducted transmission integration and design of peripheral components for 3 vehicle platforms from prototype to pilot builds
• Coordinated technical releases including 10+ drawings, fitment and assembly trials and sign-offs among cross-functional stakeholders
• Saved up to 200,000 USD in development costs by formulating a framework for gear-shift lever homogenization across vehicle platforms

Aug 2016 – Jul 2017 · 11 mos

• Industrial Stint: Propagated the GM Global Manufacturing System at the Plant Body Shop reducing redundancies in understanding through training and auditing of 25+ shop-floor supervisors
• Product Planning Stint: Identified upcoming launch and feature trends in India through bench-marking, forecasting tools and Customer Perceived Value charts
• Design Engineering stint: Aided development of a new fatigue FEA toolkit by performing a thorough sensitivity study of stressed notched samples with the Computer Aided Engineering team

May 2015 – Jun 2015 · 1 mo · India

• Using time studies, element based work charts, analysed the performance of different production processes, and produced an analytical report on machine idle time and breakdowns.
• Identified non-value adding operations and suggested modifications in machine as well as shop layout for reduction in cycle time.

May 2014 – Jun 2014 · 1 mo · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Conducted cost wise Pareto analysis focused on optimization of the standard helical gearbox design. Studied various components and involved manufacturing processes.
• Suggested modifications and alternate designs for gearbox casing, gears and bearings used based on Pareto analysis of gearbox component costs, to reduce the overall cost and weight, without compromising on performance and service life.