Jan 2019 – Dec 2022 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Goa, India

Feb 2016 – Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Mountain View, CA

• Supporting the self driving car team with thermal challenges.

Feb 2013 – Jan 2016 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Fremont, CA

• Developed thermal solutions for customers in networking and IC industry. Responsible for complete product cycle from design concept to delivery.
• Designed thermal solutions based on air cooled heat sinks, thermoelectric coolers (TEC), cartridge heaters etc.
• Performed thermal and mechanical modeling using Solidworks to predict performance of proposed solution.
• Experience with feedback control systems, lab testing and product trouble shooting.

Feb 2008 – Jan 2013 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Arizona and Oregon

• Developed equipment and processes for stress testing (Burn In and Environmental stress) of Intel packages, wafers and test chips to meet outgoing quality goals.
• Demonstrated process stability, capability for 4 different NPIs (new product introductions) and transferred to high volume manufacturing.
• Consulted internal partner organization as resident expert in Burn In equipment development for 1.5 years.
• Collaborated with 4 US and Asia based vendors for new tooling development, resolution of 4 separate task forces and managing critical program milestones.

Jan 2006 – Dec 2007 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gainesville, Florida

• Developed a prototype flexible heat pipe for Master’s Thesis research funded by NASA. Project involved experimental and analytical work to understand the two phase flow through porous media.
• Teaching Assistant for undergraduate courses in Heat Transfer and Engineering Mathematics; responsible for homework and exam evaluations, homework help etc.

Jun 2005 – Sep 2005 · 3 mos · Sweden

• • Addressed the persistent problem of discrepancy between energy input and output of a biomass fed plant. Work involved the detailed study and analysis of various energy flows in the plant. Published as Master’s thesis titled ‘Energy Balance of Combined Heat and Power Plant’.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 · 1 yr

Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr

• 30% reduction in set up time achieved using Kaizen principles that resulted in productivity improvement on the camshaft line bottleneck tool.