# Atharva Mahabaleshwarkar

> Research and Innovation @ Noah Medical | Surgical Robotics | Medical Devices

Location: San Carlos, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/atharvamahabaleshwarkar

## Work Experience
### Senior R&D Engineer @ Noah Medical
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Product Development Engineer II @ Midwest Interventional Systems, Inc.
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

### Product Development Engineer I @ Midwest Interventional Systems, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

### Graduate Research Assistant @ University of Minnesota
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Toyota Programmable System Innovation Fellowship: Design of Active Materials & Structures Lab
Research Topic: Forward and Inverse Design of Programmable Surfaces from Active Knitted Textiles
•Established an additive manufacturing procedure to create shape memory alloy multi-functional structures
•Fabricated and processed Nitinol knitted textiles to understand 3D deformations and kinematic motions of the textile
•Implemented imaging techniques like digital image correlation for material characterization of SMA active textiles
•Developed a forward and an inverse design tool to predict Nitinol textile performance using a custom MATLAB model

### Graduate Student @ University of Minnesota
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Minnesota
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
ME 3221: Fundamentals of Design and Manufacturing

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Minnesota
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
ME 3221: Fundamentals of Design and Manufacturing

### Product Design and Development Student Consultant @ Medtronic
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
•Collaborated with a cross-functional team in the Structural Heart Division to develop a design and manufacturing workflow for a Nitinol based implantable cardiovascular device
•Responsible for end to end product design from concept realization to manufacturing validation and testing
•Collaborated with pulmonologists and interventional cardiologists to develop minimally invasive, transvascular deployment strategies 
•	Developed a business model to predict market penetration and revenue potential of the device

### Project Trainee @ Mercedes-Benz India Pvt. Ltd.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Pune, Maharashtra, India
•	Supported and collaborated with after sales and logistics division to streamline vehicle delivery and maintenance processes 
•	Involved in post-production operations and pre-delivery standard quality inspections 
•	Collected, classified and analyzed vehicle dispatch data to improve process efficiency and monitoring compliance by minimizing systemic delays

### Team Captain @ Team Kraftwagen
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Pune, Maharashtra, India
•Lead a team of 25 engineers & supervised the finances, project timelines & overall project management responsibilities
Team Achievements at BAJA SAE India 2018 (e-BAJA Division) :
•1st in Computer-Aided Engineering (Technical Event)

### Technical Team Member @ Team Kraftwagen
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Pune, Maharashtra, India
•Lead the chassis design & manufacturing team with hands-on experience with welding, laser cutting & metal machining
•Worked on the design, fabrication and integration of the Li-ion battery compartment to ensure optimal cooling
•Implemented root cause analysis (RCA), FMEA tools to mitigate risks and failures in design and manufacturing processes

Team Achievements at BAJA SAE India 2017 (e-BAJA Division) :
•Overall Championship


## Education
### Masters in Mechanical Engineering
University of Minnesota

### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Mechanical Engineering
Savitribai Phule Pune University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/atharvam

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Last updated: 2026-04-13