▪ Own end-to-end mechanical system design for EV battery packs, including enclosure packaging, cell/module layout, liquid cooling architecture, and sealing solutions — all tailored to meet stringent customer performance, safety, and integration requirements.

▪ Lead global cross-functional engineering teams, providing mechanical design direction to ensure key system-level targets are met, including power density, thermal efficiency, structural integrity, mass, and cost — all aligned with customer expectations.

▪ Partner closely with Supply Chain and Cost Engineering teams to drive design-for-manufacturability and cost optimization, achieving BOM cost targets without compromising reliability or performance.

▪ Maintain full project visibility by tracking open items and proactively communicating progress, risks, and mitigation plans to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring on-time delivery and alignment across all engineering and business functions.

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP :

▪ Ownership of design and development of module and battery system for Gen 2 product with strong focus on increasing battery range by ~10%, improving reliability and reducing cost by 15%

▪ Spearheaded development of the Battery Thermal Management System from scratch, expanding operating temperature range by 45% and unlocking ~40% additional market opportunity

▪ Worked with testing teams to validate multiple design iterations and optimize test setups to meet UL9540A thermal runaway requirements, enabling safe product deployment for residential applications.

▪ Collaborated closely with manufacturing to develop and optimize structural adhesive specifications using Design of Experiments (DOE), validating multiple iterations to establish the optimal glue volume tolerance while ensuring required structural strength and production robustness

PEOPLE LEADERSHIP :

▪ Led and managed a team of 9 Engineers and oversee Battery Pack and Vehicle Structures development efforts

▪ Provided technical mentoring and conducting design reviews to ensure efficient designs being released by identifying and resolving issues early in the design phase

PROGRAM LEADERSHIP :

▪ Championed the cross functional efforts to define & streamline the Change Control - ECRs, ECO and ECN process

▪ Developed robust engineering release processes including Design Reviews, manufacturing DFM reviews and Supplier Drawing Reviews

▪ Collaborated with Quality to create an organization level issue resolution process using 8D approach for recording and resolving issues effectively

▪ Improved the upward reporting of key team level KPIs which was further benchmarked by other Engineering teams including KPIs - Design compliance, Design progress, Engineering issues

▪ Supported manufacturing by rapidly resolving production line issues and providing engineering inputs and deviations to mitigate quality risks and improve production yield

PROGRAM & PRODUCT LEADERSHIP:

(Owning end-to-end development, validation, and launch readiness)

▪ Ownership of full battery system design and development from concept through production launch for Gen 1 and Gen 2 products

▪ Led component- and system-level DFMEA with cross-functional teams, ensuring all high-risk items were mitigated prior to design release

▪ Spearheaded DV and PV prototype build activities, proactively tracking issues in JIRA and driving resolution to support successful product validation and launch

▪ Responsible for comprehensive DV/PV test planning and execution, including mechanical, thermal, and electrical abuse testing at component, module, and pack levels

▪ Regularly engaged with system engineering, quality, supply chain, contract manufacturers, and suppliers to resolve program-level technical and execution risks

MANUFACTURING & SUPPLIER EXECUTION LEADERSHIP

(Driving production readiness, DFM, and contract manufacturer success)

▪ Worked directly with contract manufacturer Foxconn to resolve 150+ assembly and supplier quality issues during the product launch phase

▪ Collaborated with internal and contract manufacturing teams to optimize designs using DFX principles (DFM, DFA), enabling a successful production ramp up by 3 times.

▪ Resolved critical manufacturing line issues using root cause analysis, DOE, and validation, improving production quality and robustness

PEOPLE & TEAM LEADERSHIP:

(Leading teams, mentoring engineers, and ensuring technical excellence)

▪ Led and managed a team of 4 engineers and technicians overseeing battery pack design and development

▪ Provided technical mentoring and conducted design reviews to ensure compliance with component and system-level requirements

▪ Ownership of design & development of battery enclosures & structural components and assisting team to design their structural components to meet shock and vibe requirements (UN38.8 and SAE J2380)

▪ Designed and developed robust sealing solution for the battery pack to meet ingress protection requirements (IP66k) and environmental loads (ISO-16750)

▪ Provided guidance to other teams for designing and meeting their sealing requirements.

▪ Conducted design of experiments (DOE) to identify key test parameters and specs for the EOL leak test for the battery packs

▪ Collaborate cross-functionally with design, quality, and manufacturing engineers to suggest design and/or process improvements and to address reliability & durability issues using 7-Step or 8D methodologies

▪ Spear-headed the Design and aligned a 30-member cross-functional team including testing, manufacturing, quality, supply chain & servicing expediting the development & product release to meet the latest emission standards

▪ Collaborated with sample shop to build rapid prototypes enabling quick design validation and development

▪ Expanded the use of analytical tools like FEA for Simulation based Product Design to correlate the real-world data & to simulate failures early in design phase minimizing failures later in development cycle

▪ Partnered with manufacturing & global supply chain function at early design phase & resolved related issues proactively improving manufacturability & minimizing the tooling development cost and time

▪ Developed & managed 26 technical product requirements by executing related DVPR tasks at each development phase to ensure product meets the requirements and authored several technical reports