# Harmanpreet Singh

> Chief Engineer | End-to-End Product Development | Driving Cross Functional Innovation - EV, Energy & Autonomous Applications

Location: Fremont, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/harmanpreet

I am an engineering leader focused on building and scaling electro-mechanical systems from concept to production. My work sits at the intersection of mechanical design, thermal management, and system integration—driving products that meet demanding performance, safety, and manufacturing requirements.

I bring end-to-end ownership across electro-mechanical system development, including architecture definition, structural design, cooling system design, validation and production ramp-up. I’ve led cross-functional teams spanning mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, and suppliers to deliver complex electro-mechanical systems in both automotive and industrial sectors including autonomous, EV and AI applications.

My experience includes:
	•	Leading development of HV battery packs and subsystems across multiple programs
	•	Driving design decisions balancing cost, performance, safety, and manufacturability
	•	Executing validation strategies including thermal, structural, and abuse testing 
	•	Working closely with global teams and suppliers to scale from prototype to production

I am particularly interested in building next-generation hardware systems—whether in EVs, energy storage, robotics, or AI infrastructure—where tight integration between mechanical, electrical, and thermal systems is critical.

## Work Experience
### Chief Engineer, North America Product Center @ Gotion Inc.
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
▪	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.

### Mechanical Engineering Manager - HV Battery & Vehicle Structures @ Moxion Power
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Richmond, CA
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

### Mechanical Engineering Lead / Manager - High Voltage Battery System @ Monarch Tractor
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Livermore, CA
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

### Senior Mechanical Engineer - High Voltage Battery Systems @ Monarch Tractor
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Livermore, California, United States
▪ 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

### Senior Engineer - Aftertreatment Systems @ Cummins Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States
▪ 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

### Product Design Engineer - Aftertreatment System @ Cummins Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Stoughton, Wisconsin
▪ 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

### Intern - Interiors Engineering @ Tesla
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Fremont, California
▪ Enabled cost savings of USD 2.2 million by implementing a design change in interiors hard trims for Model S
▪ Improved product quality by 21% by resolving a safety critical field issue for Model-3 interior hard trims 
▪ Conducted benchmark study for interiors hard and soft trim components for Model-Y and estimated should costs that enabled frugal designs and better supplier negotiations

### Co-op - Product Design, Aftertreatment System @ Cummins Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Stoughton, Wisconsin
▪ Designed, analysed, manufactured & validated after-treatment mounting bracket for on-highway products
▪ Submitted 3 Invention Disclosures as a Primary Inventor and granted 1 patent for the novel design features of after-treatment bracket
▪ Performed Static Analysis for finding strain gauge locations & orientations for after-treatment durability testing
▪ Calculated bracket stiffness values using ANSYS & shared stiffness values to global development team
▪ Supported high-temperature strain gauge instrumentation of after-treatment for thermal & vibrational fatigue testing
▪ Conducted study on after-treatment lifting and handling strategy using static analysis with ANSYS

### Senator/Leader - Student Government @ University of Florida
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Gainesville, Florida Area
• Worked as a senator to represent graduate students in the University of Florida Student Government Senate and work on the resolution of underlying issues of the students
• Strove for bringing Inclusivity, Diversity and Transparency at Student Government. Have worked on some initiatives like:
i. Reduced Uber fares within campus premises
ii. Resolved transportation issues of international students by improving free bus shuttle frequencies

### Senior Engineer - Drivetrain Structures @ John Deere
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Pune Area, India
• Improved productivity by 20% of mid-size tractors by developing a design of Central Tire Inflation System (CTIS)
• Improved clutch efficiency by 40 % for the 70 HP tractor by eliminating the non-uniform wearing of clutch plates
• Potential savings of 0.3M USD achieved by designing an innovative Forkless transmission for mid-size tractors

### Design Engineer - Structures @ John Deere
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Pune Area, India
• Supported New Product Development of Chassis and Dig components for 5 new backhoe models
• Led product life-cycle management for 600+ structural parts from Design to Release state using PDMLink
• Analysed & conducted structural optimization of backhoe chassis, resulting in 11% weight reduction

### Design Engineer - Drivetrain @ Piaggio Group
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Pune Area, India
•Designed transmission for 1 tonner truck with objective to increase the top speed by 14% and improve gradability of the vehicle by 27%. 
The project includes basic design calculations for gears, deciding gear ratios, designing gear box housing, transmission layout design.

### Intern - Product Design, Drivetrain @ Piaggio Group
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Baramati Area, India
• Design & Development of the Transmission - Sliding-mesh Gearbox for the 4-wheeler SCV (Small Commercial Vehicle)
• Part Modeling, Part assembling & Drafting of transmission components like gears, shafts, bearings etc.

### Team Lead - SAE @ BAJA SAEINDIA
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | GNDEC, Ludhiana, India
- Lead a team of 10 students for SAE Baja Asia 2010 Competition
- Spearheaded the innovation in drivetrain to increase the gear ratios to get a higher up-hill torque
- Responsible for getting funding/sponsorships from industries needed to buy critical components and to build the vehicle
- Build an off-road vehicle representing our college for first time at competition and setting a precedence for junior classes.


## Education
### Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering
University of Florida

### B.Tech (Mechanical Engg) in Mechanical & Automobile engineering
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana

### Diploma in Industrial Engineering
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology


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

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