# Pavan M. Reddy > Mechanical Engineer | R&D | Product Development & Technology Validation | UC Berkeley Location: Berkeley, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/pavanmreddy Mechanical Design Engineer with 5+ years of experience taking hardware from concept to deployment across R&D, prototyping, manufacturing, and testing. I currently work at Biosphere, where I lead the design and scale of bench-top to pilot bioreactor systems for early-stage products and DoD initiatives, with a focus on cost, reliability, and regulatory alignment. My background spans product design, experimental validation, and hands-on hardware development, structural analysis with prior work ranging from low-cost oxygen concentrators for public health deployment to medical and rehabilitation hardware systems. I enjoy bridging deep engineering rigor with practical execution in fast-moving startup environments. Portfolio: https://sites.google.com/view/pavanmreddy/home ## Work Experience ### R&D Mechanical Engineer III @ Biosphere Jan 2025 – Present | California, United States Leading mechanical design & development of bioreactor systems for Dept. of Defense (DOW) project, spanning benchtop, pilot, and demonstration scales — with focus on UV-sterilisation and safety. • Owning a research-driven engineering process: hypothesis generation, experimental design, data analysis, and translation into iterative design improvements. • Driving engineering research into UV sterilization parameters to optimize geometry, material selection, and system design for repeatable sterility and durability • Leading impeller and seal systems using FDA-approved materials and coatings, ensuring compatibility with alternative sterilization processes • Designing, prototyping, and iterating rapidly with plastics & specialty materials (e.g., ULTEM PEI1000) to deliver scalable, sterile, and UV-compatible reactor components. • Optimizing systems for manufacturability, sustainability, and reliability under sterile production conditions. • Innovating new manufacturing workflows & assembly methods to enable cost-effective, scalable production. • Leading cross-functional design reviews across hardware, process, regulatory, and manufacturing teams to ensure alignment. ### Mechanical Engineer II (R&D) @ Biosphere Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | California, United States ### Mechanical Engineer (R&D) @ Biosphere Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | California, United States ### Product Design Engineer @ Blue Goji Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Berkeley, California, United States • Collaborated with BlueGoji to design and develop an Omni-Directional treadmill with structural optimization to reduce size and weight, and drive system redesign to increase mechanical efficiency. • Led proof of concept design and testing of new drive systems and conducted the structural analysis to reduce material consumption while maintaining load-bearing capacity. • Implemented DFMA principles for component reduction and standardization to improve product performance, cost efficiency, and ease of assembly. • Led the assembly of the final design on Solidworks. Worked on getting the final assembly up and running. • Drafted and finalised the paperwork for handoff to the upcoming team. ### Research Lead @ Manipal Institute of Technology Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Manipal, India Research dedicated to promoting the use of a free open-source pipeline to conduct cardiovascular analysis aiming to reduce the use of high computational power and medical cost. • Performed Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) study on Arterial model using Open-Source tool: SimVascular. • Extraction and Visualization of the results were done using ParaView. ### Mechanical Design Engineer @ DYNAXCEL ENGINEERS PVT LTD Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Pune, Maharashtra, India Oxygen concentrator: Pioneered a low-cost product to deliver constant oxygen (ISO 10083 grade) output with minimal power consumption. • Worked on the structural design of the framework and optimization of the same. • Contributed key ideas in increasing the efficiency of the product. • Designed the stainless-steel sheet metal casing. Performed identification and Resolution during prototype testing. PSA Oxygen plant: Project devised to help hospitals tackle the problem of medical grade oxygen shortage during the pandemic. • Involved in the production and assembly of pressure vessels. • Supervised the assembly of the plant. • Performed hydraulic and pneumatic testing, die penetration testing, blasting, and Crosscut testing on all pressure vessels. ### Product Design Intern @ Verzeo Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Collaboration with "Autodesk" Attained skills in IC engine design and overhauling • Took project specifications and drafted drawings on AutoCAD to illustrate thermal principles. • Designed a 6-cylinder radial Pneumatic engine as part of the Autodesk training requirement. • Understood the mechanical and thermal aspects considered while designing an engine to increase efficiency by volume optimization of the cylinder head. ## Education ### Master of Engineering - MEng in Mechanical Engineering University of California, Berkeley ### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Mechanical Engineering Manipal Institute of Technology ### Secondary higher education in PCMB Christ junior college ,bangalore ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/impavan-reddy - Portfolio: https://pavanmreddy.com - Portfolio: https://sites.google.com/view/pavanmreddy/home?authuser=0 --- Source: https://flows.cv/pavanmreddy JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/pavanmreddy/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13