# Prasanna Sivakumar > Mechanical Engineer at Omron Robotics Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/prasannasivakumar Mechanical Engineer with experience in robotics, medical devices and consumer electronics. With a strong mechanical background, excellent prototyping and experience in designing and manufacturing, I’m looking to solve problems in creative and insightful ways. ## Work Experience ### Mechanical Engineer II @ OMRON Robotics Jan 2024 – Present | Pleasanton, California, United States ### Mechanical Engineer @ ZOLA Electric Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States -Responsible for all design, prototyping, thermal testing and low-fidelity simulation of plastic and sheet metal enclosures. -Designed power distribution panels, including busbars and accessories, for solar home systems in accordance with IEC standards. -Lead engineer for making all design improvements to ensure manufacturability and robustness of injection molded plastic parts and enclosures on a newly released product Flex Max (https://zolaelectric.com/solutions/zola-flex-max/). -Develop test plans for thermal characterization of energy storage systems. -Coordinate with Asian contract manufacturers to conduct root cause analysis, formulate CAPA plans, and review cpk reports. -Documented manufacturing operations plans and authored inspection instructions for production and packaging and FAI. -Take part in DFM reviews, and mold flow analysis reviews with Asian contract manufacturers. -Proficient in design, FEA, tolerance analyses, fit checks, and 2D drawing generation using Solidworks. ### Product Development Engineer @ Abbott Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California, United States -Created electronic enclosures in Creo (Pro-E) for Automated Test Equipment (ATE) and managed manufacturing and deployment. -Program managed vendor qualifications for leadless pacemaker mechanical hardware. -Participated in FMEA studies (DFMECA & PFMECA) and identified critical design components. -Authored Essential Design Outputs (EDO) document for Next Gen. ICD, addressing critical mechanical hardware and risk mitigation. -Design verification and end of line testing for pacemakers and ICDs. ### R&D Engineer @ BD Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater San Diego Area Single-use (Disposable) Medical Devices • Strong experience in Medical Device Design Verification and Validation, Test protocol authoring. • Documenting changes to design as per Design Change/Change Control procedures. • Supported on two cost reduction projects related to medical disposables with gross savings of $1.2 million. One involved tubing consolidation and other involved drip chamber replacement. • Successfully closed a CAPAs within a week affecting a medical disposable at 300 million units a year. • Proposed a new project related to scrap reclamation (resin regrind) with estimated savings of $1.5 million for one medical disposable. The proposed project received highest number of votes at Worldwide New Project Ideas Workshop organized by BD in Sept 2018. Infusion Disposables R&D WW Infusion Specialty Disposables ### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Panasonic Automotive Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Atlanta Area Automotive Infotainment Systems Package Design • Performed mechanical design of electronic enclosure and mounting brackets for automotive infotainment system in CATIA V5. • Performed vibration (modal and harmonic response) analysis of automotive Audio Head Unit (AHU) in ANSYS. • Performed electronics cooling simulation of Audio Head Unit (AHU) electronic assembly in ANSYS Icepak. • Developed technical content, detailed 2D drawings and maintained CAD library to boost design productivity ### Industrial Engineer Intern @ Kindle Living Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Los Angeles Area - Involved in the product design of luxurious outdoor heating and lighting solutions in SOLIDWORKS - Supported in the exploration of product line extensions and new product development - Responsible for reverse engineering of existing products, material selection and developing test plans - Facilitated information that will assist third party suppliers maintain CE certification ### Product Design Intern @ TimerCap LLC Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Moorpark, CA - Focus on mechanical design of consumer electronics and medical devices - As a team member, designed a connected device ‘iSort 2go’ that would help patients to keep track of their meds, supplements and vitamins and remind when to take pills and manage pill usage - Supported in the design process using Autodesk Inventor and 3D printing of parts to create a working prototype - This Bluetooth® enabled device can connect and communicate real-time patient medication adherence behaviors to the smartphone through an app called ‘Medisafe Meds & Pill Reminder’ developed by Medisafe®. ### Digital Prototyping Volunteer Intern @ Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater Los Angeles Area - Performed workflow integration of SOLIDWORKS into Stratasys® Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and Objet® Polyjet 3D printers - Developed workflow techniques for Stratasys® Mojo, uPrint, Dimension 1200ES and Objet® Eden260VS 3D printers - Setup and managed Machine Shop and Digital Prototyping Lab with precision 3D printers of large build size - As a member of Safety Committee, was responsible for monitoring the workplace health and safety - Corresponded with suppliers and manufacturers in the procurement of 3D printing materials and maintenance of 3D printers ### Project Intern @ Indian Institute of Science Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Bangalore Concentrator Photovoltaics - As a team, investigated the efficiency of solar trackers and engineered an improvised system that uses concentrated photovoltaic system with cooling channels to maximize power output - Created CAD model in Solidworks and carried out Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in ANSYS Workbench - Built a Data Acquisition System (DAS) using Arduino, to monitor temperature and flow rate of working fluid in the system - Explored the layout of components namely lens system, electro-mechanical sensors and flow control solenoid valves, to achieve compactness and maintainability ### Project Student @ Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), DRDO Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Bangalore Area, India Wing Structural Analysis • Established the detailed 3D model of landing gear component of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in Solidworks. • Prepared numerical problem involving meshing, applying loads and constraints for FEA using Altair Hypermesh preprocessor. • Solved the model and analyzed results involving von-mises stress, forces and displacement on MSC Nastran and Patran. • Optimized the design for light weight, reliability and ruggedness. ## Education ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering University of Southern California ### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering Visvesvaraya Technological University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/prasannasivakumar1 --- Source: https://flows.cv/prasannasivakumar JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/prasannasivakumar/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13