# VINAY JADHAV > Product Design Engineer | 10 years of Hardware Innovation | EB2-NIW Recipient Location: Palo Alto, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/vinayjadhav I am a Mechanical Product Design Engineer driven by the challenge of translating complex technical requirements into elegant, scalable, and high-performance hardware. With a decade of global experience spanning agile startups and global MNCs, I navigate the entire product lifecycle—from first-principles mechanical design and rapid prototyping to global high-volume manufacturing (HVM). My career is defined by cross-disciplinary versatility. I have owned the design of everything from heavy-duty industrial systems to precision-engineered battery architectures and consumer-facing EVs. This breadth allows me to approach hardware challenges with a unique perspective on structural integrity, thermal management, Design for Automation, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA). My goal remains the same across every project: building robust, sustainable technology that bridges the gap between ambitious industrial design and rigorous engineering reality. Let’s connect to talk hardware, sustainability, or the future of energy. ## Work Experience ### Senior Mechanical Engineer - Battery Pack @ Rivian Jan 2024 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States Mid size platform R2 and R3 ### Startup Advisor @ COEP's Bhau Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership Jan 2025 – Present EV and Mobility - Mentoring a startup developing high-efficiency BLDC motors ### Senior Mechanical Engineer - Battery Cell @ ENOVIX Corporation Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Fremont, California, United States Led mechanical design for scaling Enovix’s proprietary 3D cell architecture to Wearable, IoT, Laptop, Mobile and Industrial Applications along with custom size for use within U.S. Army soldiers’ central power source, called the Conformal Wearable Battery (CWB). ### Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer @ Lucid Motors Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Newark, California, United States Greenfield Material Flow Process and Equipment Development for Powertrain Facility - Inverter, Charger, Drive Units, Battery Module and Pack Manufacturing Assembly Stations ### Mechanical Design Engineer - Energy Storage @ Caterpillar Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Tucson, Arizona - Designed, Prototyped and Validated an Energy Recovery System aimed towards Electrification under a Skunkworks Program for Caterpillar Hydraulic Mining Shovels Product - Design, Prototype and Validation of After-treatment system Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Steel/Plastic Tanks & Multifunction Sensor Head Units - Developed injection molded high temperature durability sensor housings for next generation multifunction sensor head units - Developed After-treatment DEF tank system design for auxiliary Diesel engines in New York City Electric Transit trains ### Co-Op : Mechanical Design Engineer - Model 3 Exterior Engineering @ Tesla Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Fremont, California Design, Prototype and Validation of Exterior Trim Injection Molded Plastic components during the most difficult phase of Model 3 Production Ramp up, also known as the ‘Production Hell’. Led time studies and process improvement studies for exterior parts to enable production ramp up to 5000 cars/week. ### Co-Op : Mechanical Design Engineer - Fire Truck Chassis Engineering @ E-ONE Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Ocala, Florida Achieved $560,000 cost savings in C-Frame and Torque Box Chassis through Value Analysis & Value Engineering in Product Development of a Modular Bolted Crossmember for E-One’s Modular Chassis ### Graduate Assistant : Design and Rapid Prototyping Lab @ Simugrid Technology Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Gainesville, Florida Area * Tested NAFEMS structural benchmark problems using NetBeans IDE for a newly developing Java Based FEA software - Onsimulation (https://onsimulation.com/). The software is based on a computationally less expensive Implicit boundary method for finite element analysis using a non-conforming mesh. The background mesh helps save significant computation time. * Graded Assignments, Quizzes and Exams of 120 Undergraduate students for a Fall’17 course in Finite Element Analysis. Also, explored the integration of Onshape Cloud CAD software with Onsimulation, to provide better learning experience to the students. Advisor : Dr. Ashok Kumar (http://plaza.ufl.edu/akumar/) ### Engineering Manager - Product Development @ Spruce Up Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Pune, Maharashtra, India Worked with an agile team consisting of Harvard, IIT Bombay and COEP graduates, to design, prototype and validate India's first indigenous modular street litter collector, largely based on the concepts of frugal innovation (minimalistic approach in design and manufacturing). * The designed machine is 80% cheaper and 20% more efficient than existing solutions in India. * This resulted in me being recognized as a ‘J.N.Tata Scholar’. ### Lead Mechanical Engineer : Tubular Spaceframe Chassis Design and Development @ Team Nemesis Racing Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Pune Area, India Led Chassis Design and Development team for 3 National and 2 International ( South Africa and Maryland ) SAE Baja competitions. * Won 29 awards during these 3 years. Put Indian SAE Baja on the World Map through this "Dust to Glory Journey". Emerged as one of the most sought after SAE Baja teams in the world. * Indian Champions twice, 2nd Runners up at South Africa and 6th in Design at Maryland, USA. * Achieved weight reduction of 26% in 2014 Chassis and 19% in 2015 Chassis. * Improved Systems Integration, Driver Ergonomics, Fixture Design and Manufacturing Feasibility. ### Intern - Vehicle Dynamics @ Applus+ IDIADA Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Pune, Maharashtra, India Got trained for subjective and objective testing of vehicles and simulations using MSC ADAMS. ## Education ### Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering University of Florida ### Certification in Project Management Stanford Continuing Studies ### Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Mechanical Engineering COEP Technological University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vinayvjadhav --- Source: https://flows.cv/vinayjadhav JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/vinayjadhav/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05