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Experience

• PRODUCT DESIGN ENGINEER GPS Renewables Pvt Ltd · Full-time Sep 2021 – Present 3 yrs 8 mos Bengaluru, KA, India The company focuses on Bio-methanation technologies to solve the organic waste management challenge, accelerating
  substitution of fossil fuels with bio-enery.
  - Designing of agitator systems for upto 1.5 tonn tanks based on mathematical calculations.
  - Size reduction equipments for feedstock- size, input volume upto 25kg/min.
  - Creating and managing technical documentations and Machine drawings.
  - Improvising existing designs in the context of DFM and DFA.
  - Conducting DFMEA and PFMEA to optimise designs.
  - Translating the existing products applying Human Factor Engineering and safety measures.
• PRODUCT DESIGNER Savtoa Technologies Pvt Ltd. · Full-time Oct 2021 – Feb 2023 1 yrs 4 mos Thiruvananthapuram, KL, India A product development company that focuses on improving the air quality in clinic.
  Products: Dental Aerosol Suction device; A Powered Air-purified Respirator.
  - Understanding the ergonomics of the product.
  - Generating graphic materials for website and manufacturing drawings for production.
  - Involving in complete production cycle in 15 pilot products.
  - Material procurement and vendor connections.
• RESEARCH ASSISTANT International Centre for Free and Open Source Software · Full-time Feb 2018 – Jul 2020 2 yrs 5 mos Thiruvananthapuram, KL, India ICFOSS - An autonomous organisation under Government of Kerala, India
  Department -FOSS Drones: Focuses to accelerate the drone related activities in Kerala.
  - Developed drones ( flying wing ) for land mapping.
  - Conceptualized a Drone park (approximately 2 acer near Technopark, kollam) that accommodates the
  requirements for the development, training and other UAV related activity.
  Department – Assistive Technology
  - Working on insights / ideas as part of a team to develop design concepts.
  - Market research, report generation and presentation on various ICT enabling devices for Persons With Disability
  (PWDs) on the
  - Design analysis on the ergonomics of paraplegic users for using Media devices.
  - Developed, Free Lip Mouse and Thumb Slide Mouse, ICT enabling devices.
  - Developed renders and animations, for assembly instructions based videos and Construction manuals .
  - Worked with Ministry of Social Justice of India and with various NGOs and user communities; for knowledge transfer
  and marketing.
  - Content curation for manufacturing (S OP) a hand-held mouse for Person With Disabilities (PWDs). The proof of
  concept was delivered to Ms. Sarasu Thomas (User; Writer) by Kerala CM Pinaray Vijayan .
• ROBOTIC ENGINEER Novatech Robo Pvt Ltd · Full-time Dec 2016 – Dec 2017 1 yrs Bengaluru, KA, India Company that develops and provide training on STEM kits and RC drones.
  Project: A programmable robotics kit . An interconnect-able STEM kit was developed for the logical training of
  young minds. The kit contains various structures and programmable sensors that are interconnect able.
  - Redesigned company’s existing product to increase efficiency and improve quality, cutting 75% of the
  production cost.
  - A part in the curriculum design team. For the assessment of the complexity of the task, and curate into 3 levels of
  expertise.
  - Created illustrations and sketches; designed instruction manuals for training.