R&D Engineer with 4+ years of experience in Thermal System Design and New Product Development (NPD). Currently pursuing an M.Tech in Design Engineering to formalize expertise in CAE and Virtual Analysis. Specializes in heat transfer optimization and techno-commercial analysis. Seeking to transition deep expertise in fluid thermodynamics and simulation into next-generation thermal management solutions.
Experience
Led design and development of manufacturing technologies and consumer electronics
- Leading development of mechanical components for manufacture of consumer electronics.
- Collaborate on product aesthetics, ergonomics, and functionality with designers and firmware engineers
- Design and prototype mechanical components using CAD and DFM principles
- Set up initial production workflows and quality control systems.
- Directing supply chain strategy, including vendor qualification and raw material sourcing, ensuring strict adherence to QA processes and production timelines.
Leading research and development of split AC systems.
- Led the thermodynamic design of HVAC systems, focusing on energy efficiency ratios (EER) and power consumption minimization for new product lines.
- Executed design optimization for air-moving devices, achieving a 10dB reduction in NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness) through geometric modification of the fan enclosure.
- Established standard design and validation protocols for heat exchanger performance, documenting processes for scalable R&D operations.
Responsible for design and development of Heat Exchangers.
- Spearheaded New Product Development (NPD) for 5+ high-value thermal exchange units, managing the engineering cycle from prototyping to mass production.
- Conducted techno-commercial feasibility analyses to assess manufacturing viability, proposing alternative designs that aligned with plant capabilities and reduced production costs.
- Served as the technical liaison for key clients, translating complex thermal requirements into actionable engineering specifications for the product development team.
- Ensured product compliance with international safety standards, including the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED), aligning designs with rigorous regulatory frameworks.
Projects
An incompressible, steady state, simulation study of a rectangular wing in 3D space using OpenFOAM.
- Executed a steady-state RANS simulation on a rectangular wing (Clark Y) using OpenFOAM and the k-omega SST turbulence model to analyze external flow.
- Validated the results againt the XFOIL results as benchmark and recorded a drop in lift coefficient from 0.83 in XFOIl to 0.55 in RANS. These effects can be attributed to the production of wing tip vortices in the 3D case.
- Explained the lift loss to Finite Wing Theory and induced drag from wing-tip vortices, verifying the result against Prandtl’s Lifting-Line prediction
- Tools: OpenFOAM, snappyHexMesh, ParaView, Python (Data plotting).
Analysis of an AC system of 1TR(~3.5kW) capacity using analytical and numerical methods.
- Developed a numerical solver for a 1TR Vapor Compression Cycle using Python (CoolProp/NumPy) to automate thermodynamic sizing.
- Each component of the system is modelled individually and used in further study of the whole system
- Tools: Python, CoolProp, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib