Résumé

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

People Power, Palo Alto, CA (Oct 2010 – Present)

People Power Company is building the next generation of energy efficiency monitoring and control solutions for homes, buildings, appliances and devices. It’s a very innovative start-up based in the heart of silicon valley. But as with any start-up, the work was not limited to a role/title and I wore many hats as a Start-up Engineer.

QA Engineer: My primary position was in Quality Assurance Engineering. I developed end-to-end test procedure to scale production and provide quality devices for customers.  I contributed with re-designing process for the next generation of the products based on design guidelines for UL and FCC certification.

Field Application Engineer: I helped the company successfully launch and execute Phases 1 & 2 of a Palo Alto Pilot Program. I worked as Field Application Engineer and Customer support, interacting one-on-one with customers and installing devices at their home/office. While working with third-party hardware, I also was responsible for resolving issues with the hardware vendors.

Social Media Outreach, Marketing & Community Support: I overtook the responsibility to manage the company’s social media profile and helped gather more traction, visibility and followers. During my tenure as social media representative, company’s social visibility and follower base increased by more than 30% in one month. I also devised innovative and interactive online activities to increase user participation and following. During the Palo Alto Pilot Program, I was also involved in marketing and 1:1 user interaction to gather more participants.

 ITT Technical Institute, Concord, CA (Sept 2010 – Present)

Adjunct Faculty:

I am currently an Adjunct Faculty for Microprocessor systems. I have also taught Communication systems courses. I also conduct seminars and tutorials for Electronics and Telecom Association (ETA) on Robotics, Basic Electronics and SMD Soldering and Rework techniques.

Dragonfly Pictures Inc., Essington, PA (Dec 2009 – April 2010)

Research Engineer (Intern): 

Dragonfly Pictures Inc. (DPI) develops innovative vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). I worked with a team of hardware and software engineers, to design the avionics for an electric tandem unmanned helicopter product (DP-6 Whisper). I design circuits and PCB’S for avionics control systems and DC/DC conversion systems for electric helicopters.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Research Assistant, Haptics Lab:

Conceptualized, designed and developed ‘TGV- Tactile Gaming Vest’ for FPS (First Person Shooting) Games. The vest can simulate feeling of bullet hit, wound fever, body impact and vibration (like in explosion), blood flowing, shoulder tap that extremely enhance the gaming realistic and fun. The vest control circuit consists of AVR Microcontroller and drivers for electromechanical systems (motors, solenoids) and high current peltier devices. The microcontroller communicates with the PC game through USB protocol. (Fall 2009-Spring 2010).

Research Assistant, mLab (Real time and Embedded Systems Lab):

Developed embedded platforms of high-confidence medical device for ‘long-term wear on body’ system which are able to diagnose to the patient’s condition in real-time. (Summer 2009)

Teaching Assistant

    • Embedded systems/Microcontroller laboratory. (Spring 2009)
    • Waves, fibers and antennas for communication.  (Fall 2008)

TRI Technosolutions Pvt Ltd, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India (July 2007- July 2008)

Technical Associate (R&D, Training and Marketing for Robotics and Embedded Systems)

Product Development:

Teaching/Training:

    • Designed, conceptualized and conducted courses on embedded systems (XERA) for industry professionals.
    • Trained undergraduate students in embedded system and autonomous robot building at (iTRIx) workshop organized by TRI at various engineering colleges across India.
    • Designed a course for training faculty members in embedded system and robotics concentrating on robot kinematics, workspace analysis and motion planning.

Marketing & Sales:

    • Involved in technical marketing of new products and courses.
    • Delivered pre-sales presentations and provided customer support.

Consultant for Project Development (2005-2007)

I worked as a consultant for circuit and PCB designing during my undergraduate years. I provided complete solution from circuit designing to PCB manufacturing, assembling and testing. I designed hardware for several embedded systems and digital electronics projects.

EDUCATION

    • University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, USA
      • Master of Science in Engineering in Robotics
    • University of Mumbai, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai, India
      • Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics
    • Maharashtra Stare Board of Technical Education, V.E.S Polytechnic, Mumbai, India
      • Diploma of Engineering in Industrial Electronics

SKILL SET

    • Programming Languages: C, C++, Assembly, Visual Basics
    • Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista/7, Linux
    • Application Software: MS Office suite, MATLAB
    • Embedded Systems:
      • Microcontrollers: AVR, Motorola 68HCXX, MCS-51, TI MSP430
      • RTOS: Nano-RK, OSIAN
    • CAD Tools:
      • Electronics: EAGLE, CircuitMaker, Cadence Orcad
      • Mechanical: AutoCAD, Solidworks, Nastran NX, Google Sketch-up, eMachineshop
      • Drawing: CorelDraw
    • Hardware Skills
      • Electrical: Soldering (BGA), Testing and Debugging, Operating test equipments.
      • Mechanical: Laser Cutter and 3D printer operation, Machine Shop

HANDS-ON DEMONSTRATIONS

Saurabh Palan, Ruoyao Wang, Nathaniel Naukam, Edward Li, and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. Tactile Gaming Vest (TGV). Hands-on demonstartion presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2010.

AWARDS & HONORS

    • Awarded 1st prize in POTENTIAL 2007, EESA, Dept of Electronics, KJSCE for Senior Design Project.
    • Awarded 2nd prize in Symphony 2006, KJSCE for Computer Controller Robotics.
    • Awarded 3rd prize at Vivek Technotronics 2004, VESP for Final year Project.

ACTIVITIES

President, RANGOLI – The Indian Association at University of Pennsylvania (2009):

The Association is responsible for organizing networking events, cultural activities and orientations. It also provides temporary accommodation and guidance to new students when they arrive from India. We also help them adjust to various changes like culture, food and weather. I was elected as a President of the association, which attends to almost 300 students a year. In the previous year the association was in a dire state due to lack of funding and member initiatives, when the elected Board members under my leadership turned things around from being in debt to becoming a profitable association. I also help design a website, facebook page and user community for the current and incoming students to help and provide guidance to them.

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