Hemal Shahporia

Experience

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  Automation and Control Systems pvt. Ltd, Surat, India

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2014

  Intern

  • Gained experience on Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) of Allen Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Messung, MMI, SCADA, Drives and IEC standards programming, successfully obtained a certification of PLC Prgrammer and SCADA designer.

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  AAI

  Oct 2016 - now

  - Spearhead R&D initiatives to design and develop next-generation commercial and residential life safety products.- Lead and engage an international engineering team in the design and development of the next phase of life safety products.- Lead the Production Engineering team in successfully launching new product developments (NPD) into manufacturing, ensuring seamless transitions from concept to production.- Collaborate with the Vice President of the business unit to engage directly with customers, conducting research and investigating new opportunities in fire and life safety solutions.- Drive product development with a global market perspective, working closely with international regulatory and approval bodies to create tailored solutions that meet customer and region-specific requirements. Show less -Conduct market research and gather customer feedback to identify new product development opportunities and trends.-Collaborate with customers to co-create early design concepts and prototypes.-Develop and execute strategic plans for the next generation of products.-Evaluate the performance and lifecycle of current products and create phase-out plans to optimize the product portfolio and reduce costs.-Lead the development of compelling value propositions and work closely with the sales team to drive customer adoption and revenue growth.-Develop and validate business cases for new products and market opportunities to make successful investment decisions. Show less • Schematic design and PCB layout.• Conform products based on Underwriters Laboratories(UL/ULC) standard• Lead Firmware Designer on Commercial Fire Products• Taking direct customer feedback and providing as many options as possible on the new products while keeping the same SKU.• Prepared datasheet and installation guidelines for the product. Generate all the necessary documentation required for launching the product.• Tested and validated the prototype product to ensure the final product will fulfill customer requirements.• Drafting Production test calibration document and releasing it to production. • Negotiated with electronics supplier the features, quality, and price of the ordered part quantity for final mass production. Show less • Developed Python codes for Raspberry PI to have a parallel communication with Arduino mega 2560 board to interface various sensors with the MySQL database in real time.• Developed IOT (Internet of Things) application with various Gas concentration sensors and smoke detectors.• Developed application to collect sensors test data and upload the data to MySQL Database. Also analyzed the test data to verify the environment and system changes based on sensors input.• Developed a script to recognize consistent change in the environment and relate it to the specific events.• Used GitHub (version control systems) repository to update and retrieve the client and server code• Developed various scripts for raspberry pi in Raspbian LINUX environment using Python and embedded C. Show less

  • R&D and Applications Engineering Manager

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Technical Product Manager

    Apr 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Interim Fire-Systems Business Unit Manager

    Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Fire Systems Design Engineer

    Dec 2020 - Apr 2022

  • Electronics Design Engineer

    Jul 2017 - Dec 2020

  • Engineering Intern

    Oct 2016 - Jun 2017