Rajkumar Rajamani

Experience

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  Instrumentation Limited, Palakkad (ILP)

  Nov 2003 - Jan 2005

  Design Engineer

   Design engineer responsible for Designing Bellow sealed 3-Valve manifolds, Control valves, Safety relief valves, Butterfly valves and actuators. Control valve elements design (Plug profiles, cage profiles, galling prevention, serrated metal gaskets, etc.) Solely worked on 22” control valve design from scratch ( Body design, flow path extraction, flow calculation [CFD], improved the pressure drop by changing the flow path, use flow calculation results for structural calculation, finalise the design and create drawings for production) Material optimization of Butterfly valve by changing the casting vane to metal plate fabricated vane. Show less

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  GE

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Design Engineer

   Design engineer responsible for designing sample electrical motors to customer specifications (Mechanical Design). Undertook cost cutting project of material optimization in the end shields of the motors. Changed the design of the end shields from solid casting to hybrid of Sheet metal + casting and casting + plastic injection parts (Weight reduction and cost cutting). Solely worked on New Product Development of Unidirectional air flow fan irrespective of rotational direction of the motor (Concept, design, optimization, cost estimation, prototyping). Show less

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  Regal Beloit

  Dec 2005 - Jan 2006

  Design Engineer

   Design engineer responsible for designing sample electrical motors to customer specifications (Mechanical Design). Undertook cost cutting project of material optimization in the end shields of the motors. Changed the design of the end shields from solid casting to hybrid of Sheet metal + casting and casting + plastic injection parts (Weight reduction and cost cutting). Solely worked on New Product Development of Unidirectional air flow fan irrespective of rotational direction of the motor (Concept, design, optimization, cost estimation, prototyping). Show less

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  Sona e-Design And Technologies Ltd

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Senior Engineer CAE

   Led a team of engineers working on all R&D projects involved in all subsidiaries of Sona group. Worked on Reverse Engineering of Rear axial and differential components. Worked on Topology optimization (Material optimization) of SUV Propeller shafts and cost optimization (Design optimization) of forging dies. Worked on complicated worm and pinion gear meshing simulation for electrical power steering. Worked with the team for designing the test bed fixture design for steering column testing with dummies. Show less

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  LM Wind Power

  Jan 2007 - Oct 2011

  Project Leader

   Worked in pre-design team for preliminary design and further optimize the blade laminate structural design to withstand the extreme loads, fatigue loads, peel forces, prying moments and ILSS, then freeze the design and prepare report for DNV & GL certification. Warranty task force; Specialist team formed by bringing together the specialist from each team like structural design, materials, service, reliability, testing, etc. As an active member responsible for structural design in the Warranty Task Force, Worked on root cause analysis and solving critical warranty issues. Successfully formed and managed Innovation Group on all Innovation activities in R&D India, in the areas of Rotor Blade Design, aligned with corporate strategy and business objectives and building up innovation culture. Been involved in activities like collecting ideas from employees throughout the company, sorting ideas, finalizing the ideas along with chief engineers and worked on improving the design by coordinating with different teams. Responsible for creating an innovation culture, identifying future technologies, Competitor analysis, collaboration with research institutes, evaluating the innovation funnel, evaluate – run & kill projects, protecting IP, streamlining processes for translating technology to commercial production and fostering best practices in the organization. Won the Best Innovator award and The Most Influential Person award. Show less

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  Germanischer Lloyd

  Nov 2011 - Dec 2012

  Analyst

  Certification of Rotor Blades, Nacelle covers and Spinners. Plausibility check on documents submitted by the Turbine Manufacturers like Drawings, Loads, Boundary conditions, Material Properties, couplings and Results. Perform a parallel calculation checking for all critical safety conditions strictly according to GL guidelines. Plausibility check on Material testing reports of test coupon for tensile load, shear load, Notched and un-notched test coupons.

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  LM Wind Power

  Jan 2013 - Oct 2015

  Blade Transportation

   Managing and Handling projects related to Blade transport equipment, across 13 LM production plants globally US(2), Canada(1), Brazil(1), Denmark(1), Spain(2), Poland(1), India(2) and China(3). http://www.lmwindpower.com/About/Locations Conceptual Design of new transport Equipment for new blades, doing prototype testing, redesigning to accommodate the variations in material availability and other country specific component availability, releasing drawings for serial production and controlling the product for any deviation requirement through all the plants. Handling Engineering Change Requests from all the plants, validating, processing and approving them for production. Process variation, validation and approving. Managing projects which involve cross-functional team like, Structural Design, Finite Element Calculation, Material characterization, Sourcing, Suppliers, sub-suppliers, Logistics, Production Planning, Detail Design, Documentation, PLM, Reliability, Testing and validation, Certification, Customer, claims management, etc. People management tasks involving handling team members, work load distribution, project and tasks prioritizing, on time delivery. Show less

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  Johnson Medtech

  Feb 2016 - Feb 2019

  Lead Engineer

   Designing Medical systems, engineering and analysis of mechanical systems, sub-systems, equipment and mechanical elements. Determine design approaches, participating in innovation, prototype studies, assess technical risks and develop qualification test methods to validate design changes to the product and sub-systems. Conducting feasibility studies and design verifications for new and modified designs. Directing and supporting engineers with the preparation of detailed design, drawing, prototype fabrication, testing and reviews. Taking design from concepts thru engineering to Production, detailed drawing, parts procurement, DFM interaction with suppliers, assembly, test, DFMA, Design Optimization to address Performance requirements, Reliability & Cost, build verification, filed/customer qualification with deeper understanding of issues faced, lessons learned and closure & cascading lessons learned. Show less

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  Baxter International Inc.

  Jul 2019 - now

  Senior Principal Engineer

  • Designing Medication Delivery pump sub-systems, Structural engineering and structural analysis of mechanical systems, sub-systems, equipment, and mechanical elements.• Deriving Hardware Requirements from the System requirements and User Requirements.• Determine design approaches, participating in innovation, prototype studies, assess technical risks and develop qualification test methods to validate design changes to the product and sub-systems.• Conducting feasibility studies and design verifications for new and modified designs.• Directing and supporting engineers with the preparation of detailed design, drawing, prototype fabrication, testing and reviews.• Taking design from concepts thru engineering to Production, detailed drawing, parts procurement, DFM interaction with suppliers, assembly, test, DFMA, Design Optimization to address Performance requirements, Reliability & Cost, build verification, filed/customer qualification with deeper understanding of issues faced, lessons learned, and closure & cascading lessons learned. Show less