Rachan A
Technical Lead
Amsterdam,NH
Summary
A result-driven professional, proficient, targeting assignments in R&D, Quality Assurance, PLM with an organization of high repute, preferably in Bengaluru.
A Mechanical Design Engineer Professional with nearly 9 years of experience in Product Lifecycle Management, Project Execution, New Product Design & Engineering and R&D across BESS Energy storage systems, Locomotive Battery technology &Refuse trucks industry. Extensive program management & governance experience; skilled in grasping the big picture, conceptualizing, developing & implementing solutions, partnering closely with business leaders & stakeholders to achieve higher levels of efficiency & effectiveness. Working experience of PLM, creation of new part numbers, creation of revisions, capturing of design changes in ECR, closing of ECOs, creation of DVPs and DVEs Highly skilled in full product lifecycle activities for Industrial Equipment / Machinery including concept maturation, design management, engineering change management, issues control & resolution, risk analysis, cost management, vendor management and other cross-functional activities Achieving Quality Assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews Excellence in managing complete engineering operations involving requirement analysis, specification finalization, design, prototype development and testing Rich experience in managing projects involving mapping of business requirements and translation into techno-functional specifications, project deliveries, implementations by following standard guidelines Expertise in managerial activities entailing rendering technical leadership & guidance to the team members, planning, scheduling tasks, holding discussions with different teams & management for reviews and analysis, project progress monitoring & delivery as per quality, time, and budgets.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Fluence BESS India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
05.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Fluence is a global market leader in energy storage products and services, and cloud-based software for renewables and storage assets.
- Leading the program and ensuring the product specification matches with PRD.
- Collaboration with program manager, engineering team and staffing manager to ensure the stage gate deliverables on time.
- Responsible for reviewing and delivering the manufacturing drawing for the BESS products.
- Responsible for developing and delivering the 3D CAD of the product by guiding CAD engineers.
- Responsible for virtual validation of product (seismic, transportation, lifting, static and pressure resistance by collaborating with FEA engineers and proving mechanical inputs.
- Responsible to work closely supplier in developing the prototype and provide timely assistance.
- Responsible for performing FAT and validating the product.
- Expertise is developing thermally insulated enclosure system.
- Expertise in analytical calculations i.e., Vent sizing, wind load, electromatic force, complex mechanical structural problems, and busbar sizing etc.
- Responsible for BESS safety against Thermal runway of Li+ batteries.
- Responsible for reviewing the customer facing document i.e., installation manual, maintenance manuals, transportation guideline, safety guideline and other product related documents.
- Supporting and enabling the project team to resolve the field issues.
- Providing the technical assistance to project team to get approval of Hazard Risk Analysis (HRA) from AHJ.
- Work closely with certification agency to Qualify the products according to UL & IEC standards.
- Fluence is a global market leader in energy storage products and services, and cloud-based software for renewables and storage assets.
Design Engineer
Dover India Pvt. Ltd
Bengaluru
08.2019 - 04.2022
- Company Overview: Heil is one of the world's premier manufacturers of ultra-durable, high productivity, custom-configured garbage trucks, and automation solutions that help customers achieve the lowest Total Cost of Collection.
- Providing & maintaining forecast estimates for project-related costs and general project task tracking with adherence to project milestones.
- Preparation of design and drawing as per ISO Standards for new product designs.
- To perform the mechanical analysis and calculations including tolerance analysis, load, and fatigue life analysis.
- Managing Tolerance Stack-up with GD&T understanding for new designs.
- Preparing DFMEAs, SC/CC List and Design Review Documents for Global Design reviews for new projects.
- Assisting in Design Goal Document and coming up with Concept Validation Plan and compiling validation results to meet the requirements and project launch.
- Establishing product development strategy in collaboration with stakeholders from engineering perspective.
- Developing project plans, estimating time requirements, establishing deadlines, monitoring milestones, tracking project lifecycle, reporting issues that impact project progress to both client & top management.
- Heil is one of the world's premier manufacturers of ultra-durable, high productivity, custom-configured garbage trucks, and automation solutions that help customers achieve the lowest Total Cost of Collection.
Principal Engineer
Moonwatt Energy
09.2025 - Current
- Led cross-functional teams to design and implement innovative engineering solutions.
- Streamlined project workflows, enhancing efficiency and reducing time-to-completion.
- Developed advanced algorithms to optimize system performance and reliability.
- Mentored junior engineers, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing.
Technical Engineer - Rail
SAFT India Pvt. Ltd
09.2017 - 07.2019
- Company Overview: SAFT is a World-leader with 100 years' experience in the design, development, and implementation of high-technology batteries for rail, whether for on-board backup, engine starting, regenerative traction or trackside applications.
- Complete responsibility for the Design of battery subsystem as per the customer load profile for Railway applications.
- Generation of Technical Bid Tab Evaluation of vendors in compliance with Client specifications.
- Defines design requirements and hardware specifications based on customer or user requirements.
- To develop battery box which is designs to optimize for production, reliability, regulatory compliance, and cost.
- Interfacing with clients, vendors, client project management and other disciplines queries related to Engineering.
- To perform DFEMA on the developed battery system.
- Selection of supplier components to meet the requirements.
- Sizing of electrical cables required for the battery according to EN50264.
- Involved in localisation of components for cells both metallics and non-metallic parts.
- Designs plastic, sheet metal & casted parts per manufacturing and assembly guidelines.
- Successful integration of mechanical design elements with electrical and consumable components.
- Carry out engineering gate reviews and maintain all project-related documents as specified by ISO and organisation standards.
- Undergone Battery kit development training at SAFT Bordeaux France.
- Leveraging an understanding of manufacturing processes along with supplier capabilities to finalize suppliers for component manufacturing.
- SAFT is a World-leader with 100 years' experience in the design, development, and implementation of high-technology batteries for rail, whether for on-board backup, engine starting, regenerative traction or trackside applications.
Member of Technical Staff
HCL Technologies
Bengaluru
08.2012 - 09.2017
- Company Overview: Buhler is a pioneer in global market in producing food processing equipment. With state-of-the-art integrated process solutions take you all the way from grains to products.
- Design of Hygienic Cutter design project for Buhler's Single Screw Extruder machine.
- Scope of the project involved the conceptual design, concept validation through calculations, FEA and CFD analysis.
- Project: JOY Mining Waster, United Kingdom.
- Project involved in creation of 3D parts and drawing from AUTODESK INVENTOR 2014 From AUTOCAD drawings to JOY standards.
- Creation of geometry of sheet metal and casting parts. Types of parts handled were simple to complex parts.
- Project: CATERPILLAR EDC-India.
- As Design Engineer my work is to add the value for input provided by customers.
- Supported on design activities for parts like Lower Plate, Upper Plate, bracket as and few other piece parts to accommodate the Rollover Assembly in roof group.
- Handling the project management data and reports.
- Observe the input drawings provided by the customer and make changes as per customer's requirement.
- Buhler is a pioneer in global market in producing food processing equipment. With state-of-the-art integrated process solutions take you all the way from grains to products.
Education
MTech. - Tool Design
R.V. Collage of Engineering
05.2016
BE - Mechanical Engineering
Siddaganaga Institute of Technology
08.2012
Skills
- Creo 40
- CREO Simulate
- CREO Cabling
- CATIA V5
- Autodesk Inventor
- Ansys
- Battery Technology
- Structural Design
- PTC Windchill
- Team centre
- MS office
- JIRA
- Team Works
- New Product Design & Development
- Cost Optimized Product Design
- Root Cause Analysis
- DFMEA
- SC/CC list creation
- Statistical approach for Data Handling and Interpretation
- Flexible to learn new skills and technology
- Problem Solver
- Collaborator
- Planner
- Organized
- Analytical
- Communicator
Certification
- Project Management Certificate, IIT-Kanpur
- Project Management foundations, PMI
- Introduction to Digital Twins, LinkedIn
- GD&T Skilled professional certificate, ETI INC SAE International
- CAD Practitioner Certificate, Geometric Ltd.
- LEAN Yellow belt certificate, Geometric Ltd.
Accomplishments
- Obtained KUDOS for obtaining higher CSI rating.
- Consistent appreciation on proposed solution on production issues.
- Secured 65% in project management certification conducted by IIT Kanpur.
- Cleared GATE and obtained Admissions for Masters.
Languages
English
Kannada
Hindi
Passport Details
K3829839
Personal Information
- Title: NPI/Lead Mechanical Engineer/Project Management professional
- Date of Birth: 06th April 1991
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
- Visa Status: B1/B2 US VALID TILL 2030
- ID Type: Passport
- ID Number: K3829839
Hobbies and Interests
- Yoga and meditation
- Swimming
- Reading
- Cycling
- Trekking
Timeline
Principal Engineer
Moonwatt Energy
09.2025 - Current
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Fluence BESS India Pvt Ltd
05.2022 - Current
Design Engineer
Dover India Pvt. Ltd
08.2019 - 04.2022
Technical Engineer - Rail
SAFT India Pvt. Ltd
09.2017 - 07.2019
Member of Technical Staff
HCL Technologies
08.2012 - 09.2017
MTech. - Tool Design
R.V. Collage of Engineering
BE - Mechanical Engineering
Siddaganaga Institute of Technology