About Me
About Me
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Experienced Systems Engineer with 17 years of expertise in designing and deploying complex test automation solutions for high-volume consumer products in NPI and Manufacturing Test environments. Known for managing aggressive schedules and driving products from concept to mass production, including notable projects like Fitbit Ionic, Dexcom G7, Pampers Lumi, Verily Retinal Camera, and Uber Beacon.
Project Management: Highly organized and adept at managing multiple projects concurrently, ensuring a strong focus on quality, efficiency, and meeting deadlines.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proficient in working with diverse teams, including EE (for DFT), FW/SW teams (for test APIs and software bugs), Process/PDE teams (for test fixturing), and HW test teams (for failure analysis).
Fixture Design & Vendor Management: Lead fixture design efforts by conceptualizing solutions, reviewing electrical and mechanical designs, and managing vendors across regions (local and Asia) for fixture production.
Test Deployment & Debugging: Successfully deploy, support, and debug test stations at contract manufacturers (CM) both locally and in Asia.
Test Planning & Execution: Developed detailed test plans for functional testing during EVT, DVT, and PVT stages, ensuring comprehensive validation of devices under test. Generate Test specification, IQ, OQ and PQ documents and perform GR&R
Hardware & Software Expertise: Versatile in working across multiple hardware/software platforms with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
Experience
Verily Life Sciences - Staff NPI Test Engineer Aug 2022 – Current
Lead test and calibration work streams for Verily Retinal Camera(VRC) managing 19 test station that included board & flash stations, optical system calibrations and functional test stations
Drive cross-functional work streams for DFT needs and design improvements based on factory failures
Develop scripts in colab to pull build data and generate reports to share with cross-functional team
Mentored new test engineers onto the team
Verily Life Sciences - Sr. NPI Test Engineer June 2017 – Aug 2022
Design manufacturing test solution for medical and consumer hardware products in NPI setup with high volume intent
Develop test software in Python using OpenHTF platform on Linux OS
Work cross-functionally with FW, EE and TPM to ensure MFG Test needs are met
Review fixture design and manage fixture vendor for on-time delivery of test fixtures
Proven ability to support multiple projects with aggressive timelines
Experience in supporting small build locally and transferring test solution overseas to CM for larger builds
Accomplishments
Developed NPI test stations for Dexcom G7 sensor with over 2 million customers
Designed computer vision camera calibrations and alignment of camera sensor with optics
Facilitated FDA listing of VRC by developing and executing system validation plan for manufacturing test software
Fitbit - Sr. Manufacturing Test Engineer July 2016 – June 2017
Design Manufacturing Test Plan for fitness watch geared for maximum test coverage
Develop Test software sequence for functional and RF testers
Experience in designing panel and final assembly testers for high volume manufacturing
Manage vendors for delivery of quality test equipment and fixtures
Prototype fixture design in US and bring-up fixture vendor in Asia for Mass Production
Deploy, debug and support testers at CM sites in Asia during EVT, DVT and PVT builds
Proficient in price negotiations and vendor management
Accomplishments
Developed software for RF panel tester for testing BLE, Wi-Fi and GPS using NI WTS
Optimized test software on a 32-up functional panel tester and reduced test time by over 60%
Negotiated deal for test hardware sourcing which reduced tax liability of 200k$ per program
Averna Test Systems - Test Automation/ Systems Engineer Jan 2014 – July 2016
Write test software for manufacturing and design verification testers using LabVEW and TestStand
Experience in designing software for High-Mix Low Volume Testers
Develop and maintain in-house test software framework
Strong hardware debugging skills and fluent working with schematics and wiring diagrams
Experience designing manufacturing testers for highly regulated medical device industry
Participate in design reviews and providing technical support
On-site and remote support at CM sites for tester issues, deployments and upgrades
Accomplishments
Designed Battery record and playback system for battery performance evaluation @ 1MS/sec
Wrote test software for testing triple redundant control system used in critical applications
Developed test automation software for more than dozen fortune 500 clients
Neuro-Kinetics, Inc - Software Engineer Nov 2010 – Dec 2013
Developed and maintained medical software based on LabVIEW for vestibular disorders
Worked on high speed camera acquisition and image processing algorithm development
Participated in entire software lifecycle from design to deployment
Implemented new on-the fly report generation and test software for TBI related research
Accomplishments
Engineered a system capable of real-time image processing and storing of eye images from two USB 3.0 cameras running at 250 frames/sec with real-time compression
Biomedical Engineer - Multiple Research Labs @ Rutgers University Apr 2008 – Nov 2010
Develop software and hardware for real-time data acquisition and viewing of ambulatory physiological data from participants for various research studies
Education
Education
New Jersey Institute of Technology - Provost Fellowship for academic excellence GPA: 3.94
Master of Science, Biomedical Engineering Dec 2007
Mumbai University GPA: 3.8
Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering May 2006
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