Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certificates Received
Personal Referees
Professional Referees
Career Overview Summary
General Information
Hobbies and Interests
Training
Timeline
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MAHESH KODAKKATTIL

Cranbourne North

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

Power Electronics Engineer

Microheat Australia
10.2016 - Current
  • Product Design - EMC section for the three phase 30KW/40A water heaters, Bluetooth controlled Android App., Microcontroller based 6KW/10 KHz inverter (ZVT)
  • Product Testing - Proto tests to verify the standards (UL, IEC)
  • Supported UL certification
  • Manufacturing support - Pilot assembly and testing, Supported UL audit.

Freelance Designer

My garage
03.2014 - Current
  • Product Design - Different systems for transforming 'AC operated homes' to 'DC operated homes'.

Product Manager

Clenergy Australia
03.2010 - 09.2016
  • Product certification - Lab tests, Product Certification & Accreditation
  • Technical support for product launching - DFM, Verification, Validation, Product specification review, Product Compliance Folder
  • Design of solar system - System Design & Validation
  • Autopsy analysis - Hardware Testing, Trouble Shooting, Data Collection, Root Cause Analysis
  • Field technical support - Technical support for the installers and service persons in the field
  • Installation site visit - Visit sites, conduct site inspections and provide reports for management.

Manufacturing Process Engineer

GE Healthcare (India) Pvt. Ltd.
11.2005 - 01.2010
  • Product Quality
  • Test bay Support
  • Trouble shooting & Data analysis
  • Support Manufacturing.

Reliability Engineer

GE Healthcare (India) Pvt. Ltd.
04.2001 - 11.2005
  • Hardware test, Trouble Shooting, Data Collection, Root Cause Analysis.

Senior Manager (R&D)

Bull Power Systems Ltd.
01.2000 - 04.2001
  • R&D of power supplies and Supervisory control and data acquisition system.

Manager (Design)

Sab Nife Power Systems Ltd.
- 01.2000
  • R&D of Battery chargers (AC-DC converter).

Senior Engineer (Design & Development)

V-Guard Industries Ltd.
05.1995 - 05.1998
  • R&D of UPS, Electronics stabiliser and battery chargers.

Education

Master of Technology - Electrical engineering (Power Electronics)

Regional Engineering College
01.1995

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Government Engineering College
01.1992

Skills

  • C, C
  • Windows
  • Android Studio, Code Composer Studio, Atmel studio, Arduino IDE, Segger embedded studio
  • (App development) Developed android apps to control microcontrollers through Bluetooth, USB and WiFi modules
  • (Display interface) Developed expertise in interface displays (TFT touchscreen display (SPI protocol), OLED Display (I2C Protocol, LCD display) with Arduino modules
  • (Microcontroller) Developed programmes to interface Microchip Bluetooth module RN4871 with Atmega164A microcontroller nRF52833 is a microcontroller with built in Bluetooth module Developed programmes to replace (Microchip Bluetooth module RN4871 with Atmega164A)
  • (Schematic capture and PCB design) Attended training programme in Altium and developed skills in schematic capture and pcb design Developed more than 20 pcb’s with Diptrace
  • (Microcontroller interface to Display) Developed C codes to interface OLED display with TMS 320F28027 using I2C communication protocol Thin Film Transistor (TFT) touch screen module interface through SPI protocol Used SCI protocol to interface with Bluetooth module Used Ti’s Code Composer Studio to develop the code in C language
  • (Setting IDE) Developed skills in installing, configuring and setting up the environment for developing different integrated development environments (IDE), Android studio, Atmel Studio, Segger embedded studio, Code composer studio, Arduino IDE etc
  • Expert in hand soldering and de-soldering of SMD components including microcontrollers
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Highly competent in Microcontroller (TMS320F2802x, Atmega series)
  • Great troubleshooting skills
  • Experienced in world class factory concepts
  • Six sigma green belt from GE
  • Extremely competent in Power electronics

Affiliations

The Institution of Electronics and telecommunication Engineers, New Delhi, India.

Certificates Received

  • Certified internal auditor, BVQI, Bangalore, India, 2005
  • Certified Reliability Engineer Center for Reliability, Chennai, 2002
  • Six Sigma Green Belt, GE Bangalore, 2002

Personal Referees

  • Ajit Saralabai Ramadas, 0402935734
  • Jaise Emmanual, 0402163491

Professional Referees

  • Vince Mobilio, Regional Manager – Clenergy Australia, 0417379060
  • Brett Hernadi, CEO – MicroHeat Technologies, 0458230890

Career Overview Summary

Highly qualified and practical oriented engineer (Master of Technology, Electrical engineering (Power Electronics)), with more than twenty-six years of industrial experience. More than five years of experience as Power Electronics Engineer in a Start-up Company. Eight years of experience as a freelance designer (DC operated homes). Six years of experience as a Product manager for solar inverters (product launch, field analysis, field support.) Eight years of experience as a Manufacturing Process, Reliability & Test Engineer, for Medical devices power supplies. Three years of experience as R&D manager, Switch Mode Power Supplies for telecom industries including batteries. Three years of experience as R&D engineer, UPS and battery chargers for computer systems. A result focused and effective leader with proven ability to evaluate engineering designs, resolve complex technical problems and highly proactive about developing new skills and capabilities. I am now available and seeking new professional challenges in Electric Vehicle (EV).

General Information

Australian Citizen, One month notice period

Hobbies and Interests

  • Learning more about DC operated homes.
  • Learning metaphysics.

Training

  • NI Lab View I & II Intermediate by National Instruments, Bangalore, India, 2008
  • NI DAQ & Signal Conditioning by National Instruments, Bangalore, India, 2008
  • NI Lab View I & II Basic by National Instruments, Bangalore, 2008
  • New Manager Development Course, GE Crotonville, Hyderabad, 2007
  • ISO 9000-2000 Series Auditor/Lead Auditor Training Course, BVQI, Bangalore, India, 2005
  • Switched Mode Power Conversion from IISc, Bangalore (India), 2005
  • ISO 13485: 2003 Internal Quality Assessment Technique, UL India, Bangalore, 2004
  • Training on Saber Synopsys, Bangalore, India, 2004
  • Certified Reliability Engineer Centre for Reliability, Chennai, 2002
  • Six Sigma Green Belt, GE Bangalore, 2002
  • Microcontroller Application, STQC, Hyderabad, 1999

Timeline

Power Electronics Engineer

Microheat Australia
10.2016 - Current

Freelance Designer

My garage
03.2014 - Current

Product Manager

Clenergy Australia
03.2010 - 09.2016

Manufacturing Process Engineer

GE Healthcare (India) Pvt. Ltd.
11.2005 - 01.2010

Reliability Engineer

GE Healthcare (India) Pvt. Ltd.
04.2001 - 11.2005

Senior Manager (R&D)

Bull Power Systems Ltd.
01.2000 - 04.2001

Senior Engineer (Design & Development)

V-Guard Industries Ltd.
05.1995 - 05.1998

Manager (Design)

Sab Nife Power Systems Ltd.
- 01.2000

Master of Technology - Electrical engineering (Power Electronics)

Regional Engineering College

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Government Engineering College
MAHESH KODAKKATTIL