Vamsi Gollanapalli
Hardware Engineer
Clayton, Melbourne,VIC
Summary
Hands-on Hardware Engineer with demonstrated success managing hardware development and support projects. Excellent cross-functional team experience and design team leadership. Bringing five years of engineering experience and expertise in circuit design, manufacturing, troubleshooting industrial sensors and gateways with efficient Australian project management expertise.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Hardware Engineer
Minnovation Technologies
Pakenham, VIC
02.2021 - Current
- Evaluated operational systems and recommended design modifications to eliminate causes of malfunctions or changes in system requirements.
- Researched complex technical issues and provided resolutions.
- Traveled to customer sites to provide prompt resolutions to issues.
- Read blueprints, wiring diagrams, schematic drawings and engineering instructions to properly assemble electronics units.
- Rewrote firmware codes of microcontrollers from micro-python to C language.
- Provided team members and leadership with documentation such as test results, system design specifications and status reports.
- Assembled and disassembled various sensors such as people's sensor, waste sensor, water sensor , pressure sensor and infrared X-vision cameras.
- Performed preventive maintenance and calibration of equipment and systems.
- Installed, maintained and repaired various sensors ,gateways and tools to achieve operational readiness, safety and cleanliness.
- Conducted in-depth defect analysis for completed assemblies and components to root cause level.
- Completed daily construction tasks while providing safe working conditions, staying on budget and meeting project deadlines.
- Repaired printed circuit boards or subassemblies by replacing electronic and or mechanical components in correct orientation.
- Planned and managed engineering projects and continuous improvement programs to reduce labor and costs.
- Utilized soldering iron to adjust and replace defective or improperly functioning circuitry and electronics components.
- Monitored installation of materials and equipment for compliance with drawings and specifications.
- Analyzed electronics system requirements, capacity or customer needs to determine project feasibility.
- Reviewed contractor proposals and sets of drawings prepared by firms to identify missing information, generate questions and align budgets.
- Led product testing, failure investigations and corrective action planning.
- Participated in technical and cost proposal development and customer presentations.
- Communicated with industrial equipment installers to deliver technical support throughout project execution.
- Tracked equipment usage and updated quantities of products to equip team members to complete projects.
- Recommended organization process improvements to grow throughput figures and reduce unnecessary waste.
IoT Engineer (Remote)
Reesby
Melbourne, VIC
05.2020 - 01.2021
- Led IoT team in delivery of BLE device project for both Android and IOS using Ionic react and node js using AWS services, resulting in successful deployment.
- Managed effective use of S3 , elastic beanstalk ,code commit, dynamoDB services and Gitflow of the project.
- Participated in all phases of system development life cycle, from requirements analysis through project implementation.
- Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
- Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.
- Developed technical solutions to diverse operational problems.
- Evaluated and adopted new technologies to address changing industry needs.
- Hired, trained and mentored staff to maximize effectiveness.
- Built application platform foundation to support migration from client-server product lines to enterprise architectures and services.
Electrical Engineer
Live HV
Melbourne, VIC
07.2019 - 11.2019
- Principally designed a MATLAB program to record and analyze data on a Teledyne Leroy oscilloscope which is used in high and medium voltage partial discharge testing.
- Assisted senior technicians with high voltage testing in the client locations.
- Performed in-depth electrical acceptance testing of completed hardware, including continuity and high-potential isolation testing.
- Created, aligned and optimized electrical instrumentation and testing equipment.
- Evaluated installed electrical equipment and systems to isolate faults and implement corrective actions.
- Retested electrical products and systems to determine whether modifications have desired effect.
Education
Master of Engineering Sciences - Electrical and Electronics
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Melbourne12.2019
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and CommunicationEngineering
Lingaya's University
Faridabad, India08.2015
Projects
- Project Managed the City of Casey Bunjil Place Facilities Management Projects : https://minnovation.com.au/portfolio-items/finding-value-in-asset-data/
- Project Managed the City of Banyule Asset Management, Thermal metering and Condition Monitoring Projects : https://minnovation.com.au/portfolio-items/38093/
Skills
- Hardware design and documentation
- Deisign, troubleshooting, testing and installation of Industrial Sensors & Gateways
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Ionic Framework , React, Nodejs, C
- MATLAB, Simulink, AutoCAD
- Altium Designer, PCB layout, Micro-Controllers
- Failure analysis and resolution
- Training Junior Team Members
- Test Solutions Delivery
- Lab Testing
- CAD Drawings
Additional Information
Full Australian Work Rights
Certification
- IoT Fundamentals: Build your first project with BLE Beacons - Udemy(2020)
- Google on Digital Marketing (2019)
- Coursera on Internet of Things (2018)
- Digital Design in VLSI (2015-16)
- Embedded Systems (2016)
- Australian White Card
Timeline
Hardware Engineer
Minnovation Technologies
02.2021 - Current
IoT Engineer (Remote)
Reesby
05.2020 - 01.2021
Electrical Engineer
Live HV
07.2019 - 11.2019
Master of Engineering Sciences - Electrical and Electronics
Swinburne University of Technology
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and CommunicationEngineering
Lingaya's University
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