Open To Work
Ravikumar Gadipatri
Bangalore
Summary
Meticulous Mechanical Engineer maintaining highly functional digital systems for uninterrupted workflows and consistent productivity. Oversees the Design Interfaces and Requirements from various stake holders and aligned with cross functional teams to meet them. Sound product knowledge of Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) with Design and Analytical skills. International work experience (Denmark) with excellent project management skills and Well-versed in building positive relationships with stakeholders.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Lead Engineer
Senvion India Ltd.
Bangalore
07.2023 - Current
- Component owner for Cooling & Ventilation systems in Wind Turbine.
- Development of Cooling System for Generator, Gear Box and Converter for different platforms.
- Coordination with different suppliers to meet the requirements of the product and quality.
- Validation of the cooling system during development, installation and performance data through V-model.
- Alternate vendor development of cooling system for Value Engineering and product quality enhancement.
- Classification and validation of stakeholder’s requirements to develop engineering solutions, Ex: Hot climate, CE requirements etc.
- Creation of Design FMEA and Risk Assessment
- Ownership of non-conformity (NC) resolution
- Participating in Test activities such as HALT testing
Systems Engineering Professional
SIEMENSGAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY
Bangalore
12.2020 - 07.2023
- Worked on Reference Designation Systems-Power Plants (RDS-PP)
- Collection of Requirements and presentation to respective stakeholders for various projects
- Project data classification, Consolidation and Management
- Coordination with cross functional teams for assigning tags/codes based on respective functional parameters.
- Control of Asset Register / Configurations for various wind farms
- Conducted No. of awareness sessions (Bi-weekly) on RDS-PP through Wind University
- Participated in system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation
Technical Lead Engineer
AXISCADES ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES Ltd
Hyderabad
11.2015 - 10.2020
- Worked in customer location (Brande, Denmark) for various projects (CMD, RDS-PP, NPD) from 2016-2019.
- Design of structural components in Nacelle-Yaw System.
- Hand calculations and basic usage of analysis tool for calculation of deflection and permissible stress levels, For Ex: Floor structures, cable guides etc.
- RDS-PP (Reference Designation System-Power Plant) coding for Nacelle, Rotor and Tower modules as per ISO standards & VGB Guidelines
- Creation of Illustrated Part Catalogs (IPC) with RDS-PP Codes
- Corrective Maintenance Documentations (CMD) for Geared Drive and Direct Drive (DD) product portfolios
- Internal review of CMD documents like work instructions, risk assessments, checklists etc.
- Responsible for execution of work packages from offshore
Assistant Manager
Suzlon Energy Limited
Pune
09.2011 - 11.2015
- Core design team member for New Product Introduction activities
- Worked on various design projects in 1.5 MW and 2.1 MW platforms through DCIs (Design Change Initiations)
- Performed Value Engineering projects to reduce cost of turbine, For Ex: Cable trays and grease collectors of main bearing housing and components in Yaw system etc.
- Design & Drawings review (GD&T, Manufacturability, Assembly)
- Created Technical documents such as component Technical Specifications, Project Reports, IICAR, Process manuals, Work instructions etc.
- Collaboration with other engineering disciplines (Electrical & Electronics departments, Quality and Supply Chain Engineering) to resolve design and fleet issues.
- Created No. of Bills of Materials (BOMs) for different variants based on country specific and business requirements.
- Product life cycle management using applications such as GAIN, SAP and communicating to counter parts with release of ECP & ECN data.
- Aligned with offshore teams in Germany for concept development and execution.
Project Engineer (Research Scholar)
IIT Bombay
Powai
07.2007 - 08.2009
- Experimental Studies
- Characterization of Compressive, Tensile, In-plane Shear and Inter-laminar Shear Properties of composite (E-Glass, Carbon epoxy) and metal (Al, MS) specimens under High Strain Rate Loading using Split Hopkins Pressure Bar (SHPB) apparatus.
- Evaluation of Mechanical properties of FRP and metal specimens under static loads using Universal Testing Machine (UTM).
- Literature survey conducted based on similar studies and consolidated reports for possible International Journal publications.
- Analytical Studies
- Predicted high strain rate behavior of composites under compressive loading and Studies on effect of radial constraints.
- Analysis of Composite plate structure under quasi-static loading by using ANSYS (Classic) Software and compared it with experimental values by drop weight test.
- Multi Scale modeling of woven fabric Composites for Elastic and Failure Analysis by using ANSYS (Workbench) as part of master’s thesis and published in International Journal.
Education
MBA - Project Management, International Business
Bharathi Vidyapeeth
Pune, India05-2023
Master of Technology - Mechanical Engineering - CAD/CAM
Acharya Nagarjuna University
05-2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Anna University
Chennai, India05-2006
Intermediate - Maths, Physics, Chemistry
Uma Maheswara Junior College
Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India05-2002
High School Degree - Maths, Physics, History, Geography Etc.
Sri Chaitanya Public School
Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India05-2000
Skills
- Product Design/Development
- Modeling Software's: Unigraphics NX
- Modeling Software's: Inventor
- Modeling Software's: CATIA
- Product Life Cycle tools: Teamcenter
- Product Life Cycle tools: GAIN
- Product Life Cycle tools: SAP
- Product Quality-APQP4WIND
- Product Quality-PPAP
- Product Quality-DFMEA
- Manufacturing Knowledge
- Project Management
- MS Office Tools
- Power BI
- Technical Writing Skills
- New Product Development - Stage gates
- New Product Development - Verification & Validation
Accomplishments
- Coauthor for around 15 Technical journal publications on evaluating mechanical properties of High Strain Rate Testing of Composite and Metal specimens for usage in Body armor and ballistic proof structures.
- 8D Certified for Root Cause Analysis
Personal Information
Title: Senior Lead Engineer
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workWork Type
Full TimeLocation Preference
HybridSalary Range
₹45000/yr - ₹200000/yrTimeline
Senior Lead Engineer
Senvion India Ltd.
07.2023 - Current
Systems Engineering Professional
SIEMENSGAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY
12.2020 - 07.2023
Technical Lead Engineer
AXISCADES ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES Ltd
11.2015 - 10.2020
Assistant Manager
Suzlon Energy Limited
09.2011 - 11.2015
Project Engineer (Research Scholar)
IIT Bombay
07.2007 - 08.2009
MBA - Project Management, International Business
Bharathi Vidyapeeth
Master of Technology - Mechanical Engineering - CAD/CAM
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Anna University
Intermediate - Maths, Physics, Chemistry
Uma Maheswara Junior College
High School Degree - Maths, Physics, History, Geography Etc.
Sri Chaitanya Public School