Rushikesh Deshmukh

• Own end‑to‑end system and software requirements for microgrid Energy Management Systems (EMS), translating customer, business, and grid‑operation needs into clear system specifications and prioritized user stories.
• Refined product backlog, ensuring traceability from high-level system requirements to implementation and validation.
• Drive cross‑functional execution across software development, system architecture, and QA teams to deliver scalable, reliable DER monitoring and control solutions.
• Contributed to product roadmap planning, aligning capabilities with energy optimization, grid resilience, and asset performance objectives.
• Enable IT/OT system integration across microgrid controllers, SCADA, protection relays, meters, and enterprise monitoring platforms.
• Guide development of features supporting operational control and performance monitoring of BESS, generators, renewable assets, and grid interconnections.
• Collaborated with internal stakeholders to capture real-world operational challenges and integrated feedback into product enhancements.
• Lead Agile ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint planning, acceptance validation) to ensure quality delivery and alignment with product goals.

• Led system engineering and requirement definition for next‑generation circuit breaker trip units, accessories, and commissioning software.
• Defined and documented system element requirements, interfaces, and integration logic across Trip Units, communication modules, and digital commissioning tools.
• Developed system architecture and interface specifications to ensure interoperability, scalability, and long‑term maintainability.
• Collaborated with marketing and product management to translate business and user needs into technically realizable system solutions.
• Conducted system design reviews, recommending architectural improvements that improved overall system integrity.
• Coordinated cross‑functional discussions in an Agile environment to align expectations across hardware, firmware, and software teams.
• Researched and evaluated adoption of 10BASE‑T1S Ethernet for next‑generation switchboard communication architectures.

• Delivered Power Management and Control System projects using Nexus OnCore and GE Mark VIe platforms for industrial and energy applications.
• Analyzed RFQs, customer specifications, and standards to define control scope, system architecture, and compliance requirements.
• Designed control philosophies based on Single Line Diagrams (SLDs), power system studies, and transient stability analysis reports.
• Engineered IEC 61850–based substation automation systems, including:Creation of I/O databases from input–output lists
  Configuration and integration of numerical relays using ICD / SCD files
  
• Designed control system network architecture, selecting and sizing controllers, I/O modules, HMIs, and industrial Ethernet switches.
• Authored Functional Design Specifications (FDS) to define system operation, control logic, protection interlocks, and operator interfaces, ensuring clarity and compliance.
• Implemented control logic and sequencing within the control system and designed SCADA architectures for monitoring and control.
• Planned and executed Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) with customers, addressing technical queries and ensuring contractual compliance.
• Collaborated with project management, supply chain, and regulatory teams to ensure on-time project delivery and adherence to project milestones.

• Acted as Liaison Engineer for generator excitation control systems, coordinating with global engineering teams for India region projects.
• Executed Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) for LS2100e and EX2100e generator excitation systems.
• Supported commissioning and site integration, ensuring stable generator operation and grid synchronization.
• Executed project kick‑off meetings to initiate engineering activities and validate site data and system requirements.
• Designed and tested HMI graphics for generator excitation and protection systems.
• Reviewed and presented elementary drawings, ESMR documentation, and power system stability studies to customers.

Generator Synchronization with grid -

• Developed generator synchronization and control logic for GE Mark VIe control system platform, enhancing system performance.

Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Based STATCOM -

• STATCOM system based on cascaded H bridge multilevel inverter to deal with power quality issues such as voltage regulation, power factor improvement, line harmonic reduction. The System is simulated in MATLAB Simulink. The operation is with low-switching frequency.