AKSHAY N

R&D Lead

Creaid Labs Pvt Ltd•  December 2022 - Present•  Bangalore

• Led the development of a hand and elbow exoskeleton to support individuals with stroke, Brachial Plexus Injury (BPI), and Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) for therapy and basic bilateral activities. • Engineered in-house linear actuators, achieving a 50% cost reduction compared to commercial options. • Designed and developed thermoformable splints and braces, including upper and lower limb splints, skier's thumb splints, shoulder braces, and Aeroplan splints etc. • Enhanced production efficiency by 40% through the implementation of Kipper technology in 15+ 3D printers, utilizing data analysis to identify optimization parameters and drive hardware and firmware upgrades. • Managed R&D procurement processes end-to-end, including vendor scouting, negotiation, and purchase coordination, leading to improved operational efficiency and cost savings. • Streamlined R&D recruitment by exploring diverse talent acquisition channels and implementing more efficient processes. • Created a Power BI dashboard to integrate expense, procurement, and inventory data for R&D operations, leveraging data analysis to support decision-making.

Product Engineer (Consultant)

Evobi Automations Pvt Ltd•  July 2022 - September 2022•  Bangalore

• Developed a flight controller using the ESP32 microcontroller and MPU6050 IMU within the ESP-IDF framework. • Utilized Drehmflight for flight stabilization, an open-source system supporting various configurations such as multirotors, fixed-wing aircraft, and VTOLs. • Applied the Madgwick filter for attitude estimation (i.e. obtaining orientation of an object in space using sensor fusion) • Ported and optimized code from Arduino to the ESP-IDF framework, achieving improved functionality and performance. • Tuned PID (Proportional, Integral, Derivative) gains to ensure stable drone flight. • Produced video tutorials on building and setting up quadcopters, providing guidance and sharing expertise. • Prototyped a tree-climbing robot, exploring innovative design solutions.

Smart Wearable New Product Development Executive

Titan Company Limited•  July 2019 - July 2021•  Hosur

• Worked on 30+ smart wearable projects across brands like Titan, Fastrack, sonata, TraQ. • Coordinated with various stakeholders (Design, R&D, Reliability Testing, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Assembly, Vendors, etc.) throughout the development value chain to convert concepts into finished products. • Defined standard operating procedures for the final assembly and packaging of smart wearables. • Estimated per unit cost of new products, incorporating the cost of components, tooling, non-recurring engineering cost (NRE), and developmental costs. • Created and maintained Bills of Materials (BOM) for all products. • Researched competitor products and unique wearable technologies, visualizing pricing, specs/features, ratings, and other relevant metrics in the marketplace through data analysis. • Accountable for project deliverables, tracking and driving bulk production of wearables through SAP. • Established processes for a new product category (audio wearables) and developed a new numbering logic for the same.