Phani Machenahalli

• Design electronics hardware from concept to production release. Collaborate with suppliers for medium-scale builds and support manufacturing engineering. Create schematics and PCB layouts in Altium, generating necessary documentation. Plan and execute prototype testing, ensuring effective issue resolution. Oversee product compliance and certification activities, including EMC/EMI, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborated with suppliers to enhance manufacturing efficiency. Setup inhouse production line
• Key responsibilities:

• Packaging & sorting items, updating the inventory at warehouse, assist logistics at client location.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and development of infotainment systems, display systems resulting in 15% cost savings and reduced field failure rates
• Circuit Design, detail schematics (Mentor Graphics), review technical artefacts, circuit analysis, making technical decisions
• Communicate with silicon/IC vendors & customers
• Audio tuning, AM/FM radio tuning, and compliance testing as per ITU specifications
• Mentoring junior engineers, worked with cross functional teams (audio, SW, BSP, integration, validation, & certification)
• Complete hardware product ownership with design, analysis, prototype testing & EMI/EMC design verification
• Address field failures, support manufacturing, identify root cause and provide permanent corrective actions

Key achievements:

• Developed automotive clusters, displays & infotainment systems for OEMs- Nissan, Mazda & Renault
• Led a technical team addressing global field failures, resolved technical issues, EMI/EMC compliant design & testing, WIFI end device testing, antenna performance tuning, compliant testing (including performance, throughput, SNR in 2.4, 5 GHz bands) addressed component shortages, recognised with Visteon’s Technical Excellence Award (2023) and special award for sourcing components
• Six Sigma Green belt certified

Key responsibilities

• Hardware electronics design services for single board embedded computers, SOM modules, Gyroscope based designs, FPGA based design, Gas sensor-based hardware
• Schematic design, ECAD Layout with Altium, PCB assembly and testing
• Services include design & development of hardware, design artefacts, design reviews, drawings, prepare documentation and provide guidance for testing and board bring up

Key achievements:

• Provided technical consultancy on hardware projects to clients Trunexa, Gurutvaa Systems & DCAS Technologies
• Developed high-reliability power solutions for industrial use, reducing system failures by 20%.

Key responsibilities:

Responsible for design & development of industrial and commercial electronics hardware products

• Hardware design, working with cross functional teams (Camera, Wireless, SW, Testing, QA)
• Camera Hardware with MIPI, CSI-2 compliant interface to ARM based Ambarella processor & discrete Omni vision camera sensor. Hardware board bring up and camera image tuning, colour tuning, IR testing, Wi-Fi testing
• Communicate and attend customer meetings, silicon vendors, resolving technical issues, provide project updates to leadership team
• Ownership of the products/ projects being executed

Key achievements:
• Developed AI-Artificial intelligence industrial smart camera with Wi-Fi & BLE interface,
reduced design cycle time by 25% through enhanced testing and DFM strategies
• Wi-Fi based smart camera with AI initially developed for senior citizens & patients, product portfolio later migrated to industrial safety video analysts with AI
• 15KW High power controller design having power controller, IO conditioning & Linux MODBUS based communication system for data centre

Key responsibilities:

• Hardware architecture, design and delivery of commercial safety critical airborne cargo door control unit for P2F- passenger to freight converted Airbus A321 aircraft
• This role involved conducting change control board-CCB meetings, review artefacts, document requirements, responsible for delivery of documentation required by Federal aviation authority- FAA audited by DER- Designated Engineering Representative and met EASA- European Union Aviation Safety Agency- type certification requirements for airworthiness
• Responsible for project documentation like SRS, HRD, HDD, HVP, HVVP FHA, FSA, FTA & SSA
• Responsible for complete ownership of program starting from proposal to manufacturing transition. architecture, design, testing (Verification & Validation), documentation, qualification and certification of product
• FPGA requirements capture and system architecture, BIT and BITE testing, fault enunciation
• Communicate with cross functional teams’ hardware, mechanical, FPGA & manufacturing teams, silicon/IC vendors and attend customer meetings
• Satcom Radio LRU Development
• Review schematics, ECAD layout, Prototype testing & EMI/EMC design verification

Key achievements:
• Reduced design cycle time by 25% through enhanced reliability testing and EASA certification strategies
• Performed Architectural & System Engineering role for P2F A321 conversion Cargo Door Control unit.
• DO-254 product assurance and DO-160G electrical design compliance, CDCU is DAL-B type certified by EASA and is flying for Airbus A321 P2F converted aircrafts
• Recognized with individual awards for CDCU & Team achievement award for VTOL power distribution analysis design reviews for AW609 aircraft
• Experience in SOI-1 to SOI-4 audits for type certification of commercial airborne hardware

Key responsibilities

• Circuit design, draft schematics, perform trade studies, simulations, analysis, for navigation systems, engine controls systems; EMI, EMC product compliance verification
• Propose product technology upgradation based on latest advancements, proposed cost performance analysis for newer technologies got funded for the proposals and executed those proposals to qualify the product for business
• Directed product refresh & compliance testing for Honeywell engine (TPE-331) controls (torque temperature controller, SRLC-Single Red Line Controller), DMM-Data Memory Module, & redesign of RDR4000 weather RADAR power supply

Key achievements:

• Recognized by Honeywell Aerospace with outstanding Engineer award for the year 2015 for reliability improvements.

Key responsibilities:

• Development of engine power conversion module, development of next generation electrical braking system & A380-motor drive electronics analysis
• Schematic design, simulations, analysis, trade studies & hardware testing.

Key achievements:

• Represented team for capturing voice of customer with Airbus team for A380 motor drive electronics
• Lead ESC-Electronics Systems Engineering India team, designed and developed power converter module for Rolls Royce Trent PCM engine
• Requirements capture for next generation electrical braking systems

Key responsibilities:

• Developed mesh-based WI-FI router & NAS Server for security, surveillance storage solutions, development of gigabit ethernet switch & VOIP gateway
• Schematics design; board bring up testing & scripting for automation

Key responsibilities:

• APU controller platform design & motor controller-based platform design
• Schematics design, perform simulations, analysis & trade studies
• EMI, EMC product compliance verification
• Development of -robust power distribution system for ground-based augmentation system-GBAS & RSMU-remote satellite monitor unit power supply for precision landing

Key achievements:

• Received technical excellence award for robust power distribution for GBAS-Ground based augmentation system & RSMU-Remote Satellite monitoring unit
• Received Bravo award for development of APU controller platform design
• Six Sigma Green belt certified

Key responsibilities:

• Development of RFID security system, discrete LNA designs, combiner and mixer-based designs, development of microwave moisture analyser for paper industry
• Schematics design, PCB design, board bring up & testing