Raja Shankar Venugopal
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Experience
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Sankalp Semiconductor
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United States
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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300 - 400 Employee
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Associate Director
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Jan 2021 - Present
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Sanmina
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Engineering Manager
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Nov 2016 - Jun 2020
Product realization through product design phases from Concept to Mass Pro and Beyond.. for Medical/Telecom/ Aerospace, Industrial and consumerLead a multi-disciplinary professionally motivated global Electrical Design, Test development, Mechanical Fixturing and NPI Team . Manage near shore European seed team to support product and Test development on Niche micro fluidics& dispensing domain Lead a global team on many DFx& VAVE/ technology insertion on Legacy programs at system & products levels Core group committee member in DFx standard evolution and LoRA technology adoption Enable product transitioning across IMS facilities globally and product homologation Lead team in technology adoption in Wireless space. LoRA/ BT/ NFC/ WI-FI Successful launch of many products/ assemblies and Off-shore Test deployments Show less
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Senior ATE program Manager
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Jun 2010 - Nov 2016
- Lead , manage , remotely and directly support end-to-end test development projects for Sanmina globally- Support Customer/ Sanmina design community and manufacturing to Formulate Test Strategies for Test time and cost optimization- Innovate and create/ develop turnkey designs of structural, functional and system test solutions for a wide spectrum of products,technologies & domains -- Telecom, Medical, Industrial & Consumer, / Wireless, RF & Fluidics, Digital, Analog and Mixed Signal app.. Show less
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HCLTech
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Technical Manager
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Oct 2006 - Jun 2010
Establish Test engineering practice supported with robust Test development infrastructure & ECO system inclusive of last mile support for Manufacturing.. Lead a Team of professional component Engineering/ VAVE/ Test development & NPI team Transitioning of products developed for customers into manufacturing Partners globally Established RF ATE practice specialized in RF functional & automated DVT Testing: Power Amplifiers, Repeaters, Antenna's, Antenna Line Devices, BTS.... Set up a ESD safe self contained ATE/RF Lab catering for ATE development/DVT and remote Production Factory support across the Globe Built a professional NPI team (Mfg. Process/ Mfg Test/Materials/SCM) Built & Groomed Mfg Test expertise: ICT/ FCT and Field repair Diagnostics Transitioned to manufacturing multiple product lines for networking major with Teir-I EMS vendors supported product ramp-up and Lead dedicated Off-Shore Development centres for multiple clients in different Domains Show less
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MEL Systems and Services Ltd.
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India
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Manager Design & Test
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Dec 1998 - Oct 2006
• Incubated and lead a cross functional design, Test,Test Program development,Manufacturing team and Bidding team • Also Lead a team is inspired engineers to address special custom and Innovative requirements encompassing reverse engineering for Defense sector • Lead a team of inspired team in Development or many LRU's/ SRU's and re-hosting of TPS • Lead a team of engineers in the LASAR simulator software based TPS development for Teradyne Spectrum 9100.• Have handled many programs with Public Sector Units / Defense Research & Development Organizations for LRU development and Technology insertion in legacy platforms• Have Successfully lead team in implementation of Training simulators for Indian Air Force• Instrumental in leading a innovative solution for Mother board testing using Vectorless Testing• Hands on experience in hardware and Test software platforms.• Excellent problem solving, decision-making and project management and man management skills.• Proponent of technology insertion for Legacy systems in MIL-Aero domain Show less
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Asst. Manager Design
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Dec 1997 - Dec 1998
Lead a team of 2 people in the Indigenousing the Computer Grade UPS.Developed a Multi-output Defense grade Power SuppliesPart of the team for the development for E-10B Dual Module Line card tester
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Deputy Manager Design
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May 1992 - Dec 1997
Designed 3kVA true Sine wave online Compact UPS and Multi output Power supply. Indigenoused 100KW/ Current shared Switched Mode Rectifier Telecom power Supply for Indian Telecom Was Instrumental in formulating the GR spec's,development and introduction of Switched Mode Power Supply for the Indian Telecom as energy efficient replacement for the Legacy Thyristor based Rectifier. Designed Modular PWM Inverters for Indian Telecom Industry. Designed 3kVA true Sine wave online Compact UPS and Multi output Power supply. Developed a High Power High voltage 3KV Test rig for Vaccuum Interrupter Testing -Through Innovative Controlled Capacitive Charge/ Discharge Lead a team in the development of Battery Chargers ( Float Rectifiers/ Float Cum Boost Chargers) of various capacities ... Show less
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Education
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National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
M.E, Power Systems -
Thiagarajar College of Engineering
B.E, Electrical & Electronics -
Santhome Higher Secondary School
Higher Secondary -
Avichi Higher Secondary School