Rakesh Madhavrao Badgujar
Mumbai
Summary
Dynamic professional eager to leverage skills and knowledge to drive organizational success while fostering personal growth and continuous learning. Committed to contributing effectively to team objectives and embracing opportunities that enhance both individual and collective performance. Passionate about aligning aspirations with organizational goals, ensuring a mutually beneficial relationship that promotes innovation and excellence. Ready to tackle challenges that facilitate career advancement and the achievement of strategic initiatives.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
R&D Testing Manager
Reliance Industries Mumbai
Mumbai
06.2023 - Current
- Focus on testing and commercialization of Li-ion Cells and Battery batteries.
- Testing the batteries as per the different IEC, IS, and JIS standards.
- Created comprehensive design bases to optimize lab configurations for efficient lithium-ion battery and cell testing operations.
- Led testing strategies to enhance product quality and compliance with industry standards.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive test plans, ensuring thorough coverage of functional requirements.
- Testing of commercially available Cylindrical and prismatic Cells to benchmark the cell performance.
- Projects Handled : 314Ah Cell Benchmarking, 32140 Mobility cell testing
- Working on Product quality improvement.
- Support Customers and the Technical support team for prototype cell testing.
- Working on formation protocol optimization.
- Working on performance in actual applications like stationary applications, Mobility
R&D Engineer
Daramic Battery Separators India Pvt. LTD
Dahej, India
03.2022 - 06.2023
- Knowledge of Lead acid battery testing and assembly process.
- Knowledge of PE manufacturing process and testing methods.
- Hands-on experience with battery cycler tester and SEM.
- Learn about the IEC, JIS, and Automotive battery standards for PE-separator testing and Lead acid battery testing.
- Validation of Separator performance in actual applications like stationary applications, Mobility, and SLI applications.
- Projects Handled : E-rickshaw and Inverter rubber based PE Separator development
- Validating the performance of the developed PE -separator.
- Worked on Product quality improvement.
- Support Customers and the Technical support team for field failure.
- Analysis and troubleshooting the Product quality issues during manufacturing.
Deputy Manager – Application Development (Testing)
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited
Mumbai
07.2016 - 03.2022
- Focus on testing and commercialization of ZnMnO2 secondary batteries.
- Optimizing the charging and discharging profile for the ZnMnO2 technology.
- Setting the quality parameters for the ZnMnO2 secondary batteries.
- Knowledge of various IEC, IS, and JIS battery standards.
- Testing the batteries as per the different IEC, IS, and JIS standards.
- Analyze the performance of ZnMnO2 Battery in comparison with Lead acid battery and Li-ion Batteries
- Analyze the test reports regularly to understand the performance of the cells and Batteries.
- Analyzing the failure modes by doing the cut-open analysis of cells.
- Addressing the different failure modes and sharing the reports with the R & D team.
- Hands-on experience in programming the Battery Life cycle testers (Digatron & Kraft Powercon).
- Testing the cells on different application protocols (UPS, Solar, Traction, E-rickshaw, etc).
- Helping the R & D team in optimizing the two-wheeler prismatic cell by doing HRD and charging the cell at different currents based on the material loaded.
- Associated with the Installation of UEP (ZnMnO2) Storage batteries.
- Associated with the testing of the storage Batteries.
- Helping the Sales team by giving input on the performance of the UEP Storage Batteries.
- Responsible for analyzing the performance of UEP batteries with the help of BMS.
- Maintaining the 24V UEP system including batteries and Inverter.
- Involved in the development of an Indian-made BMS (Battery Management System).
- Associated with the sizing of batteries for both solar (off-grid & on-grid) and UPS applications.
- Performance and comparison life cycle study on ZnMnO2 and Lead acid battery
- Inverter and UPS Application base Use-case data replication for analysis of ZnMnO2 battery performance.
- Optimization of charging protocol for ZnMnO2 Cells with the maximum number of cycles.
- Testing and analysis of the performance of two-wheeler cell and battery
- Setting the quality parameter for segregation and grouping of cells using the DC IR method.
- Setting the quality parameter for manufacturing defective cells using the HRD method.
- Life cycle validation for ZnMnO2 cells and Battery at different charging protocols.
- Impact of Temperature on the Life cycle of ZnMnO2 cells.
- Testing and replication of IEC standard 61427 for validation of the performance of ZnMnO2 cells in Solar applications.
- Testing and replication of different test protocols with the help of different IEC and IS standards for E-rickshaw and Traction applications.
- Impact of Self-Discharge on cycle life and performance for ZnMnO2 battery.
Maintenance and Service Engineer
HBL Power System Limited
06.2015 - 07.2016
- Installation, commissioning, and Maintenance of Integrated Power Supply system and battery charger for railway signaling system.
- Installation and maintenance of Battery bank.
- Responsible for maintaining IPS panels for 64 railway Stations.
- Projects Handled
- Installed & Commissioned New 19 IPS panels for 19 railway stations in 1 Year.
- Installation Commissioned of 19 battery banks of VRLA batteries.
Maintenance and Service Engineer
Accutech Power Solution
Pune
04.2014 - 06.2015
- Involved in site electrical wiring and layout finalization before installation.
- Installation and commissioning of Transformer and stabilizer.
- Installation and Commission of 1 to 20KVA UPS with Battery banks.
- Installation and Commission of Battery charger.
- Responsible for maintaining 120 Installation sites in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
- Projects Handled
- Installation of 20KVA UPS with VRLA Batteries for Glenmark Pharma, Aurangabad.
- Installation of 3KVA to 10KVA UPS with VRLA Batteries for Sterling and Wilson.
- Installation of 6KVA UPS with VRLA Batteries for Bajaj Finance branches in the Marathwada region.
- Installation of 20KVA UPS with VRLA Batteries for SBI Life Insurance, Aurangabad.
- Major AMC Clients Glenmark Pharma, Wockhardt hospital, Mylan Lab, Vodafone, SBI Bank, SBI Life insurance, DCB Bank, Baja Finance.
Testing and Maintenance Engineer
Mass-Tech Controls Pvt. LTD
12.2012 - 04.2014
- Testing of SMPS Base Battery charger, Thyristor based & Controller based chargers, twelve pulses SCR based chargers.
- Testing, Commissioning, and Servicing of Industrial and IT Battery Chargers, UPS, ACDB, DCDB, Cell Booster, and Charger Panel.
- Testing of MU1000 DC System Supervisor system.
- Calculation & selection of all equipment like DCDB, ACDB, Battery Bank, MCB, Single-line diagrams & cable sizing for panels.
- Projects Handled
- Inhouse Testing of SMPS Base battery charger and thyristor-based battery charge Panels.
- Inhouse Testing of microcontroller-based Battery charger controller System.
- BOM verification of ACDB, DCDB, and Chargers.
Education
B.E - Electronics & Telecommunication
S.S.B.T'S College of Engineering
Jalgaon01-2011
HSC -
Nutan Maratha College
Jalgaon01-2006
SSC - undefined
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Jalgaon01-2004
Skills
- Functional and Performance testing
- Test environment setup
- Data analysis
- Test strategy development
- Problem-solving
- Failure and Teardown analysis
Languages
English, Marathi, Hindi
Timeline
R&D Testing Manager
Reliance Industries Mumbai
06.2023 - Current
R&D Engineer
Daramic Battery Separators India Pvt. LTD
03.2022 - 06.2023
Deputy Manager – Application Development (Testing)
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited
07.2016 - 03.2022
Maintenance and Service Engineer
HBL Power System Limited
06.2015 - 07.2016
Maintenance and Service Engineer
Accutech Power Solution
04.2014 - 06.2015
Testing and Maintenance Engineer
Mass-Tech Controls Pvt. LTD
12.2012 - 04.2014
SSC - undefined
Kendriya Vidyalaya
B.E - Electronics & Telecommunication
S.S.B.T'S College of Engineering
HSC -
Nutan Maratha College
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Testing and analysis of different Battery chemistry
- Failure analysis
- Technical Coordination
- Preparing the test reports
- Installation & Commissioning
- Team Management
- Quality Control analysis