Nikhil Parikh

- Responsible Engineer for X-axis motion system, overseeing precision motion hardware integration, commissioning, and qualification; designed protective covers for motion hardware and developed recommended safety bounds using first principles models - Responsible Engineer for company’s sole production printer, owning maintenance, troubleshooting, procurement, and technical decision making; sustained 97% uptime as production volume doubled by transitioning from reactive to preventive maintenance and rapidly resolving equipment failures enabling an increase in revenues over 4 quarters - Led mechanical integration and commissioning of the build module and other subsystems on new large-format metal printer, developing checkout procedures and resolving cross-functional integration issues, advancing system towards production readiness - Designed tooling for installation and alignment of primary structure, build module, and X-axis motion stage, to support precise and repeatable assembly

- Designed wire harness in Solidworks to ensure unit met all quality and function requirements, with a focus on manufacturability to reduce team bring up time - Developed drop-in upgrade pneumatics system for next generation large-scale printing system, achieving customer safety requirements and as a 30% reduction of cost over existing hardware - Improved registration and dimensionality of output on media via analysis of PLC encoder data logs to model media velocity as a function of pacer and motor velocity to account for variances in manufacturing of rollers

- Oversee Cockpit & Electronics subteams to design driver and safety systems for first for team electric vehicle - Instituted teamwide project management system in Notion - Established structured systems engineering practices to better justify component cost and design from the perspective of vehicle performance engineering - Implemented SOP system to significantly reduce risk for high voltage and general vehicle operation including documentation, training and certification for members

- Lead design and integration for pneumatic shifting, leading to >50% reduction in shifting time and improved driver ergonomics - Managed members to design parts for shifting subsystem - Refined driver safety components for zero ease of installation and passing at first technical inspection - Developed and integrated shifting software into data acquisition system

- Designed jigs to manufacture components designed by subteam - Led design on electronics for a major subsystem

Collaborated with multiple sub teams on designing Formula SAE racecar, and designing a pneumatic shifter

- Restored functionality to a pre-clinical system deployed internationally by diagnosing and repairing unpredictable noise issues within two week abridged timeline - Developed & ran lifecycle testing for high wear components in preclinical imaging system

- Helped students gain deeper understanding of robotics - Reviewed code and provided feedback - Coached and supported students at competition

- Improve processes and write software for multiple company projects - Install system on site and troubleshoot bring-up process - Communicate with management on projects and work with multiple teams

3D printer maintenance and design work

- Programmed 2020 robot, introducing vision based targeting, closed loop teleoperated driving and reliable distance based controllers - Designed & built 2019 robot's pneumatic system - Worked on robots in high pressure competition environment