Prakash Khobragade

Sourcing and Purchase Engineer @ Baaz Bikes

About

Procurement Engineer at Baaz Bikes | EV Component Selection, Harness & Testing. Specializing in procurement, selection, and testing of components for the complete EV ecosystem, with a key focus on battery swap-station systems. With a strong foundation in electric vehicle technology, I bring hands-on experience in designing and manufacturing EV Formula cars. As the Former Powertrain Lead and Vice-Captain for Formula E-Formula Ashwa-Riders, I worked extensively on battery pack design, traction motors, high-voltage harnesses, and BMS configurations. My expertise lies in evaluating, sourcing, and optimizing EV components for performance, reliability, cost efficiency, and scalability.

Country

India

City

Delhi

Industry

Automotive

Skill

Project Management, Team Management, Budgeting, Strategic Sourcing, Component Engineering, Procurment, Wiring Harness, Engineering managment, Automotive Electronics, Procurement, Testing Tools, SOLIDWORKS, Battery Design, Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV)

Experience

Sourcing and Purchase Engineer

Baaz Bikes

2025-4 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Driving the evolution of India's Battery Swap Infrastructure through smart sourcing. As a Sourcing and Purchase Engineer, I handle the sourcing and procurement process for our advanced Battery Swap-Station systems. My key responsibilities include: • Managing vendor relationships to ensure quality, reliability, and cost efficiency. • Evaluating and negotiating with suppliers for high-performance components, ensuring optimal value for the company. • Conducting cost analysis and benchmarking to select the best components suited to our product architecture. • Coordinate with design, testing, and quality teams to validate components for electrical, thermal, and mechanical reliability. • Supporting wiring harness design by analyzing current ratings, voltage drops, connector specifications & layout planning. • Continuously scanning the market for new technologies and component upgrades to improve system performance and reliability. Focus Areas: Component Selection · Harness Design · Vendor Coordination · Vendor Development · Cost Negotiation · Strategic Sourcing · System Integration · Product Reliability · Battery Technology

Jr. Engineer (Component Selection and Harness )

Baaz Bikes

2024-8 - 2025-6 · 11 mos

Delhi, India

As Jr. electrical Engineer Working on the Component selection/ Procurement, Testing of component, compatibility in our system. Additionally Work in Harness Designing, Battery interconnect Designing & Battery cell Welding Machines. Work on NMC cell chemistry, HPPC Test using MATLAB simulation, SOC Estimation and SOH

Electrical system Integration Engineer

Baaz Bikes

2024-2 - 2024-7 · 6 mos

Delhi, India

As electical system integration intern, I am Working on SOC Estimation using Kalman filter on matlab. Working on Battery cell testing (HPPC Test) and SOH Estimation.

Powertrain Lead & Vice captain

E FORMULA ASHWA RIDERS

2023-2 - 2024-7 · 1 yr 6 mos

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

I am leading Powertrain department in team E-Formula Ashwa-Riders, I am working on Traction Motor having 4000 rpm of 25KW, kelly Controller and Battery pack designing Working on NMC cells having 5.8 KWhr. battery pack. We secure AIR-19 on Formula-Bharat 2024

Junior Powertrain Engineer

E FORMULA ASHWA RIDERS

2021-3 - 2023-2 · 2 yrs

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

I am a junior Powertrain lead in team E-Formula Ashwa-Riders, We Designing and Manufacture formula type electric vehicle. Working on Traction Motor, kelly Controller and Battery pack designing Working on NMC cells having 7.2 KWhr. battery pack. We got 11 th AIR on Formula Bharat.