Sivakumar Nadarajan
Singapore
Summary
Technical Manager with 18 years of experience in multinational corporations, specializing in overseeing technical projects and programs related to New Product Introduction (NPI) and intelligent services for electrical and electromechanical subsystems in aerospace, electric aircraft, automotive, industrial, and marine sectors. Certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by PMI, adept at managing projects and programs effectively. Leads a global team of over 25 engineers with a budget exceeding USD 4 million.
Proficient in NPI processes and technology development. Skilled in architecting data platforms and processing solutions for offering preventive and predictive maintenance services to critical electrical or hybrid systems in aerospace, marine, and industrial domains. Experienced in managing projects requiring multidomain knowledge, including electrical machines, power electronics, firmware, hardware, cloud computing, and data analytics. Possesses strong expertise in electrical machines, power electronics converters, electromechanical systems, digital systems, and energy storage systems. Well-versed in Azure cloud data pipeline and data analytics for remote asset monitoring. Recognized with awards for innovation, engineering, and technology development.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical manager, Head of competency / Head Center of Excellence
Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd.
01.2016 - Current
- Manage project resources, budget, hiring, and performance development reviews
- Be the PoC across the business on offering the electrical solutions, engage and convince the business units to adopt the developed solutions
- Lead cross functional project teams in a matrix environment to drive project from initiation to pre product delivery by following appropriate product development process
- Define and guide team activities to meet project and business objectives
- Drive team accountability on delivering project milestones through project governance and process
- Ensure projects executed according to compliance and regulatory requirements
- Proactively identify, assess, and escalate risks. Lead development and delivery of achievable mitigation and contingency planning
- Lead customer engagement in aligning technology development programmes to meet business needs
- Responsible for developing roadmap, strategy and do-buy analysis for commercialization of the electrical solutions
- Responsible for analysing technical gaps and acquire require capability through engagement with various external research organizations and universities
- Lead internal and external teams on R&D of electrical products for health management including concept selection, certifiable hardware and software development, verification and validation
- Head projects on developing health monitoring solutions for RRE aerospace product portfolio such as Electrical Propulsion Unit (EPU) including electrical machines, and power converter
- Lead global team in developing monitoring and diagnostic tools for various electrical equipment in power generation, propulsion, actuation and power system
- Setup and maintaining a world class unique electrical equipment health management lab
- Cross read the developed health management solutions for electrical systems in aerospace, marine, and industrial applications for increased availability and reliability
Global Capability Lead – Electrical Equipment Health Monitoring (eEHM)
Electrical Capability Group (ECG), Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd.
12.2014 - 01.2016
Programme Manager - Electrical Equipment Health Monitoring (eEHM)
Electrical Power and Control Systems, Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd.
08.2009 - 11.2014
Embedded Software Engineer – Power Electronics
Delphi Automotive Systems Singapore Pte. Ltd.
08.2007 - 07.2009
- Engaged customer to acquire the product requirements and upgrade the software in engine controller and hybrid system controller based on the requirements
- Designed and developed software for controlling power electronic systems for hybrid electrical vehicle
- Designed and developed monitoring system for Li-ion batteries in energy storage system of hybrid electric vehicle
- Introduced a simple modification in engine controller board which leads to significant saving per engine controller BOM cost, which leads to savings in > 1 millions of dollars in mass production
- Developed engine monitoring tools and software through one wire communication
- Designed and developed embedded firmware for HAL Layer, HWIO layer and Device driver layer for different Power train and Hybrid electric vehicle.
Research Engineer
M S Elevators Sdn. Bhd (Toshiba Joint Venture)
07.2005 - 06.2007
- Designed and commissioned 54kW power system for high speed lift travels at 3m/s
- Responsible for testing and approving various power devices and sensors for constructing prototypes
- Served as a component selector and reviewer for elevator power systems
- Designed Gate driver circuit with auxiliary switching power supply and control circuits for IGBT based 7.5KW 3-Ф closed loop inverter
- Created embedded C code for TMS320F2812 (32bit) processor to control closed loop induction motor
- Designed high (130V) and low (24V) voltage flyback converter using discrete ICs with universal ac input.
Education
Ph.D (Electrical Engineering) -
National University of Singapore
01.2016
M.Tech (Electrical Drives and controls) -
Pondicherry Engineering college, Pondicherry University
01.2004
B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) -
Pondicherry Engineering college, Pondicherry University
01.2002
Skills
- Project management
- Technical Guidance
- Stakeholder Management
- Requirements Gathering
- Customer proposals
- Training and mentoring
- Asset Management
- Strategic Planning
- Technical consulting
- Presentations and public speaking
- Team Leadership
- Cybersecurity
- System Design
- Data Analysis
- Technical innovation expertise
- Project Planning
- Machine Learning
- Critical Thinking
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Problem-Solving
- Product certification process (DNV-GL, CE, ARP-4754, DO-178C, DO-254, DO-160G)
- Product strategy
- Technical roadmap
- Modelling and Simulation
- EHM and PHM
Certification
- Certified Charted Engineer (CEng.) by IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology)
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification - PMI No. 1882045
- Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) – Green Belt Certified
Residential Status
Singapore Permanent residence
Patents
Filed over 30 patents in US and UK patent offices, and 15 patent applications in process of filing.
Awards & Accomplishments
- 2023 – ASEAN outstanding engineering achievement award, issued by ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (AFEO)
- 2023 – IES prestigious engineering award, issued by the Institution of Engineering (IES), Singapore
- 2022 - Great mentor award– presented by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- 2018 – Sir Henry Royce Award: Finalist in Technology and Innovation Awards, issued by Rolls-Royce Plc., UK.
- 2017 - Industrial Postgraduate Programme (IPP) award for successful completion of PhD, issued by Faculty of engineering, NUS, Singapore.
- 2017 –Sir Henry Royce Awards for Engineering Excellence: Runner up, issued by Rolls-Royce Plc., UK.
- 2015 - Best poster presentation award in graduate symposium 2015, held in NUS, Singapore
- 2014 – Engineering & Technology Creativity Awards: Finalists in Best patent Category, Rolls-Royce Plc., UK
- 2010 – EDI level 4 National Award in Holistic Gas Turbines, issued by EDI, UK
- 2018 – 2023: Received Rolls-Royce Asia Pacific Silver Awards for more than 5 times
- Top three inventors at Rolls-Royce Singapore PteLtd.
- Instrumental in securing over US$10 million in government funding to support power system health management product and technology development.
- Represents the company in various international forums.
- Mentors, and coaches young engineers, having impacted over 50 engineers and students in the last decade.
- Successfully brought my inventions and technologies to aerospace product under development
Timeline
Technical manager, Head of competency / Head Center of Excellence
Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd.
01.2016 - Current
Global Capability Lead – Electrical Equipment Health Monitoring (eEHM)
Electrical Capability Group (ECG), Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd.
12.2014 - 01.2016
Programme Manager - Electrical Equipment Health Monitoring (eEHM)
Electrical Power and Control Systems, Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd.
08.2009 - 11.2014
Embedded Software Engineer – Power Electronics
Delphi Automotive Systems Singapore Pte. Ltd.
08.2007 - 07.2009
Research Engineer
M S Elevators Sdn. Bhd (Toshiba Joint Venture)
07.2005 - 06.2007
Ph.D (Electrical Engineering) -
National University of Singapore
M.Tech (Electrical Drives and controls) -
Pondicherry Engineering college, Pondicherry University
B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) -
Pondicherry Engineering college, Pondicherry University
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