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Aditya Desai

Harvard Business School | Ex-Tesla | UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineer

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Years of Experience

Education

harvard business school, university of california berkeley

Companies

tesla, tesla, tesla, toyota motor corporation, sunedison, max power gears

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Experience

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    2018 - 2020

    tesla

    Mechanical Design Engineer, Interior Systems

    - Designed interior hard trim components from concept to mass production for current and future vehicle programs - Launched the Model 3 China Gigafactory and represented interiors team there - Responsible for managing product development with global suppliers

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    2017 - 2018

    tesla

    Lead Manufacturing Process Engineer

    Model 3 General Assembly - Managed 5 person engineering direct reports - Led my team through catastrophic launch ("Production Hell") to ramp output to 5000 cars/week - Responsible for handling rapid transition away from automation for 1/3 of General Assembly - Routinely presented engineering solutions to Tesla leadership, including executive team

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    2016 - 2017

    tesla

    Manufacturing Process Engineer

    Model S/X and 3 General Assembly - Made process improvements to ramp the production of Models S and X from ~1200 cars/week to target of 2400 cars/week in two quarters - Consistently improved key quality, yield, safety, and cost metrics - Designed tooling and fixtures used in production - Worked cross-functionally with Design Engineering, Quality Engineering, NPI, and other teams to define, qualify, and track new processes and improvements

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    2015 - 2015

    toyota motor corporation

    Mechanical Engineering Co-op

    - Performed research and analysis of a virtual diesel engine (VDE) system - Used MatLab and Simlink modeling software to model, test, and validate the VDE - Worked with remote team members in Michigan and Japan to deliver models of simulated diesel engine components

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    2014 - 2014

    sunedison

    Mechanical Engineering Intern

    - Worked on the product development and mechanical design team for micro-inverters for solar panels - Improved structural integrity, longevity, serviceability, and manufacturability of the micro-inverters - Iterative design and validation process led to production ready prototype - Collaborated with consultants, manufacturers, and business teams to deliver prototype

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    2013 - 2013

    max power gears

    Manufacturing Intern

    - Operated machinery including drill presses, bandsaws, external milling machines, and lathe machines - Made and modified gearbox components like gear shafts, keyslots, housings, and bearings - Adapted to work through communication barriers and starkly different working conditions from the US

Experience

16 Skills

AutoCAD

Automation

CAD

Data Analysis

Design

Labview

Leadership

Manufacturing

Matlab

Mechanical Engineering

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Product Development

Python

SolidWorks

Education

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    2020 - 2022

    harvard business school

    MBA

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    2012 - 2016

    university of california berkeley

    Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

    Mechanical Engineering

Colleagues at tesla

Andrew Koerner

Staff Software Engineer

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Anirudh Vijaykumar

EV Battery Consultant

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Anita Sheladiya

Software Engineer Intern

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Product Designer

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Aditya Shivam

Data Engineer

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Aditya Raj

Machine Learning Intern

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Colleagues at tesla

eric earley

staff engineer - vehicle design integration

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Zak Essadaoui

Software Engineer

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Osvaldo Flores

Staff Software Engineer

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Forest Katsch

Software Engineer

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Colleagues at tesla

Srihari Sampathkumar

Engineering Manager - Autopilot AI Compute and System Software

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Srija Nannuri

Data Scientist, Inventory Optimization

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Srinidhi Sunkara

Software Engineering Intern

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Steven Dang

Staff Manufacturing Engineer

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Stephen Duan

Software Engineer Intern

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