An electronics engineer who has total 13+ years of experience in designing, developing, testing and documentation of SMPS (AC-DC; DC-DC), lighting products and other Power Electronics circuits.
Alok Pandey design, development, testing and documentation
1. Phone
+91 – 8421857362
Email
alokpandey@hotmail.co.in
Date of Birth
Marital Status
Sex
Nationality
Language’sknown
Passport number
: 01st September, 1982
: Married
: Male
: Indian
: English, Hindi and Marathi
: P9166344
Skype ID
a_v_pandey
Address
T1, Third Floor, Star Villa,
Near to Rajlaxmi Hospital,
Patel Nagar, Civil Lines,
Chandrapur, Maharashtra,
India
Pin Code – 442401
Alok Pandey
Design and Application - Electronics
2. Technical traits:
• An electronics engineer who has total 12+ years of experience in designing, developing, testing and
documentation of SMPS (AC-DC; DC-DC), lighting products and other Power Electronicscircuits.
• Expertise in the designing, developing and testing of;
DC or AC Supplied Electronic Control Gear for LED modules.
Electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps.
Electronic ignitors for high pressure discharge lamps.
Power Converters using topologies like; Buck, Boost, Flyback and Resonant.
Power Factor Correction circuit.
• Expertise in;
Calculation and Selection of High Frequency Magnetics i.e. ferrite transformer and ferrite inductor.
Thermal calculations and Design of heat sink.
Component Engineering, Value Analysis and Value Engineering.
Field Failure Analysis of Electronic Circuits and to create 8D report for the same.
Performing Reverse Engineering of Power Supplies, LED drivers and other Electronic products.
• Exposure to;
Certification process of CE, UL, VDE and KEMA for product approval.
EMI/EMC & Environmental Testing.
Design and Development of product and services as per IATF 16949:2016 and ISO 9001:2015.
• Expertise in handling Digital Storage Oscilloscope along with High Voltage Differential Probe, Power
Analyzers, Electronic load, LCR meter, Hipot tester, Function Generator and Precision Multimeter.
Professional Profile
3. Personal and Leadership traits:
• Understands customer requirements; acts as a business partner; identifies and implements solutions to
meet customer needs; adds value to the customer.
• Anticipants new challenges, develops long term plans and solutions; champions change and continuous
improvements; generates new ideas, utilizes analytical thinking to solve problems.
• Posses strong industry knowledge and understands external market trends; adaptable and responsive to
changing business needs, makes decisions in line with company goals.
• Independently takes ownership and responsibility; acts with a sense of urgency and genuine passion for
getting things done; delivers on commitments; willingness to take risks; can be counted on to execute.
• Clearly communicates goals, vision and ideas; builds alignment and partnerships to accomplish goals;
solicits input from others; knows how to leverage internal networks to get things done; communicates
complex ideas or situations in a clear and simple way.
• Sets clear and measurable goals for team; translates strategies into plans that can be executed; narrows
multiple priorities to critical few; breaks down complex problems into manageable and actionable
priorities.
• Capable of switching to allied or varied technologies depending on project requirements.
Professional Profile
4. Educational Profile
Education Duration University/Board
Bachelor’s degree in Electronics
Engineering
2003 to 2006 Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj
Nagpur University
Diploma in Industrial Electronics 1999 to 2003 Maharashtra State Board of
Technical Education
Certifications
Certification Duration/Date Certification Body
Project Management Workshop
– covering all processes and use
of PMBOK 5th edition
19th to 21th December
2016
Info Career Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
Mentor Graphics - Hyperlynx
Thermal
4th & 5th May 2016 Trident Techlabs Pvt. Ltd.,
Bangalore
Training Program on PADS
Schematic design & Analysis
31st July to 2nd August
2014
Trident Techlabs Pvt. Ltd.,
Bangalore
Intensive Workshop on Designing
Products for EMI/EMC
Compliance
6th & 7th May 2014 UL, Bangalore
RoHS implementation in the
Electronics Industry
18th June2010 The Centre for Electronics Test
Engineering, Pune
Diploma in Embedded Systems 5th March 2007 to
26thAugust 2007
UTL Technologies Ltd,
Hyderabad
5. Organization Duration Roles and Responsibility
ACME Ferrite
Products Sdn.
Bhd., Malaysia
13th January
2018 to present
•Design, Development, Documentation, Testing
and Benchmarking of High Frequency Magnetics
i.e. ferrite transformers and ferrite inductors.
•Handling the instruments for testing.
Burndy
Technology and
Global Business
Services Pvt.
Ltd. (A HUBBELL
Inc
company)
04th March
2013 to 26th
December 2017
•Design, Development, Documentation and
Testing of Lighting Products.
•Component Engineering
•Field Failure Analysis of Electronic
Circuits and to create 8D report.
•Handling the instruments for testing.
•Benchmarking of products.
•EMI/EMC & Environmental Testing.
Integral
Technologies
Pvt. Ltd.
16th October
2012 to 26th
February 2013
•Design, Development, Documentation and
Testing of Lighting Products.
Accolade
Electronics
Pvt. Ltd.
16th March
2012 to 11th
October2012
•Design, Development, Documentation and
Testing of Lighting Products.
Xylon
ElectroTechni
c Pvt. Ltd.
2nd January 2008
to 15th March
2012
•Design, Development, Documentation
and Testing of Lighting Products.
• Benchmarking of products.
• EMI/EMC & Environmental Testing.
•Submission of products to VDE, KEMA for
certification.
Professional Experience
6. Handled Project
Project Title Superimposed ignitor for high pressure discharge lamps
Organization Xylon ElectroTechnic Pvt. Ltd.
Role Engineer – Design and Testing
Role
Description
Design, Development, Testing, Validation, Documentation.
Arrangement of resources.
Skills used Power Electronics, High Voltage, Calculation, Schematic,
Transformer, Performance and Safety Testing, Certification,
Documentation.
Project Details This ignitor works independently of ballast. The generated
ignition voltage is in between 4kV to 5kV and the number
of pulses per cycle is 6. Phasing of ignition voltage is in
between 60°-90° & 240°-270°. The capacitive load value is
50 pF. Internal losses are < 3W.
Supported Lamps:
70W (DE) – 400W high-pressure sodium lamps (HS),
70W – 400W metal halide lamps (HI) and
35W – 250W metal halide lamps with ceramic discharge
tube (C-HI).
Product is certified with ENEC and VDE Certifications
7. Handled Project
Project Title A Non-Dimmable Electronic Ballast for
single-capped fluorescent lamps
Organization Xylon ElectroTechnic Pvt. Ltd.
Role Engineer – Design and Testing
Role
Description
Design, Development, Testing, Validation,
Documentation.
Arrangement of resources.
Skills used Power Electronics, Boost Circuit,
Resonant Circuit, Calculation,
Schematic, EMI, EMC, Transformers,
Performance and Safety Testing,
Certification, Documentation.
Project
Details
This ballast can be used to drive both 1X
and 2X lamp combination. This ballast
has active power factor
correction of 0.98 along with the THD ≤ 10.
This ballast integrates all of the protection
features mentioned in IEC standards.
Product is certified with ENEC and VDE Certifications
8. Handled Project
Project Title 5W LED Bulb design using Power Integration’s IC LYT0006D
Organization Integral Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Role Project Leader
Role
Description
Design, Development, Testing, Validation, Documentation.
Mentoring team and arrangement of resources.
Skills used Power Electronics, Power Supply, SMPS, Calculation,
Schematic, EMI, EMC, Transformers, Performance and
Safety Testing.
Project Details This project describes a 5W Non-Dimmable, Non-Isolated
Buck LED driver which operates in Universal voltage range
from 90Vac to 300Vac. Output voltage is 42Vdc and Output
current is 120mA. This LED bulb has B22 base.
Product currently is in production
9. Handled Project
Project
Title
10W AC to DC power supply
using Power Integration’s IC
TNY288P
Organizati
on
Burndy Technology and Global
Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
Role Senior Engineer – Design and Testing
Role
Descriptio
n
Design, Development, Testing,
Validation, Documentation. Mentoring
team and arrangement of resources.
Skills used Power Electronics, Power Supply,
SMPS, Calculation, Schematic, EMI,
EMC, Transformers, Performance and
Safety Testing.
Project
Details
This project describes a 10W AC DC
power supply using flyback topology,
the generated 12Vdc is used to drive
three parallel connected Nuventix -
SynJet cooling fans to cool LED
luminaries. Achieved power factor
correction of ≤ 0.90 using Valley Fill
circuit.
Product currently is in production
10. Handled Project
Project Title Universal Input Electronic Transformer
Organization Burndy Technology and Global Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
Role Senior Engineer – Design and Testing
Role
Description
Design, Development, Testing, Validation, Documentation.
Arrangement of resources.
Skills used Power Electronics, High Voltage, Calculation, Schematic,
Transformer, Performance and Safety Testing, Certification,
Documentation.
Project Details This design works with universal input voltage i.e. range
from 85Vac to 265Vac. This ballast has active power factor
correction of 0.99 along with the THD ≤ 20. The 1-10V
interface (a DC source or an electronic potentiometer) is
used for setting the lamp brightness. The dimming range is
down to about 1% of maximal brightness. The project
integrates all of the protection features.
Patent is awarded to this design
11. Handled Project
Project Title Reverse Engineering of 25W and 40W LED drivers
Organization Burndy Technology and Global Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
Client A well known LED driver manufacturer submits these LED driver to us.
Role Senior Engineer – Design and Testing
Role Description Testing, Component Identification, Circuit Tracing, Documentation, Client interaction,
Mentoring team and Validation of output.
Skills used Power Electronics, Power Supply, SMPS, Performance Testing, Circuit tracing, Schematic,
Transformers, Documentation, Instruments.
Project Details Performed reverse engineering of one 25W and one 40W LED drivers having different
output voltage and output current. Both of them are dimmable. Process includes
performance measurement, potting removal, components identification, analyzing
transformers, circuit tracing, schematic capture and documents preparation.
For each LED driver final documents shared with client includes;
1) Functional test report.
2) Functional block diagram.
3) Schematic entry
4) Bill of Material
5) Transformer specification sheet.
Documents are submitted to client and it helped a lot to them to understand the product
12. Handled Project
Project Title Field Failure Analysis of LED drivers
Organization Burndy Technology and Global Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
Client A well known LED driver manufacturer submits these LED driver to us.
Role Senior Engineer – Design and Testing
Role Description Analysis, Documentation, Client interaction.
Skills used Power Electronics, Power Supply, SMPS, Transformers, Instruments.
Project Details Performing Field Failure Analysis of LED drivers. When ever any RMA received by client,
they use to ship to us and my team use to analyze the failure samples. After analysis we
use to generate 8D report.
The Field Failure Analysis method to create 8D report includes;
1) Establishing the team
2) Problem Description
3) Containment Action
4) Root Cause
5) Corrective Action
6) Validate Corrective Action
7) Prevent Recurrence
8) Verify and Congratulate the team
This Project is continuous and getting different failure lot in every five to six months
13. Handled Project
Project Title Design of a Boost Inductor for a 50W
Power Converter for an Automotive
Application.
Organization ACME Ferrite Products Sdn. Bhd.,
Malaysia
Role Ferrite Applications Engineer
Role
Description
Design, Development, Testing, Validation,
Documentation. Arrangement of resources.
Client interaction.
Skills used Power Electronics, Power Supply, SMPS,
Calculation, Transformers, Performance and
Safety Testing,
Project Details This project describes design of 50W boost
inductor, whose application is in a power
converter circuit for an automotive
application. Design process of this inductor
includes; calculations, selection of ferrite
material and shape, generation of
specifications with tolerance, winding of
inductor, testing of inductor. For this
inductor design we had selected; E25x13x7
core, P4 ferrite material.
Product currently is in production
14. Handled Project
Documents are submitted to client and it helped a lot to them to understand the product
Project Title Reverse Engineering of Transformers and
to generate Specifications.
Organization ACME Ferrite Products Sdn. Bhd.,
Malaysia
Client A well known Automotive components
manufacturer submits these transformers
to us.
Role Ferrite Applications Engineer
Role Description Analysis, Documentation, Client interaction.
Skills used Power Electronics, Power Supply, SMPS,
Transformers, Instruments,
Project Details Performed reverse engineering of power
conversion transformer of 12W, 25W, 35W and
40W power converters. Process includes
performance measurement, disassembling of
ferrite and wires from bobbin, identification of
the parts, analysing the method and
documents preparation.
For each transformer final documents shared
with client includes;
1) Transformer specification sheet.
2) Transformer bill of material.
3) Transformer test report.