Venu Krishnardula
Innovation • Process & Product Development • Continuous Improvement • Manufacturing • Materials Research & Testing
- Role
- Sr Manager, Materials Engineering at Rivian
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Venu Krishnardula
Innovative, Data-driven and Customer-oriented individual with experience in solving complex industrial and fundamental challenges involving metallic and non-metallic materials* Experienced leader skilled in developing products from concept to industrial commercialization through rigorous process and product validation.* Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Quality advocate with a practical hands-on approach to developing manufacturing processes, and establish best and safe practices for repeatable and reproducible results * Team builder, mentor and energetic individual who enjoys working with people across functions such as R&D, Quality, Operations, & Commercial to gain a broader perspective and to meet company goals and customer needsAREAS OF EXPERTISE Team Development Program Road Map Project Management Manufacturing/ Research Metallurgy/ Materials Six Sigma Black Belt Continuous Improvement Failure Analysis/ RCA Innovation Customer Performance
Experience
Sr Manager, Materials Engineering
Nov 2025 — Present
Education
Andhra University
B.E., Metallurgical Engineering
1996 — 2000
Auburn University
Ph.D., Materials Engineering
2001 — 2005
Skills
- Experimentation
- Design of Experiments
- Manufacturing
- Corrosion
- Minitab
- Surface
- Process Improvement
- Product Development
- Data Analysis
- Six Sigma
- Metallography
- Metallurgy
- Root Cause Analysis
- Characterization
- R&D
- Continuous Improvement
- Materials Science
- Commercialization
- Failure Analysis
- Materials
- Statistics
- Testing
- Engineering
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Optical Microscopy
- Microsoft Office
- Process Engineering
- Powder X-Ray Diffraction
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Xrd
- Heat Transfer
- Simulations
- Heat Treatment
- Coatings
- Steel
- Metals
- Automotive
- Thin Films
- Mechanical Testing
- Project Management
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