Nandhini Prakash

Principal Rd & E Engineer @Medline

Atlanta, GA, US

Project manager for robotic drapes for Healthcare’s largest OEM customer. Responsibilities include leading a cross-functional team through timeline and budget management, technical design updates through 3D CAD, quality and documentation, cost savings/cost improvement, and manufacturing improvements. Works within the customer requirements, design controls, and timelines to maintain supply continuity while simultaneously working with cross functional teams to execute timely delivery of projects.• Portfolio management lead -Responsibilities include maintaining the overall project portfolio and regular communication to senior leadership of the internal and customer teams of the project load, closures, timing, and key needs from the customer to move forward and maintain the highest product quality and supply continuity.• Lead engineer for developing protocols, test methods, and verification and validation strategies for sustaining and New Product Introduction (NPI) projects. • Knowledgeable of FDA and ISO guidelines for the development of medical devices.• Lead engineer for OEM EU MDR sustaining engineering changes which are heavily rooted in documentation updates through an Engineering Change Order (ECO).• Project manager for New Product Introduction (NPI) engineering projects for several platforms of robotic drapes. This requires engagement with the OEM customer to understand needs, as well as the global team, through technical meetings to implement and route documentation, manufacturing processes, material and design development, and verification and validation testing, and launch of the new product. • Intern program leader for the Alpharetta site - interviewing and scheduling coordination for both recruiters and candidates as well as leading the candidate selection, project assignment, and onboarding process.• Social committee lead for the Alpharetta site - organizing and leading community outreach events in the Alpharetta area with nonprofit organizations.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Master of Science - MS

Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)