Naveen Kumar Vegi

About Naveen Kumar Vegi

A seasoned professional with 8+ years’ experience in product development with knowledge of product design and testing, applications engineering, mechanical engineering, life and fire safety consulting, regulatory compliance, risk management, and quality control.

Experience

1. Principal Engineer (Product Safety and Compliance)

   Bloom Energy

   Jul 2023 — Present · US

   Specified National and International certification requirements for hydrogen Solid Oxide Electrolyzers (SOEC).• Worked with supply chain to identify and ensure the sourced components are in compliance with required certifications.• As a part of cost-effective manufacturing worked with new vendors nationally and internationally to get their parts certified to meet regulatory requirements.• Acted as compliance representative for all manufacturing plants during inspections by certification bodies, government agencies and ISO auditors.• Prepared product compliance documentation and acted as a liaison between Bloom Energy and authorities having jurisdiction for field installation.• Subject matter expert for Energy Storage Systems (ESS) design compliance, certification, testing, inspection, and installation at Bloom Energy.• Managed certifications of products towards UL9540, UL9540A, UL1741, UL 1973, UL 810A, UL 2264A, CSA FC 1, IMO & ABS Marine standards.• Conducted compliance audits and trainings at contract manufacturers nationally and internationally. • Implemented documentation, build, calibration and maintenance, training, and work instruction procedures across all manufacturing plants.• Negotiated market acceptance of Bloom Energy products with national and international agencies and authorities. • Worked with New product Introduction and other cross functional teams on product compliance issues.• Maintained a library of technical decisions between Bloom Energy and agencies.

Education

• National Fire Protection Association

  NFPA 654

  2014 — 2014

• Indian Register of Shipping

  Naval Architecture

  2007 — 2008

• National Fire Protection Association

  NFPA 101 Life Safety Code

  2014 — 2014

• The Society of Fire Protection Engineers & Intertek

  The Role of Product Testing & Certification in Fire Protection

  2014 — 2014

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Master’s Degree, Fire Protection Engineering

  2014 — 2015

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Firefighting
• Fire Protection
• Inspection
• Naval Architecture
• Shipbuilding
• Ndt
• Piping
• Offshore Drilling
• Autocad
• Project Engineering
• Supervision
• Welding
• Ships
• Microsoft Office
• Structural Engineering
• Pressure Vessels
• Offshore Construction
• Fpso
• Life Saving and Fire Fighting Appliances Servicing Supervisingsi
• Wiring
• Construction
• Smoke Detectors
• Fire Sprinkler Systems
• Marpol
• Solas
• Fire Suppression Systems
• Fire Protection Engineering
• Fire Alarm
• Heavy Equipment
• Tender Preparation
• Maritime
• Procurement
• Ports
• Maritime Operations
• Materials
• Metal Fabrication
• Autocad 2008
• Marine Engineering
• Safety Management Systems
• Mechanical Engineering