Naveen Ramisetti

About Naveen Ramisetti

Strategic and technically adept engineering leader with 16+ years of experience driving innovation in advanced steels, surface coatings, and materials engineering across automotive, renewable energy, and industrial sectors. Proven success in translating complex metallurgical concepts into scalable, field-ready solutions—integrating expertise in hot stamping, hydrogen embrittlement, and advanced surface treatments to improve component durability, manufacturability, and lifecycle performance. Adept at cross-functional collaboration with global engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to influence design decisions, supplier development, and materials strategy. Recognized for building high-impact technical teams, mentoring multidisciplinary professionals, and leading transformative initiatives in metallurgical design and process optimization.SkillsPhysical and Mechanical Metallurgy, Steel heat treatment and Hot-stamping, Product Design & Development, Steel Processing & Automotive Customer Support, Quality Assurance, Formability of Materials, Mechanical Testing, Adhesive Bonding, Stress-Corrosion, Hydrogen Embrittlement & Delayed Fracture, Metallography, Optical & Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-ray & Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, 8D, 5S, FMEA, Nano indentation, Surface coatings, basics of additive manufacturing, Investment castings, and high pressure die castings, basics of aerospace and Nitinol materials, knowledge on polymers

Experience

1. Principal Engineer - Metallurgy, Manufacturing Engineering

   Nextracker Inc.

   Jan 2024 — Present · Fremont, CA, US

   Providing technical support to implement steel grades for enhanced end-user performance of NX applications in the field.• Collaborating with steel mills to optimize steel composition and coatings for improved service or corrosion life of NX applications.• Working with global NX engineering teams to understand material requirements and support sourcing accordingly.• Working with NX suppliers to recommend optimum steel grades produced via various production methods (roll-forming, stamping, casting etc.)• Offering Metallurgical lectures to other disciplinary team members for better design of steel applications.

Education

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Master's degree, Material Science & Chemical

• Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Chemical Engineering

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Materials Science
• Failure Analysis
• R&D
• Engineering
• Product Development
• Materials
• Metallurgy
• Root Cause Analysis
• Project Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Steel
• Mechanical Testing
• Process Engineering
• Continuous Improvement
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Simulations
• Characterization
• Heat Treatment
• Metallography
• Manufacturing