Rohit Dantkale

About Rohit Dantkale

Over 3+ years of professional experience in Mechanical Engineering supporting data center infrastructure, semiconductor-adjacent capital equipment, battery energy storage systems (BESS), EV battery manufacturing, and high-density hardware platforms. Experience includes mechanical design of rack-level and enclosure-level systems, sheet-metal structures, electro-mechanical assemblies, thermal management solutions, and load-bearing frames, along with manufacturing support, reliability improvement, and product validation.Hands-on experience across the full product lifecycle including concept development, CAD modeling, FEA/CFD analysis, prototyping, validation testing, NPI support, manufacturing ramp, and field deployment. Strong background in data-driven mechanical engineering, combining traditional design and analysis with Python- and MATLAB-based engineering data analysis to support informed design decisions for data centers, semiconductor equipment, and consumer hardware products.Specialties / Skills:• Mechanical Design• Product Design & Development• Equipment Engineering & Capital Equipment• Data Center Mechanical Systems• Semiconductor & Advanced Hardware• Consumer Product Development• Sheet Metal Design & Structural Assemblies• Electro-Mechanical Assemblies• Thermal Management & Cooling Design• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)• Thermodynamics & Flow Analysis• GD & T & Tolerance Stack-Up Analysis• Design for Manufacturing, Assembly & Excellence (DFM/DFA/DFX)• Reliability Engineering• PFMEA / DFMEA• Root Cause Analysis• NPI, Pilot Builds & Product Release• Cross-functional Collaboration• Strong analytical, documentation & communication skills• Hands-on engineering mindsetTools:• SolidWorks• CATIA• Creo• AutoCAD• ANSYS• LS-DYNA• Python• MATLAB• Arena PLM• MS Office• Visio• Standards:• ASME Y14.5• GD & T• ANSI• Engineering Change Order (ECO) processes

Experience

1. Mechanical Design Engineer

   Relyion Energy Inc

   Nov 2023 — Present · Fremont, CA, US

   Designed and validated AI datacenter power and thermal architectures by evaluating rack-level power density, BESS integration, and grid ramp-rate constraints to support stable operation under volatile AI training and inference workloads.• Led customer-facing pilot deployments, hardware bring-up, and system integration testing with utilities and hyperscale datacenter operators to demonstrate power-spike mitigation and accelerate deployment confidence.• Performed FEA- and CFD-driven thermal and structural analyses to define safe operating margins for high-energy BESS racks, improving thermal efficiency by 15% while meeting reliability requirements.• Drove UL 1974 and ISO 17025 compliance for BESS mechanical designs by translating regulatory requirements into testable engineering criteria and maintaining audit-ready documentation.• Optimized BESS enclosure design and manufacturability through supplier collaboration, material tradeoff analysis, and DFM reviews, reducing material cost by 40% while preserving structural and thermal performance.• Designed and integrated cooling and airflow management systems for modular datacenter battery enclosures, including air-handling units, heat exchangers, and chilled-water interfaces compliant with UL, ISO, and local codes.• Developed standardized reliability and validation protocols covering structural, thermal, and environmental testing aligned with UL 1973, UL 1974, and ISO 17025.• Led DFM reviews, first-article inspections, and prototype evaluations with global plastics and sheet-metal suppliers to ensure production readiness.• Authored detailed validation documentation, including test setups, photographic logs, and traceability records, ensuring full audit readiness.• Created SOPs for product validation and thermal fault detection, enabling earlier issue identification and reducing failure rates by 30%.

Education

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  BE - Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

  2015 — 2019

• San José State University

  Master of Science - MS , Mechanical Engineering

• Army Public School, Devlali

  Higher Secondary School, Science

• Army Public School, Binnaguri

  Senior secondary school