Sumanth Chikkamaranahalli

About Sumanth Chikkamaranahalli

Senior engineering leader with extensive experience driving reliability, performance, and product development for complex engineered systems. Known for data-driven decision making, cross-functional problem solving, and translating technical risk into actionable design and quality improvements. Strong track record of influencing standards, mentoring engineers, and delivering robust products to market.Specialties: Cross Functional Team Leadership || Reliability || Product Development || Data Analytics Design Verification and Testing || Failure analysis || Technical project management || Mentoring

Experience

1. Principal Battery Reliability Engineer

   Medtronic

   Oct 2022 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

   Technical lead for battery reliability and performance testing across multiple implantable and capital device programs guiding test strategy, risk assessment, and verification decisions- Led complex, cross organizational root cause investigations and CAPA initiatives for battery related issues on insertable cardiac monitoring devices, shaping corrective actions that informed future designs and qualification standards- Drove data centric reliability decisions by developing and applying advanced statistical and predictive models to large scale manufacturing and device datasets- Established novel test methods, inspection criteria, and analytical approaches that strengthened early risk detection and reduced downstream development and field exposure- Mentored and technically guided interns and junior engineers; developed reusable analytics and automation tools that scaled reliability analysis across teams

Education

• The George Washington University

  Degree of Engineer, Mechanical Engineering

  2004 — 2009

• University of Kentucky

  Master of Science (M.S), Mechanical Engineering

  2001 — 2003

• Bangalore University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E), Mechanical Engineering

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Finite Element Analysis
• Nanotechnology
• Characterization
• Dfss
• Metrology
• Scanning Probe Microscopy
• Statistics
• Hard Drives
• Proe
• Data Acquisition
• Fmea
• Surface
• Product Development
• Nanofabrication
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Design of Experiments
• Six Sigma
• Semiconductors
• Afm
• Matlab
• Lithography
• Failure Analysis
• Jmp