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# Nathan Barretto on Tal

## Headline

Chief engineer @ OLA Electric \| Product Innovation, Problem Solving

## Location

Mumbai

## AI stack

claude

codex

gemini

openai

## Work experience

Chief Engineer 2W Platform & NPD at Ola Electric, May 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Responsible for end to end development of 1: 4680 Battery packs 2: Ferrite motor 3: Diamond Head 4: 2 Wheeler Platform

Senior Engineer\- New Product Development at Gensol Electric Vehicles, Apr 2024 \- May 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos, On\-site, • Complete rapid prototyping of 20\+ parts, assemblies, testing rigs from concept to functional builds for CFT’s while adhering to timelines and budgets\. • Spearheading production of 8 vehicle prototype builds and 4\+ POC's by leading and delegating tasks between a team of highly skilled engineers\. • Collaborating with a team and leading the writing & filing of 4 Patents in the fields of ADAS, Vehicle Dynamics and Vehicle health\. • Implementing DFMEA and RCA methodology for identifying and resolving about 60% issues\. • Implementing the use of detailed calculation sheets to improve design time by 30%\.

Mechanical Design Engineer \- NPD at Gensol Electric Vehicles, May 2022 \- Apr 2024 · 2 yrs, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Mechanical Design Engineer at Gensol EV Division's R & D Department

Mechanical Design Engineer at Strom Motors \(Now Gensol EV\), Mar 2021 \- May 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos, Goregaon, Maharashtra, India, • Created a detailed algorithm which improves range by 31% according to the IDC drive cycle\. • Designed a battery swap system which enabled complete battery swap within 10 minutes from 45 minutes\. • Researched chain driven systems and implemented the design in a vehicle in 3 months\. • Initiating direct communication with the part suppliers for technical and engineering support therefore aiding the smooth transition from concept to production parts\.

Air Cargo Department Intern at JAS Worldwide, Jun 2019 \- Jul 2019 · 2 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, I worked under the Air cargo department where i learnt the cargo loading criteria and the methods adopted for loading with ideal mass distribution\. Apart from the on field experience ,it was required of me to submit a report on the use of UAVS in the cargo industry and give a detailed model of usage\.

Summer Intern at Modulus motors, Feb 2018 \- Apr 2018 · 3 mos, Manipal, I interned under the design team where I learnt the essential skills of using design soft\- wares\. During my time I was Required to design a door panel for a Vehicle which the company was working on along with Mahindra\. The company was completely student run\.

## Education

Master of Technology \- MTech, Automotive Engineering, BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Aeronautical, Manipal institute of technology

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