About

Ajay Vikram is an experienced R&D Principal Engineer at ABB with over 18 years of experience in leading and managing teams and projects from diversified streams like R&D, component development & engineering and selection, product engineering & development, hardware development, and more. He is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt and has completed a certificate course in Intellectual Properties from WIPO Switzerland. Ajay holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) Warangal-Telangana and a Master's degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Digital Business from iiit. He also has completed a certificate course in Product Design using Value Engineering from IIT Roorkee and DFx from IIT Madras. Ajay is a Certified Professional in Reliability Engineering & Life Testing and Design of Experiments. At his current position at ABB, Ajay is responsible for product design and development, DFx, Value Analysis & Value Engineering (VAVE), costing & business case preparation, DFMEA, DFMA, supplier development & qualifications, CAR, product reliability & compliance, testing plan preparation, component development & qualification, and project management in the Power Conversion Group - Solar R&D. Prior to ABB, Ajay worked as an Engineering Project Manager at Tech Mahindra and Technical Manager - Electrical Engineering at Ingersoll Rand. In these roles, he gained experience in electric motor and control, value analysis & value engineering (VAVE), DFMEA, DFMA, CAR, reliability & life testing, regulatory & compliance, test plan preparation, motor control lab set-up, and project management. Ajay's education history includes a Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology Warangal and a Master's degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Digital Business from iiit. He also completed his 10+2 and 10th class from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Lucknow Region. Ajay's technical skills include test and product design, and he has relevant experience of 14.78 years. He is proficient in Microsoft Office and SharePoint. Ajay is also skilled in costing and business case preparation, reverse engineering, energy efficiency calculation, and vendor selection and engagement. He is also experienced in proto development, product safety and compliance, RoHS, engagement with product certification bodies, training & development, knowledge management, resource planning, and team engagement.