Chaitanya Desai
Boston,USA
Summary
Controls and Automation Engineer with 3+ years of experience in AVEVA OSIsoft PI, including PI AF modeling and PI Vision dashboard development. Expertise in PLC programming, HMI development, and industrial instrumentation, complemented by experience in FAT/SAT testing and data center commissioning. Skilled in fostering cross-functional collaboration in high-reliability environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Engineer
E Tech Group
Seabrook, USA
02.2023 - Current
- Built and managed large-scale PI AF structures across 10+ buildings for a leading pharmaceutical company, including AF attributes, event frame templates, analysis, and backfilling operations; used PI SMT, PI ICU, PI Builder, and PI DataLink for data recovery, system configuration, and historian maintenance, reducing data recovery time by up to 30%.
- Created and optimized multiple PI Vision displays by reducing display count, adding navigation links, and integrating event frame analytics, significantly reducing operator time to access and monitor critical process information; acted as the main point of contact for troubleshooting display and AF-related issues in collaboration with end users.
- Experienced in commissioning META Data Centre (Huntsville, AL) by troubleshooting, calibrating, and testing hundreds of 4-20mA and 2-10VDC sensors and actuators including temperature, pressure, humidity, airflow, and variable liquid valves; worked with wiring schematics, Schneider PLC programming, HMI/SCADA, and hand tools such as process meters, manometers, and DMMs.
- Proficient in developing PLC programs using ladder logic for Allen Bradley and Siemens PLCs in Studio 5000 and TIA Portal; developed HMI screens using WinCC and FT View for efficient process control and seamless operator interaction.
Robotics Engineer Intern
TENNANT
MN-Minnesota, USA
05.2022 - 08.2022
- Developed sensor fusion algorithm in MATLAB/Simulink, integrating data from motor encoders and ultrasonic sensors, enabling Autonomous Mobile Robot to stop upon obstacle detection or velocity exceeding 6 km/hr.
- Designed and tested components for autonomous robots, including sensing and perception with Arduino, robot path planning and navigation using ROS, and communication through Python libraries.
- Managed full product lifecycle, overseeing design, reviews, testing, debugging, and documentation to ensure project integrity and compliance.
Automation Engineer
Viren Industries
Nashik, India
01.2020 - 08.2021
- Designed robotic gripper and analyzed 3 materials to achieve optimal design, resulting in 12.26% weight reduction and ideal weight to stress ratio in ANSYS.
- Collaborated with internal teams and external partners to process data for hardware integration in Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS).
Education
Master of Science - Robotics
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Buffalo, NY02-2023
Master of Engineering - Mechanical Design Engineering
Pune University
Pune, INDIA05-2021
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Pune University
Pune, INDIA05-2019
Skills
- PLC programming and automation software
- PLC programming
- Sensors calibration
- PI system management
- Robotics programming
- Allen-Bradley Studio 5000
- Siemens TIA Portal
- Inductive Automation Ignition
- FactoryTalk View
- WinCC
- Ignition Historian Software
- AVEVA OSIsoft PI
- PI AF and Vision
- SQL database management
- Python programming language
- Loop checks and validation
- Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
- System Functional Acceptance Testing (SFAT)
Projects
Traffic Light Classifier (Python), 08/22, Optimization of image classifier for traffic sign images with LeNet and VGGnet using TensorFlow & achieved accuracy of 97% in classification and ensured high system performance. Employed CNN, OpenCV2 computer vision library for loading and visualizing data, pre-processing it, feature extraction, classification, visualizing error and evaluating model.
Timeline
Project Engineer
E Tech Group
02.2023 - Current
Robotics Engineer Intern
TENNANT
05.2022 - 08.2022
Automation Engineer
Viren Industries
01.2020 - 08.2021
Master of Science - Robotics
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Master of Engineering - Mechanical Design Engineering
Pune University
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Pune University