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Vikas A. Ghatge

Vikas A. Ghatge

Bruges

Summary

Accomplished EMC Researcher with a proven track record at KU Leuven, adept in managing EMC compliance and mitigating EMI risks through innovative processes. Skilled in embedded system design and Six Sigma methodologies, demonstrating exceptional problem-solving and resilience management. Achieved significant advancements in device safety and effectiveness, fostering trust among stakeholders.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

EMC Researcher

KU Leuven
12.2021 - Current

Company Overview: EMC Lab, KU Leuven, Belgium, under the European Commission's Marie Curie PhD Fellowship

Experience summary: The innovative EMC compliance process, based on the risk-resilience-compliance framework, details how regulatory requirements are met, risks are mitigated to an acceptable level, and how design confidence is achieved through resilience beyond regulatory requirements.

  • 'Risk-resilience-based design for EMC' methodology.
  • EMC assurance cases for medical devices' compliance certification.
  • Manage and document EMC, and foster trust and confidence in the device’s safety and effectiveness.

Manager-Hardware

Schneider Electric
Mumbai
01.2014 - 01.2021
  • Company Overview: Previously, the Embedded Design and Development Center of Larsen and Toubro.
  • Experience summary: Circuit/schematic design and simulation, design for EMC, preparation of hardware design documents, PCB and Gerber review, hardware testing, and debugging, preparation of production documents (functional test plan, assembly instructions, test zig procedure), preparation of BOM in SAP, reliability analysis (MTBF, DFMEA), EMI/EMC consideration to make the system IEC compliant (RE, CE, RS, CS, surge, impulse, ESD, EFT, HV, voltage dips), lifecycle management support, project management, etc.

Electronics Hardware Engineer

Elcome Integrated Systems Private Limited
Mumbai
01.2011 - 01.2014
  • Company Overview: Previously, Elcome Marine Services PVT LTD. Elcome is a leading defense technology and maritime systems integrator in India.
  • Experience summary: Circuit/schematic design and simulation, PCB layout, PCB and Gerber review, hardware testing and debugging, and EMI/EMC consideration to make the system MIL-461 compliant.

Education

PhD - Assurance of medical device compliance based on risk-resilience-compliance thinking

KU Leuven
Belgium
01.2025

Master’s - Design and development of conducted emission set-up to extract common mode and differential mode noise

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai, India
10-2020

Bachelor’s - Electronics engineering

TEI Ichalkaranji, Shivaji University
Ichalkaranji, India
04-2011

Skills

  • Embedded system design, analog/digital electronics, DC-DC converters, electrical protection systems, design review, microcontrollers (Microchip, ATmega, Freescale, etc),
  • Design for EMC, troubleshooting EMI/EMC issues
  • Communication protocols (RS232, RS422, RS485, I2C, SPI, MODBUS RTU, MODBUS TCP/IP, CAN, Profibus), component selection, and tolerances
  • Schematic software: OrCAD, Eagle
  • Circuit simulation: TINA, POWER INTEGRITY EXPERT, Multisim, PSpice
  • PCB design tools: Mentor Graphics, Eagle
  • Board-level testing and manufacturability, system debugging, product assembly, and test plan preparation
  • Testing: EMI/EMC, environmental, HALT
  • Digital Storage Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer, Digital Multimeter, Calibrators, Precise Current Meter, LCR Meter, Variable Power Supply, MEGGER, OMICRON, DOBBLE, Electronic Load
  • EMI/EMC precompliance and certification testing: Conducted RF, radiated susceptibility, conducted emission, radiated emission, EFT, SURGE, and HV between inputs, outputs, and supply Voltage variation tests, ESD, impulse tests, HIPOT, temperature, and humidity tests
  • Regulations, Directives, and Standards: EMC Directive EMCD 2014/30/EU, MDR 2017/745, ISO 14971, IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-1-2, IEC 60601-2-x, IEC/TS 60601-4-6, ISO TR 24971, IEC 61000-4-x
  • Patent Analysis
  • Six Sigma Green Belt: DFMEA/MTBF analysis, field failures, DFMEA, root cause analysis, voice of customers, product lifecycle management
  • Process in-depth awareness: risk management, resilience management, compliance management

Domain knowledge summary

  • Marine electronics design {Elcome Integrated Systems PVT LTD, India}

      (2011-2014)

  • Electrical embedded systems design {Schneider Electric, India}

      (2014-2021)

  • Medical EMI-EMC & design process innovation {KU Leuven, Belgium}

(2021-till date)

Publications

  • Ensuring Safety and Effectiveness of Medical Devices in the Presence of Electromagnetic Disturbances through Unified EMC Assurance: A Compliance Pattern, 32nd Safety-Critical Systems Club Symposium, Bristol, UK
  • Applying the Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) to Argue Compliance of Equipment with the European EMC Directive, IEEE Letters on Electromagnetic Compatibility Practice and Applications, 5, 4, 10.1109/LEMCPA.2023.3284229
  • Unified EMC Assurance Case to Assure Safe and Effective Medical Devices with regard to EMDs, 2023 APEMC/INCEMIC, 31-35, 10.1109/APEMC57782.2023.10217754
  • EMI Risk Management: Leveraging EMC Assurance Cases and the Goal Structuring Notation for Effective Shielding, 2024 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility – EMC Europe, Bruges, Belgium

Skillssummary

Electronics Hardware Design, Design for EMC, Project Management, Analysis and Validation, Testing and Debugging, Lifecycle Management, EMI/EMC and environmental compliance testing, Patent Analysis, Six Sigma Green Belt, Orcad, Eagle, TINA, POWER INTEGRITY EXPERT, Multisim, Pspice, Mentor Graphics (Pads PCB), Digital Storage Oscilloscope, Spectrum analyzer, Digital Multimeter, Calibrators, Precise current meter, LCR meter, Variable Power Supply, MEGGER, OMICRON, DOBBLE, Electronic Load, RS232, RS422, RS485, I2C, SPI, MODBUS RTU, MODBUS TCP/IP, CAN, Profibus

Timeline

EMC Researcher

KU Leuven
12.2021 - Current

Manager-Hardware

Schneider Electric
01.2014 - 01.2021

Electronics Hardware Engineer

Elcome Integrated Systems Private Limited
01.2011 - 01.2014

PhD - Assurance of medical device compliance based on risk-resilience-compliance thinking

KU Leuven

Master’s - Design and development of conducted emission set-up to extract common mode and differential mode noise

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Bachelor’s - Electronics engineering

TEI Ichalkaranji, Shivaji University
Vikas A. Ghatge