Shripad Joshi

Mechanical Design Engineer with 10+ years of experience in mechanical designing of pump packages for various applications that include spanning cooling systems, thermal and hydraulic design, and engineering automation. Experienced in mechanical and thermal design related to mission-critical infrastructure, including cooling load calculations, pump cooling packages, mechanical seals, and transformer cooling systems, with strong hands-on exposure to engineering design tools and automation. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams and global stakeholders to deliver reliable, efficient, and scalable mechanical design solutions for high-availability environments such as data centers.

Mechanical Design Engineer at SULZER TECH INDIA PVT.LTD. (2015-03 – Present)

• Involved in multiple major projects for global customers that required pump facilities for cooling system infrastructures.
• Contributed to projects involving cooling system design and component selection based on the heat load calculations
• Performed cooling load calculations for pump systems supplying cooling towers used in multi-story facilities, aligning with heat rejection requirements.
• Involved in design and validation of pump cooling circuits and auxiliary cooling systems to prevent equipment overheating under continuous operation.
• Part of a team that selects and size chillers include air-cooled and water-cooled systems.
• CRAHs design for perimeter downflow units for raised floors, row-based cooling for hot/cold aisle containment and in-row units for high density.
• Worked on pumps designing hybrid models of CDUs and CRAHs with liquid to air and liquid to liquid method. Located as in-rack, in row and in centralized manner.
• Worked with airflow, fluid flow, and redundancy concepts (N+1, 2N and 2N+1) that are essential for reliability-focused environments.
• Supported energy efficiency considerations by using VFDs in pumps to get higher efficiency and lower PUE
• Designed mechanical seals and associated cooling systems based on pump size, operating conditions, and heat dissipation requirements.
• Executed hydraulic and mechanical design of pump components, including impellers and cooling accessories for critical applications.
• Collaborated with global engineering teams to ensure safe, leakage-free, and thermally efficient designs.
• Developed automated Excel-based engineering calculation tools for hydraulic and thermal design validation.
• Designed and developed custom engineering tools to automate complex mechanical and thermal calculations.
• Automated hydraulic component and pump cooling assembly design using Siemens NX customization with NXOpen API.
• Developed parametric 3D models and drawings for pump systems and cooling components.
• Delivered.NET MVC web applications and Windows-based tools for engineering workflows, improving productivity and design quality.
• Acted as Project Manager / Scrum Lead, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring on-time delivery.

Mechanical Design Engineer at CROMPTON GREAVES TRANSFORMER DIVISION, MUMBAI (2014-09-25 – 2015-02-25)

• Project specific transformer external or mechanical design including tank, accessories, mountings, piping, reservoir design, and supports with lugs design.
• Winding supports calculations and designs for transformers ranging from 11kW to 132 kW.
• Colling fins are designed to dissipate heat from transformers from range 110 kW to 11 MW.
• Conservation tank design with balloon for high temperature oil inside the transformer.
• Responsible for routing pipes for internal and external cables with insulations.

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering – PDVVP COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AHMEDNAGAR

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering – GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC, JALGAON