My name is Rajiv Mantena and thanks for stopping by on my website.
I'm a Mechanical Engineer based in Hyderabad, India with over 6 years of experience in Product Design and Development.
I graduated from the University of Utah in 2017. I was affiliated with the Utah Robotics Center and received a Master's Degree in the Robotics track.
I can be reached at mantenarajiv@gmail.com or on any of the platforms mentioned here.
More about me
I am an Engineer holding a Bachelors in Mechatronics. Science has always fascinated me. I was fascinated by the coiled-springs in the toys when I was a kid. Electromagnetism (or Physics in general) blew my mind away in school. It seemed like Engineering had chosen me. During my undergraduate, I had the opportunity to work on several projects where I had to solder chips, transistors, resistors, head to the shops to do some machining, write code in Embedded C and burn it onto Atmega microcontrollers, and the list just goes on...
After graduating I worked in the IT industry where I fell in love with the field of Computer Science. Science had again fascinated me, this time in the form of UNIX. I wrote scripts in Shell, C++ and SQL. After serving for 1.5 years as an Assistant Systems Engineer, I moved to the US to attend Grad School and study Robotics. Science has fascinated me this time around with Machine Learning, Computer Vision and AI. I just wonder, what more would I be able to learn about in the future.
Outside my field of study and work, I am a Photographic dilettante. I posses a strong wanderlust. I tend to get out of the cities over the weekends when possible. I've been a Speed-Cuber for a while and learnt to solve the Rubiks cube, blindfolded. I play badminton. I follow PHD comics. I appreciate Science Humor.
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics)
College of Engineering
University Of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT | 2015 - 2017
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics)
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad, India | 2009 - 2013
Mechanical Engineer
Independent Contractor for Noke, Inc.
Hyderabad, India | July 2020 - Present
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Remotely working from Hyderabad, India for my previous employer, Nokē, Inc. as an Independent Contractor.
Still playing a key role in expanding the smart-lock product line for Nokē. Designing and developing the next generation of Noke's Smart Locks for several verticals.
6 years of experience in identifying mechanical design requirements and developing optimal solutions.
Mechanical Engineer
Noke, Inc.
Lehi, UT | February 2018 - June 2020
Patents: 1 - US 1 - WIPO 2 - US 2 - WIPO
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Played a key role in expanding the smart-lock product line for Nokē. Designed, prototyped and trouble-shot several new products and accessories for verticals ranging from Logistics to Self Storage.
Worked closely with the firmware team to ensure reliable mechatronic performance of all products.