# Teja K G

> Professional engineering portfolio for Teja K G, a VCP Design Engineer - Mechanical at GE HealthCare in Bengaluru, working across manufacturing engineering, engineering productivity, automation, mechanical engineering, electronics, verification and validation, supplier engineering, medical devices and semiconductor equipment.

## Identity

- Name: Teja K G
- Current title: VCP Design Engineer - Mechanical
- Current employer: GE HealthCare
- Current location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Website: https://teja.gowlla.in/
- Email: teja@gowlla.in
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejakg/
- GitHub: https://github.com/tejakg
- Education: B.E. Mechanical Engineering, The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru, 2021
- Primary positioning: Manufacturing Engineering + Engineering Productivity + Automation
- Target domains: semiconductor equipment, medical devices, industrial automation, manufacturing technology

## Professional identity

Teja K G is a mechanical and manufacturing engineer who solves physical manufacturing problems by combining engineering, automation, sensing, electronics and software. His differentiator is the ability to move across the mechanical-electrical-software boundary while keeping manufacturing reality and validation evidence central to the decision.

## Career timeline

### GE HealthCare

VCP Design Engineer - Mechanical, Apr 2025 - Present, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Variable-cost productivity and mechanical engineering for medical imaging, including mobile radiography and mammography, supplier transition/localization, prototype assembly, V&V, risk retirement and customer-critical hardware problem solving.

### Early-stage Engineering Startup

Head of Engineering, Oct 2024 - Mar 2025, Mysuru, Karnataka. Led hands-on product engineering across electronics, PCB design, firmware development and early-stage hardware/product development.

### Lam Research

Manufacturing Engineer 2 (Senior Manufacturing Engineer), Mar 2024 - Oct 2024, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Manufacturing productivity, automation, fixture development, hardware testing, simulation and cross-functional engineering for semiconductor equipment.

### Lam Research

Manufacturing Engineer 1 (Manufacturing Engineer), Aug 2021 - Feb 2024, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Manufacturing productivity, precision fixtures, Python hardware validation automation, DELMIA simulation and semiconductor equipment manufacturing.

### Lam Research

Manufacturing Engineering Intern, Mar 2021 - Aug 2021, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Manufacturing engineering support and exposure to semiconductor equipment manufacturing processes.

## Measurable engineering impact

- Reduced manufacturing cycle time by 90% using an IMU-based manufacturing fixture, with more than $1M in annual savings.
- Eliminated line-down events caused by the top-plate shaft jamming in the chamber-hole assembly condition described in the fixture case study.
- Reduced hardware test cycles by 50% with Python-based hardware validation automation.
- Reduced assembly trial-and-error time by 30% using DELMIA simulation.
- Reduced wet-deposition tool cycle time by 5% using Value Stream Mapping and ZBRA matrix analysis.
- Developed an AI/LLM-based Test Procedure Instruction automation solution with an estimated $120k/year saving opportunity.

## Engineering case studies

- IMU-Based Manufacturing Fixture: measured absolute top-plate and chamber position to quantify planar misalignment; validated with real assembly technicians; 90% cycle-time reduction and more than $1M annual savings.
- Automated Hardware Validation: Python-based automation reduced hardware test cycles by 50%.
- Assembly Workflow Simulation: DELMIA-based simulation reduced trial-and-error time by 30%.
- Critical Mobile X-Ray Supplier Transition: supplier prototypes, documentation, V&V, risk retirement and fixture-based deferred assembly protected the customer commissioning timeline.
- Test Procedure Instruction Automation: computer vision + LLM hackathon solution; finalist; estimated $120k/year opportunity.

## Core capabilities

- Manufacturing engineering
- Manufacturing productivity
- Manufacturing automation
- Fixture development
- Supplier engineering and supplier transition
- Verification and validation
- Hardware test automation
- Python
- Mechanical engineering
- Electronics and PCB design
- Firmware development
- Sensor / IMU integration
- Computer vision
- AI / LLM engineering applications
- DELMIA simulation
- Medical-device engineering
- Semiconductor equipment manufacturing
- SEMI S2/S8 compliance-oriented testing
- FDA 21 CFR Part 820 environment
- ISO 13485 environment
- IEC 60601 environment

## Search topics

Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Automation Engineer, Engineering Productivity Engineer, Manufacturing Technology Engineer, Manufacturing Systems Engineer, Semiconductor Manufacturing Engineer, Semiconductor Equipment Engineer, Medical Device Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Test Engineer, Verification and Validation Engineer, Supplier Engineer, Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer, Product Engineer, Engineering Automation, Python Test Automation, Manufacturing Productivity, fixture development, hardware validation, precision manufacturing, medical imaging manufacturing, semiconductor equipment manufacturing.

## Source pages

- Home: https://teja.gowlla.in/
- Experience: https://teja.gowlla.in/experience/
- Projects: https://teja.gowlla.in/projects/
- Skills: https://teja.gowlla.in/skills/
- Resume: https://teja.gowlla.in/resume/
- Contact: https://teja.gowlla.in/contact/
- Manufacturing engineering: https://teja.gowlla.in/manufacturing-engineering/
- Manufacturing automation: https://teja.gowlla.in/manufacturing-automation/
- Semiconductor equipment: https://teja.gowlla.in/semiconductor-equipment/
- Medical device engineering: https://teja.gowlla.in/medical-device-engineering/