Kruti Halankar

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About Kruti Halankar

Product Leader - Cell Development Team Product Process Development & Convergence Leader for Mercedes & Stellantis : Manage ramp-up from prototypes (TRL 6-TRL9) to SoP +6 months, ensuring seamless product transitions and QCDP management. Component Validation: Define specifications, support DFMEA, assess chemical components, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Manufacturing Scale-Up: Support chemistry component scale-up, analyze failures, and execute DOE for risk mitigation. Supplier Management: Maintain technical relationships with suppliers, ensuring plan follow-up and specification alignment. Design and Expertise: Design Separators to meet requirements, provide expertise on related topics, and create internal standards. Project Convergence: Lead or coordinate project/product convergence and contribute to internal standards creation. R&D Innovation Engineer-Cell Development Team Germany & France TRL1-TRL6 Development: Managed the progression from early-stage research to practical application. Experience and Education Education: PhD Chemistry (Li-ion battery technology) Strong scientific background (chemistry, physics, material science) Synthesised, characterised, and designed electrode materials (LiFePO4, LiNixMnyCozO2, Carbon additives) for battery application. In depth professional experience in the field of electrochemistry. Engineered solid and polymer electrolytes for fast-charging solid-state batteries. Unique Qualities/ Important Milestones Specialists in battery technology, lithium-ion cells and next generation battery materials. Experience in conducting testing and validating of the battery cell performance (energy, lifetime, power, fast charge, swelling force, safety, etc.). Co-ordinated and manage project of battery system evaluations, concept meetings with team members, managing project cost and presentations. Collaborated with the research team, industries and investigated electro-chemo-mechanical aspects of battery cell performance and failure. Experience in conducting cost-calculations and cost optimisation of material needed for establishment of battery technology Hands on experience in assembling batteries (Li-ion/ Na-ion/Li-S hybrid).