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Bengaluru

Manager, Systems Automation at ANSR MedTech, Bengaluru

Ten years verifying medical devices that people’s lives depend on. Now I use the same discipline to ship software products.

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For a decade I’ve engineered trust into systems that lives depend on. Now that same discipline ships products people rely on every day.

Based in
Bengaluru, India
Studied
B.Tech in Electronics and Instrumentation, Anand Institute (2016). MBA (PGDM), Madras University (2022).
Speaks
English, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam
Also runs
Vystra, a studio that designs and builds websites, apps and software products

Where I’ve worked

Ten years across hospitals and medical device companies, newest first. Each company appears in its own brand colours.

  1. ANSR MedTech
  2. Johnson & Johnson
  3. L&T Technology Services
  4. Fresenius Medical Care
  5. Apollo and Vijaya hospitals

2026–now

ANSR MedTech

Manager, Systems Automation Bengaluru, since August 2026

Current role

The company

ANSR MedTech is a global capability centre that ANSR is building in Bengaluru for one of the world’s fastest-growing medical technology companies. Its teams build digital health platforms, wearable devices and digital tools for patients.

What I do

  • Lead a team of SDETs (engineers who write software that tests software) automating system-level design verification: proving the whole device system does what its design says.
  • Build and validate the automated frameworks used to verify and validate medical devices.
  • Use risk-based analysis and statistics to decide what to test, and how much.
  • Run verification inside CI/CD pipelines, so every change is built and tested automatically, for products regulated by the FDA and ISO and IEC standards.

2023–2026

Johnson & Johnson

Lead Test Engineer, Digital Surgery Platform March 2023 to July 2026

The company

Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s Digital Surgery group builds connected technology for the operating room, so surgical devices, data and software work together.

Platform I worked on

  • Digital Surgery PlatformThe connected-device platform behind J&J MedTech’s digital surgery. It links surgical devices to the cloud so their data flows securely into analytics and apps. I owned testing for the entire platform, from device connectivity to the cloud data pipeline.

What I did

  • Owned the test architecture for the entire Digital Surgery Platform, used around the world.
  • Built one shared test framework, Robot Framework plus pytest, wired into continuous integration so every change is tested automatically.
  • Designed end-to-end performance tests that simulated 75,000 devices at once, and frameworks to validate the platform’s data.
  • Created AI tooling that reads a failed test and writes the JIRA bug report, about 30 times faster than by hand.
  • Modernised the build-and-test pipelines for the IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) toolkit that embedded devices use to connect.

Recognition

  • Bravo Award. Designed the platform load test that led to a 2× performance gain.
  • Cheer Award. Stepped in during a hand-over to run daily Dualto report-outs to the Japan QA team.
  • Hack4Health. Built Vision Beyond the OR, a recovery companion for patients after surgery.
  • Shout-Out. Set the validation strategy and paid down testing debt.
  • Shout-Out and Cheer Award. Testing practice across the platform, and the Ottava helper app.
  • Cheer Award. Laptop connectivity for an Ottava programme milestone.

2021–2023

L&T Technology Services

Senior Test Engineer, for Baxter and Stryker October 2021 to January 2023

The company

L&T Technology Services is the engineering services company of the Larsen & Toubro group. I worked on two of its medical technology clients: Baxter, which makes kidney-care products including machines for peritoneal dialysis at home, and Stryker, which makes surgical and orthopaedic equipment.

Products I worked on

  • Baxter peritoneal dialysis systemA machine that runs dialysis at home, usually overnight while the patient sleeps
  • Stryker robotic-arm assisted surgeryA robot arm that guides the surgeon during joint replacement surgery

What I did

  • For Baxter, tested peritoneal dialysis devices end to end, following Good Documentation Practice, the rules for keeping regulated records.
  • Designed 500+ test cases and automated 80+ critical scenarios as BDD tests, written as plain-English steps anyone can read.
  • Produced verification records aligned with ISO 13485, the quality standard for medical devices.
  • Cut root-cause analysis time by 40%.

Recognition from Baxter

  • Finished a round of test execution ahead of plan.
  • Found valuable functional defects through thorough feature testing.
  • Delivered a release milestone on time, with quality.

2018–2021

Fresenius Medical Care

Test Engineer October 2018 to February 2021

The company

Fresenius Medical Care is a global leader in products and services for people with kidney failure. I tested the software inside its hemodialysis machines.

Products I worked on

  • 4008A, 4008S and 5008Hemodialysis machines used in clinics to clean a patient’s blood when the kidneys can’t

What I did

  • Integration and regression testing for hemodialysis software, a Class II medical device built under IEC 62304, the international standard for medical device software.
  • Wrote 200+ test cases for patient monitoring.
  • Automated workflows that saved 15+ hours in every sprint.
  • Validated firmware with zero critical defects reported from the field.

2017–2018

Apollo and Vijaya hospitals

Biomedical Engineer February 2017 to October 2018

The hospitals

Apollo Hospitals is one of India’s largest hospital groups, and Vijaya Hospital is a multi-speciality hospital. As their biomedical engineer I kept medical equipment safe, calibrated and running. It’s where my obsession with getting it right began.

Equipment I looked after

  • Bedside and critical-care equipmentPatient monitors, ventilators, defibrillators, infusion pumps, ECG machines and dialysis machines

What I did

  • Ran calibration and preventive maintenance for 50+ biomedical devices.
  • Built an equipment tracking system that cut downtime by a fifth.
  • Supported NABH accreditation audits. NABH is India’s national accreditation board for hospitals.

What the work added up to

75,000
devices simulated by the performance framework I built at J&J Digital Surgery
500+
test cases written across regulated dialysis and surgical platforms
2×
platform performance gain from an end-to-end load test, recognised with a Bravo award in June 2026
40%
faster root-cause analysis once defect triage was automated
0
critical defects reported from the field on the firmware validations I owned
9+
awards from leaders at J&J MedTech and Baxter between 2021 and 2026

Things I’ve shipped

Live, with real users

Vystra Build

A construction management platform for civil contractors in India. One place for projects, workers, attendance, materials, expenses and quotations.

  • Wages worked out automatically, including overtime and half days
  • Quotations as branded PDFs with GST
  • Profit and loss for every project, as it happens
Visit build.vystra.in
12+
modules
20
calculators
13
worker skills
6
pay modes

Tools and standards I work with

  • Python
  • Robot Framework
  • pytest
  • Selenium
  • Jenkins
  • Azure DevOps
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub Actions
  • SonarQube
  • Cosmos DB
  • Databricks
  • GraphQL
  • REST Assured
  • ISO 13485
  • IEC 62304
  • FDA design controls
  • Design verification
  • V&V
  • Risk-based testing
  • Performance testing
  • Embedded firmware
  • Connected medical devices
  • Shift-left testing
  • BDD and Gherkin
  • Team leadership

Let’s build something that holds up.

Open to conversations about medical device verification, test architecture, and products worth building.