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Ganesh Natarajan

Principal Engineer - Design Assurance at Orthofix

Ganesh (Raj) Natarajan has extensive work experience in various engineering roles related to quality, technical sales, and manufacturing. Ganesh has worked at companies such as Orthofix, St. Jude Medical, Sanden International, Sanden Mexicana SA de CV, and Champion Technologies Inc, Electronic Support Systems, Bluestar Ltd, Whirlpool Corp (India).

At Orthofix, they served as the Principal Engineer - Design Assurance, where they were responsible for risk management, design verification and validation, process validation, and establishing and evaluating measurements for spinal implant devices.

Prior to that, they worked at St. Jude Medical as a Sr Quality Engineer - Mechanical, focusing on quality engineering.

Before that, Ganesh worked at Orthofix as a Quality Engineer - Mechanical, and at Sanden International as a Supplier Development Manager, where they managed vendor relationships and change deployment.

Ganesh also served as the QA Manager at Sanden Mexicana SA de CV, overseeing the quality organization for a tier-2 automotive clutch manufacturer in Mexico.

At Sanden International, they held the role of Supplier Quality Engineer, ensuring smooth operation of assembly and machining lines and coordinating supplier process changes.

Early in their career, they held various engineering roles at Champion Technologies Inc, Electronic Support Systems, Bluestar Ltd, Whirlpool Corp (India), where they focused on driving process improvements and implementing SPC programs.

Overall, Ganesh (Raj) Natarajan possesses a diverse background in engineering, quality assurance, and supplier management, particularly in the medical device and automotive industries.

Ganesh (Raj) Natarajan completed a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in 1989. Later, they obtained a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University between 1991 and 1993.

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