Summary
Vinil Chackochan is a Senior R&D Engineer with 11 years’ experience specializing in bioelectronic systems and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for neurorehabilitation. He has led system design, regulatory testing (IEC 60601 series), and software development for clinician-facing applications across academic and medical-device environments, most recently at Amber Therapeutics and Odstock Medical. With a PhD in Bioengineering and Robotics and hands-on experience in usability trials, he bridges human physiology, embedded electronics, and clinical workflows to deliver compliant, user-centered rehabilitation devices. He also brings a research mindset from human-robot interaction studies and practical firmware/data-acquisition work (including an ISRO trainee project), which helps him translate complex experiments into manufacturable products.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Applied Electronics and Instrumentation, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Applied Electronics and Instrumentation at Mahatma Gandhi University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Bioengineering and Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Bioengineering and Robotics at Università degli Studi di Genova
Master of Science (MS) Bioengineering, Master of Science (MS) Bioengineering at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
English, Italian, Malayalam