Naren R. Shah

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. Cell 248-***-**** . acas8a@r.postjobfree.com

Objective:

Product Development, Design Release Engineer position with progressive

opportunities where proven talents and skills for project management,

problem solving, and leadership can be effectively utilized to mutual

benefits

Professional Summary:

. Light and heavy duty full size truck chassis and cab design evaluations

. Chassis cab frame release from design to launch and production phase

. Evaluated cost saving proposal in chassis and body structure area

. ADV (Analysis, Development, and Validation) Plan Coordination for Light

and Heavy Duty Trucks program and prepare compliance documents for

government FMVSS safety regulations

. Worked with design engineers and provided design directions to improve

the product

. Responsible for long and a large duration project involving commercial

and medium duty cab body structure evaluations from concept studies to

prototype cab model

. Responsible for light, heavy duty truck structural analysis (NASTRAN)

finite element programs (Static, Dynamic and modal Analysis)

. BIW(Body in White) and Body structure: front and rear end sheet metal

structure, front and rear bumpers, car hood, pillars, pick - up boxes,

end gate, light, heavy duty and commercial cab structural analysis and

performance evaluation.

. Dynamics Analysis for prediction of a cab body performance and natural

frequencies

. Structural performance evaluations FEA codes: NASTRAN, LSDYNA, LSPOST,

MADYMO, Hypergraph, Hypermesh, Unigraphics

Professional Experience:

Chrysler Group LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (10/2010 to 7/2013)

Frame Release and Structural Engineer

. Responsible for Cab chassis heavy duty truck frame release

. Lead product development, releasing and validation activities for frame

assemblies and components

. Release components including design for vehicle functional packaging

requirements using DFSS approach, DFMEA, DVP&R driven product development

and validation.

. Interface with CAE and Safety and Crashworthiness analysis for design

evaluations and fixes

. Component and full frame fatigue analysis and test correlations.

. Communicate and interface with suppliers and internal cross-functional

areas within Chrysler

. Experienced with Unix and team-center software

. Review program timings from design to Launch phase, data acquisition

data, cost reduction activities, test procedures.

Spartan Motors Corporation, Charlotte, MI (6/2009 to 9/1/2010)

Chassis Project Engineer: Project Lead

. Responsible for Motor Home, recreational and specialty vehicle chassis

design and CAE

. FEA element programs (Static, Dynamic and modal and nonlinear Analysis)

using FEMAP and Nastran Program

. Durability testing and Design Release

General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI (05/1983 - 11/2008)

Senior Project Engineer - Safety and Crashworthiness Department (09/1999 -

11/2008)

. Structural performance evaluations using LSDYNA, NASTRAN program (Finite

element analysis)

. Hypermesh for crash modeling, Hypergraph & LSPOST for post processing of

simulations results

. Light and heavy duty full size truck chassis and cab design analysis

. Low and High speed total Vehicle crash simulations (frontal, side and

rear impacts, pole Impacts, Rail road crossing, under slide of the front

vehicle structure)

. Evaluated cost saving proposal in chassis and body structure area

. Evaluated SEO (special equipment options), SPO (special production

options) requirements and related aftermarket products, such as brush

guard, snow plow and service body for pickup trucks

. Barrier and roll over tests for structural, occupant and sensing

performance evaluations and analytical correlations

. ADV (Analysis, Development, Validation) Plan Coordination for Light and

Heavy Duty Trucks program and prepare compliance documents for government

FMVSS safety regulations

. MVSS 208, Occupant Crash Protection

. Occupant performance analysis using MADYMO program

. MVSS 214,(side Impact) 301 (Fuel system ) test and total vehicle

evaluations

. 3D Solid Modeling (Solid Works experience)

Total Vehicle Validation Engineer - Reliability and Product Validation

(06/1992 - 09/1999)

. Model Year Program Coordinator - Full Size pickup Truck and SUV program

Hardware requirements, vehicle contents, BOM (Bill of Material), RPOs

(Regular Production options), SSTS (sub system technical spec) and VTS

(vehicle technical specification) validation

. Intermediate program status reports and root cause problem resolutions

. Prepared vehicle tests matrices and coordination among Test Resource

groups

. Participate in the Vehicle Technical Specification (V.T.S.), DFMA/FMEA

for future truck programs

. Validation support for SIR (Supplemental Inflatable Restraint),Chassis

and BIW (Body in White) structure for Full Size Truck programs

Senior Project Engineer - Engineering Analysis Department (05/1983 -

06/1992)

. Responsible for light, heavy duty truck structural analysis (NASTRAN)

finite element programs (Static, Dynamic and modal Analysis)

. Chassis: chassis components, such as frame, front and rear suspension

cross members, control arms, spring hangar brackets, steering knuckle,

differential carrier brackets, sway bar, torque box and wheels

. Body structure: front and rear end sheet metal structure, front and rear

bumpers, car hood, pillars, pick - up boxes, end gate, light, heavy duty

and commercial cab structures

. Worked with design engineers and provided design directions to improve

the product

. Responsible for long and a large duration project involving commercial

and medium duty cab body structure evaluations from concept studies to

prototype cab model

. Detailed Finite Element Analysis for static design loads such as: severe

bumps, trailer coupling, cornering, torsion, inertia relief and FMVSS

specifications

. Dynamics Analysis for prediction of a cab body performance and natural

frequencies

. Correlation between Analytical and Experimental results

. Evaluated Chassis Components

. Mentored, guided responsibilities and training for the new engineers in

the department

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. Previous experience: in project leadership, structural analysis, product

development and mechanical / engineering roles with Control Data

Corporation, Chrysler Corporation, Autodynamics Corporation and Ford

Motor Company.

Education:

. Oakland University, Rochester, MI (01/1972)

Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

. MS University, Baroda, Gujarat, India (06/1969)

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Key Achievements:

. Chassis cab frame release from design to launch phase for 2013 & 2014 MY

products

. Cost reduction in FESM, Radiator assembly, frame, cab, pickup box

Structure using LSDYNA, NASTRAN simulations

. Optimized Front Frame structure and sections to meet the vehicle pulse,

crush pattern and MVSS208 (Occupant restraint), MVSS301 (fuel system)

requirements

. Strain dependent material evaluations

. Completed Full vehicle sensing correlation project with GM-TCI center

Banglore (India) using math model and LSDYNA program

. Collaborated with design engineers to devise new solutions for improving

product safety and performance

. Reduced hardware testing cost

. Drove reduction in test vehicle properties, and devised testing methods

that slashed vehicle preparation costs

. Guaranteed on - time delivery by ensuring program validation requirements

were signed off on a timely basis, and by putting in extra hours to

complete high - priority projects

. Streamlined daily operations by implementing new processes for tracking

hardware properties and content, vehicle test status and test readiness

. Completed program validation signoff on schedule

Professional Associations:

. Society of Automotive Engineers (02/1991 - Present)

Member

. Engineering Society of Detroit (04/1999 - Present)

Member

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