Sharath ALVA

No.***, *rd cross, *th Main Road,

HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar,

Bangalore-560038.

Karnataka

INDIA

Email: acbxm7@r.postjobfree.com

+919*********

Objectives Seeking a challenging position in the area of

product & system design.

Skill / Experience 11+ years of Product Design and Manufacturing

Summary experience

Product design & development, Value

engineering, reverse engineering, Concept to

realization.

Product Knowledge about Final low voltage

products, Auxiliaries/ accessories and

Industrial Control Products.

Knowledge on Mechatronics.

Product Knowledge about Thermal and

refrigeration cycle.

Knowledge on design to cost.

Knowledge about Final Distribution system

design.

Well versed with IP(Ingress Protection) design

considerations.

Knowledge about Engg.Prototype, verification

and validation of the product.

Well Versed with Product life cycle management.

Knowledge about Plastic and Sheet metal design

considerations.

Have a good project management skills &

multi-tasking.

Technical discussion with suppliers.

Patent on switching devices for Rotary Handle.(

EP2393091A1)

QMS Internal certified Auditor(ISO 9001:2008)

Knowledge on RADAR Tool to derive the

requirement management into the technical

specification and prepare the validation Plan.

Knowledge on DFMEA,PFMEA

Technology Experience

Tools WildFire5, MDM, Auto Cad2000,

Windchill(Symphony), Genesis, Ansys, Geo-Magic

software, Tolerance Manager Software.

Education Summary

Degree and Date Institute Major and Marks obtained

Specialization

Bachelor of Malnad College of Mechanical 71%

Engineering Engineering

October 2000 Mysore University

PUC in April1996 Canara College, Common 70%

Mangalore

SSLC in April 1994 Canara High School, Common 77%

Mangalore

Experience Profile - Key Projects

a) Sept 2004 to Till Date

Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd.

Global Technology Center, Bangalore.

Jan2013 to Till Date: Discipline leader with Eng.Efficiency team which

would drive the processes and the cross functional activities and improve

the efficiency of the centre.

Responsible for Knowledge Management.

Responsible for Key design Reviews and to monitor the project activities.

Responsible for Partner Integration.

Nov 2009 to Dec-2013:PDL for SURYA Project 9mm,18mm(Auxiliaries)

accessories, Busbar and system design.

"SURYA" is a complete range of products which includes MCB, RCCB, Auxiliary

and accessories.

Key responsibility is to drive the team of designers along with the design

of the entire product range.

Responsible for plastic and sheet metal design and delivery, Tolerance

stack up, DFMEA, FMA activities.

Involved in customer feedback activities along with marketing team.

Responsible for defining the verification plans and executing the same.

Interaction with multi-site teams, cross functional teams and vendors.

Responsible for launching the product and smooth transition to the plant

for production.

Nov2007 to Oct 2009:Worked for Saturn Project which is a Rotary handle

device for Motor circuit breakers(GV2,GV3) along with Singapore design

centre.

Responsible for the design of Plastic, sheet metal and ZAMAK parts,

Tolerance stack up analysis and troubleshooting the issues.

Involved in the Pilot run of the product and the smooth transition to the

plant for production.

Jan2007 to Oct 2007:Worked as a PDL for PCB 276 Relay.

This project has been localized in INDIA for Magnacraft which is acquired

by Schneider.

Responsible for the product design, verification, validation and

certification (UL).

Jan2006 to Dec 2006:ACE-850 (power monitoring device)

Responsible for mechanical design like enclosure, Light pipe and delivered

with the completion of Schneider internal documents.(DFMEA,FMA,Data

management etc.)

March 2005 to Dec 2005: Worked on RS-485 Product for CHINA design Centre.

Design of plastic enclosures for PCB and interface with EMI/EMC.

Sept 2004 to March 2005: Worked on CAI Process using Geo-Magic Tool for

NAOD team.

Core member of development & implementation of "Computer Aided Inspection"

CAI process globally.

Additional In charge:

Trainer for RADAR process.(Schneider Design process)

Trainer for MCSV (Mechanical component Statistical verification)

Corporate Training by Schneider Electric:

Project management process (PMP)-Schneider Electric Product design

Methodologies.

Functional Design.

Functional Dimensioning Methodologies.

GD&T Training (ISO-8015)

Statistical Tolerance Methodologies.

Mechanical components and sub-assembly verification.

Usage of Symphony Tool.(To manage the BOM and commercial references)

Training on Genesis.

Training on MCSV (Mechanical component Statistical verification).

International Exposure

Several visits to FRANCE(Grenoble) to attend train the trainer program,

Global ELM(Electro mechanical ) discipline leader meetings, project

discussion & kickoffs.

Plant visit for the Pilot RUN of the product, supplier visits to trouble

shoot the design issues.

6 months visit to Singapore as a part of design team member to accomplish

the design activities.

b) Jul2004 to sept 2004:

Satyam computers Limited, Bangalore.

Client: Applied Materials

Projects:

Generating the ECN for the given drawing.

QC of the drawing.

Creating a drawing using Inventor software.

c) Mar2002 to Jul 2004:

Whirlpool of India Limited, Pune

Product Development Center

Projects:

Structural & Feature system design for new products using CAD/CAE tools

Cost optimization & Quality Improvement Projects in the Refrigerator

Adaptation of Six sigma methodologies for all projects.

Achievements in Whirlpool of India Limited:

Patent applied for Surround cooling Concept in the refrigerator

Complete Product Design on Fourth Generation Refrigerator

Complete Product Design on Front Return Air System.

We as a team revolutionized Whirlpool Design Processes by creating

Paperless Office-Software. The project's benefits are

Whirlpool has 30 Product development Engineers in its pune & Faridabad

plant. This software creates resource without additional manpower for

innovative projects by saving one hr per day & providing fatigue free

environment.

Product Development Cycle time compression

Mistake free Implementation

Errors free Information.

Additional In charge:

Project Leader-PDM Software-Product Center implementation.

Corporate Training by whirlpool:

Customer-to-Customer (C2C)-Whirlpool Product design Methodologies.

Robust Design- Whirlpool Product design Methodologies.

FMEA (Failure Mode Effective Analysis) Training.

QFD-A tool for building Design by Quality.

Innovation training

Statistical Tolerance Methodologies.

Extensive training in Pro/ENGINEER covering all the major modules including

Top down design approach

Training on GD&Tolerancing.

Personal Details

Date of Birth 06-11-1978

Marital Status Married

Nationality INDIAN

Passport Details F3110355 VALID TILL 22/04/2015

Permanent address Kaje House,

Malllur village and post

Mangalore-575029

Karnataka

INDIA

Phone:+91-824-*******

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