Mihir Dave

**** **** *, *** ** E, Guttenberg, NJ 07093 ? 573-***-**** ?

acfvdp@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Mechanical Engineer (MSME) with up to six years of cumulative diverse

global experience in product development, process improvement and

manufacturing domains.

. Successful track record of leading Product Engineering and

manufacturing teams to design and deliver new products to customers in

record time with emphasis on Design for Manufacturability,

implementing new processes to improve the overall operating efficiency

of the department.

. Excellent leadership and communication skills with a flair for

building long-lasting professional relationships and networks.

Strengths include:

New Product Development SolidWorks/ Pro/Engineer Design For Manufacturing

Applications Engineering Lean Manufacturing Multiple Project

Coordination

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Dec

2007

University of Missouri- Rolla, Rolla, MO

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

June 2005

University Of Mumbai, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MAC Products, Kearny,NJ (www.macproducts.net)

April 2014 - July 2014

Design Engineer - Contract Position

. Part Of Reverse Engineering project in carrying out 3D modeling and

assembly of existing customer contactors and relays into Inventor and

specify GDT and specifications for finish and materials.

. Worked on design of OCS and contactor switches for sub stations on

AutoCAD.

Healthcare Lighting, Edison,NJ (www.healthcarelighting.com)

Aug 2013 - March 2014

Design Engineer

. Carried out Design For Manufacturing for existing products while

transitioning the production from old facility to the new one. Mostly

involving sheet metal and Aluminum extrusion process.

. Migrated the existing design from AutoCAD to SolidWorks and created

configurations and family tables to consolidate product families.

. Worked on NPD tollgate for redesigning existing lighting fixture to

improve the overall design for manufacturing as well as installation.

. Work with production on various Lean activities such as Kaizen, Gemba

Walk, Ishikawa Diagram etc.

Permasteelisa North America, Windsor,CT (www.permasteelisagroup.com)

Sep 2012 - March 2013

Design Engineer -Office Partitions, Interiors Division

. Carried out initial conceptual design and development of a demountable

trade show room for a client within a time frame of 6 months

. Carried out analytical tests using FEA for stress and bending

calculations.

. Provided tailored solutions for store front design by developing new

mullions for aluminum extrusion process.

Allsteel Inc, Muscatine, IA (www.allsteeloffice.com) - Part of HNI Corp.

(www.hnicorp.com) Jan 2010 - July 2012

Applications Engineer - Tailored Product Groups

. Communicated with dealers to understand customer needs for non

standard product application and provide solutions with pricing for

tailored products.

. Collaborated with IT department in building and implementing a web

based application for submitting requests to get approval, RFP and

lead time for non-standard products.

. Served as department liaison, coordinated projects and communicated

tailored product designs with product and manufacturing engineering,

suppliers and various other personnel as needed

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Mihir Dave

7002 Blvd E, Apt 10 E, Guttenberg, NJ 07093 ? 573-***-**** ?

acfvdp@r.postjobfree.com

Allsteel Inc, Muscatine, IA.(www.allsteeloffice.com) - Part of HNI Corp.

(www.hnicorp.com) Oct 2007 - Dec 2010

New Product Development

. Served as a Product Engineer in a team that introduced new or enhanced

existing products in office furniture industry like panel frames,

desks, table tops and seating.

. Assisted in all phases of the product-development lifecycle, from

conceptualizing new product ideas through sketching, creating models

using CAD (ProE), developing engineering designs, prototyping,

testing, supporting production and rolling out new and improved

products.

. Participated in toll-gate processes to effectively communicate the

time line on project completion with other engineers and members

across other platforms such as procurement, manufacturing, product

management.

. Developed 3D solid models and assemblies using ProE from the rough

draft and sketches provided by the industrial designers.

. Experienced with various contemporary manufacturing processes

pertaining to sheet metal, extrusion, molding and die casting and

worked closely with existing suppliers in improving the product design

by conducting multiple iterations for design and testing at each

stage.

. Conducted testing and recorded results to comply with industry

standards (BIFMA) and submitted new testing procedures and results for

certification and approvals

. Created work instruction sheets for on-site installation of custom

products and visited on-site locations for product installation and

live environment testing.

. Led a product improvement team to improve existing product designs

using Design For Manufacturability, resulting in an overall cost

savings of $35,000/year.

. Created work instructions for on-site installation of custom products.

Provided technical support to sales, marketing and customer support.

Larsen & Toubro,(www.larsentoubro.com)

Production Engineer - Electronics & Electrical Division (www.lnteng.com)

Dec '01 - June '02

. Experienced with the design and functional aspect of molded case

circuit breakers

. Set up testing and assembly line for the newly launched circuit

breaker line using work study principles

. Implemented design for manufacturing change requests with product

development engineers based on the pilot runs carried out while

product assembly and testing carried out for the circuit breakers as

per the industry standards

Larsen & Toubro,(www.larsentoubro.com) - Leadership Program Training

Project Engineer - Heavy Engineering Division (www.lnthed.com)

Jun '01 - Jun '02

. Participated in a project management team to successfully manufacture

and test a heat exchanger within a record time frame of 6 months.

. Implemented CPM to track the critical path and developed a daily

report for tracking the progress efficiently using Microsoft Project

and Gantt Charts

. Designed welding fixtures for welding of various shells of the heat

exchanger together.

. Overlooked the entire manufacturing of the grid baffles for the heat

exchanger from the supplier and carried out quality inspections to

meet the dimension requirements as per industry standards

. Conducted various testing as per the Industry standards like hydro

test, Magnetic test, UV and Radiation etc.

COMPUTER SKILLS

. CAD: Pro-Engineer, SolidWorks, Auto-CAD, Inventor, NX (Unigraphics)

. CFD: Fluent

. FEA: Pro/Mechanica, ANSYS

. Other: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Matlab

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