Mechanical Engineer Quality Assurance

SRINIVASAN PANCHAMI

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Columbus, IN 47201

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PROFILE Currently seeking a challenging position where there is

ample opportunity for

innovation and creativity, utilizing my

diversified engineering experience in enhancing

the growth of the organization.

EXPERTISE

. Hands on involvement in performing engineering duties in

conceptual design, validation, testing and troubleshooting

of Turbochargers & Fixtures for cell phones.

. Knowledge and experience using PRO/E, Solid works & I-DEAS.

. Experience in leading and documenting FMEA's.

ACHIEVEMENTS

. Reorganized & established procedures, such as new forms,

guidelines, documentation etc that helped to better

troubleshoot & increase probability of detecting failure

modes.

. Responsible for uncovering a key failure mode which help

save time & money; acted as a key X for future products;

prompted the supplier to work on a corrective action.

. Improved quality of testing by establishing work

instructions for test engineers, better data analysis & data

acquisition method which could be used for a variety of

issues.

. Solved quality assurance problems which temporarily halted

production.

EDUCATION Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering

August 2004

University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington,

Texas GPA 3.875/4.0

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical

Engineering September 2000

Siddaganga Institute of Technology, India.

GPA 3.74/4.0

EXPERIENCE

PRODUCT ENGINEER,

Jan/2008- Present

Cummins Inc, Columbus, Indiana.

. Responsible for engineering support for a range of

turbochargers within the plant.

. Developed engineering activities for design validation in

test rigs & vehicle trial runs by means of data analysis,

prototype build, documentation & inventory management.

. Provided support to 6 Sigma projects for current product

turbocharger issues.

. Investigated test and warranty returns to determine root

cause of failure and initiated a corrective action of

current product.

. Supported cross-functional design reviews both internally

and with external suppliers.

. Provided engineering support for Quality Improvements &

Cost Reduction activities.

. Experience in creating and supporting DFMEA, DVP&R,

Boundary & P-Diagrams.

PRODUCT ENGINEER (Contract),

April/2007- Jan/2008

Boston Scientific Corporation, St. Paul,

Minnesota.

. Contributed in Reducing and controlling manufacturing

process defects by identifying the primary root causes and

implementing corrective and preventative actions.

. Developed and implemented product quality plans, documents

by creating product specifications in conjunction with

cross functional teams.

. Performed Risk Analysis to ensure that test plan reflects

all possible scenarios.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER I (Contract),

Aug/2006 - Mar/2007

Motorola, Inc, Plantation, Florida.

. Participated as a member of the NPI team responsible for

performing research, planning and design of

mechanical/electromechanical fixtures for the manufacture

of wireless phone products.

. Performed activities involving the fabrication, operation,

application, installation and repair of electromechanical

devices and systems.

. Interacted with suppliers, manufacturing staff, and

technicians to facilitate the delivery of highest quality

of new & existing products to the customer.

. Responsible for designing, modifying and maintaining the

fixture database using PRO/E and PDM Link.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Contract), Jan/2005

- July/2006

Bio Mass Processing Technology, West Palm

Beach, Florida.

. Conducted experiments and updated new or existing technical

drawings to conform to product & design specifications.

. Synchronized tasks and schedules with other team members,

suppliers to ensure conformance to product schedules & cost

goals.

. Provided support in managing installation of machinery and

auxiliary equipments for use in the manufacturing plant.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Trainee),

Oct/2000 - Sep/2001

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)-

Bangalore, India.

. Assisted in the design & fabrication of Jigs & Fixtures

researching and analyzing customer design proposal,

specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of

design or application.

PROJECTS IN SCHOOL

Jan/2002 - Aug/2004

. 3D modeling of heat sinks, circuit card assemblies for

thermal management & flow analysis using Solid works,

Icepack and I-DEAS.

. CFD analysis of IBM's Thermal Conduction Module (TCM) using

I-DEAS to study the

temperature distribution and to compute the thermal

resistance.

. Conducted a theoretical and numerical research in Particle

modeling and assisted in writing FORTRAN \ MATLAB code for

data acquisition and post-processing.

. Assisted as an intern in an energy management program for

the local school district.

AWARDS & ACTIVITIES

. Mentoring Scholarship, Student Governance Center,

University of Texas at Arlington.

. Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of

Mechanical Engineering,

University of Texas at Arlington.

SKILLS

. Working experience with Windows 2000/NT/XP, UNIX, and

Linux operating systems.

. Experience in Thermal Modeling and CAD skills using I-DEAS,

Ice Pack, Solid works & PRO/E.

. Skillful with MS-Word, MS-Excel.

. Strong team player, ability of multi-tasking and problem

solving skills.

AFFILIATIONS

. Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honorary Society (TBP).

. Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE).

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