Engineer Quality

Pramod Tiwari

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Troy, MI ****5

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E-mail: ********@*******.***

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Seeking a Test, Material, Product Development Engineer Position

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

o Material Testing / Development Engineering

. Results oriented - Polymeric Material Testing and Product

Development.

. Managed product materials development for silicone, plastics

and urethane

for extrusion and molding.

. Experienced with silicone fluids, RTV, emulsion for application

in urethane.

. Implemented processes for new material and operations in

production.

. Developed testing methods for friction and squeak noise.

. Managed product evaluation/testing and approval from customers.

. Managed transfer of Lab testing process to prototype and then

to production.

. Resolved quality issues and manufacturing bottlenecks caused by

materials.

. Coordinated cost reduction of products by material

substitution by testing and

evaluating Quality, Cost, Process and Delivery of raw

materials.

o Product Development - Testing and Evaluation

. Development of new silicone/urethane materials and process for

products.

. Characterization of new silicone/urethane/plastics products.

. Approval of product material from Chrysler, Ford, Toyota and

Honda.

. Evaluate new testing methods for production.

. Selection of alternative raw materials and processes for

continuous

improvement of product performance and cost.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000-2009 Toyoda Gosei NA, Troy, Michigan, US

April Senior Engineer, Material Engineering

. Managed testing of elastomeric material in development and at

prototype.

- Silicone-Urethane blend, Rubber and plastics

material testing and evalaution.

- Characterization of products surface characteristics,

squeak noise, durability, abrasion,

friction and softness.

- Designed test methods for performance testing..

- Approval of Material Product performance from customers.

. Developed Processes for Urethane - Silicone materials.

- Developed new Silicone-Urethane products(with

Polycarbonate, polyether and polyester urethanes and

silicone emulsions, functional silicone, silicone gums)

- Correlated Product Quality and Processing Conditions

for foaming and coating.

- Wrote Standard Operating Conditions for manufacturing

processes.

Pramod Tiwari

. Coordinated Cost Reduction

- Coordinated Continuous

improvements, value-added and engineering activity with

product (application of Momentive, Acheson colloidal,

Dow, Shin Etsu and Wacker silicone products).

- Investigated new raw materials

and material product properties.

- Followed Toyota Quality System,

Prepared PFMEA and product design reviews.

. Developed new technology

- Improved urethane -identified

new raw materials to improve product performance.

- Selected materials based on PQCD

(Process, Quality, Cost and Delivery).

. Provided Technical Support to Customers for Material and

Product Quality

- Presented new product performance results and benefits

to customers.

- Performed Fault-Tree Analysis and Validated test

results.

- Analyzed quality problems to find root cause of the

problems and lead to

corrective actions.

- Characterization of products material for quality

investigation.

- Assisted Internal/External customers with quality

problems.

Accomplishments:

- Develop testing methods to reduce Scrap 400K $/ year

(Appearance issues)

- Mass reduction of Door sealing (foamed) section by 35

%.(Cost saving)

- Development of 3 new Silicone-Urethane Coatings and reduced

cost by 15 %.

- Developed new products to solve customers' problem, cost

reduction and price increase / reduction to get new

businesses.

1989 -2000 Waterville TG Inc., Quebec, Canada

Group Leader, Material Development Department

. Managed Coating group and instrumental analysis of products

FTIR, Microscope, SEM, surface energy, contact angles,

surface roughness, TGA and DSC.

. Formulated and tested Silicone-Urethane Coatings and rubber

compounds. Managed Lab trials, small scale process trials and

implemented them in production. Selected coating

manufacturing process and spray systems, assisted in

production start-up (SOP) and trouble shooting.

. Coordinated characterization of coating of urethane, foam,

rubber and thermoplastic materials and product specification.

Negotiated product approval from customers.

Accomplishments:

- Developed and tested waterborne Silicone-Urethane

coating.

- Modified urethane and rubber with silicone additive to

enhance performance.

- Got approval for materials and products from customers.

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EDUCATION

M. A. Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada

Thesis Title: Polymer Adsorption in Flow Through Fixed Beds.

B. Tech., Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu

University, India.

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