414-***-**** ***** Green Hill Road Apt ***

ac0hap@r.postjobfree.com AKASH KOTAGIRI Farmington Hills, MI,48335

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a Full-time position in a leading organization in the field of Product Development/Product Engineer.

SUMMARY

3000 hours of hands-on experience with CATIA V5 Design.

3+ years of experience in the field of Engineering Design & Design Validation using CAD/CAE tools like Altair Hyper works, UGNX, Catia V5, Auto CAD, Workbench.

Experience in performing test plans and calibrating data.

Complete knowledge and understanding regarding the fundamentals of the automotive engineering

Capable of managing a project from initial concept and design to finished product

Strong technical knowledge and aptitude toward mechanical design

Experience in understanding the blue prints and skilled in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T) stack up, DFMEA, FMEA.

Good Knowledge on automotive plastics-materials and applications, Plastic Product design for tooling,

assembly and Manufacturability.

Good knowledge on Injection molding process, Tool design, Mold defects and Analyzing mold flow reports.

Ability to work independently and Strong problem solving skills.

Hands on experience on working with Automotive tear down and re-installing.

Good understanding of manufacturing process and lean principles

Intermediate proficiency in CREO, NX CAD, C language, HTML, CSS, Java, Unix, Matlab, Simulink,

EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

Tata Consultancy Services Mumbai, INDIA

System Engineer/Designer July 2012- Sep 2013

Converted nonparametric solid models to parametric, modifying the CAD data and Bill of materials (BOM) according to the manufacturing requirements and changes,

Worked on class A surfaces by defining draw direction, parting line and closing it along with drawing and defining class B surfaces

Developed 2D CAD drawings using GD&T and released for manufacturing. Modified CAD data as per customer requirements.

Good Knowledge of plastic materials used for interiors, plastic injection molding and product validation using DVP&R.

Modified CAD data along with Bill of Materials (BOM) as required to meet manufacturing requirements.

Nagel Spl Machines Private Limited Bangalore, INDIA

Design Engineer Oct 2013- Nov 2014

Evaluating the requested order (Cylinder blocks) from the client and calculate the dimensions required for the bed upon which the cylinder block sits on.

Prepare the CAD drawings for the machine bed along with dimensioning and tolerances.

Covert the 2D drawings into 3D CAD models using CATIA V5.

Advice the supplier on the tolerance limits and manufacturing processes to manufacture the bed.

Advice the supplier with the material information and surface finish.

Install the custom-made machine bed on Honing machine and check for flatness, straightness.

Assist the manufacturing team with quality checking.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT EXPERIENCE

SELKEY FABRICATIONS Jan 2016 – Dec 2016

Project: New Product development model of Snow Plow.

Position: Design Team Lead

Objective : Designed & developed a new model of snow plow for a Fabrication company to introduce in market.

Communicated with clients to acquire product requirements and specifications.

Developed concept, sketches, layouts & 2D drawings of prototype in CATIA V5 as per the client requirement.

Created CAD models of Snow Plow Body Assembly using part & surface modeling-CATIA V5.

Created 3D solid models of Snow Plow Body, Brackets, Springs, Bolts, Shoes, Ribs, Rods in CATIA V5

using 2D drawings and conducted DFMEA for design analysis.

Utilized surface module to design the complicate surface of parts (snow plow body, ribs, twisted brackets)

Provided Assembled drawings of all the above parts using Assemble Module in CATIA V5.

Developed tolerance calculations and error corrections criteria, tolerance stack-ups, GD&T applications,

Converted 3D model to 2D view and drafted detailed drawings as per company standards.

Worked with manufacturing shop and devised proper materials finishes, production materials and procedures.

Performed required changes after the initial prototype is manufactured.

Developed design charts and data records for production and developed Bills of Materials.

Assisted manufacturing shop to provide Design support for Snags & Production Queries from shop floor.

Led the team of 3 members in creating time-line for the project and documented the design journal to record all the activities.

Tested the snowplow on the road by driving on a heavy-duty truck in various conditions, calibrated and observed its working.

Advised changes as per the test results.

HEV ENTERPRISE Sep 2016 – Dec 2016

Project : Radiator assembly redesign of GM Chevy Hybrid pickup truck.

Position : Design Team Lead

Objective : Design & manufacture of the E-motor radiator and it’s mounting for the GM Chevy pickup truck.

Explored various solutions to determine the best radiator placement in the car.

Designed 3D model for the mount and the radiator in CATIA V5.

Developed Engineering calculations to determine the Heat rejection required for the radiator.

Benchmarked various off the shelf Radiators and incorporated the one that best fits the rating, size and price and other functional requirements

Developed 3D mounting Assembly and 2D drafted drawings using CATIA V5.

Fabricated mounting components and installed the radiator and performed testing on the radiator to validate design and functional performance.

Objective : Design & development of the seatbelt locking clip for the GM Chevy pickup truck.

Defined the functional requirement of the project

Designed 3D model for the locking clip in CATIA V5.

Studied the safety norms for the seat belts and designed the product.

Developed 2D drafted drawings as per the shop floor requirements.

Installed the locking clip and performed testing on the locking clip to validate functional performance.

Project : Stress analysis on turbine blade of Thermal Torpedo Dec 2011 –May 2012 Objective : Goal of the project is to design the blade of the Thermal torpedo using CATIA V5 & do FEA analysis in ANSYS.

Designed the body of blade in CATIA using Part design module.

Designed complicated curved surface of the turbine blade in CATIA using surface design module.

Applied operating loads and studied physical responses such as Stress levels, temperature distributions, electromagnetic fields in ANSYS and optimize the design accordingly.

Prepared detailed technical report tracking progress and planning for future steps of the project.

Project : Emission Analysis of Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Jan 2015 – May 2015

Objective : Measured the exhaust emissions from heavy duty Cummins Heavy Duty diesel engine through AVL Emission bench using mass spectrometer and became familiar with the electronic control unit used in conjunction with the engine.

Designed a test plan for calibrating the emissions bench using the gas concentrations and executed it.

Recorded the data at several test points and evaluated the performance characteristics of the engine.

Project : Identification of Special causes in a manufacturing process Sep 2015 – Dec 2015

Objective : Identifying special causes from a process using control charts and improve quality.

Plotted data (Excel) from the production process on control charts.

Analyzed the control charts & signals (Bottlenecks/Special Causes) to physical conditions of the process.

Eliminated all the Special causes and improved process capability for the manufacturing process.

Project : Investigation of Driver Fatigue using Heart Rate Variability Jan 2015-May 2015

Objective : This study mainly targets at studying the heart rate variability of the driver over a period of time under different conditions.

Designed a driving simulator study to test the driver in active and fatigue state.

Simulated the driving scenarios such as high-way, mountain, snow etc. in the simulator MiniSIM.

Recorded heart-rate of various drivers in both active and fatigue state in different scenarios.

Correlated data obtained in different scenarios and analyzed the driver state in Matlab & validated our hypothesis.

RELATED COURSEWORK

Advanced Mechanics of Materials • Vehicle Dynamics • Design of Plastics

Advanced Quality Engineering • Lean Manufacturing & Production Planning • HEV Enterprise

Geometric Dimension & Tolerance (GD&T) • Advanced Powertrain ( Calibration and data acquisition)

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