Engineer Continuous Improvement

Raghu Katragadda *****************@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghu-katragadda-b39117111/ 256-***-**** PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Three years of experience in New Product Development (NPD) by working closely with manufacturing unit.

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt certified with hands-on implementing various improvement tools.

Worked as a Design Engineer with CATIA V5 integrated with Teamcenter 9 for Airbus A-350 with 2500 hours of hands-on.

Expertise in Continuous Improvement, DMAIC, APQP, DOE, GD&T, Engineering Management.

Experience in using CAD software, FMEA and New Product Introduction methodologies.

Experience with common manufacturing methods such as Milling, Forging, 3D Printing, Welding.

Worked in challenging roles as Design Engineer, Product Engineer and Continuous Improvement Engineer. EDUCATION

University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL Aug 2015 - May 2017 Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering (GPA: 3.91) JNT University-India Sept 2008 - April 2012

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Six Sigma: DMAIC, PFMEA/DFMEA, SP Control Charts, Guage R&R

Lean Tools: Kaizen, VSM, Poke Yoke, 5S and 5 Why’s, 8D etc.

CAD Tools: SolidEdge, CATIA V5, Creo, UniGraphics NX7, ANSYS

Statistical Tools: Minitab

Technical Documentation: MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint

Other Tools: Teamcenter, Adobe Illustrator CS 5, Outlook CERTIFICATIONS

Certificate of Lean Six Sigma Proficiency

Certificate of Lean Six Sigma Proficiency

Certificate in Engineering Fundamentals

Green Belt

Black Belt

CEF/207408/2017

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

TATA Consultancy Services

December 2012 – August 2015

Manufacturing Engineer for Nissan India, 1.5 years

Performed time studies on various manufacturing stations, job evaluation techniques to correct standard hours for accurate calculation of productivity and Labor cost and maintained various PPAP documents.

Part of Continuous Improvement Engineering team to reduce the number of defects and improve quality by employing many lean tools such as 5S, 8D, Process Mapping, Kaizen etc.

Participated in various DMAIC projects, implemented SPC tools (Xbar & R, Cp & Cpk charts, FMEA, Cause and Effect Diagram, Pareto Analysis) to identify and reduce process variation and possible causes leading to an increase in damage claims. Product Engineer for BE Aerospace, 1.5 years

Planning, designing and oversight of the installation of aircraft galley systems.

Designed galleys for Airbus 350 in CATIA V5 with Teamcenter 9 for QATAR, Latam, Finn and Cathay Pacific airlines.

Worked with a team of 20 and lead a module of 5 while implementing ECN’s on QATAR delivery.

Worked for Problem report (ECN, ECR), Design Integration, Product Release teams.

Prepared 100% BOM integration model in TC structure manager from 150% BOM as per client galley definition document.

Workflow initiation and updating rejections till the galley was released.

Converted E-BOM to M-BOM by managing Structures, Plumbing and Chilling, Doors, Trim and Finish sections.

Employed many Lean Tools to optimize the delivery process and supervised a team that focuses on Continuous Improvement. Plant Intern, Mahindra and Mahindra, India

Jan 2012 – Sept 2012

Internship program

Completed a project titled “Statistical Process Control”.

The emphasis of this project was to eliminate errors that occur in the manufacturing plant thus reducing the number of wastes.

Worked on a project where the main aim is to prevent defective parts being produced by performing time studies and analyzing the data for identifying the assignable/special causes.

Employed tools such as control charts, Minitab, Cp, Cpk study, Histograms. PROJECTS

Six Sigma Black Belt Project

Worked on reducing the number of phone calls that the certified medical assistant attends as there are a lot of non-value added calls.

Employed DMAIC methodology to solve the issues faced by the ambulatory clinic and successfully reduced the phone volume by 40%.

Six Sigma Green Belt Project

Worked on reducing the variation in the process to achieve six sigma by reducing the number of defective parts from 36,727ppm to 3.4ppm.

Worked on determining the correlation coefficients to determine the variables that are contributing most to the variation as the manufacturing efficiency of the current system at WATFACTORY is not good enough and it represents a significant burden for the company. Suggested the corrective action by finding out the assignable causes. Examining Lean Manufacturing uses and effect on plant design

Worked on investigating current technological developments in manufacturing systems. Facilities planning design project

Worked on determining the preliminary functional layout of this production area by analyzing material flow between the areas by analyzing material flow between the areas.

Worked on detailed workstation layouts, determining the number of forklifts. Design of Experiments

Worked on analyzing the effects of different type of settings to determine the best setting for a game.

Used Minitab to perform statistical analysis to determine the best setting. Automated assembly of discrete ABS, PLA and PETG components via Fused Deposition Modelling

Worked on exploring the concept of extrusion based additive manufacturing for automated assembly, examine potential concerns, examine potential concerns, and perform validation to test the feasibility and value of such an assembly method. Integrated Product and Process Development

Worked on modifying and enhancing the existing Nerf Strong-arm gun by utilizing Integrated Product Design (IPD) tools and techniques.

Employed tools such as House of Quality, Pugh’s concept selection technique, Navy producibility analysis, Fault tree analysis, Functional tree analysis, Ishikawa diagram, Value Analysis, design for production, etc. AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Received “Star Performer Award” among 100 employees for my performance at BE Aerospace.

Made it to the Graduate Dean’s List due to academic excellence.

Received Graduate Assistantship for merit from University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Received the highest rating at Renault Nissan Technology Business Center of India for delivering more files with good quality in the stipulated time.

Represented India (Formula SAE) and successfully competed internationally in Japan.

Professional Membership: SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Head of Public Relations and Social Media (Indian Students Association)

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