Product Development Engineer

Jawed Alam

**** * ****** ******, *********, TX **010

Email: **********@*****.*** or *****.****@****.***.*** Mob: +1-682-***-****

SUMMARY:

• Product Engineering Professional with strong experience within the Medical Device industry supporting R&D Projects, New Product Development (NPD), process, technology/ product transfer, product quality, process development and manufacturing.

• Hands-on experience developing processes for New Product Development (R&D), working cross-functionally between R&D engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to support product development and product transfer projects into manufacturing / production.

• Supported product transfers from R&D into manufacturing by identifying and analyzing product quality issues, material issues and performance issues and performing Root Cause Analysis to implement solutions.

• Extensive experience preparing incoming Product/ material Inspection plans, managing rejected material/ parts, coordinating with engineering on final part dispositions and process improvements for medical device products.

• Supported R&D by creating ePAS and keeping tabs of parts movement between departments for testing and drove Product Development by Designing Electro-Mechanical parts in SolidWorks CAD.

• Experience being actively involved in resolving technical issues related to design, product development, transfer, and program management. Provided Root Cause Analysis for rejected products and part of the Risk Assessment and Analysis team.

• In-depth experience performing maintenance and troubleshooting of instruments and equipment used for testing and validation of medical devices

• Strong Design experience identifying/ resolving reliability problems in New Product Development, drafting 3-D CAD models, and conducting Stress Analysis to validate the design for manufacturing.

• Designed, validated and manufactured a jig to significantly reduce project time. Worked with the vendor, clients to procure equipment and services. Generated Bill of Material (BOM), Project Schedule and Final Reports.

• Direct experience supporting New Product Development based on Reliability Data Management and other information gathered to ensure problem free product and monitoring daily operations of batching, packing and shipping finished products as well as receiving raw materials.

• Supplied technical support to improve production rate, first quality production to reduce waste, cost and maximize profits. Applied modern production principle (Poka Yoke) to reduce defects and for continuous improvement.

• Detailed knowledge and exposure to Injection molding, blow molding etc., electro-mechanical assemblies, new product development, and manufacturing within highly regulated industries and environments

• Designed, Fabricated and developed 2 new instrument for ICQ (New Product Development R&D), namely, IA

(Immunoassay) & CC (Clinical Chemistry).

EDUCATION:

• Master of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, TX. May 2016

• Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, NMAM institute of Technology, Karnataka, India. May 2011 SKILLS:

• Design and Analysis: SolidWorks, AutoCAD, 3-D Printing (Kisslicer), Siemens PLM, PDMS, ANSYS,

• SAP DMS (Document Management System), Caesar II, CAE-pipe,

• Programming Languages: MATLAB, C++

• Operating System: Windows 9X/2000/XP, Windows 7, vista

• Documentation: Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Outlook) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Irving, Texas Oct 2016 – Present Product Engineer

• Devised Processes for New Product Development (R&D).

• Worked cross-functionally between R&D engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to support product development and product transfer projects into manufacturing / production.

• Support product transfers from R&D into manufacturing by identifying and analyzing product quality issues, material issues and performance issues and performing Root Cause Analysis to implement solutions.

• Prepared incoming Product/ material Inspection plans, managing rejected material/ parts, coordinating with engineering on final part dispositions and process improvements.

• Supported R&D by creating ePAS and keeping tabs of parts movement between departments for testing.

• Drive Product Development by Designing Electro-Mechanical parts in SolidWorks CAD.

• Supported the engineering team with re-work/drawing modification in SolidWorks CAD and uploaded them in Siemens PLM.

• Actively involved in resolving technical issues related to design, product development, transfer, and program management.

• Design, Fabrication and development of 2 new instrument for ICQ (New Product Development R&D), namely, IA

(Immunoassay) & CC (Clinical Chemistry).

• Re-organized the warehouse to improve storage capacity by 10% and generated a new more efficient worksheet for inventory control to make flow of spare parts easy and hassle free.

• Worked on development of next generation of blood analyzers (includes electro-mechanical assemblies).

• Responsible for Maintenance and troubleshooting of instrument used for testing and validation.

• Responsible to improve maintenance processes and availability of spare parts when needed.

• Developed and maintained an inventory sheet for all the spare parts & parts needed for upgrade and trouble shooting.

• Project management of inventory control, Supply chain responsible for maintaining spare parts for medical diagnostic products.

H.P.M. Feb 2013 – Jul 2014

Mechanical Engineer

• Strong Design experience based on feedback from customers (VOC), clients and to ensure accuracy and consistency, also tackle reliability problems in the New Product Development and document them.

• Drafted 3-D CAD models & Stress Analyzed to validate the design for manufacturing in SolidWorks.

• Designed, validated and manufactured a jig to significantly reduce project time by 15 days for Chevron, tubesheet for Sahara Petrochemicals & steel reinforced Refractory blocks for boiler using SolidWorks & ANSYS.

• Knowledge in P&ID’s, Isometrics, Layout, 3D drawing & GD&T

• Worked with the vendor, clients to procure equipment and services.

• Generated Bill of Material (BOM), Project Schedule and Final Report for company and client record.

• Evaluated site to prepare Scope of Work (SOW), performed Cost estimation to prepare Technical/Commercial proposals for the received Request for Quotation (RFQ).

• Streamlined and executed from start to finish revamp/repair of Boilers, heat-exchangers & other equipment.

• Supervised and lead a 15-member team, delegated specific work & advised on best method to achieve the goal.

• Won number of Technical bids thus increasing revenue of company by 10% for 2013 year-end audit. A.W. PLASTICS Nov 2011 – Apr 2012 & Sep 2012 – Dec 2012 Production Engineer Intern

• Monitored daily operation of batching, packing and shipping finished products as well as receiving raw materials.

• Modified the Assembly Line Balancing to maximize production and reduce ideal time.

• New Product Development based on Reliability Data Management and other information gathered to ensure problem free product.

• Supplied technical support to improve production rate, first quality production to reduce waste, cost and maximize profits.

• Applied modern production principle (Poka Yoke) to reduce defects and for continuous improvement.

• Exposure to Injection molding, blow molding etc.

• Assisted Manufacturing Engineer to calculate storage capacity requirement for supporting specified production.

• Provide Root Cause Analysis for rejected products and part of the Risk Assessment and Analysis team. CERTIFICATIONS:

• Certified Solidworks Associate (CSWA) Certification from DASSAULT SYSTEMES License: C-4M5T5W8TS2

• Certified Solidworks Professional (CSWP) Certification from DASSAULT SYSTEMES License: C-FB2WD8WJVN

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (DMAIC, 5S, Kanban, Poka Yoke,Kaizen) July 2016

• Management and Strategy institute, License- 4371358

• PGD Certified in Piping Design & Stress Analysis (PDMS and Caesar-II) June 2012-Sept 2012 Magnus Global Tech, Bengaluru

• CEP Certification in Piping Engineering (IIT-Bombay) May 2012 - May 2012 MAJOR PROJECTS Experience: Abbott Laboratories:

• Design, Fabrication and development of 2 new instrument for ICQ (New Product Development R&D), namely, IA

(Immunoassay) & CC (Clinical Chemistry). Immunoassay is test for presence of antibodies in the body. Clinical Chemistry is the test of bodily fluids for any diseases. I worked with the R&D team on these instruments.

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