Mihir Dave
**** **** *, *** ** E, Guttenberg, NJ 07093 ? 573-***-**** ?
***********@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. Mechanical Engineer (MSME) with up to six years of cumulative diverse
global experience in product development, process improvement and
manufacturing domains.
. Successful track record of leading Product Engineering and
manufacturing teams to design and deliver new products to customers in
record time with emphasis on Design for Manufacturability,
implementing new processes to improve the overall operating efficiency
of the department.
. Excellent leadership and communication skills with a flair for
building long-lasting professional relationships and networks.
Strengths include:
New Product Development SolidWorks/ Pro/Engineer Design For Manufacturing
Applications Engineering Lean Manufacturing Multiple Project
Coordination
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Dec
2007
University of Missouri- Rolla, Rolla, MO
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
June 2005
University Of Mumbai, India
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MAC Products, Kearny,NJ (www.macproducts.net)
April 2014 - July 2014
Design Engineer - Contract Position
. Part Of Reverse Engineering project in carrying out 3D modeling and
assembly of existing customer contactors and relays into Inventor and
specify GDT and specifications for finish and materials.
. Worked on design of OCS and contactor switches for sub stations on
AutoCAD.
Healthcare Lighting, Edison,NJ (www.healthcarelighting.com)
Aug 2013 - March 2014
Design Engineer
. Carried out Design For Manufacturing for existing products while
transitioning the production from old facility to the new one. Mostly
involving sheet metal and Aluminum extrusion process.
. Migrated the existing design from AutoCAD to SolidWorks and created
configurations and family tables to consolidate product families.
. Worked on NPD tollgate for redesigning existing lighting fixture to
improve the overall design for manufacturing as well as installation.
. Work with production on various Lean activities such as Kaizen, Gemba
Walk, Ishikawa Diagram etc.
Permasteelisa North America, Windsor,CT (www.permasteelisagroup.com)
Sep 2012 - March 2013
Design Engineer -Office Partitions, Interiors Division
. Carried out initial conceptual design and development of a demountable
trade show room for a client within a time frame of 6 months
. Carried out analytical tests using FEA for stress and bending
calculations.
. Provided tailored solutions for store front design by developing new
mullions for aluminum extrusion process.
Allsteel Inc, Muscatine, IA (www.allsteeloffice.com) - Part of HNI Corp.
(www.hnicorp.com) Jan 2010 - July 2012
Applications Engineer - Tailored Product Groups
. Communicated with dealers to understand customer needs for non
standard product application and provide solutions with pricing for
tailored products.
. Collaborated with IT department in building and implementing a web
based application for submitting requests to get approval, RFP and
lead time for non-standard products.
. Served as department liaison, coordinated projects and communicated
tailored product designs with product and manufacturing engineering,
suppliers and various other personnel as needed
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Mihir Dave
7002 Blvd E, Apt 10 E, Guttenberg, NJ 07093 ? 573-***-**** ?
***********@*****.***
Allsteel Inc, Muscatine, IA.(www.allsteeloffice.com) - Part of HNI Corp.
(www.hnicorp.com) Oct 2007 - Dec 2010
New Product Development
. Served as a Product Engineer in a team that introduced new or enhanced
existing products in office furniture industry like panel frames,
desks, table tops and seating.
. Assisted in all phases of the product-development lifecycle, from
conceptualizing new product ideas through sketching, creating models
using CAD (ProE), developing engineering designs, prototyping,
testing, supporting production and rolling out new and improved
products.
. Participated in toll-gate processes to effectively communicate the
time line on project completion with other engineers and members
across other platforms such as procurement, manufacturing, product
management.
. Developed 3D solid models and assemblies using ProE from the rough
draft and sketches provided by the industrial designers.
. Experienced with various contemporary manufacturing processes
pertaining to sheet metal, extrusion, molding and die casting and
worked closely with existing suppliers in improving the product design
by conducting multiple iterations for design and testing at each
stage.
. Conducted testing and recorded results to comply with industry
standards (BIFMA) and submitted new testing procedures and results for
certification and approvals
. Created work instruction sheets for on-site installation of custom
products and visited on-site locations for product installation and
live environment testing.
. Led a product improvement team to improve existing product designs
using Design For Manufacturability, resulting in an overall cost
savings of $35,000/year.
. Created work instructions for on-site installation of custom products.
Provided technical support to sales, marketing and customer support.
Larsen & Toubro,(www.larsentoubro.com)
Production Engineer - Electronics & Electrical Division (www.lnteng.com)
Dec '01 - June '02
. Experienced with the design and functional aspect of molded case
circuit breakers
. Set up testing and assembly line for the newly launched circuit
breaker line using work study principles
. Implemented design for manufacturing change requests with product
development engineers based on the pilot runs carried out while
product assembly and testing carried out for the circuit breakers as
per the industry standards
Larsen & Toubro,(www.larsentoubro.com) - Leadership Program Training
Project Engineer - Heavy Engineering Division (www.lnthed.com)
Jun '01 - Jun '02
. Participated in a project management team to successfully manufacture
and test a heat exchanger within a record time frame of 6 months.
. Implemented CPM to track the critical path and developed a daily
report for tracking the progress efficiently using Microsoft Project
and Gantt Charts
. Designed welding fixtures for welding of various shells of the heat
exchanger together.
. Overlooked the entire manufacturing of the grid baffles for the heat
exchanger from the supplier and carried out quality inspections to
meet the dimension requirements as per industry standards
. Conducted various testing as per the Industry standards like hydro
test, Magnetic test, UV and Radiation etc.
COMPUTER SKILLS
. CAD: Pro-Engineer, SolidWorks, Auto-CAD, Inventor, NX (Unigraphics)
. CFD: Fluent
. FEA: Pro/Mechanica, ANSYS
. Other: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Matlab