Design Engineer Management

Akshay Vasant Parab

Address: **-*, ****** ******, ****** Lounge, Chitalsar, Manpada, Thane-West, 400607

Contact No: (M) 983-***-****; Email: *************@*****.***

SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER/ ASSISTANT MANAGER – PHARMA/MEDICAL, OEM, ENGINEERING

Seeking a challenging opportunity in industry for personal and professional growth.

PROFILE

A diligent mechanical design engineering professional with over 4.5 years’ experience in project execution, R&D, design & development of customized equipment, product design and its critical characteristic, new product development, concept generation, concept selection and team management. Skilled in comparing different components with their features, advantages and disadvantages using CAD tools. Proficient in analyzing the existing processes, evaluating the areas of improvements and accordingly implementing process modifications. Well versed in establishing components for complex, major projects to agreed project plans and defining technology standards to meet project requirements. Exposure to international manufacturing practices and experience in diverse departments including purchase and commercial. Ability to adapt well and perform in new competitive environment with capability to work well in both team environment and individual assignments.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Management Design Engineering Research & Development Quality Management Risk Management FMEA Vendor Development Pilot Manufacturing Requirement Analysis Supervision & Control Liaison/ Coordination Reporting & Documentation Quality Assurance People Management Team Player

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

K-NINE MEDICAL SYSTEMS (DIVISION OF K-NINE WRITING INSTRUMENTS PVT LTD) SINCE SEPT 2014

Design & Development Manager

Design and Development of Tissue Dissector

oLaparoscopic Device for general Laparoscopic procedures, Concept, Design, Prototyping, Risk Management, D-FMEA, Rapid Prototyping.

oMaterial Selection, Supplier identification, Co-ordination, Supplier validation and verification

oCompleted the project successfully meeting all customer requirements within given time lines.

oCurrently managing the manufacturing of the same (Validation, SOPs, Testing, Quality Management)

Design and Development of Vessel Sealing & Dividing Instrument

oLaparoscopic Device use to seal and divide the vessels during laparoscopic procedures.

oManaged Concept Generation, finalizing the concept, CAD modelling of the concept

oMaterial Selection, Vendor Co-Ordination.

oCurrently working on the prototyping of the same.

Open Bi-Clamp

oSealing device used in open surgeries to seal tissue.

oManaged Concept Generation, finalizing the concept, CAD modelling of the concept.

oMaterial selection study, Inspection of the components using VMS (Visual Measurement System)

oCurrently working on the prototyping of the same.

VEOL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD JUL 2012-Sept 2014

Design Engineer

Responsible for new product development, concept generation and concept selection for the assigned projects.

Participating in pilot manufacturing and managing full accountability of manufacturing set up, vendor development while facilitating ISO training (ISO 9001 and ISO 13485).

Responsible for preparing the technical design of the product according to customer requirements and executing the overall project up to the delivery of the product.

Responsible for procurement, interaction with client, vendors and cross functional teams.

Effectively managing functions of project planning & scheduling while monitoring and following up with different internal departments for step-by-step activities including execution of project.

Performing root cause analysis, managing design guidelines, best practices, past program lessons learned and competitive product benchmarking information.

Ensuring all drawings produced are correct in standard, right reference and in compliance with the client's standards and engineering practices described in the project co-ordinations procedure.

Efficiently analyzing various processes/applications and taking adequate measures to ensure compliance with set requirements and enhance operational efficiency.

Key projects:

Design and Development of Uterine Manipulator

oLaparoscopic Device for Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (Removal of Uterus), Concept, Design, Prototyping, Cadaver Trials, Risk Management, D-FMEA, Rapid Prototyping.

oCompleted the project successfully meeting all customer requirements as an individual within given time lines.

Design and Development of Suturing Device

oLaparoscopic Device use to do suturing (Stitching) process automatically

oManaged Rapid Prototyping, Interaction with client and vendors and completed two phases of the project successfully within given time lines.

Tissue Morcelator

oElectro-Mechanical device use to morcelate the fibroid mechanically

oValidation, SOP, Testing Protocols, Process Flow charts.

oSPM and Fixtures to increase the production rate and reducing the operator errors.

oSolving the issues related to the pilot production, ensuring the smooth and consistent production.

oMaterial selection study, Inspection of the components using VMS (Visual Measurement System)

oTesting of Components using UTM (Universal testing machine), Design documents and Supporting Regulatory department for Audit related activities.

oSupplier identification, Co-ordination, Supplier validation and verification and Engineering changes requests, Design changes through defined process.

TURP Electrode

oClean room Set up for Manufacturing TURP electrodes.

oSuppliers Identification, Verification and Validation.

oProtocols for Incoming material inspection and Material Testing.

oSOP and Operator Training.

Key Achievements:

oInstrumental in replacing the problematic Laser Welding technology with Plasma Welding Technology.

oStudied, verified and validated the plasma welding to suit the product requirement and made an in house set up of the plasma welding machine and related fixtures.

oSet up of the plasma welding machine in house gave better control over the quality, better welding strength and it reduced the product cost by reducing the rejection rates and reducing the other overheads.

oMade the SOP and protocols and trained the operators to use the machine safely and effectively.

oOne of the idea is selected for the patenting.

oTrained on ISO 13485, ISO 9001; Risk Management, FMEA and completed regulatory requirement for CE Marking of the product.

SOCIETY FOR APPLIED MICROWAVE ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH JUN 2011 – JUL 2012

Research Scientist

Oversaw designing on solid works, manufacturing drawings, material selection and participated in preparation of tendering processes, material procurement while effectively dealt with vendors.

Managed manufacturing of designed components and interfaced between product development and engineering teams by providing customer product improvement recommendations and product supportability recommendations.

Manufacturing of Designed components.

TECHNOSOFT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (I) LTD OCT 2010 – JUN 2011

Design Engineer Trainee

Gained rich exposure in manufacturing from the production plant of Technocraft Industries, Murbad.

Part of design team for Special Purpose Machines.

EDUCATION CREDENTIALS

M.E. Manufacturing and Systems, Saraswati College of Engineering, Kharghar, Mumbai University (Expected May, 2015)

BE Mechanical, Saraswati College of Engineering, Kharghar, Mumbai University, 2010

oProject: “Behavior of Hydrogen and Aerosol in Multi-Compartment Geometries.” At BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE, Mankhurd, Mumbai

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Diploma in CAD (SOLIDWORKS & ANSYS) from CADD CENTRE, Thane.

Aware of AutoCAD, Pro-E, CATIA, Solid edge, Uni Graphics, Inventor.

Basic of C and C++ Language.

Knowledge of all editions of Windows & MS Office

Date of Birth: 18 Apr 1988; Nationality: Indian; Passport No.: K8946742; Date of Expiry: 23-1-2023

Languages known: English, Hindi, Marathi; References: Available on Request

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