Quality Engineer

CHIRAG G. PARIKH

**** * **** ****** ***. **Y Cleveland OH 44114, ******.*.******@*******.*** +1-216-***-****

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chirag-parikh/a2/131/1a6/

Seeking a fulltime position in industrial or manufacturing engineering environment where I can prove my abilities and further my knowledge being beneficial to the company as well as promote growth within organization by being key team player, self-motivated fast learner individual.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Manufacturing Quality Engineer @ Swagelok Company February 2015 – June 2015

Valve Service Group - Quality Assurance Department Solon, Ohio

Assembly Error Proofing (manufacturing improving techniques) Preventive Techniques

Issuing Deviations to standard work when needed and Disciplined Problem Solving for customer returns.( Corrective actions)

Equipment Validation, product and process containment

Scrap Analysis, RPN reduction and flow improvements depending on Takt time.

Statistical Process Control, Six Sigma tools, cost reduction and analysis.

PFMEA and Capital equipment purchase management

Time studies, Kaizen, 5S and Lean Events and Line or Load Balancing reducing Cycle time.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering Graduation: December 2014

Cleveland State University, Cleveland OH GPA: 3.78 out of 4.00

Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile Engineering Graduation: June 2011

Sardar Patel University, Gujarat India GPA: 3.15 out of 4.00

CERTIFICATIONS June 2014

ASQ Certified Quality Process Analyst (CQPA) # 1844

Includes Quality Planning, COQ, OFD, AUDITS, Team Dynamics, Continuous improvement models, process Improvement techniques, Sampling, SPC, DOE, CAPA, Customer supplier relations.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS and KNOWLEDGE PURVIEW

Lean Manufacturing

ISO standards and TS16949

FMEA(Product and Design)

PPAP

Capacity Planning

Project Management

APQP

Automotive Technology

COMPUTER SKILLS

Well versed with SAP, Minitab, AutoCAD, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, and Windows.

GRADUATE PRROJECTS

Manufacturing System Engineering Project FALL 2013

The objective of this project was to distribute total workload on the assembly line of 101 elements as evenly as possible among the workers.

Experiment was done based on largest candidate rule for the line balancing.

Stations were calculated based on time taken for each element and total time available at that station.

Prepared a precedence chart and displayed physical sequence of the station with assigned work elements.

Line balancing efficiency was determined as 89.6% considering all loses and total number of stations to be 40.

System Engineering Analysis and Mgmt. Commuter electric vehicle system SPRING 2013

The purpose of this project CEVS, was to outline the academic exercise, which was intended as the conceptual foundation for the design of an electric vehicle. Worked as equal member in eight person team.

Designed a car with range of 200 miles per charge, 4 passenger, economic and fulfilling needs of U.S roads systems and regulations considering system engineering.

Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint were used extensively for synthesizing the reports of all team members.

Final Design was presented concluding all scope of project to be fulfilled.

Project Management: Designing Videos for education purpose. SPRING 2014

Project Scope, Stake Holders, Vision and Team were decided.

Network Schedule Gantt chart was prepared and Microsoft project and power point were used extensively.

Resources, Business case, and deliverable were mentioned.

Project was coordinated by Dr. John H. van Blargan and deliverables were decided by him as a stake holder.

Risk analysis was calculated and final report with future scope was presented in front of stake holders, students and professor of Cleveland State University.

Engineering Statistics: Hypothesis Testing FALL 2013

The main objective of the project was to conclude if average tuition fees for Graduate studies of US universities exceed $ 9000 annually including in state and international students.

Data were collected, organized and analyzed from American.edu website for last 5 years and chat and graphs were prepared for presentations.

Z Test and Annova were done on the data collected considering all factors regarding the fees.

Hypothesis were made on tuition fees not exceeds the average amount.

Minitab and Excel were used for displaying the graphs and calculations for the test above mentioned.

GRADUATE EXPERIENCE

Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH Fall 2013 to Spring 2014

Graduate Teaching Assistant: MATLAB, Alternative Energy Sources Lab and Dynamics.

Present lab instructions and grade assignments for students for Prof. Harry Fox.

Assisting with lectures and exams in the undergraduate course and supporting students conducting all lab experiments

Assisting in research in dynamics lab with Asst. Prof Andrew Hess

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIPS AND TRAINING

NANAVATI MOTORS (HYUNDAI), SURAT 2008

Industrial Training (Part of curriculum for the Diploma in Automobile Engineering)

Based on Vehicle Maintenance and Garage Practices

Hands-on training included maintenance and overhaul of four wheeler

Inspection of vehicle after routine maintenance

Quality check of service performed by technician

Learning of major fault in operation of IC engines and report to supervisor.

TECTONE MOTORS (HONDA), VADODARA 2011 Internship (senior capstone)

Based on Automotive System Components and Workshop Management

Supervised authorized service station:

Managed work flow of technicians

Assigned tasks

Kept excellent inventory and repair records.

Inspected work of serviced vehicles

Enforced company standards and kept in regular communication with service manager.

MEMBERSHIPS AND SEMINAR

Member of SAE, SME and ASQ.

Attended workshop on Machine Tools and Application conducted by SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India

Attended workshop on “How to build an ATV” in A D Patel Institute of Technology, New Vallabh-Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India.

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