Engineering Engineer
Resume:
BALASUNDARAM SUNDARARAJAN
Hackensack
New Jersey - 07601
Mobile No: 551-***-****
: **********.***@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Mechanical design engineer with 13+ years of experience providing technical design direction on mechanical products, machine parts and components for electric motor industry and automotive industry.
Proficient at creating Layouts, Detailed mechanical drawings for piece parts and assemblies from Pro/E models. Adept in maximizing form, fit and function through meticulous design model evaluation.
10+ years of experience in Six Sigma tools (DMAIC & DFSS) & Value Engineering across NPI/Production projects.
Won the Best Individual Quality Award 2015 (Above & Beyond) in GE Power Conversion.
Improved Engineering Productivity and Process by 20% across multiple projects.
KEY SKILLS / SOFTWARE(s):
PTC Creo 2.0, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD
Windchill 10 PDMLink, Pro/INTRALINK, Siemens Team center 8.3
Solid & Parametric Modeling
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
Design for Manufacturability (DFM) / Design for Assembly (DFA)
Six sigma tools / DMAIC / DMADV (DFSS) / Value Engineering / Minitab
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GE Power Conversion Technology Pvt Ltd, Chennai 17th Sep 2008 to 15th Feb 2016 – Product Definition Engineer – Rotating Machines – Engineering Productivity & Process
Regal Beloit Corporation, Hyderabad. India 02nd April 2007 to 12th September 2008 – Senior Design Engineer – supporting CAC Motors, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
PRICOL Limited, Coimbatore. India 14th March 2005 to 22nd March 2007 - Engineer – Product Development & Engineering
Shanthi Gears Ltd., Coimbatore. India June 2003 to Feb. 2005 - Design Engineer (Gear Box division)
1) GE Power Conversion Technology Private Limited, Chennai. India
(Legacy Converteam business acquired by General Electric on 02nd Sep 2011)
Major responsibilities include:
Rotating Machines Platform, Chennai, India (Sep 2008 to May 2010) & (May 2014 to Feb 2016)
Led Order to Remittance [OTR] Mechanical projects for both Requisition & Productivity improvement on Asynchronous motor (N3 series Induction motor)
Design & development as per IEC & NEMA standard from 560 to 1200 mm Height axis motor. (Medium Voltage)
3D modeling & drafting – Creo Parametric 2.0, 2D drafting – AutoCAD 2015, BOM for complete motor - In House tool & PLM – Team center 8.3
Customer interaction during the project kick-off & design review of document.
Industries Served: Oil & Gas, Mining, Power & Energy, Metals, Marine
Electric Machinery, Minneapolis. USA (June 2010 to Oct 2011)
(Legacy Converteam business acquired by WEG Electric on 03rd Nov 2011)
On-site Engineering & Manufacturing support for all products manufactured across business. (SSSM, 2PTurbo generator, Exciters)
VA/VE on tooling projects / Process improvements for 2 pole turbo generators for Rolls Royce customer (10-1002-01) & GE-Chevron customers (USRM-000237)
Worked on CAPEX project on tools & fixtures for Manufacturing.
Provided support on Rejection Report flow within Engineering & Manufacturing
Global Technology & Engineering, Chennai. India (Nov 2011 to April 2014)
(Engineering Productivity & Process – Rotating Machines Platform)
Involved in Productivity & Process improvement - OTR phase to reduce the engineering touch time by 60%. (N3 induction motor – Catalogue based)
Participated & Identified the best cost country (BCC) to reduce the bought out components by 30% for Rotating machines platform
Consolidation of Engineering tools across GE Power Conversion business.
Simplification on Engineering tools across RM platform
oCAD 3D (CREO 2.0) & CAD 2D (AutoCAD 2016)
oPLM (Team center 8.3)
Achievements & Awards:
Won the Best Individual Quality Award (BRONZE AWARD – Above & Beyond)
oProcess Improvement on N3 Standard Collection – BoM Configurator.
oReduced Engineering hours from 6 hours to 15 minutes. (95% reduction)
Consolidation of 650+ Engineering tools across GE Power Conversion business.
Improved shaft design for External fan section to withstand the heavy torque for GE Oil & Gas customer (TOTAL ROG) with minimal modification (BRONZE AWARD – Above & Beyond)
2) Regal Beloit Corporation, Hyderabad. INDIA
(CAC Motors, Engineering – Fort Wayne, Plant – Juarez, Mexico)
Major responsibilities include:
Handling projects for Commercial motors – Pump Market.
Design & development for NEMA 48 & 56 frame.
Handling new products & process for NPI projects.
Products developed as per NEMA design & GE standards.
3D modeling & 2D drafting for non-standard components, casting for motor casing and End-shield design
VCP project for cost optimization
Achievements & Awards:
Contributed in completion of NPI project “72mm Bath fan motor” for Broan customer.
Successfully completed “Cambridge to Capcom capacitor change” for all Leisure pumps US / Canada market customers.
Successfully completed a VCP project for Carrier Corporation: Shaft standardization
3) Pricol Limited, Coimbatore. INDIA
Major responsibilities include:
Design & development of Fuel Level Sensors.
Design for Six Sigma – DMADV & DMAIC (Green Belt)
Products development TS 16949 systems
Ensure suitability of components for Tooling before drawing release
Conducting CFT meetings from concept stage through productionisation
Value Engineering for cost optimization
Products developed includes Fuel Level Sensors, Oil level switch and Speedo Cables.
Achievements:
Successfully completed Six Sigma project on “Reliability improvement of Fuel level sensor using TFR” for TATA Motors through DMADV concept.
Proposed & implemented core less tools for Fuel level sensor (TATA Motors)
Part count reduction by integration of functions thereby achieving target cost.
Successfully completed Value Engg. Project for Scooty Pep cluster (achieved a cost reduction of 10 %) through FAST diagram and Function worth analysis.
4) Shanthi Gears Limited, Coimbatore. INDIA
Major responsibilities include:
Understanding customer requirement, proposing custom built Gear Box & finalizing costing.
Selection of type of gears, ratios & bearings.
Machining stock calculations, machining process selection
Casting products for standard gear box design
Oil heat generation & heat dissipation calculations
Gear material selection & finalizing Heat treatment methods
Gear box developed for windmill, Steel rolling mills, Paper mills, Pump drives, Earth moving equipments, Mining Industries, Textiles equipment’s.
Achievements:
Introduced ‘Forced Lubrication System’ (FLS) for the first time in vertical helical range of gearbox. The design for these FLS was standardized.
Improved the gearbox rating (performance) by optimizing bearing (types, arrangement and span length), heat treatment & material condition.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
COURSE
NAME OF THE
INSTITUTION
YEAR OF
PASSING
OVERALL
%
Diploma in Mechanical Engg.
Rudhraveni Muthuswamy Polytechnic, Udumalpet. India
2000
88
Bachelor of Engg.
Mechanical
Park college of Engg & Technology, Bharathiar University. India
2003
78
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth : 10th February 1982
Sex : Male
Passport number : G2391275
Marital Status : Married
Spouse Name : Divya Karuppaiah
VISA Status : L2 with EAD (till September 2018)
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