Design Engineering

AKHIL CHIRRA

Dayton, Ohio, USA +1-260-***-**** ***************@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/akhil-chirra-b31060198

OBJECTIVE

Engineering Management graduate with experience in Mechanical Engineering. Seeking opportunities to use my skillset to provide quality solutions for continuous improvement to a company.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Three years of Professional experience and two years of academic experience besides creative, analytical, problem solving and decision-making abilities

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt [IASSC]. In que becoming certified Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)

Experienced with design tools like FMEA, RCCA, Mistake proofing assembly techniques, design for ergonomics & safety, design for assembly.

Strong Business and Application analysis skills with excellent communication & interpersonal skills.

Experienced in creating design layouts, design mark up, technical data packages, CICR, ICD.

Hands on experience in executing resourcing jobs for supplier selection and validate the first article inspection report, full inspection report, side x side validation and other substantiation documents.

Proficient with Management skills like economic tools, cost accumulation, capital budgeting, Agile-scrum methodologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Design and Manufacturing

Solid Works, PTC Creo, CATIA, NX Unigraphics, AutoCAD, ANSYS, Lathe Operations, GD&T, Tolerance stack up, Sigma XL.

Data Analysis Tools:

Control `Charts, MATLAB, Minitab, Design of Experiments, FMEA (PFEMA/DFEMA)

Quality Tools:

Lean Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Project Management Kaizen Quality, and Manufacturing Automation ISO Standards ERP Cost Controls / Scrap Reduction Prototype Design Product Testing / Validation

Operating Systems

Windows 10/8/7/NT/95/98/2000/XP

MS Suite

Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Project 2013, Macros, VBA

EDUCATION

Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA 2018 – 2019

Master’s degree in Engineering Management – 3.5/4

Coursework: [Six sigma, 5S, Value stream mapping, Minitab, Kaizen, Kanban, ISO & OSHA Standards,

JIT, ERP & MRP, Cost Controls, Agile Scrum Methodologies, PLC, CAPP, CNC,

Demand and Cost Analysis, Forecasting, Capital Budgeting]

SRM University, Chennai, India 2012 – 2016

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering – 3.0/4

Coursework: [Thermal Engineering, Heat & Mass transfer, Industrial Engineering systems, CAD/CAM/CAE, Fundamentals of Manufacturing, Vehicle Technology Systems, Fluid Mechanics]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CAD DRAFTER (Intern): Aug 2019 – Present

[Winandy Greenhouse Co Inc., Richmond, Indiana]

Create schematic design drawings and greenhouse plan drawings utilizing PTC Creo CAD software.

Calculate the loads on the components and design truss and roof accordingly.

Learning the engineering dynamics of greenhouses. Calculate Heating and Cooling loads required and appropriate selection of equipment for a given size of greenhouse.

Prepare the greenhouse drawing set and Bill of Materials and any special instructions, if necessary, ready for installation.

Preparation of shop drawings for guiding the shop team to be able to manufacture the components to the designed/right size with ease and hold responsibility to make sure everything works as intended to be.

Reduced/Eliminated some random numbers to whole figures from designs and drawings to make the whole process easy.

Process planning engineer, Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, India. May 2016 - Nov 2016

Worked as Associate lead and responsible for process planning, assembly sequences, torque audit and also for creation of visual aids for designs.

Preparing Standard Work Element Sheet (SWES) of various Caterpillar Machines depending on client requirement.

Auditing the assembly sequence and making the required changes as per assembly line.

Creating M-BOM and Operation sequence using Team Center Vis mockup and good working knowledge on Vis mockup Team Center like Operating Jacks and Transformations.

Design Engineer, Arcadis Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India. Nov 2016- Jun 2018

Client: SMRT Corporation-Singapore

Accountable for detailed designing of rolling stock components (mechanical/structural) of car body.

Worked in areas of Complete car body shell, side wall structure, roof structure, underframe structure, end wall structure, intermediate floor, cab structure and bracket requests.

Implementation of Interface Control Documents & Change Requests.

Checking for compliance of quality as per Customer specifications and standards.

Effective utilization and competency enhancement of team members.

Single Point of Contact for all technical deliveries and quality concerns.

Client: Pratt & Whitney Canada– Customer support Design Jobs

As IPT member accountable for all design jobs performed by Cyient supporting Compressor, Mechanical and external modules of Pratt & Whitney Canada engines

Lead Integrated product teams on engineering design jobs / issues related to design/ manufacturing / quality/ resourcing in Production, Overhaul & Field engines.

Implementing various types of Engineering Changes Class I, Class II design jobs related to multiple PWC engine programs

Responsible to create novel and fundamentally sound designs, and co-ordinate with specialist departments including Analytical Engineering Groups, Advanced Manufacturing, Cost and Weight Departments, etc. to ensure that the design definition meets all targets in the required time scale.

Prepare design review meeting presentations and seek necessary approvals for the design definition acceptance at different passport gates.

Prepare a validation plan to substantiate the design and seek approval from Program Managers of respective engine models.

Responsible for creating and maintaining documentation in design job folder that includes Design Summary Memos, assembly layouts, Design Mark-up prints, AFS Validation sheets, Trial fit, Mistake proofing, Design Approval sheets, BOM, FMEA, RCCA

Create documentation for ISO, ACE standards for quality audits.

Client: Medtronic – Product Designer

Working as an offshore Project member provide design support and end to product design and documentation.

Responsibilities included creating and executing timelines, creating and updating models and drawings of medical devices, supporting management, working with manufacturing plants and vendors, and suppliers, creating purchase requisitions.

Co-ordinate with Onsite co-coordinator, Medtronic focal and responsible for Project planning, Kick-off meetings and Project management activities of design jobs executed at offshore.

Prepare, define & maintain responsibility matrices for Medtronic offshore design team.

Monitor & Track billing invoices generated for each independent design jobs.

Create & maintain training plans for newly joined team members.

Maintain database of the number of Class I EC’s and Class II EC’s completed.

Maintain lessons learnt and Best practices database of Med Tech design team.

Intern, Ford India Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, India. Oct 2015- May 2016

Worked as an intern at integrated manufacturing facility, my roles is to improve process and effectively utilize equipment and materials to maximize production by Kanban Kaizen methods.

Extensive Hands-on experience as a team assembler at assembly lines.

Participated in continuous training and professional development activities to maintain current knowledge of rapidly advancing automotive technologies.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Design and Analysis of Bridge Structure, C-D Nozzles, knuckle Joint and Disc Brake

Implemented static structural analysis, transient structural analysis and modal analysis to understand structural integrity of “Bridge structure.”

Engineered an experiment to observe effectiveness of rounded rectangular and rectangular “C-D Nozzles” on engine thrust by identifying pressure, temperature and velocity drop.

Engineered stress and thermal analysis to find out withholding capacity of a prescribed design of “Knuckle Joint”

Designed three different “Disc Brake” variants and optimized best design based on stress, thermal and fatigue Analysis.

Improved heat dissipation - 23%.

Design and Fabrication of Electromagnetic Braking System incorporate with Electronic Brake Force

Electronic Braking System with EBD prototype that can be operate by the help of microcontroller to provide appropriate amount of brake force automatically to brakes at the instance required without driver input.

Microcontroller is used to control the motion of brakes and motor at the time of braking.

The aim of making this type of braking system with EBD is to check how EBD reacts when combined with Electromagnetic brakes and prevent the possible accidents caused due to insufficient amount of brake force required to stop vehicle.

Construction of Aqua Silencer

Designed and manufactured to control the emission and noise without the need of a catalytic converter and its durable compared to the conventional silencer.

More effective in the reduction of emission gases and noise by eliminating the gases with the help activated charcoal and renewable sources of energy.

Permitted emission for a vehicle is 4.5% CO and the result of Aqua silencer gave around 2.82% CO.

Automobile prototyping at Ski-Fi Labs

Participated and lead the team to design and build a RC car with powertrain, suspension and steering systems it is controlled with radio control.

Worked on the design algorithm of the chassis, fabrication of powertrain system, steering and assembly of suspension system on chassis.

Certificate of Appreciation with Distinction at IIT Kanpur, India.

PUBLICATIONS

Akhil Chirra, Meka Raghunath, Akhil Bellam lead by Professor Dr. Ravi Krishna Murthy Ph.D.” Fabrication of Aqua Silencer and verification by using CFD analysis”. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056.

ACHIVEMENTS & AWARDS

Awarded Team of the Quarter Twice for months March 2017- May 2017 & April 2018 – June 2018.

“Pat on the back” award for quick learning and adhering to the work standards adapted in rolling stock components of car body.

ISO 9001:2015 certification in Quality Management system through Udemy.

Diploma in Manufacturing and Product design on Alison.

Certified in Fundamentals of using Six sigma in supply chain on Alison

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