- Mechanical Engineer with more than * years of experience in developing electro-mechanical products in automotive industry utilizing Lean Failure Mode Avoidance (LFMA) quality process for robust engineering to find failure modes early in the design phase and develop counter measures to identify and fix the potential failure modes and develop intelligent design rules and test methods to ensure success in the field

- 7 years of core engineering experience in automotive rear view mirror components and assembly to develop and maintain functional, appearance & service related user requirements and test methods, design rules, DFMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis), material strategies.

- 2 Years of experience in tooling design for special purpose high speed automatic assembly manufacturing machines for medical and consumer products.

- Solid understanding and experience working with regulatory requirements and cross functional requirements such as safety, appearance, NVH and craftsmanship.

- Solid understanding and experience in developing root cause analysis, prevent recurrence and core engineering requirement management.

Lead and facilitate collaboration between cross-functional and global engineering teams for issue resolution and requirement alignment for prevent recurrence.

PERSONAL SKILLS:

Excellent interpersonal skills.

Solid ability to multi task, prioritize and escalate tasks with appropriate time management

Leadership, Team building and Team Player with excellent communication.

Good analytical and conflict resolution skills.

Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to learn new tools/procedures in a short time.

Creative and highly productive.

COMPUTING SKILLS:

Mechanical Design : CATIA, Solidworks, UGS NX 7.0, Pro/Engineer

PDM Software : TeamCenter, TCVis Mockup, PDMVault

Application : FEDE, FSMS, E2KS, LFMA, EFDVS, AIMS, MiniTab, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Computer Language : C, C++, Java, C#, VBA, Python EDUCATION:

M. S. Mechanical Engineering (Dec 2007), University of Bridgeport, CT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (Sept 2012 – till date) Product Development Engineer – Contract

- Developed electro-mechanical automotive components and sub-systems in automotive industry from concept to completion utilizing Lean Failure Mode Avoidance (LFMA) quality process to find failure modes early in the design phase and develop counter measures to fix the potential failure modes and develop intelligent design rules and validation test methods to meet regulatory/customer requirements and ensure success in the field.

- Developed engineering requirements and validation test methods related to various aspects of user expectations such as adjustment efforts, vibration performance, sound quality, corrosion, travel time and angular speeds, repeatability, durability, etc.

- Closely worked with the suppliers to design components for cost effective manufacturing with expected quality.

- Developed and maintained the core foundation documents related to automotive inside and outside rear view mirror components which include Failure Mode Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Design Rules, SDS (Standard Design Specification) requirements, Test Specifications (Design verification methods and corporate engineering test procedures), Supplier Critical Characteristic Agreement Form (SCCAF).

- Developed decision matrix for the trade-off engineering situations and conflict resolution and presented to engineering directors for effective decision making and issue resolution.

- Developed engineering, designed and testing hours and cost estimates models based on engineering complexity of automotive products and global engineering/business practices.

- Support prevent recurrence process using root cause analysis, competitive benchmarking, developing best in class design practices and incorporate “lesson learned” into SDS and E2KS to prevent the future failures.

- Design and prepare 3D models of automotive components in CAD to support design rules, SDS requirements and corporate test procedures (CETPs)

- Developed approved material list for inside and outside rear view mirror components for global mirror product development.

- Manage global meeting cadence to cascade new product developments. Trained and educated the global mirror team to various design rules, SDS changes, Test Procedures.

- Utilize DFA (Design for Assembly) and DFM (Design for Manufacturing) concepts in inside and outside rear view mirror product development.

Use advanced technologies, bench marking and robust processes in development and evaluation for appearance, functionality, performance, robustness and manufacturability of rear view mirror components and assemblies.

Advanced Engineering Solutions Inc, San Jose, CA (May 2009 – Aug 2012) Mechanical Design Engineer

- Designed and developed Automation Systems / Special Purpose Machine (SPM) design for high speed, high volume automated and semi-automated manufacturing systems for small consumer, health care products.

- Developed the design mostly right at first time, using DFA and DFM or combined DFMA concepts, technical product documentation and the definition of design rules. Preparation of technical product documentation of detail drawing, BOM, Design Validation Sheet, Checklist and/or peer check, processing ECO, Quote etc.

- Performed advanced planning, detailed conceptualization, detailed design, checking, and tolerance analysis for form, dimensional fit, and overall functioning for custom automatic machines.

- Managed sub-teams in a project for schedule, allocate and monitor tasks and executing tasks independently and focused on technical issues to ensure delivery of a module or project.

- Sketched, designed, and critiqued design work in Solidworks, CATIA and AutoCAD, including machine systems, machine mechanisms, including sub-assemblies, tooling, framing structure, motors, drive components, control systems, sensors, and accessory devices, piping, fittings and valves, Robots.

Frank Roth Co., Inc., Stratford, CT (May 2007 – Dec 2008)

Mechanical Engineer

- Designed and developed shocks for All Terrain Vehicles ATV bikes and Implemented new drawing and update documentation on product design in Solidworks with ANSI standards.

- Developed FMEA (Failure Mode Effective Analyses) for Shocks and A-arm of the Suspension Systems.

- Prepared detail sketches with geometric dimension & tolerance stack up (GD & T) and ISO and ANSI Y14.5 standards for Shock Absorbers, A-arm and Steering Stabilizer parts and assemblies.

- Designed and developed a software program in Solidworks using Visual Basic 6.0 and Excel to analyze suspension design limits for wheel travel and identified potential design flaws for new applications prior to fabrication.

- Analyzed reports, maps, drawing, blueprints to plan and design the products under the supervision of senior engineers. Performed time study for different methods for assembly.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

Extensive knowledge and experience in programming for automating Mechanical Design Software as well as core computer programming.

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