CAREER SUMMARY:

Engineer working in automotive domain with 6+ years’ experience interfacing OEM & Tier-1’s in product development process, DFMEA, PFMEA, DVP&R, calibration, validation, testing, design, manufacturing and bill of materials.

Sound experience of working on design, manufacturing and testing of renewable energy electrical generator.

Creative and fun loving, team player; Active learner, Analytical, Time Management, Communication, Multi-Tasking and Problem Solving skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Product Engineer, Gentherm Incorporated, Northville, MI Sept’17 – Oct’20

Primary OEM Customer Interface: Honda, Nissan and Toyota

Lead product development activity for seat heating and ventilation products based on customer specific requirements.

Develop Bill of Materials (BOM) to meet customer specifications, conduct DFMEA reviews to understand risks in design.

Assist in 3D CAD modeling, create various product designs in AutoCAD and lead product development design reviews.

Create DVP, interface with internal test facility for test timing and lead in completion of DVP&R for customer deliverable.

Lead redesign activity in case of failures and lead engineering technical discussions in warranty meetings with customer.

Interact with process engineers ensuring product quality and internal change requests completion in a timely manner.

Participate in future innovative product development and VAVE projects of interior seat heating and ventilation products.

System Engineer, IEE Sensing Inc., Auburn Hills, MI Sept’14 – Sep’17

Primary OEM Customer Interface: FCA

Provide technical responsibility for a capacitive sensing system product program from plan and define phase to launch.

Gather, analyze & determine list of deviations for system and sub-system level technical specifications using DOORS.

Lead a cross-functional team & conduct DFMEA analysis based on customer requirements to understand risks in design.

Assist in CAD Modelling, create and maintain design work requests and lead product development design reviews.

Create and issue system development status and reports, participate in creation and completion of DVP&R test plan.

Conduct benchmark validation tests, technical test reports and statistical data analysis of competitor’s product range.

Develop robust calibration for the product with the help of internal software tool, perform cluster analysis to determine system level performance, noise calculation, testing, data processing, analysis and validation to ensure product quality.

Support and lead product development & manufacturing applications ensuring high quality at end of the process, work with a cross-functional team in creation and completion of 8D reports and participate in internal change request meetings.

Lead customer point of contact for continuous improvement projects of capacitive system product post launch phase.

Lean Six Sigma Intern, VA Hospital Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY Aug’12 – Dec’12

Led a team of 6 graduate students to reduce the elevator wait time, facilitating quick response to patients & customers.

Analyzed, coordinated & examined problems on elevator operation using Six Sigma DMAIC methodology.

Achieved 5% reduction using continuous Improvement tools 5-why, Statistical Process Control, Root Cause analysis.

Engineering Intern, Shree Diesel Services (SDS), Pune, India Sep’11 – Feb’12

Designed using CAD tool & manufactured energy producing device VAWT of 2500W funded by Government of India.

Performed Gauge R&R study, implemented DFMEA & improved performance of VAWT by 20% using plastic gears.

Assisted cross-functional team in market research, product launch & achieved increased power efficiency of 18%.

Project Trainee, Shree Diesel Services (SDS), Pune, India Jun’10 – May’11

Designed and developed energy efficient prototype VAWT of 500W capacity worth $5000 for the city of Pune, India.

Analyzed, assembled & tested the product with different types of blades to optimize power consumption of the turbine.

Secured 3rd position out of 800 projects at National Level University Research Competition, India.

EDUCATION:

Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering Feb’14

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York GPA 3.20/4.0

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Mechanical Engineering May’11

University of Pune GPA 3.38/4.0

ENGINEERING PROJECTS; UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO:

Bottle Sorting Identification System Aug’13 – Dec’13

Designed & developed working prototype to read precise bottle assisting in retrieving the correct bottle for delivery.

Modeled using SolidWorks, manufactured & performed CNC programming using Feature CAM software system.

Selected for displaying innovative ideas at open house presentation at UB & achieved bottle sorting efficiency of 30%.

Design of Regenerative Braking System for an Automobile Aug’12 – Dec’12

Designed & optimized a regenerative braking system of an electric car for the UB SAE team of SUNY Buffalo.

Optimized distance covered on application of brakes using MATLAB and minimized energy loss from an automobile.

SKILLS:

Software tools MS-Office, CATIA, Auto-CAD, Minitab, CANoe, Feature CAM, CNC Programming, DOORS

Technical Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, Process Flow Diagram, Time Study, Product Design,

Product Development, DVP&R, DFMEA, PFMEA, CAN Bus System, KT, 8D, LIN, Basics of GD&T

Certifications Certified in Lean Manufacturing, Certification in Fundamentals of GD&T based on ASME Y14.5-2009

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