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CORE COMPETENCIES

Product Development

Program Management

Automotive Part Design and Modification

Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)

Resolve Design, Quality and Assembly Issues for Performance

Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP & R)

Engineering Component drawings with GD-T; Tolerance Stack up Analysis

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

Advanced Vehicle Bill of Material (AVBOM)

Design verification/ Digital Pre-Assembly (DPA)

Supplier Interaction

PRAVEEN KUMAR BILLA

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Aug 2010 to Dec 2020

Research oriented mechanical engineering graduate with Maters and over 8 years of diverse experience in Design, Development and Packaging of Chassis system components. Dynamic and motivated with proven record of leading projects from concept to completion. Work well independently or as a team member to meet the Global product development deliverables.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Lead Design Engineer-Chassis

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, USA Sep 2016 to Dec 2020

Led Design and Development of Powertrain Cooling System Components – Heater Hoses, Cooling Hoses and Coolant Reservoirs using CATIA V5 and leading 2D Production releases using Teamcenter.

Benchmarking the Competitive car segments and analyze Bill of Materials (Quality, Cost, Weight & Function).

Led Resolution of Cooling system packaging issues with cross functional commodities like engine, transmission, suspension, body structures.

Led Verification of Vehicle design data/ Digital Pre-Assembly (DPA) – Teamcenter Vismockup and Industrial Path Solutions (IPS); identifying design compatibility issues to minimize the manufacturing, assembly and service implications and enforce cost optimization techniques.

Design Verification Plan – Containing the function and durability attributes within the program milestone/gateway timing

Support Prototype builds with Rate & Flow requirements and contain the build issues for the next milestone with design/quality action plans.

Support Supplier Design and Process Changes - Evaluating and Signing of the Engineering Change Notices

Execute Cost/Weight reduction ideas working with cross-functional attribute teams such as radiator hose material reinforcement, replacing Heat Sleeves with Abrasion Sleeves.

Package Engineer

Beta CAE Systems, USA Sep 2015 to May 2016

Developing Engine room area components - Powertrain cooling, Air Induction system, Exhaust system, Brake system, Powertrain-Engine and Transmission Integration, by considering the standard clearances, manufacturing feasibility, serviceability and FEA.

System Integration – Optimizing the system design by cut sections, dimension & conceptualize designs strategy and analyzing alternative design using Digital Mockup (DMU)

Leading the 2D Drawings and release through Teamcenter for Production release milestone.

Investigation on new concepts and developing them. Provide necessary support to design engineers to generate 3D models. Work with various teams and implement necessary engineering changes.

Creating decision matrix for different solutions for the packaging issues and obtaining the best feasible solution and presenting to different teams.

Lead cross-functional team meetings working with Systems & Components, Advance Manufacturing, and Service teams to ensure that the design and package solutions are optimized.

Verification of vehicle design data/ Digital Pre-Assembly (DPA)

Research Assistant

University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Aug 2014 to May 2015

Involved in Testing of Carbon fiber and Glass fiber samples to examine the strength and analyze the behavior of the materials using UTM (Instron), Photron Fastcam Analysis and Instron Dynatup.

Design Engineer-Chassis

Hyundai Motor Company, India Aug 2010 to Nov 2013

Developing Chassis components – Exhaust and Control systems.

Designing the Exhaust and Control system commodities using CATIA V5 and supporting 2D production releases using Teamcenter.

Knowledge on Vehicle Architecture and Global Product Development Stages.

Integrating with suppliers during complete phases of car in inspecting Design/Process Verification Plan Testing and Report for reliability of Chassis system components design.

GD & T: Tolerance Stackup Analysis using 3DCS (3-Dimensional Control System) Software.

Verification of Vehicle design data/ Digital Pre-Assembly (DPA)

Involved in Digital Human Model Simulations using Teamcenter Jack

Development of virtual vehicle models using Auto desk Opticore Realizer Professional (OPUS).

Leading manufacturing plant issues and contain it for next program milestone–Optimizing the torque for fasteners.

Training and Development – Lead the CATIA workshops to Graduate Engineer Trainees.

EDUCATION

Master of Science: Mechanical Engineering Jan 2014 to May 2016

University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI. GPA - 3.70

Bachelor of Science: Mechanical engineering Aug 2006 to May 2010

Osmania University, India GPA - 3.50

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