Summary:

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified and PMP Candidate

Strong experience in Manufacturing Operation, Launch, Project Management, Sourcing, Budgeting, Risk Management

Skills:

CAD Tools: AutoCAD, CATIA, NX

Utility & Programming Tools: MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Project Portfolio Management(PPM)

General Skills: Project management, analytical & problem solving, leadership, decision taking, written & verbal skills

Education:

MBA Project Management, University of Cumberlands-Williamsburg, KY, USA Expected Graduation: Dec 2021

MS Industrial Engineering, Wayne State University-Detroit, MI, USA Graduated: May 2017

BS Mechanical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya-India Graduated: May 2012

Work Experience:

Quality Engineer-Product Development, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles- Auburn Hills, MI, USA July 2018 – Present

Product Development and Quality Improvement projects for stamped, forged and welded vehicle body and chassis parts

Supported aluminum casting and stamping structure sourcing and APQP projects for new vehicle launches.

Managed multiple deployment projects at different manufacturing facilities with a goal to produce quality parts.

Led new program introduction to include, assessed feasibility of program content, led Production Evaluation Run readiness assessment, identified issues for resolution, implemented Production Start Approval.

Utilized lesson learned to continuously improve the project management process to deliver results.

Helped program management to achieve project milestone by implementing and monitoring KPIs.

Met cost target for R&D, tooling and process improvement costs along with required quality standard.

Coordinated engineering timing release and assisted in supplier sourcing, tooling lead times and part quality.

Project Quality Engineer, Alten Technology- Troy, MI, USA May 2017 - July 2018

Project quality management for vehicle interior and exterior part manufacturing processes and equipment.

Communicated improvement recommendations and lesson learned to design and solution team for user experience.

Critical path timelines are reviewed and managed effectively to timely implementation and delivery.

Led team through initial system deployment to post-production breakdown or downtime problem solving.

Interfaced and delivered project goals by effectively leading the team to identify issue and resolve right away.

Identified and implemented KPIs for delayed project to eliminate issues and release part within cost targets.

Led and achieved engineering release schedule of new products by efficient coordination cross-functionally.

Engineering Intern, Dana Incorporated (USM)- Warren, MI, USA September 2016 - April 2017

Lean and Continuous Improvement of driveline manufacturing facility

Achieved robot, automation downtime reduction by 50% with continuous Improvement processes.

Determined downtimes, non-conformances and achieved 10% Cycle time & 50% Changeover time improvements.

Maintained all timeline of improvement projects and assisted in launch project set up for tooling and fixture.

Increased Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) from 62% to 73% by increasing availability (86.4%), performance (93.2%) and improving quality (91.5%).

Full Time Graduate Student, Wayne State University- Detroit, MI August 2015 - August 2016

Design Engineer, Koch Industries-India July 2012- July 2015

Design and development of metal components and manufacturing equipment.

Managed design and deployment of CNC and robotic welding, drilling, extrusion processes.

Evaluated blueprints for design mechanism and movements for feasibility and complexity for installation.

Ensured all capabilities of suppliers in sourcing on time, assured their involvement throughout the program.

Performed statistical analysis, reviewed process capabilities and performed failure analysis for problem solving.

Successfully accomplished testing and validation of CNC programing for mass production.

Performed design of experiment and managed process inputs for better optimization of output.

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