MARUTHAN NAGALIGNAM

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Accomplished, result oriented and motivated with 15+ years of experience in the field of Product Design & Development and Project Management. Challenge with increasing product quality, improving quality design & development, reducing product cost with new design concepts and identifying root cause of the problems.

Experience with HVAC systems (cased coil, Air handler and PTAC), Heavy Engineering Vehicles domain and manufacturing industry.

Good knowledge in Sheet metal, plastic parts, casting and GD&T.

Expertise in Pro-E (Creo) Solid edge 3D CAD systems like part modeling, Sheet metal, Casting and Piping.

Expertise creating template and specimen procedure documents and standards to help team for better understanding.

Good working experience in PLM-Team center, Pro-E Intralink

Experience in team coordination and supporting of large projects.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Further Education Program in Master Certificate in Computer Aided Tool Engineering Central Institute of Tool Design, Hyderabad, India.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Currently working as Technical Lead with HCL from December 2008 till date supporting with client for the new product development requirements.

Client Name: Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., TX, USA.

(Member of DAIKIN Group) working with Engineering group on New product design and development at Waller, Texas from June 2014 till date.

JOB PROFILE

oCreate, revise, and sustain HVAC product designs (cased coil, Air handler and PTAC) utilizing knowledge of mechanical engineering principles.

oWorking with Product Development to determine product features and functions including product size, design mechanism and construction on product expectations to meet customer and market needs.

oCreating high level 3D models, assemblies and drawings for various components with Pro/E (Creo) and Solid Edge to incorporate with Goodman Manufacturing standards.

oCollaborated with fabrication department to solve design issues, in a fast paced environment

oDocument product designs by preparing bills of materials, cost analyses, drawings and engineering change requests (ECR).

oAssist Manufacturing with product launches and issue resolution from prototypes, pilot and design release.

oWorked design and development of 1.5 to 5 Ton CAPF cased coil unit (7 mm Indoor)

oWorked design and development of 2.5 to 5 Ton CAPT cased coil unit (7 mm Indoor)

oWorked design and development of 0.75 to 5 Ton FXTQ Air handler unit (Indoor)

oWorked design and development of 2 to 5 Ton ARUF Air handler unit (Indoor)

oWorking PTAC redesign project (Front cover, Grill, Shroud Partition panel and Drain pan)

oWorked concept design for smart air handler gas furnace kit.

oWorked N7 concept design (Indoor cased coil project)

oDesigned new plastic drain pan for N7 project.

oDesigned new manifold and suction tube assembly for 7mm project

oPerforming interference check by utilizing MACD.

ocreating concept design, 3D CAD modeling, converting into manufacturing prints, preparing bills of materials and release them through engineering change release process.

oCoordinate between Goodman manufacturing groups with HCL offshore team.

oDeveloped automation tool using advanced Pro/Engineer modules to improve productivity & quality of drawings to avoid missing information lead into manufacturing problems.

oGather, analyze and interpret customer project specifications, set project time line, status reporting, issue resolution documentation and to provide high level of technical guidance to the team by sharing best practices.

oCommunicate with other engineers both internal and external (overseas U.S) through emails and conference calls.

oSchedules project completion to meet On Time Delivery (OTD) requirements.

oWorking closely with both clients and internal engineering teams and management.

Company Name: HCL Technologies, India.

Project Name: Caterpillar Offshore project

Client : Caterpillar, Joliet, Illinois, USA.

Duration: Dec 2008 to June 2014

oWorked for Large Hydraulic assemblies, creating manufacturing and assembly drawings as per caterpillar standards.

oDesign and developed of Hydraulic casting components like Body valves Manifolds.

oReview the designs with product Design Engineers.

oWorked with corporate library team to reduce duplicate parts and cancel the unused parts globally.

oWorked as a Team lead for the offshore project and handled a team of 5 members.

oUnderstand project requirements and taking complete ownership on all projects.

oCommunicating the workload status to customer on daily basis.

oProject planning for on time delivery ongoing projects.

oConducting knowledge sharing sessions to the team on the requirements of the customer and Quality of the drawings.

oConducting training sessions for the new comers on the customer standards, projects handling procedure and the customer application tools.

Company Name: Design Desk India, Pvt, Ltd. Chennai, Tamil nadu, India.

Project Name: Ford Offshore project

Client : Ford India Technology, Chennai

Duration: Nov 2007 – 24th Dec 2008

oCreate 3D models utilizing Pro/E

oCreate fabrication and assembly drawings for manufacturing personnel

oGenerate complex assembly drawings and bill of materials

oUpdate drawings from red-line or mark-ups

oTake a product sketch/rendering and dissect into individual parts to be able to create a detailed drawing

oUpdate and modify pre-existing drawings as per latest drawing standards

oWork with production personnel to ensure accurate and correct assembly of products

oDrawing quality check.

Company Name: Muthiyal Industries, Chennai, Tamil nadu, India.

(manufacturing Industrial Checking Jig, Industrial Moulding, Plastic Mould, Lathe Machine)

Designation: Design Engineer

Duration: Aug 2004 – Oct 2007

oDesign Jig and Fixtures

oCreate 3D models for Die casting and plastic parts.

oCreate manufacturing drawings

oMould Maintenance

STRENGTHS

Positive Approach

Keen and fast learner

Good Attitude with People

Target Achiever and Team Builder

Design software: Pro-Engineer (Creo), Catia V5, Solid edge and Unigraphics NX, PLM-Team center Engineering, Pro-E Intralink.

Inter personnel: Excellent communication, Project scheduling, Starter, Initiative, creativity and the ability to learn and lead

AWARDS

Best Performer award given by Caterpillar India Pvt Ltd, 2011.

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