Sai Spandana Tulasi

Lake Orion, Michigan Mobile: 248-***-**** Email: advi4z@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

•3+ years of experience in Automotive Product Development and R&D.

•Worked at every stage of vehicle development process that include concept proposal, design planning, model fixing, drawing generation, inline issue solving till vehicle start of production.

•Good Knowledge on Automotive BIW & Interior engineering design.

•Good understanding of design conformance regulations such as FMVSS, ECE, IS, etc.

•Good Experience on creating 3D models and generating 2 Drawings with CAD design tools such as CATIA V5.

•OEM Experience in surface and part design of Automotive Components.

•Knowledge on GD&T principles.

•Experience with design support for engineering orders and release of drawings.

•Worked on solving assembly issues in proto and vehicle pilot stages.

•Good Understanding on Automotive products manufacturing and stamping technologies.

•Experience using PLM windchill.

EDUCATION

Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, India May 2016

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.97/4.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Interior Trim Design Engineer – Vehicle Development Apr 22-Present Employer: Hyundai-Kia North America Technical Center, Superior Twp, MI, USA

•Design and developing vehicle interior Trim components.

•Responsible for design and development of Interior Trim components for Hyundai/Kia North America.

•Responsible for engineering orders and release of drawings.

•Preparing the sourcing requirements for supplier selection and creating the part list and Bill of materials.

•Creating and maintaining complex BOMs for Headlining, DR Trims, Console UPGs.

•Checking manufacturing and assembly feasibility of he designs.

•Collaborating with tier 1 suppliers domestic and international, to ensure that part designs met quality requirements, cost targets, and significant project milestones to prevent project delays.

•Creating 3D data and 2D drawings using CATIA V5.

•Testing and developing part rework solutions.

•Benchmarking competitor vehicles.

•Using PLM on a day-to-day basis for Drawing release and data management.

•Creating and presenting technical reports

•Working with cross functional teams and assembly plants to resolve issues.

•Study and interpret FMVSS and ECE regulations

•Launch support and running change improvements

•Research and development to reduce cost and weight.

Design Engineer – Vehicle Engineering Aug 16- 19

Employer: Hyundai Motor India Engineering, Telangana, India.

•Design and developing Automotive BIW components primarily Hood and Fuel filler door systems.

•Collaborating with supplier engineer and the headquarter engineering design team and fixing the layout

•Discussions and solving the package issues and provide engineering requirements to counter teams like Trims and wiring.

•Conforming the final design to IS and ECE regulations.

•Drawing generations, that include supplier requirements, installation instruction drawings, part drawings and release of engineering order.

•Attending proto and vehicle pilot stages and solve the assembly issues.

•Supplier audit and inspection of part assembly line, whether the parts are meeting the specified engineering design requirements.

•Benchmarking of competitor vehicles and implementing the cost and weight down ideas.

•Reverse engineering of competitor Vehicles, by converting the STL scan data to 3D parts.

•STL to skin conversion of passenger and commercial vehicles

•Tear down of competitor vehicles and detailed analysis of the components, that include, weight analysis, cost reduction ideas, and implementation feasibility.

INTERN TRAINEE – SAMKRG MANUFACTURERS, INDIA APR15-JUN15

•Complete overview of Piston, Piston pin, and Piston rings manufacturing.

•Studied about the alloying elements and their purpose.

•Worked on CNC machines.

•Gained Knowledge on Heat treatment process.

•Quality Checking

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Material Characterization on dissimilar weldments of AISI 316L/317L Austenitic steel with Inconel 825 alloy:

•Investigated Microstructure and Mechanical properties of AISI stainless-steel with Inconel 825 alloy.

•Obtained dissimilar weldments with two types of filler materials (316L and ERNICrM0-3) using tig welding.

•Evaluated cutting parameters using unconventional machining process (Water jet machining).

•Detailed Micro structural evaluations were made on dissimilar joints using SEM analysis

TECHNICAL SKILL SET

• Software Tools: CATIA, PLM, AUTOCAD, Solid Works, C, MATLAB • Operating Systems: Windows, Linux • Packages: MS Office.

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