PROFILE
• Over * years engineering experiences in designing and developing of mixed engineering field like Off-Highway vehicles
and Automotive Engineering
• Hands-on engineering skills mechanical capabilities in R&D
• Development of new products, changes/improvements to existing products
• Managing all appropriate effective communication to onsite Engineers for product development
• Managing multiple tasks concurrently and effectively. Provide engineering and technical support to customers
• Project management experience. Excellent performance at large companies and small start-ups
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering – Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, India
SKILL SET & ABILITIES
• Proficient in Wildfire 2.0/4.0(Modeling, Sheet metal, Drafting, Assembly, Fluid Lines), Catia V5 R18.0,
Vis-mock up, MS Office.
• Knowledge of analysis tools like Pro-Mechanica
• Knowledge of PDM tools like Intralink & Team center Engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dell Engineering Services – Hyderabad, India April 2010 to Present
(An Engineering solutions provider)
Senior Engineer (Caterpillar Inc, Peoria & Aurora, USA)
A Leader as well as member of New Product Improvement (NPI) and Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) technical core team responsible for designing and developing of the Sheet metal components, Light Structures.
• Responsible for making sheet metal concept design (Design calculations, 3D modeling, Drafting) for off-road vehicles.
• Virtual validation of Structures and modifying the concept to suit the load case by using Pro-Mechanica.
• Reviewing the designs (both models & Drawings) to meet the required quality standards.
• Mentoring the team members and Monitor and control project progress and timeline related to projects.
• Facilitate clear understanding of technical requirements and design constraints to team members.
• Supported New Product Improvement (NPI) activities such as creating Large Wheel loader (988K)
Hood, Staircase, Handrails.
• Supporting and Leading Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) activities for TTT machines like D6T, D8R, D10 series
machine’s different aggregates like Fender Groups, Hood Groups.
• Carried out Fatigue & ISO load analysis using Pro-mechanica over the designs for validation.
• Involving Ergonomic studies on the critical access places using Vis-mock up tool.
• Involving in drawing release from Proto build to release.
• Creating and documenting in design and development products and followed ISO requirements.
• Experienced project management with managed projects in scheduling, time lines and budget cost.
Mahindra Engineering Services – Bangalore, India Jan 2006 to April 2010
(An Engineering solutions provider)
Lead Engineer
• Member of the technical core team responsible for design and develop of Automotive and Off-Highway vehicles.
• Hands-on skills, responsible for establishing product requirements:
Concept prototyping, designing and developing, material selection.
Design and Development work:
Volvo Road Machineries:
• The scope of this project is to build the Tier 4 Soil compactor.
• This majorly involves creation of new concepts for Chassis aggregates.
• It Involves hand calculations, 3Dmodeling, preparation of drawings from the scratch.
• Mainly handled Fuel tank, Exhaust system, chassis frame, engine mounts etc.
• Involved in vehicle packaging layout to ensure trouble free assembly
by using cad tool PROE W2.0.
• Check & monitor the interferences & clearances as per modifications at regular interval.
Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Ltd:
• This is a Reverse Engineering Project using Catia V5.
• This involves creation of parametric models by analyzing the input wire frame,
A-surface, Tiffs & Body Contour Parts and assembling it using SAM (Step Assy Manager).
• Handled mainly casting parts, Roof Panel, Chassis Frames, Side rails, Head liners, Door Trims, Pillar Trims,
Floor Mats, Front Grille, Mirror, and various Mounting Brackets etc.
Bentley Motor Corp:
• This is to build a new product.
• Member of the technical core team responsible for giving concept design using Catia V5 and develop of the Bentley car
aggregates (Mulsanne)
• Activities include complete 3D CAD Development and designing using master sections provided by Bentley Motors.
• Creating drawing and assigning the Reference Point System (RPS) & Measurement Point information for these
components to clear the inspection process and assist a perfect assembly.
• Creation of Product detail mounting drawings of various aggregates of Bentley cars, Seating Systems, Boot Trims and
Waist rail etc. with BOM creation.
Volvo India Pvt Ltd :
• The scope of this project is to build a new truck
• Worked on Chassis side under run Protection design by considering vehicle regulations.
• Worked on Chassis engine cross member modification and Analysis.
• Worked with packaging of Fuel Tank on variants.
• Successfully designed new Urea & Servo pipes under Various Packaging Constraints.
• Coordinated with other departments during prototyping, testing.
• Worked on Disc Front Brake assembly cad modules for the purpose of Packaging.
Doux technologies pvt ltd– Chennai, India June 2004 to Dec 2005
(An Engineering solutions provider)
Design Engineer
Eicher motors Ltd:
As a Design Engineer, I had the following responsibilities:
• This is a Reverse Engineering Project for the Truck transmission group
• Responsible for 3D Modeling and creation of drawings for transmission components using tools
like Pro-E 2002 which i received blueprint as input.
• Responsible for Quality Checks for the 3D models and drawings prepared by the team.
• Interfaced with client in regular intervals.
Visu Moulds pvt Ltd - Chennai, India Aug 2002 to June 2004
(A Plastic injection molding company)
Product Designer
As a Product design Engineer responsible for giving new plastic products for the competitive market.
• Developed different house hold plastic products like Mosquito repeller case, Electrical Spikes using pro-e 2002.
• Responsible for creation of drawings for the selected concepts.
Strengths
• Team spirit
• Accepting new challenges.
• Greater adaptability to new Environment/Technology
• Patience
Personal Profile
Name : E.Thirukkumaran
Date of Birth : 27-04-1980
Father’s name : P.Elappan
Sex : Male
Marital Status : Married
Languages Known : Tamil,English,Kannda
Nationality : Indian
Hobbies : Reading Books, Swimming
Contact number : +091- 970-***-****
Permanent address : 2/130, Gandhiji street
Therkutheru post
Melur (Taluk)
Madurai (District)
Tamil nadu-625 122
Passport Number : E1397216
Place of Issue : Trichy