• Gender: Male
• Age: 36
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Graduate - Degree
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 15.2 Year(s)

Education

B.Tech Rubber & Plastic Technology From Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai in 2010 with
7.4 CGPA

H.S.C From Adhrash Vidhyalaya, Erode in 2006 with 89%

S.S.C. From R.GM School Udumalpet in 2004 with 90%

Skill Sets

Product Development
Product testing & validation
Supplier technical assistance
Failure Analysis
Compounding & processing
signature analysis & benchmarking
Analytical Skills
Communication & Interpersonal Skills

Work Experience

Asst.Manager–Rubber & Plastic Design And Development
Since Apr 2015
Company Profile: Leading automotive component manufacturers in aluminium die casting (including alloy wheels), suspension, transmission and brake systems.
Job Profile:
Assisting and suggesting product designers in selecting appropriate polymer material & design for vehicle suspension, brakes and transmission systems.
Interfacing with suppliers during new product development and for VAVE projects.
Setting up a new polymer material testing and analysis capability.
Benchmarking/Reverse Engineering Testing, validation and failure analysis of polymeric parts.
Teaming up with RLDA & CAE analysis for product performance and design validation.
Generating material data for design & analysis of rubber/polymer components.
Working closely with academic & research institutes to periodically qualify new polymer materials and formulations.
Conducting root cause analysis for the test/field failed components and suggesting suitable countermeasures on the same.

Contributions:
Successfully designed & developed bump stop through meticulous usage of CAE analysis; for 125 cc scooter segment.
Found the possible 5 % price reduction in modified oil seal through reverse engineering and taken up with supplier against their claim of price increase.
Developed alternate material with superior temperature property for rebound stopper for 3W vehicle suspension application.
Developed design guide for bump stop and silent block for vehicle suspension system.
Implemented design change to reduce field failure of O ring of rear shock absorber.

Elastomer Technician Product Application
Apr 2013 to Mar 2015
Company Profile: Leading R&D and knowledge science center
Job Profile:
Setting up a new polymer Lab and constantly upgrading with the new equipment in-line with market needs.
Supporting technical service and marketing team to develop new application development for South Asia and ASEAN customer by providing timely solutions and results.
Application development of performance Elastomers like FKM and AEM for automotive crank shaft seals, Turbo charger hoses and cylinder head cover gasket etc.
Reverse Engineering and failure analysis of plastics like Polyamide, POM and TPE and handling plastic injection molding machine for sample preparation.
Paper publication in internal forums, Patent & publication study, monthly project presentation and project highlights publishing.
Exploring cross functional collaboration and networking with other global labs in Japan, China, and Europe etc.

Contributions:
Developed environmental friendly flame retardant VamacR for wires and cables application.
One of our projects is selected out of 60 papers and presented in the science tech fest held at DuPont Knowledge Center.
Developed Cylinder Head Cover Gasket, torsional vibration dampener Gaskets with excellent phosphoric acid resistance with specialty elastomers like FKM, AEM for an OEM customer and other energy field application.
Rewarded for dedicated work in making the DPP lab RTO for business within the time, under budget and with world class quality in 2013

Product Development Engineer
Jun 2012 to Apr 2013
Company Name: Suyog Rubbers Pvt Ltd
Job Profile:
Design and development of rubber component from RFQ to FTR, implementation and commercialization of new products.
Own the development cycle and responsible for managing the technical risks, supplier selection, commercial issues, compound development and testing throughout the project.
Team member in tool design core functional team and involved in giving inputs for mold design for both internal tool maker and out sourced vendors.
Continuous improvement projects like compound cost reduction, eliminating unwanted process and cure time reduction etc.

Contributions:
Successfully formulated color compounds in NR and SBR for the first time in the company and established best mixing procedure to maintain quality of the compound.
Developed torsional rod in SBR for an export customer which has stringent requirement like compression set of 5% on the product.
Successfully developed new tool makers for out sourced molds and established new raw material suppliers for new development parts.

Executive – Technical & Development
Jun 2010 to May 2012
Company Name: Jayashree Polymers Pvt Ltd.
Job Profile:
Customer drawing study, feasibility commitment study and APQP timing plan execution and validation for new development parts.
Polymer grade selection and new compound development to meet customer requirement.
Testing of rubber compound and product as per customer specification.
Active team member in continual improvements projects like value engineering in both process and rubber compound.
Interacting with raw material supplier to formulate compound to achieve customer requirement.

Contributions:
Developed new compounds and adapted best mixing procedure for specialty polymers like CSM, FKM, AEM, and ACM for fuel tube application in 2 wheeler segment.
Successfully implemented some of the improvements projects in Rubber mixing department like FIFO system for chemicals, shelf life arrival for specialty polymers.
Working in the projects to eliminate chemicals in the rubber components which are banned by REACH.
Value Engineering in Rubber compounds with resulted in the cost saving of Rs.24 lakhs per annum.

Trainings Attended:
2 weeks DuPont Internal training in R&D center in China.
Project Management and Productivity Improvement.
Seven Habits of highly effective people.
Adhesive application techniques by Lords India Pvt ltd.
SPC, Kaizen and 5S technique.

Industrial Exposure:
During B.tech final semester, selected as one of two candidates out of 15 participants by Ceat tyres ltd, Mumbai for a project work on process capability (cp, cpk) improvement on tread length and weight.
Under gone a 6 weeks of In-plant Training and involved in the Industrial Projects in the Companies Like Fenner India Ltd, TVS Srichakra Tyres Ltd etc.

Highlights:
Successfully installed and commissioned polymer material testing and analysis lab.
Successfully developed product performance test specification rear shock absorber silent block with the help of RLD Analysis.
Successfully designed & developed bump stop through meticulous usage of CAE analysis; for 125 cc scooter segment.
Trained design team on polymer material properties, application and product development.
Successfully developed insulating cab mounts, rubber isolator and engine mounts for commercial vehicle application

Profile
experience in the areas of Rubber & plastic product development and design validation and testing; 
Work experience in automotive Suspension, Brakes and Transmission System’s Rubber parts like silent block, bump stop product development and design validation.
Experience in product development and compounding for engineering rubber parts like engine mounts, insulting cab mounts.
Proficient in material selection, material compounding& processing, material testing, reverse engineering analysis, bench marking process and up to date knowledge on new material development in automotive application.
Experience on feasibility assessment, costing & commercialization of new product with good exposure in AIAG tools like APQP, PPAP, and CP.
A Complete polymer Engineer with expertise in material application and with ability to define problem, collect data and draw conclusion with innovative thoughts; Proficient with MS Office Applications

Future Goals

Growth