• Gender: Male
• Age: 38
• Designation: Senior Engineer
• Highest Education Level: Graduate - Degree
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 15.8 Year(s)

Education

B.S.A Mechanical Engineering From Crescent Engineering College, Anna University in 2008 With 67%

Skill Sets

Expertise:
Value Engineering & Should Cost Modeling (VA/VE)
Teardown & Value analysis, Cost reduction Exercise.
Project Management, Leadership and Man-Management Skills.
Sheet metal/ Plastic designing and knowledge on their respective manufacturing process
Pro E, Creo & Autodesk Inventor 2012, Intralink8.0 & Windchill (PDM)
Master/Material Data Management (MDM/SAP)
FMEA and PPAP (production Part approval Process), Tolerance Stack- up Analysis

Notables:
AVS (Associate Value Specialist) Certified for Value Engineering from SAVE.
Promoted as a Team lead in short span for excellent managerial and technical skills
Worked as Onsite Coordinator and lead Engineer for 2 new products.
4 Academic Award for Project excellence (2 Silver award and 2 Bronze award)
B1/B2 Visa for US valid for 10 years
Master Data Management Admin, Component Engineering Specialist.

Work Experience

Senior Design Engineer
Since Jan 2014
Company Profile: Offers leading-edge products and technology solutions.
Job Profile:
Leading Design and Value engineering team for Residential and Commercial (R&C) Business & Component Engineering for Australia (Refrigeration)
VAVE – Value Analysis and Value Engineering for cost take out on Products
Design & Validation of New product platform.
New product Development and New Product Implementation.
Working with Marketing, Sales, Parts & Service, Production, sourcing & Finance team on Strategic product profile & Cost take out projects.
Teardown, Benchmarking & Competitor teardown for Value analysis.
Work with FEA & CFD teams on Finalizing the 3D models
Prepare 3D models, 2D drawings & technical publications.
Work with Production team until Proto typing and Release to production.
Leverage the ideas used between different platforms.
Responsible for all deliveries from R&C, Managing Purchase parts for US location and Qualify Purchase parts for Australia.
Tolerance Analysis for any Assembly fit up issues and critical components. Complete Project Management.

Team Lead & Onsite Coordinator
March 2010 to Dec 2013
Company Profile: offers Modeling, Drafting, Design Services, 2D CAD Drafting services
Job Profile:
Design Engineering:
Leading activities pertaining to new design development of refrigeration
cabinets and display cases based on the architectural layout of the vendor
Modeling was done according to the client requirements such as type of food (Most of the parts are designated in sheet metal and assembled in Top down method
Design table/ Family table has used in sheet metal parts and Bill of material was created for assembly.
Complete set of drafting was done for all parts. Flat pattern drawing in created for sheet metal parts & DXF files are created from flat pattern drawing for CNC code generation.

Value Engineering/Analysis for legacy products to meet current market requirements.
Should cost analysis and idea generation activities for the product.
Competitive Benchmarking and Virtual tear down analysis done to create new concepts.

Tech Lead/onsite coordinator for 2 NPD’s managing head to toe activities like Design, Value
Engineering, BOM preparation for production till Pilot run
Vendor management for purchased components and shop floor coordination for flexible design
Complete set of drawing is created and manufacturing notes are added, Bill of material is
created.
Constant review of the design with the technical panel in Client side
Analysis of the new design by making Prototype

Design Engineer
Dec 2008 to Feb 2010
Company Name: Relucent Technologies
Clients: Whirlpool India, Assystem India, Rane Engineering
Job Profile:
Designing plastics parts design using injection molding, and casting parts as per the process of manufacturing
2D to 3D conversion, Reverse Engineering and Legacy conversion
Concept development for new products and building Prototype.
Handling projects from start to end after understanding design requirements
Conceiving and providing configurations of design problem, design layouts
Determining drawing size arrangement and scope of description, and preparing drawings. 

G.E.T
June 2008 to Nov 2008
Company Name: Motherson Automotive Tech. & Engineering
Job Profile:
Assisting in Development (Quality Assurance) of the part assembled in the for New product development.
Responsibility includes creating Production part approval process (PPAP).
Creating and developing FMEA for new designs and concepts.
Evaluating prototype with the Client (FORD INDIA) for any flaws and improvement.

Areas Of Exposure/expertise:
Project Coordination:
Coordinating project activities and drawing specifications with the clients to ensure drawings
are as per the specifications of clients.
Providing sound technical inputs & engineering support to the team from conception to
completion stage of the product.
Preparing Work Instruction Sheets, Process flow charts, and design changes which required in
various stages of production for new models.

Value Engineering:
Benchmarking of products with market competitors.
Do a financial product and value & cost analysis of various sub systems
Perform feasibility study to achieve cost reduction and assess possibility of changes in design,
material & process to reduce cost.
Develop and validate conceptual design to achieve cost target and review design with internal
expertise to validate conceptual design
Should Cost modeling based on raw material, process & shipping costs
Conduct FMEAs and identify potential risks to develop a risk mitigation plan
Participate in Toll Gate review meetings to develop test plan and make prototype.
Closely work with suppliers to ensure product/component quality and visit their
manufacturing facilities to understand their process capability and suggest improvement.

Design Engineering:
Gathering product specifications & designing and modifying /upgrading existing designs using specialized design software’s with GD& T.
Providing design support to new products such as Plastic moulds, as well as plastic components, Plastic Injection Mould and as well as sheet metal components
Generating 3D solid, Sheet metal and 2D detail drawings for the automotive component, home appliances, boilers & electronics components.
Creating layouts, designs & drawings to identify any weaknesses & make relevant modifications in the same. New Product Development(NPD and NPI)
Getting approvals for the prototype, making necessary modifications and releasing the same for commercial production.
Updated with latest technologies on Engineering and implementing the same in NPD and NPI

Epitome:
Competent Professional with 7 years of experience in Project Coordination, Value Engineering, Design and Development in India and abroad. Have successfully handled design & Value Engineering activities of different projects/components in Sheet-Metal, Plastic & HVAC. Shown success in product design, Value Engineering, development of product and ensuring compliance with product specifications. Experienced in handling complete project operations entailing planning, resource
utilization, procurement & manpower management. A keen communicator with problem solving and analytical abilities.

Aiming for career enhancement in Project Management Design and value engineering with a
leading organization