• Gender: Male
• Age: 46
• Designation: Senior Engineer
• Highest Education Level: Graduate - Degree
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 19.4 Year(s)

Education

B.E. Mechanical From F.A.M.T. Ratnagiri, Mumbai University in 2003

Skill Sets

Professional Summary :
6.5+ years of experience in Automotive Interior plastic.
3 Months onsite coordination experience at Present Company
Proficiency in designing the components of instrument panel, both Hard & soft IP.
Proficiency in Tooling and manufacturing feasibility of plastic component.
Strong CAD skills in CATIA-V5- Surfacing, Part modeling.
Possess good communication skill & problem solving capabilities.

Work Experience

Sr. Project Engineer
Since Aug 2006
Company Profile: Leading Tier-1 supplier of components to automotive manufacturers
Job Profile:
Customer interaction to understand the design requirements.
Designing the trim parts with consideration of interface packaging, manufacturing, assembly, servicing aspects.
Assembly creation & simulation.
Co ordination with CAE team to meet engineering requirements of component & assembly.
Work estimation, planning & execution.

Program – H-79, Customer- Renault, OEM – Renault (Hard IP)  
Design of defroster duct, Central air vent duct, side air vent duct for RHD vehicle: Work involved the design of ducts with consideration of interface packaging, manufacturing, assembly, CFD requirements & servicing aspects.

Program – B-8, Customer-Visteon Harnes, OEM – PSA (Soft IP, Foam-In-Place)
Passenger Air Bag area of IP :
Work involved the design of insert for Air bag area, Mounting Ring of airbag module, Sheet metal Hinge plate.           
Design of Skin & Insert:                        
Work involved the design of skin & Insert considering various aspects of Foam In Place method like Foam sealing, Scoring groove, shut off distance, Tooling etc.
Design of IP components :                      
Work involved creation of volume, based on input received from customer in the form of style & concept sections & adding technical features on component considering manufacturing aspects like Tooling, foam sealing & assembly feasibility etc.
Worked on various components of IP & Console – Insert, Knee bolster, End Panels, Defroster Grill, Steering Column, Console Panels etc.
Key Feature Documents(KFD):
Responsible for creation of key feature document of all components of IP & console in excel format. KFD contains information like Isostatism, Gap & Flush conditions, & key feature dimensions.

Program – W-62, Customer-Visteon Harnes, OEM – RENAULT (Hard IP)
Work involved creation of volume, based on input received from customer in the form of style
& concept sections & designing technical features on component considering manufacturing & assembly feasibility. 
Worked on various components of IP – Knee bolster, Cluster assembly, Passenger upper bin, IP substrate, HVAC Duct, Center console.                  

Program – 2FD, Customer-Visteon Japan, OEM – HONDA (Soft IP, Leather skin)Work involved creation of volume, based on input received from customer in the form of style & concept sections & designing the shut off distance for foam, Grooves for leather stitching, technical features on component considering manufacturing & assembly feasibility. 
Worked on various components of IP – Driver side upper panel, Passenger side upper panel, Cluster assembly etc.

Design Engineer
Jan 2006 to Aug 2006
Company Profile : Providing engineering design service, computational fluid dynamics analysis computational fluid service, design development service etc.
Job Profile :
3D modeling, drafting, Reverse engineering.Program – Design of control panel housing for portable generator, OEM– Dewalt Industries The objective of the project was to redesign the control panel housing in order to reduce the tooling complexity without affecting its functionality with mating parts & also to extract the core cavity for it.

Design Engineer
June 2004 to Dec 2005
Company Name : Excel Group
Company Profile : A leading manufacturer of automobile plastic components for Eicher Motors Ltd, Swaraj Mazda, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj Tempo, Hindustan Motors Etc
Job Profile : 
3D modeling, drafting, core-cavity extraction, Reverse engineering
Reverse engineering & core cavity design for Meter Bezel for Eicher Motors Ltd.        
3D modeling and Tool design for Engine shield plastic components for Eicher Motors Ltd.
Reverse engineering & core cavity design of Garnish LH/RH for Swaraj Mazda Ltd.
3D modeling & core cavity design for Inner, Outer lid of Glove box for Swaraj Mazda Ltd.

Awards & Recognitions:                          
Aug-2008-Being recognized for Initiatives taken & quality of work towards B-8, IP France program
April 2007-Best Team of the quarter for outstanding contribution towards Interior department in the first quarter

Future Goals

To be a part of OEM or Tier one supplier of automobile interior, where plastic component design with CAD experience will be of value.