Highlights:

Skills:Design, Product design, special purpose machine, Test Equipment design

Engineering Head 04/2015 - current
Daramic, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Manufacturing
Looking after the Engineering and Maintenance team of the Daramic, Bangalore plant.
? Lead the Engineering and Maintenance Team. ? Prepare the Capital and Revenue Budget, obtain approval and monitor Budget vs Actual. ? Maintaining the health of plant and machinery by evaluating machine performance, planning & executing refurbishment including technology up-gradation. ? Identify and prepare the machine re-building plan for the year in consultation with Plant Manager. ? Conduct improvement projects to improve the process by applying the appropriate DMAIC / Quality improvement tools. ? Develop operating instructions and equipment specifications for production activities. ? Develop vendors and suppliers for the supply of machine parts. ? Guide and train the Suppliers to improve the quality performance of their Man, Machine and Method. ? Coordinate all lean manufacturing activities within the operation including kaizen. ? Implementing project schedules and plans in a timely and effective manner.--
Senior Team Leader 09/2008 - 04/2015
Moog, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Aircraft
Design of Mechanical / Hydraulic Test Equipment (ATP / QTP) for Aircraft components for Endurance, Fatigue, Performance and Vibration / Environment Fixture as per DO-160.
? Design, Manufacturing Support and Realization of QTP / ATP Test equipment for Airbus A350 High Lift Lever Bearing Assembly (LBA), Embraer Primary Flight Control Actuators (PFCA), Rudder Pedal Assembly (RPA) for Gulfstream GV11 Program, A350 Primary flight control actuators. ? Design of fixture for Boeing 787 Primary Flight control actuators. ? Design of Vibration fixture for Rudder Pedal Assembly (RPA) for Gulfstream GV11 Program. ? Preparation of Test Equipment Requirement Specification (TERS) document. ? Co-ordinate with Product team and Test integration / Test engineers until Test Readiness Review (TRR). ? Test Equipment Design, Fixture and Tooling support to other Moog sites. ? Peer Reviewer of Detailed Design and Drawing Validation for all Mechanical Test systems from Moog India. ? Responsible for Project Engineering which involves planning, Estimation, Integration, Commissioning and Proving out the Test Systems. ? Develop vendors and suppliers for the supply of machine parts and Test Equipment.--
Senior Design Engineer 03/2008 - 08/2008
HCP Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Engineering Service
Modelling and detailing of Special machines using Solidworks
? Design of Jack beam assembly for material handling equipment. ? 3 D Modelling, Detailing and Drafting (GD & T) in Solid works 2008. ? Calculations according to the Euro Standards in Mathcad 14--
Manager, Production Engineering 08/2006 - 03/2008
Wipro, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Manufacturing
Design of Special purpose machines and toolings for the manufacturing of Hydraulic cylinders for the construction equipments.
? Design of SPM for single piece flow / batch production of Cylinder component. ? Design of Assembly line for Cylinder assembly (Small stroke and Long stroke cylinders). ? Design of Gantry for pick and place of the Cylinder component. ? Design of material handling and robotic Fixture Design. ? Design of Plant Layout. ? Co-ordinate with the Vendors to Design and develop the conveyor system. ? Value Engineering.--
Assistant Manager, Product Design 06/2002 - 08/2006
Bharat Fritz Werner, Bangalore, Karnataka India
Industry: Manufacturing
Design and Standardization of Special purpose machine tool for the Automotive.
? Design of Special purpose machines (SPM’s) for metal cutting machine tools. ? Handling the full machine or its modular units and involving from design to assembly stage. ? Preparation of Design Approval Layouts like Machine layout, Fixture layout, Component Process layout, Design of Castings, Machine sheet metal guard layout etc. ? Actively involved in work allotment, and providing sound technical inputs & engineering support to the team from conception to completion stage of the product. ? Design activity of Special Purpose Machines having metal cutting operations such as Milling, Drilling, Boring, Tapping etc. ? Detailing and Drafting (GD&T) ? Selection of Materials, Machine elements such as Pulleys, Bearings, Gears, etc., and Electric elements such as Servomotor, Induction Motor, Limit Switch, Proximity Switch, etc. ? Maintaining coordination between manufacturing, suppliers, assembly, inspection & prove out teams. ? Updating Design documents through ERP. ? Generating list of ‘Long Lead Items’ & ‘Bought out Items’.--

M V J College of Engineering 01/1996 - 09/2001
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Mechanical
Mechanical Engineering graduation with the following major subjects studied. 1. Machine Design. 2. Material Science. 3. Maths. 4. Thermodynamics. 5. Engineering Drawing

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