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Mountain View, California, Us

Mountain View, California, Us

Mountain View, California, Us

• Co-authored the ConOps for FAA to provide the vision for integration of autonomous aircraft in USA airspace.• Led the development of vertiport modeling and simulation tool to analyze vertiport capacity and efficiency. Performed vertiport throughput sensitivity analysis against operational variables and operating policies.• Led the development of ConOps validation plan and defined the roadmap of simulation tools for UAS Ops.• Led the development of Network Level Fleet Simulator for operational analysis and ConOps validation.• Supported the development of Vertiport requirements along with authoring a Vertiport ConOps.• Supported the development of Aircraft Product and Services Requirements Document (PSRD).• Helped establish and mature relationships with private & government partners, and industry bodies.• Used a public large-scale Georgia Tech analysis to help define aircraft range. Ranked heliports based on the market demand and create initial vertiport network. Utilized Google Maps API to compute time savings.

Mountain View, California, Us

• Defined technical, business, & integration requirements for Wisk’s Manufacturing Execution System (MES).• Led the selection of MES solution by interfacing with multiple software providers and internal stakeholders.• Led the project team for the deployment of MES and held responsibility for all technical & financial aspects.• Led the definition of Enterprise System architecture and integration of PLM, ERP, and MES system to establish change management process among internal teams. Implemented the PLM - MES integration.• Led the establishment of a CAD standard part library standards COTS parts (in thousands). Led the project through conception, requirements analysis, solutions identification, UAT, and technical implementation.• Evaluated and implemented process planning tool – Teamcenter Manufacturing Process Planner (MPP).• Defined and implemented the operations business processes for the Production, Quality, Supply chain, and Configuration Management teams to support the certification by New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority.• Led the training of entire production, supply chain, and quality teams on work order planning & execution.• Led the project to upgrade all engineering computers & Enterprise System tools to support the name changes of the organization (Kitty Hawk to Wisk Aero).

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Building Cora.

Gardena, Ca, Us

As a part of process engineering team, I worked on the final assembly of the first car launched on the new Faraday Future factory in Hanford.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Instructor for famous Berkeley course titled ‘Physics for Future Presidents’. The course is the brainchild of Dr. Richard Mueller, former UC Berkeley Physics professor and a McArthur Genious Award Winner. In past voted as the best class at Berkeley, it is based on Dr. Mueller's eponymous book. • Creation of study content for discussion sections. Taught topics: Electromagnetic Spectrum, LIGO Technology, Quantum Computing, Global Warming, Transition to sustainable energy, SETI, Space Travel and Startups• Assisting the faculty with content of the course, selection of assignments, planning of exams and for determination of course grades.• Holding office hours, grading, and participation in development of quizzes.

Irving, Texas, Us

• New Product Introduction (NPI): Ownership of DFA & production planning for a new series of Caterpillar engines.• Project Manager – Responsible for over over 30 projects related to product issues for Caterpillar engines division. Worked with interdisciplinary teams to get things done within a fast timeline. • Cost reduction lead – Conceived and led idea generation workshops to save $ 0.6 Million in component cost by working with new sourcing partners. • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM): Identified downtime due to wrong CAD models and spearheaded a project with geographically dispersed teams to overhaul CAD models for an entire series of Caterpillar engines.• Standardized Engineering Change Notice (ECN) process which was adopted vertically in the engine division.

Irving, Texas, Us

I contributed to set up of a new $10 million manufacturing facility for Caterpillar. A detailed description of my work:Program and Project Management:• Worked with over 10 vendors/OEMs for on-time delivery and setup of manufacturing equipment including power and stop conveyors. • Worked with cross-functional teams (Production, Quality, Supply Chain, IT, Logistics) during production hell phase to successfully complete pilot builds. Responsible for the documentation and resolution of quality issues faced.• Helped design the manufacturing process for engine assembly and validated the assembly line on a short deadline. Lead Engineer (SME) – Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Deployment• Responsible for hardware setup and validation for over 70 workstations • Executed the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for Production, Logistics and Supply Chain Teams• Oversaw to the MES integration with facility ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software suit SAP• Responsible for all the documentation on MES: SOPs/SWIs, Visual Aids, Manufacturing Instructions, Quality Checks, Part Tractability etc. Setup of the Factory (NPI Engineer)• Ensure the on-time setup, validation, prove-off of the assembly line with over 70 work stations.• Successful ramp-up to bring the capacity to 20,000 engines per annum. • Reduced the takt time from 14 minutes to 10 mintuesLead Engineer – Manufacturing Process Planning (MPP)• Responsible for Virtual Assembly Build Events (VBE) and NPI BOM Finalization • Conducted the Process Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (PFMEA) for the factory• Responsible for control plans, master tooling plans, tooling and fixtures, torque tool maintenance. • Contributed to the design of quality plans and checklists, production scheduling, point of use determination• Owner of engineering changes (ECOs)• Trained over 30 assembly technicians on Caterpillar Production Systems and manufacturing practices.

Berlin, Berlin, De

• Research on SUSTRAIL Project, co-funded by European Union, to develop sustainable railway technology.• Optimization of rail wheel profile – Analyzed running behavior of freight bogies and proposed an optimized wheel profile; verified efficacy of profile by the directives of Manchester Benchmarks for Rail Simulators.• Report on Indian Railways – a 50 page report on collaboration, research opportunities for TU Berlin in India.

Led the continuous improvement activities and reduced cycle time by 30% at Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), the largest production unit of rail locomotives for Indian Railways

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Industrial Engineering

Final Year Exchange Student | Erasmus Mundus Fellowship, Automotive Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering