Digital Design & Manufacturingo Integrated Fuse manufacturing – Developing an inline automated process for fuse manufacturing. This involves adopting new processes & building a new line with cobots for handling the finished components/ assemblies.o Automated design checking – Working with LSD product team to deploy automated design checking process. The tool checks the design against design for manufacturing & provides the inputs for design corrections, if any. Design rule files will be created for each manufacturing processes & updated with new learnings from different mold/ die manufacturers▪ Workflow automation – Working with larger focus team to automate the design workflow process from design to verificationo Data driven manufacturing (Monitoring & Control) – Working with manufacturing plants & understanding the quality issues faced. Exploring intelligent manufacturing technologies for deployment.▪ Collaborated with molding plant in deploying an intelligent injection molding process.▪ Work-in-progress with another manufacturing plant to deploy similar technology for rubber injection moldingo Tooling solutions thru Additive Manufacturing – Proto tool development thru AM process. Hard tooling solutions with conformal channels improving molded part quality & productivity improvement (molding cycle times)

Light weighting & Sustainability – Led & supported metal-to-polymer (M2P) and thermoset plastics to thermoplastics (P2P) design projects on several product applications to achieve light weighting, sustainability and cost benefits (net shaped designs with minimal secondary operations)o Low pressure channel coupler for ducts used in environmental conditioning system (Aero) – Selected the material based on requirements, redesigned the coupler into modular design with polymer composites. The new design gave up to 30% cost savings/ unito Enclosures with EMI shielding capability for mobile Valve applications (Hydraulics) – Redesigned the metal enclosures with polymer composites having EMI shielding capability. New resulted in cost savings of $10/unit.o Polymer composites for LED assembly enclosure designs used in industrial / hazardous environment (Electrical) – Heavy castings redesigned keeping the functionality same. New design improved assembly(time), easy handling/ installation & logisticso Thermal management: Thermally conducting polymers for heat sink applications – With low heat loads, designed heat sinks with polymer composites for lighting applicationso Sustainable polymer development for Breaker applications – Developed new thermoplastic material to replace thermosets for MCB’s. IP generated for material composition

o Lead polymer manufacturing process simulations (Analysis First Approach)o Engineered conformal cooling designs for injection moldso Assisted product teams with economical process selection for mass manufacturing – design for manufacturingo With product team support, strengthened the cost-out funnel through value engineering and value addition workshopso Studied Indian tooling vendors for relocating tooling operations for new product development to low-cost region as a strategy. Established contacts with major tooling vendors, visited their facilities to understand the capabilities to build local ecosystem for tool development.Advanced manufacturingo Explored additive manufacturing for tooling applications – Analyzed 3D printed cores for casting applications, conformal channel designs to improve part quality & productivityo Evaluated applications/ designs for low-rate initial production - Design for additive manufacturingo Investigated alternative manufacturing processes resulting in improved value during design phase – Gas assisted injection molding, 2K molding, Foam injection molding, Insert Over-molding, Co-Injection molding, Metal injection molding

o Worked with marketing & industrial design teams to translate the marketing inputs into product specificationso Developed the user interface design for 3 market segments – Essential, Core & Premium (Bauknecht & Whirlpool brands)o Transformed industrial design into functional design meeting the aesthetics fit/ function & performanceo Managed the capital expenses for tooling within budget & cost /unit within target cost thru modular design executiono Coordinated the work with India team, getting the concept design developed, verifying the robustness thru simulation & design release for productiono Collaborated with lab in getting the designs tested per standards for product approval & pilot productiono Project management - managed project within timelines, budget and stakeholder expectations

Managed the talents thru yearly performance appraisals, hiring, mentoring new talents, identifying right training needs

o Engaged the right talent on projects and managed the workload evenly distributed in the teamo Organized regular discussions with global teams & summarized the progress madeo Analyzed new technologies/ competitor products and identified ideas for cost out / pipeline line projectso Created product design specifications and guidelines for Dishwasher Door Assembly

o As a System Integrator led the door system design for new platform (for the brands – Kenmore, KitchenAid)o Teamed with manufacturing assembly line engineers and captured their inputs while designing the new assembly layouto Analyzed the brand craftsmanship requirements – visual, color/finish/material, control inference, ergonomics and psychological. Got firsthand experience of how user experience evaluations happen on new designs/ productso Coordinated the work with India team, supervised the concept design development, reviewed the designs with simulation team & verified the robustness thru virtual simulationo Worked with lab in getting the design tested per standards for product approval and pilot productiono Helped the off-site team with knowledge transfer – captured the assembly line processes, lab testing procedureso Won ‘smart squad award’ for the project execution

Sub-system Design & development - HMI Introduced in-mold label bezel design with dynamic display and capacitive touch keys for user interface for Kenmore brand. Received ‘certificate of accomplishment’ for outstanding work done on the project for the year 2006.

Led the design efforts from concept creation, evaluation through virtual simulation & physical testing with hands-on experience a) Created 3D mockup geometry of component/ assembly’sb) Tolerances stack analysis studied to achieve craftsmanship requirements c) Co-ordinated with FEA team for validating structural robustness under various test loading scenarios d) Design for manufacturing (moldflow analysis conducted) for verifying molding feasibility of plastic components e) Devised physical evaluation (high risks identified thru DFMEA) with rapid prototypes to verify fit/ function

o Designed Plastic Injection molds and High Pressure Die Casting Dies for automotive & white good applicationso Hands-on moldflow analysis to study best gate, runner designs, warpage & optimization prior to tool designo Provided design inputs during cost estimation of molds/dies for quotationo Captured key design/ process elements from molding trials as ‘Key Learnings’o Standardized/ automated the drawing creation for 3D electrode designso Coached new designers with Mold Design module (3D parting line/ plane/ surface creation, core – cavity, side cores splitting & creation)