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Detroit, Mi, Us

Ponitac Michigan

Farmington, Michigan, United States

Product: Tracks, Seat Frame Structure and Seat RisersCustomer Focus: FordProcess: Sheetmetal Stamping and Welding.• Design & development of stamping & welding components of tracks for FORD Motors program. • Managing Development of Pedestals and Assisting 2 row seat frame structures for FORD Motors program.• Conducted meetings with the customers, suppliers, Camaco manufacturing plant for reviewing design changes, tool changes, and process optimization, Design for Assembly & Design for Manufacturing and other Program updates.• Resolved Design Issues, manufacturing, and Pre-Production issues with OIL’s (open issues list)• Created 3D CAD Models and 2D drawing release on CATIA V5, Team center.• Created and managing DFMEA, SCAFF, FEA simulation Analysis, tolerance stack-up, GD&T.

Troy, Michigan, United States

Product : Door LatchingCustomer Focus : Ford & TeslaProcess : Stamping, Blanking, Plastic Injection, Peening• Design and Development of automotive closure E-Latching components for customer focus FORD Motor and Tesla.• Designing and developing 3D Math models for plastic, sheet metal, blanks, rubber components and packaging components for side door latches.• Designing and developing free body diagrams and core mechanism for the next generation of Hood Latch.• Performing Benchmarking on competitive Latches and developing Latch footprint of old designs.• Designing and developing fixtures for prototype assessments, DOE, studies, DV and PV testing.• Managing 3D Math data and creating 2D drawings on UG NX and Teamcenter. • Analyzing plastic package components for tolerance stack-up, water intrusion testing and acoustic testing.• Managing BOM, Open issue list and supplier part fulfilment to meet Engineering timeline. Solving issues in pre-production prototype latches for Faraday future. Used Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Madison Heights, Michigan

Product Engineer charged with complete ownership of the design and development.Product: Exterior Rear-view mirror, Interior rear view mirror and Gearshifter.Customer Focus :Volkswagen, NissanManufacturing Process : Plastic Injection and Die Casting• Successfully Managed Product Design and Development according to customer deliverables and project timing. Process from RFQ, 3D Design and Development of product, Tool Kick off to start of production. • Conducted various meetings with customer (Nissan and Volkswagen), Supplier, Ficosa (Mexico and USA) manufacturing plant with purpose of class A review, design reviews, design changes, tool changes, process optimization, production issues, prototype issue, DFA/DFM (Design for Assembly/Manufacturing) and other Program Updates.• Managed Design and Development of Mirror (Plastic injection and diecasts) components as per BOM with the use of various Engineering resources such as DFMEA, DRBFM, Engineering workbook, FEA simulation Analysis, tolerance stack-up, GD&T, and Kinematic studies.• Managed building of Prototype and Pre-production components and validating by DVT (design validation testing) and PVT (Product Validation testing) under the DVP&R test plan.• Resolved various Design Issues and Pre-Production Issues with OIL’s (open issues list) 8D and Ishikawa problem-solving Methodology.• Managed 3D and 2D drawing release to the customer, supplier and manufacturing plant on Teamcenter.• Assisted the program manager and the manufacturing team with PPAP and other customer deliverables documents.• Used Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, CATIA V5 for Engineering reviewing and Analyzing.

University Tower Housing

Greater Detroit Area

• Improved mesh quality and performed geometry cleanup of pre-meshed of human model using HyperMesh.• Simulated bar impact on Finite element human model on solver LS-DYNA.• Validated Finite element upper extremity model subjected to airbag steering wheel and injuries caused by the airbag.• Analyzed D3plots, displacement vs time and acceleration with time and Intrusions using Ls-PrePost.

Detroit, Michigan

Nagpur Area, India

• Pre-processed CAD files for development of FEA model and performed meshing on parts using HyperMesh.• Improved mesh quality and performed geometry cleanup of pre-meshed of the model on HyperMesh.• Simulated analysis on the handle lever for free fall conditions, strength test, durability test using OptiStruct.• Provided theoretical calculations for physical experiments and substantiates them test data.• Reported results using HyperGraph and HyperView and created reports on PowerPoint.

Nagpur Area, India

• Supported in improving machining process time, leading to 3 % increased production by redesigning the fixture.• Coordinated design engineer to prototype fixtures for CNC machines to improve operator ergonomics.• Developed CAD Models, drafted 2D drawing and GD&T using Creo/Pro-E and Solidworks.• Converted all 2D drawing of tools into 3D CAD models in Creo/Pro-E.• Developed and simulated FE model of the fixtures on ANSYS to validate with result of testing of prototype.• Creation of technical drawing according to standards and customer requirements (Assemblies and parts).• Maintain and update CAD library. Release 2D drawing for fabrication. Process incoming and outgoing models.

• Designed and Developed formula-style race car chassis components. Designed Monocoque, chassis roll-cage frame, upright, upper/lower A-arms, chain sprocket. Analyzed FEA crash impact simulation of Chassis and components on ANSYS.• Conducted meetings with cross-functional teams from Ergonomics, Suspension, Braking teams• Managed building of Prototype and Pre-production components and validation of components. Conducted meetings with Sponsors and Managed documentation BOM, Project timeline, test plans, test reports, and material data.

Master’S Degree

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