Avinash Kumar Karuppasamy Email & Phone Number

Mariestad, SE

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Role: Graduate Trainee within a 4-member design team, cross – collaborating with relevant teams. Project Link
• Led the complete redesign of passenger service units (PSUs) for the Volvo 9600 sleeper coach, from initial concept to final development, ensuring alignment with aesthetic, functional, and cost-efficiency requirements.
• Collaborated closely with injection moulding suppliers and the team to develop the product in CATIA, adhering to Volvo’s design guidelines and applying lean manufacturing principles to optimize production.
• Specialized in Volvo’s PDM system, KOLA, through comprehensive training, and supported the manager by verifying product states and attributes during DCN releases.
• Applied CATIA’s parametric modelling to create a streamlined design solution for plastic trims, ensuring manufacturability through injection moulding or thermoforming techniques.
• Proactively contributed to supplier identification and benchmarking while engaging in the wiring harness connector design and package flattening to support early-stage development.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Company: A growing start-up within Ed-Tech based in India who I worked with since the team was only 4.
• Led UX design and cross-functional team collaboration to launch a rebranded E-learning platform, achieving a 25% profit increase through strategic, user-centered design improvements.
• Implemented strategies to business development working closely with the founder, majorly by designing the flagship product and streamlining student interaction tools.
• Strengthened brand identity and market reach by creating user-centric solutions that aligned with insights and engaged closely with stakeholders, including founders and developers.
• Applied wireframing, usability testing, and accessibility metrics to deliver an intuitive and navigable interface that enhances the overall user experience.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

• Strategically designed sorting bins for co-living spaces to nudge users into a sustainable waste sorting behavior, the solution extended towards organized practice resulting in cohesion within the social domain.
• Pioneered an innovative & user centered mechanism for ease of use that complemented and enhanced nudging by positive reinforcement, this solution utilized just 5 primary parts optimizing DFA/DFM.
• Developed and implemented user testing protocols & conducted workshops, achieving effective utilization and user experience. Collaborated with SSSB (housing agency in Stockholm) to conduct this.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

I help and guide prospective students with their queries and also participate in school webinars and events like guided tours as a KTH representative.

Jönköping, Jonkoping County, Sweden

• Company: A growing start-up design studio that provides mobility, furniture, and architectural solutions.
• Utilized SolidWorks to design furniture products with machined wooden components with fasteners, applying DFMA principles to optimize production costs and simplify assembly.
• Performed reverse engineering for a bicycle’s multi-function trolley attachment, designing a connector with a spring damper and conducting durability tests using FEA, MATLAB, and mechanical calculations.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Company: A multinational and tier 1 automotive interior manufacturer for Nissan, Renault and Hyundai Mobis.
• Supported the team in rapid prototyping of innovative engineering solutions using CATIA, identifying design and manufacturing discrepancies.
• Engineered a snap-fit bezel ring solution for interior components, enhancing durability during maintenance and assembly.
• Assisted the team in documenting the CAD files for the glove box locking mechanism, ensuring they were verified and ready for production.
• Communicated necessary adjustments to the manager and development team, fostering collaboration to develop effective solutions Renault Kwid interiors.
• Utilized CATIA to create GD&T-compliant technical drawings for clear communication with the tooling team.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Master Of Science - Ms, Industrial And Product Design

Activities and Societies: THS - Student Union, International Student Ambassador, THS Armada - career fair (Photographer)Track: Industrial.

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Industrial And Product Design, 7.58/10

Activities and Societies: Class representative, NITR IMUN (International model united nations), Euphony ( Manager of Rockband), Tiburon.

Intermediate, Science, 89.6 %

Matriculation, 9.2/10