Chirag (Chris) Patel Email & Phone Number

Lowell, Ma

• Designed and developed a passively cooled optical sheet metal chassis (MD26608) from concept to finish including all documentation using ProEngineer.• Thermal Design of a 19” rack-mount telecom chassis ( VSP12000) from concept to finish based on 6000 watts of power using FloTHERM CFD.• Worked with Electrical Engineers to define PCB layout for maximum power of 550 watt modules.• Ensure electronic enclosures meet the acoustics and EMI requirements.• Created designs for Sheet metal, Plastics, Heatsinks, and Cable Harness assemblies.• Worked with vendors in Rapid Prototyping of SLA parts.• Took Airflow measurements and temp. measurements of ICs and correlating it to thermal simulations.• Initiated cost reduction on sheet metal faceplates to Emi Plastics material saving $10M annually.• Developed packaging for shipping products and created overlay artwork using Adobe Illustrator.• Wrote, evaluated, approved, and followed through on ECO’s.• Generated B.O.M.’s at all level of assemblies.

Salem, Nh

• Laid out Lean Cell designs for high/low volume production lines using AutoCAD.• Continuously improved cost savings using Lean principles and Six Sigma to reduce floor space and scrap.• Generated process documents for electro-optics-mechanical assemblies per ISO 9001 standard.• Designed, developed, and purchased tooling/fixtures to streamline the manufacturing line.• Developed Out-of-Box Audit and First Article Inspection checklist, procedure, and training.• Created weekly Non-conforming MRB quality reports to the Mfg. Team and Customer for an effective feedback loop to root cause / corrective actions.• Primary person responsible for Design and Maintenance of a web page used for production documents.• Primary contact for the calibration of Test instruments across many product lines.• Used SAP and Oracle systems daily for B.O.M. inquires, inventory lookups, and purchase orders.• Developed training programs for engineering staff and production support members. Implemented training program resulting in a more educated, versatile, cross-trained engineering support team.• Value Stream Mapped the production processes to reduce non-value add, improve work flow, and reduce cycle time, resulting in efficiency and improved productivity.

North Billerica

Design & Manufacture factory automation equipment using AutoCAD.• Provided day-to-day Technical/mechanical support to the manufacturing floor by Creating & Providing detailed 2D-3D assembly drawing (per ANSI Y14.5 Dimensioning and Tolerancing Standard) for the production of factory automation equipment.• Develop and improve machine designs using AutoCAD.• Generate Bill of Materials using Visual Manufacturing database program.• Design and verification of custom tooling/fixtures per customer specification.• Coordinate mechanical design with electrical engineers, manufacturing teams and in-house machine shop• Writing, evaluating, and following through on ECO’s.• Attend weekly parts procurement meeting, with the buyers and the planners.• Work with vendors to purchase necessary materials, components per specification using the latest technology available for factory automation.