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Aurora, IL, US

Irving, Texas, US

Design Engineer for new product introduction and maintenance of current products

US

• Assist the daily production of Honda CRV, Acura RDX and Acura MDX with multiple processes at Honda East Liberty Plant (ELP)
• Trouble shooting, failure and dimensional analysis to determine true root cause.
• Tool, and fixture CAD designs in Catia V6.
• Daily Gemba (go to the spot) to review countermeasure effectiveness and follow up on long term issues.
• Generating production documentation such as assembly instructions, general maintenance instructions, and tool documentation.

Houghton, MI, US

• Display leadership skills in guiding students through laboratory sessions and laboratory report writing.
• Assume accountability in grading laboratory reports and providing feedback.
• Designed experiments for understanding of advanced physics concepts.
• Taught up to five laboratory classes per semester and create experiments on basic and advanced physics topics, such as electricity, magnetism, optics, and mechanics.

New Delhi, Delhi, IN

• Worked as Deputy manager in Engineering (Transmission division) specifically in Automatic Manual Transmission (AMT) of passenger car.
• Solved assembly line problem, Designed parts of transmissions in 3D and drawing created in NX. Completed checking in 3D assembly to insure fitment and tool accessibility during assembly. Performed GD&T to define the.
• Developed proto-parts and conducted trials on assembly line with coordination of SC & Suppliers and assembly shop.
• Analysis of end of line testing data of gear shifting and clutch actuation mechanism to find the tolerance limit of the child part required to produce the clutch and gear shift strokes within the given range.
• Study of components dimension distribution in ±3σ in given tolerance range. Identified the scope of improvement in the component manufacturing process and coordinated for implementation.
• Investigated the market failure cases, visited the Tier I & Tier II suppliers to establish the root cause of the issue. Improvement identified implemented on tier I as well as Tier II Suppliers.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Joined as graduate engineer trainee (GET) and worked in design related concerns of tractor powertrain. Accomplished in product design for cost reduction, complexity reduction, field quality improvement & shop-floor.
• Customers from in Mahindra USA tractors reported problem of RPM Drop & White smoke.
• While investigating root cause, conducted the experiment using transparent fuel lines and observed that air present in the fuel line.
• Introduced Electric Feed pump between fuel tank and injection system to avoid cavitation & fuel vapor formation.
• Designed and developed of New pipes & mounting brackets which includes 3D modelling, proto part making, trial with proto part, off tool off process part making and trail in assembly line and engineering drawing release.
• Validated countermeasure by lab and field testing. Brackets were tested by CAE analysis in Ansys.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering