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San Jose, CA, US

Singapore, Singapore, SG

Tempe, Arizona, US

• Leaded and built the engineering group responsible for process and product development and acts as a primary technical resource, including selecting, developing and training staff.
• Leaded the team responsible for the manufacturing processes for all product lines and the mechanical design team responsible for releasing designs into production.
• Worked with Sales, Applications, Manufacturing, Design, Customers and other Engineering groups to develop and extend process capabilities to meet market and design requirements.
• Leaded in the solution of complex system problems that require sophisticated analysis, testing and sound engineering judgment and experience. Providing technical guidance in the development of product strategy.
• Established and maintained tight feedback loop between manufacturing and engineering and ensures manufacturing feedback is integrated into future designs.
• Drove process engineering continuous improvement projects company wide.

Tempe, Arizona, US

• Managed the mechanical design team, accessing and improvising the performance of the design team.
• Ensured that designs and processes integrate effectively and co-evolve as necessary to meet product requirements.
• Provided leadership direction on variety of projects and managing mechanical design team, guiding the designers on highly complex probe card designs to ensure manufacturing’s and external customers’ needs are met.
• Collaborated with manufacturing and work through Design team to build prototypes, alpha and beta products.
• Drove and developed new product line from R&D to design by understanding the future needs and trends in semiconductor industry. Maintaining a constant feedback loop in between product engineering and manufacturing.
• Generated roadmaps for product development and presenting engineering road maps to worldwide customers.

Tempe, Arizona, US

• Driving and developing new product line from R&D to design by understanding the future needs and trends in semiconductor industry.
• Preforming feasibilities on complex, technical designs and coming up with innovative ideas to resolve the constraints.
• Managing projects from design to manufacturing and supporting customers worldwide on multiple projects.
• Leading the worldwide FEA group to help meet electrical and mechanical simulation request from our global customers.
• Presenting technical papers in semiconductors worldwide conferences like SW Test, MPETC to assist promoting probe card technologies across the globe.
• Assisting and improving manufacturing and design processes concerning the new and the existing product lines.

Tempe, AZ, US

• Expands knowledge of various undergraduate mechanical courses and technical concepts such as AutoCAD, MATLAB, Solidworks, Finite Element Method, Mechanics of Rigid Bodies, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer.
• In consultation with Coordinator Sr. and Specialist to develop and implement training resources for 100+ tutors.
• Acts as a liaison between Tutoring Center staff, faculty and students.
• Aids in maintaining department and university policies and procedures.
• Facilitates hiring process through creation and review of technical assessments.

- Active member of the Air Devils team responsible for the structure as well as the propulsion system of the aircraft to reduce weight and increase lift, for the competition held by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).- Collaborating with the University of Southampton on the design and aerodynamics of the aircraft model..

Bengaluru, IN

• Nesting of different parts of the aircrafts and then using a CNC router for routing of components by generating a NC program using ACTCUT software.
• Fabricating of different components using CATIA so parts can be processed further for generating of NC code.
• Trade study of the different composites used in the manufacturing of aircraft parts and understanding the honeycomb bonding structure used to reduce the weight and maintain the strength of components.
• Testing of the different composite structure manufactured using x-ray mechanism.
• Quality testing of the parts by checking dimension of the finished part, contour as well as the angle of bend and making sure that it is within the tolerance limit and is perfect as per the design of the part.
• Manufacturing of honeycomb structures using composites and Non Destructive Testing of the parts using X-rays and ultrasonic sound waves as well as destructive testing using universal testing machine.

Tempe, AZ, US

• Tutoring undergraduate students with various mechanical courses like AutoCAd, MATLAB, Solidworks, Finite Element Method, Mechanics of Rigid Bodies, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Principal Methods of.
• Attending content trainings to gain in depth knowledge about the courses to improve my tutoring skills.
• Promoted to Lead tutor at the end of the semester.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Mechanical Engineering

Hsc, Science

Ssc, Physical Sciences