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Grand Prairie, Texas, United States

Greer, South Carolina, United States

• Co-ordinating with BMW Exteriors Design team (Spoiler, Tailgate, Black bands) for the successful launch of BMW XM program by providing Engineering solutions during the pre-series build phase
• Developed Design validation plan and report (DVP&R) for upcoming Engineering changes based on customer requirements
• Lead injection molding and bonding team with root cause analysis and issue resolution by performingrequired Design of Experiments (DOE) using 8D problem solving methodology
• Evaluate product quality with the help of statistical methods and create action plans to achieve process capability requirements before the launch

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

• Designed product components and created complex assemblies for High Voltage Automotive wire harnesses
• Responsible for design release as well as create production drawings for high priority products using Siemens Teamcenter
• Assisted with prototyping for performance testing of products against the customer or internal requirements
• Redesigned a completely new template for Standard Operating Procedures/ Work Instructions to maximize the use of visual aids
• Prepared work instructions for the entire assembly processes of a new product line

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

• 3D modelling of products, tooling or fixtures based on the requirements of the assembly line using Autodesk Inventor
• Performed time-studies for each process on the assembly line followed by PFMEA to suggest and rectify bottlenecks during production
• Designed and fabricated crimping and positioning fixtures to avoid bottlenecking as well as decreasing the fatigue of operators thereby implementing Kaizen to optimize the assembly process
• Prepared Bill of Materials (BOM) and Request for Quotation (RFQ) for incoming queries from the customers related to wire harnesses
• Assisted with prototyping for performance testing of products against the customer or internal requirements

Clemson, South Carolina, United States

• Troubleshoot/Maintained 8 FDM type Lulzbot 3D printers and coordinated all the maintenance of the space
• Assisted students to operate any devices such as Formlabs Form 2 3D printer, Lulzbot Mini
• Worked on various innovative personal projects such as designing and 3D printing a headphone stand and a spoon holder

Surat, Gujarat, India

• CAD modelling and simulation of a simply supported Centrifugal fan using SolidWorks
• Contributed to reducing the cost of shipping the Centrifugal fan by 20% by making the entire assembly in 25 different parts rather than using a conventional 10-part design
• Drafted the drawings and prepared Bill of Materials (BOM) for ease of manufacturing

Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

• Designed the chassis of an ATV satisfying all the rules and regulations provided by BAJA SAE and competed in BAJA SAE Illinois 2017
• Co-ordinated with the design team and brought down the overall weight of the car by 15% and overall weight of the chassis by 12%
• Competed in Enduro Student India 2017 as a team member and achieved 5th position overall in India

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.72/4.00

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Mechanical Engineering, 8.68/10.00