Kailash Chandramouli Email & Phone Number

Raymond, Ohio, United States

Raymond, Ohio, United States

• Provided Project management support with multiple projects for the Paint shop engineering team at Mercedes Benz Vans.
• Assisted with the automation of Sika Sealer application line to increase production capacity.
• Co-ordinated with suppliers for installation of robots, work commissioning, and on-site support.
• Monitored the application quality and rectified quality issues using Root cause analysis resulting in cost savings of $1000 - $2000 per van.
• Studied the process flow in the assembly line and improved it to eliminate downtime in the cell and its effect on the other zones.
• Managed documents necessary for final commissioning of the project and subsequent handover to Production Engineering.

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

• Designed a custom impact testing fixture using Solidworks for evaluating joint performance of welded woven carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic panels.
• Created FE models for simulating 3-point bending, and Impact testing using Altair Hypermesh to analyze in LS Dyna.
• Designed tooling for injection molding foamed thermoplastics using Supercritical foaming.
• Created Engineering drawings following GD&T guidelines for injection molding tooling.
• Performed FE simulations for Injection molding process using Moldex 3d.
• Manufactured Unidirectional Carbon-fiber reinforced Polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) panels using thermoforming.

Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India

• Assisted with the optimization of existing assembly line which resulted in improvement of process efficiency by 20%.
• Optimized assembly line layout to reduce takt time and operator fatigue using Systematic layout planning.
• Prepared Standard Operating procedures and other supplemental documents for new assembly processes.
• Underwent training in Product engineering and management.
• Designed improvements in manufacturing processes to increase production quantity.

Master Of Science - Ms, Automotive Engineering

Relevant coursework: Structural & Thermal Analysis of Automotive structures, Vehicle Dynamics, Applied Optimization for Lightweight.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering