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● Engineering point of contact for customer from business award till commissioning phase. Ensuring correct handover of brake system contractual technical specifications from tendering team after business award.● Ensuring that all technical requirements and demands by the Customer are fulfilled deliverables in the scope of Engineering. Technical risks are identified and covered throughout the project.● Ensure system and product design reviews at specific project gates.● Manage customer gate reviews, ensuring a proper preparation by the project team and a positive achievement of the milestone.● Ensure that Verification & Validation is properly planned, performed and documented● Ensure that that the delivered product, as the sum of all sub-functions and subsystems, performs as requested to fulfil the Customer contract, the internal Faiveley requirements and the safety requirements.● Manage within the project team the brake system commissioning, ensuring the respect and the management of all homologation and certification requirements.● Leading the design, development and application of friction Brake products partnering with cross-functional teams for locomotives /metros/ wagons following robust Engineering Process.● Responsible for infield validation / commissioning / reliability resolution with sense of urgency.● leading multiple projects by adhering to Wabtec processes while meeting business standards and program / product requirements.● Documentation of technical data generated and to utilize the same for future reference & standardization.● Representing Bogie Brake team in cross functional setup for technical decisions/ directions.● Extensively worked with kinematics of friction brakes, thermo-mechanical interactions, casting, fabrication, GD&T, Friction brake and Electric/ Pneumatic interface understanding.● Good understanding of rail standards such as AAR, EN, RGS, UIC, APTA, IR etc.

•Analyzing engineering requirements to ensure compliance and determine the impact of changes to requirements.•Integrate multiple subsystems (mechanical, electrical, controls, etc..) and components into a fully functional system. Also, to verify and validate the system performance.•Providing technical support in addition to serving as individual contributor to the concept, system architecture, design, development, test, and integration of system components, including electrical and mechanical interfaces.•Executing on-hand and supporting internal CAD team (CATIA V5/SolidWorks 2017) and engineering teams on design constraints to optimize for production yield and cost. Provide feedback and learnings to internal CAD and engineering teams to improve future designs and processes.•Responsible for Brake system and component design and preparation of all types of technical documentation (schematics, 3D models, design, drawings, technical specifications, documentation for certification etc.)•Leading design review activities including DFM reviews, FMEA for design and processes, and process feasibility reviews.•Part of a cross-functional team made up of mechanical, electrical, RAMS, tech pub and support for the needs and requirements of internal stakeholders in addition to external customers.•Leading VAVE activities and providing support to manufacturing team ensuring a smooth transition from engineering to production.•Attending and initiating KPI meetings and Quality meetings with internal and external teams.•Capable of selecting appropriate fasteners for various assemblies as per the Railway norms.•Good drawing reading skills and dimensioning standard with proper GD&T application.•Worked on Couplers and Braking systems for Transit and Freight Group.•Establishing Systems to drive Competency, Encourage Innovation, Streamline Processes, Progress to target ISO Certification.

• Applying the systems and standards set by Faurecia & OEMs under the guidance of Customer Design Leader / Product Design Engineer (DCS/Standards process documentation, FECT Templates, Lesson Learned, QRCI, and SLI).• Over all responsibility of QA functions, Concept and Design Checking, 3D checking, 2D detailing & BOM Checking. Responsible for quality checking the engineering domain within the product development or acquisition process (Cold end, hot end, product optimization or similar activities). • Train & Guide Engineers on systems and standards set by Faurecia & OEMs. Applying the lessons learned process and contributing in generating / improving engineering standards of FECT. • Part of an interdisciplinary engineering or Quality team to assure the product design according to FECT /OEM standards & requirements (manufacturability, customer specifications and timelines).• Check for Timecard is used every week, LTI. Manage and track Quality issues with documented minutes.• Ensuring Project Management, Workload, Timeline, Quality and Deliveries. Taking responsibility for technical decisions taken in the team. Ensuring communication with Customers on Quality process and contributes to generating / improving engineering standards of FECT. • Drafting and Detailing of Production Drawings with Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerance (ISO/ASME), i.e. Design for manufacturing and assembly, of Exhaust system components.• Validation and Release of Drawings/parts using CHEOPS, PDM Environment.

• Migration of Mechanical system equipments from tiff/images to 3D and 2D using Catia V5, i.e. Landing Gears, Uplocks, Steering system, Actuators etc,• Drafting and Detailing of Production Drawings with Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerance (ASME Y14.5M-1994), i.e. Design for manufacturing and assembly, of Landing Gears, Uplocks etc.• Validation and Release of Drawings/parts using Smart Team, PDM Environment.• 1 and 2 Dimensional Tolerance Stack-up Analysis by Worst Case Approach using Catia V5 and Excel,• Functionality Analysis of mechanical equipments generation of the Analysis/optimization report, for equipments Landing Gears, Uplocks, Actuators etc using Catia V5 and Excel, • Research and Technology Prototypes Functionality Analysis/optimization and report creation using Catia V5 and Excel, Rotary unlock Actuator and Side brace actuator.• DMU Kinematics creation for equipments using Catia V5, for Landing Gears, Uplocks, Actuators etc,• Knowledge Based Engineering by customizing and Automating CAD processes and methods using VBA Macros, i.e. creation of standard parts and drawing templates.• Tool creation with Excelvba and CATvba, Excel UDFs (User defined functions), i.e. creation of TSA automation tool, 3D and 2D check tool, project and resource management tool etc.

• V4 to V5 migration, providing conceptual design, Re-industrialization and Detailing for the Aero Structure part Using Catia V5, ENOVIA VPM and PDM.• Creation of 3d models for production drawings from the model in a standardized form using CATIA V5.• Solid Modeling, Surface Modeling, detailing and assembly using CATIA-V5 R19. Providing design support to product designer in design projects for aero parts and accessories.• Design documentation of part drawings assembly drawings, bill of material and part list creation using CATIA V5.• 3D Model check using Q-checker - Drawing Quality Check - Manufacturing Feasibility study - GD & T knowledge.• Design and preparation of the Electrical Harness for A400M.

• Developing V4 to V5 migration and Detailing for the Locomotive components, Using Catia V5, Catia V4, ENOVIA VPM and PDM.• Creation of 3d models for downstream applications and of production drawings from the model in a standardized form using CATIA V5.• Solid Modeling, Surface Modeling, detailing and assembly using CATIA-V5 R19. Providing design support to product designer in design projects for locomotive parts and accessories.• Design documentation of part drawings assembly drawings, bill of material and part list creation using CATIA V5.• 3D Model check using Q-checker - Drawing Quality Check - Manufacturing Feasibility study - GD & T knowledge.• Product Data Management and Product Lifecycle Management using Enovia VPM.

• Job involves design & development of the Dies for Valves, Machine tool components, Pipe Fittings; involved Modeling, Drafting and Detailing of Parts using software’s Catia-V5, and AutoCAD.• Creation of Pattern, Production Drawing and Ensuring the Drawings prepared as per standard procedures. Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerance application to meet the design intent.• Incorporating the Engineering Changes 2D to 3D modeling & Drawing according to the Customer specific needs with complete Bill of Materials & regular interacting with Customer.• Communicating designs and ideas to team.• Computer Aided Manufacturing and Programming using MastercamV9.