Nayankumar Solanki Email & Phone Number

Ahmedabad, GJ, IN

Ahmedabad Area, India

• Steering the successful roll-out of projects including defining scope, setting timelines, analyzing requirements, prioritizing tasks and identifying dependencies as per norms
• Engineering changes and design improvement modifications implementation
• Investigate CAB Design, NVH, Performance and dynamics, strength and durability issues, solve through alternative designs & optimization approach to maintain performance while reducing cost and weight targets.
• Bridging engineering activities with the operation team for communication, coordination & smooth execution, coordinating with stakeholders for complex issuesresolution and to achieve value engineering YoY financial.

Ahmedabad Area, India

• Acted as SPOC from VATS Function for representing Crash, Climate control, NVH, Durability areas for engineering issues for Tiago, Kite-5 Project launch at operation site.
• Resolution of major GSL vibration, Drive quality improvements, Vehicle pull, Tire to rim assembly gap issues, rear qtr. crack formation issue, Cab insulation optimization and NVH improvement projects along with CAE and.
• Ensured the meeting of new projects targets for enhancing overall vehicle performancerequirements. Represented VATS functions to management forums, quick response team, plant issues and field issues meetings, feature.
• Managed engineering prototype shop for building proto vehicles as per design specs for validation and testing activities of vehicle level & subsystem level validation.

Pune Area, India

• Competition benchmarking: Evaluated competitor vehicles for NVH attributes and set vehicle level targets for upcoming projects. Verification of test results with CAE results and updating of the same for rough road.
• Created design guidelines, DVP (Design validation plan) & DFMEA (design failure mode effect analysis) for major subsystems in line with customer requirements and competition.
• Identified new methodologies, test procedures and competency for vehicle & subsystem level testing. Designed subsystem level test rigs for simulating events for correlating to vehicle level results
• Exterior pass by noise analysis of major sources contributions.
• Developed X104 Exhaust & Intake Systems DVP and set up component & vehicle level targets

Vadodara Area, India

• Conduct subjective & objective evaluation of noise & vibration attributes of new GM vehicle models against competitors’ models. Establish targets at the vehicle and subsystem levels.
• Identify root causes for vehicle level noise, vibration & harshness (NVH) issues using throughput data processing & post processing analysis using LMS Test Lab and Artemis N&V analysis tool. Identify.
• Lead the resolution of powertrain NVH problems and interface with CAE design release/program team for implementation.
• Represent QRD in all initiatives related to NVH like wind noise, squeak & rattle and road N&V (tire noise).
• Improve N&V performance of vehicles through body leakage testing and ultrasonic leak detection.
• Evaluate vehicle ride parameters and benchmark ground clearance with competing vehicles.

Vadodara Area, India

• Participated in the development of automotive components – fasteners, brackets, structural parts, enclosures, chassis components, brake hoses and floor mounted parking brake.
• Contributed to the resolution of plant quality issues specifically related to design, warranty and customer complaints.
• Participated in the resolution of warranty issues of steering, braking & suspension systems and tyres.
• Member of the cross functional team (CFT) for resolving complex issues like GCA (Global customer audit), DRL (Direct run loss), QGRM (Quality gate review meet), DRT & CPIP (Continuous Product improvement process).
• VAVE Champion (value analysis&value engineering) for cost reduction & product improvement for all car lines.
• Tracked the engineering change management system ensuring documentation as per established procedures.

Halol

Support design evaluations, drawing evaluations Lead R&D development work for various systems

Master'S Degree, Engineering Design

Bachlor Of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member of IE-Institute of Engineers SAE-Society pf automotive engineers Acoustic society of indiaBachlor of.

Science, Science

Activities and Societies: Science courses - Major courses:Biology,Chemistry,Matematics,Physics.Major courses Physics,Maths.

Leadership & Change Management