•Leading a product development team of 6 engineers, responsible for New Product Development (NPD), sustenance engineering and engineering support to manufacturing plant.•Handling complete life cycle of NPD, including gathering VOC, conceptualization, design, verification, prototyping, functional & qualification testing.•Providing technical leadership to guarantee that projects satisfy functional, cost, and timing criteria and serve both India and global customers.•Responsible for Root cause analysis & investigate problems with a structured approach to find causes & solutions.•Direct interaction with customers to understand technical requirements, design challenges.•Fostering growth of team members by coaching and guiding them in their professional development.•Ensure priority setting, resource management, goals setting, performance management, hiring, training.•Engaging team with strong interpersonal communication skills & building a connect with them empathetically.•Driving continuous improvement culture in the team to increase speed of delivery & innovation.•Collaborate with CFT functions like Sales, Operations, Field application engineering, product management for strategic and day to day project deliverables, including project planning, profit & loss calculation, customer complaint resolving, etc.•Engaged in driving various organization centric initiatives like Kaizen, TEOAE (lean methodology).

• Analysing requirements, generating & selecting concepts & making engineering judgment using various tools like QFD, Pugh matrix, DFA, DFM, DFMEA• Conducting brainstorming sessions, material selection, Selection of various mechanical elements for assemblies• Conducting hand calculations and Creo Simulate analysis for initial concept verification & tuning• Working with FEA Team on static analysis for final concept verification using Ansys• Managing detail design using GD&T, performing tolerances stack-up analysis & creation of manufacturing drawings, BOM• Preparing design review documents for technical gate reviews, problem solving and pitching solutions to stakeholders• Identifying and selecting vendors/suppliers; coordinating with them for prototype manufacturing and testing• Leading prototype development & manufacturing, planning & preparation for prototype testing, followed by actual testing• Administering project planning, scoping and conducting feasibility studies• Developing time plan, identifying risks and risk abatement plans, tracking project plan, providing monthly reports and organizing review meetings

Working as a Design Engineer with clients : General Electric & Bombardier Aerospace.I was exposed to various processes of GE which includes Six Sigma, Design For Reliability, NPI, Product Cost Takeout, Systems, etc. Responsibilities included:• Developed & updated 3D models and prepared detail drawings of the concepts of new products• Managed detail design using GD&T in accordance with ASME Y14.5M-1994• Performed tolerance stack-up analysis for simple assemblies• Created: BOM and coordinated for the selection of suitable materials for components• Created: Detail drawings for brackets, tubes, sheet metal, machined parts as per bombardier standards • Conducted quality checks of drawings before releasing to the client