Experience

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  A-Line Precision Tool Ltd.

  • Brampton, Ontario, Canada

  • Tools Design Engineer

    • Nov 2023 - Apr 2024
    • Brampton, Ontario, Canada

    • Designing specialized tools, jigs, fixtures, and sheet metal forms tools for aircraft parts manufacturing, ensuring precision and safety• Improving manufacturing processes by designing and refining tools to optimize efficiency and quality• Collaborating with engineering teams to meet tooling requirements and standards• Considering ergonomic factors for operator safety and comfort• Prototyping tools for functionality, performance, and durability testing• Iterating tool designs based on production team feedback to enhance efficiency• Creating 3D models in SolidWorks and Catia from customer PDF drawings• Created a Statistical Process Control (SPC) sheet to manage production and inspection processes

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  Capgemini Engineering

  • Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Senior Professional I

    • Oct 2021 - May 2023
    • Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    • Provided Product Maintenance support for Leksell Gamma Knife Icon & Perfexion, Leksell Stereotactic System as well as Leksell Vantage system• Streamlined training curriculum and facilitated hands-on workshops, resulting in a 30% increase in team efficiency and successful delivery of projects within tight timelines.• Implemented Agile (SAFE) methodologies to enhance project management and facilitate effective collaboration among team members• Worked within PLM/PDM and ERP systems (Enovia and M3) to manage product data, streamline workflows, and improve overall project efficiency• Managed design change control processes, collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement changes efficiently and maintain product integrity• Utilized SolidWorks CAD software to develop/modify detailed product designs, collaborating closely with the manufacturer to enhance product functionality and manufacturability• Established and maintained effective communication with suppliers and production teams, ensuring timely delivery of components and resolving manufacturing issues• Collaborated with the Tech-pup team to release translated product manuals to manufacturing, obtaining cost details and assessing manufacturing feasibility from the supplier.• Conducted verification and testing processes, ensuring the reliability and performance of medical devices before market launch• Created spare parts (FRU), including packaging materials, procedures documents and labels, to minimize downtime and increase productivity• Undertook label redesign for medical devices, ensuring compliance with new MDR standards and ISO 15223-1:2012, including CE mark and UDI engraving on the solid model using SolidWorks• Conducted PDM and PLM cleanup initiatives, streamlining data management processes and enhancing system efficiency

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  Altran

  • Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Team Lead

    • Oct 2015 - Oct 2021
    • Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    • Led a team of 5-10 members overseeing engineering services, documentation, CAD, PLM, and PDM tasks for DNA sequence Instruments• Successfully executed label design and rebranding for Medical Products, ensuring compliance with Regulatory requirements such as 21 CFR 801 and ISO 15223-1 2012• Revised and updated CAD drawings, and specification documents based on customer red line markups, releasing them through ECO and DCO in Agile• Created specification sheets for standard parts and ensured compliance verification. • Gained valuable experience onsite in Singapore, working on plastic enclosure design and development for Life science instruments at a client location• Responsibilities included verifying and validating label content, and collaborating with suppliers for packaging materials• Engaged in the modelling and detailing of medical components using a Reverse Engineering Approach

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  Vignani Technologies Pvt Ltd.

  • Coimbatore Area, India

  • Senior Design Engineer

    • Sep 2011 - Oct 2015
    • Coimbatore Area, India

    • Engaged in various tasks, including preparing layouts, placing OEM components, calculating torque, and selecting pulleys for drive mechanisms. • Additionally, handled concept layout and detailed design for Aqua Dyne Water Jet Cutting Machines across different PSI ranges. • Interacted with customers to align new designs with their critical functions and requirements. • The process involved selecting components like rotary pumps, centrifugal pumps, heat exchangers, valves, water tanks, fuel tanks, adapters, belts, and pulleys. • Executed the creation of 2D drawings, 3D arrangement models, and the release of manufacturing drawings.

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  BPL Limited

  • Bangalore

  • Senior Design Engineer

    • Mar 2008 - Aug 2011
    • Bangalore

    • I was working for the client Schnider Electric in their work location. • CAD migration on Low and High voltage Electrical components. • Addressed technical concerns by interacting with customers and functioning as a Query Filtering Person, resolving a range of functional and technical queries. • Quality control for circuit breaker components I managed, along with estimating and distributing parts within the team. • Utilizing the PIM methodology, executed 3D modelling and detailing for plastic and sheet metal circuit breaker components using Pro-E Wildfire and Pro-Intralink, conforming to ISO tolerance standards and NFET standards for specific parts. • New Concept Design Implementing 3 pole & 6 pole assemblies for KTA Straight Length devices• The design approach underwent a transformation through the integration of family table concepts, the creation of dual Top-Level Assemblies for KT products, and the establishment of unified BOMs and varied-height, pole-specific generic instances.

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  Sarnath Consultants,

  • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Design Engineer

    • Apr 2004 - Mar 2008
    • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    • I was working for the client PTC (Parametric Technology Corporation) in their work location. • Accomplished various tasks, including modelling and fabrication detailing of interior partitions for Godrej models. • Gained exposure to Pro/Intralink for tasks like locating, generating BOMs, and identifying usage. • Involved in modelling and tooling for both four-wheelers (1332CC) and two-wheeler (450cc, 525cc, 250cc & 700cc) engine components, utilizing various approaches like Reverse Engineering such as cloud points and surfaces, Top-down modelling, and skeleton methods.• Worked in a client location in Taiwan for a two-wheeler engine head model that was created using a skeleton-based top-down design approach. • Automated the NBC bearing assembly in Pro-E using Java scripts and created manufacturing drawings.• Participated in a Windchill implementation project and support converting AutoCAD files to Excel and organizing data such as material, release dates, revisions, and part numbers.• Contributed to the creation of fabrication drawings for four-wheeler electric cars, covering aspects such as suspension systems, door panels, brake pedals, front glass, and chassis.