Experience

Ciel & Terre India

• India
• Renewables & Environment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Material Engineer

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  • Plan, define and execute material development projects. • Initiate new material proposal for existing products and support in material grade selection for new product development. • Study and understanding the internal design team requirements on selecting the best material / grade for product development. • Defining Validation plan for material and product and defining the internal specification. • Develop technical solution with internal customer to meet product requirements. • Identifying and establishing testing facilities for materials and products. • Working with global teams in addressing the material queries against customer requests. • Coordinate with material / compounders and additive manufacturers in addressing queries against requirements of the products. • Vendor and customer development for the project activity. • Deriving budget for the project and collaboratively working with SCM, finance on accounting the activity. • Weekly and monthly global team and management review. • Collaborations with business team and construction team to build and maintain technicality and of market trends of polymer material used. • Helping global team and internal team in regionalization projects and addressing the queries. • Create and maintain material specification and protocols. • Study & analyze and to conclude the test results on global level material topics. • Connectivity with plastic industries, market trends and cost know how on different plastic material. Show less



Sundaram polymer division, Brakes India Pvt Ltd

• Nanjangudu

• New Product Development Engineer

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2021

  • Worked on New product development of thermoplastics and thermoplastic composite. • Functional and responsible for testing and analyzing the raw materials, finished goods to meet and ensure the quality compliance. • Responsible for creating, improving, and developing a test tool to control poor quality. • Internal project handling-continuous improvement methodologies & tools. • Process, Product validation & stabilization. • Providing technical support to customer in stabilizing the process. • Evaluating complaints – supplier & customer. • Testing and characterization and analyzing the new products, new materials, and customer supplied products/raw materials to meet the desired requirements. • Learnt and independently put to practice in polymer compounding, processing, Molding, & Testing. • Learnt to handle processing and molding equipment. • Creating various test procedure, test strategy & test plan; formulating and updating test documentation such as test scenarios, case, data, defect analysis & project status report. • Managing requirements gathering, system analysis, and finalization of technical & functional specification. • Testing and analyzing the products and technical guidance to team. • Ensure daily activities are aligned with objectives with top priorities. • Managed quality assurance program, including on-site evaluations, internal audits, and customer surveys. • Worked on various polymers such as – Polyamide, Polycarbonate, Polyolefins, ABS, PBT, PET, TPU. • Hands on experience in polymer testing such as Tensile test, Flexural test, Impact test, MFI, HDT. • Hands on experience in polymer analysis such as DSC, TGA, Colour spectroscopy. • Hands on experience in polymer processing such Extrusion, Injection moulding. Blow moulding. • Knowledge on polymer compounding. Show less