Experience

Ola Electric

• India
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director EE (Exterior and Interior Lighting Head)

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  • Providing technical direction to engineering team and managing the team on a daily basis to achieve the company's targets of QCD (Quality, Cost, Deliverables) • Lead technical reviews with designers to ensure design rules and regulation compliance, Engineering requirements confirmation and feedback to studio team, Participate CFT meetings to finalise lighting related feature. • Creating SOR, RFI and RFQ documents and DVP testing standard procedure with acceptance criteria definition and confirmation of homologation requirements, Product weight and quality target, Pedestrian head impact study. • Co- coordinating with Electrical team to design in-house BCM and LDM modules packaging and architecture design, ADAS camera layout and communication. • Bench marking of latest trends in automotive interior ambient lighting and exterior lighting feature like digital matrix, welcome animations, Signature, party mode ...etc. Show less



Varroc Lighting Systems

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Deputy General Manager -Project Lead

  • Apr 2021 - Nov 2022

  • Design and development of lighting systems and child parts for 2Wheeler and 4Wheeler like Headlamp, Rear lamp, Interior Mood lamp and other small lamps. • Leading and mentoring product group leaders and monitor COC team (Optics, Electronics, ECAD, Testing, Software, CAE) output and ensure to meet project millstone as per customer expectations. • Define performance reliability test parameters, and regulation requirements for each lamp as per customer input and specification requirements. (DVP Sign off) • Optical and aesthetic proto plan, CAE simulation and DVP report review and guide team to consider necessary action plan in case of any failure and risks to meet requirement. • Recruitment, Talent training road map of each team members, propose new patent ideas, conducting internal knowledge sharing session. • RFQ technical proposal study and engineering data share to costing team and submit technical presentation to customer. • Bench marking, Innovation of new lighting design improvement to keep global trend and relevant technology, updating regulation requirement of each country. Show less



Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India

• India
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Section Manager

  • Sep 2011 - Mar 2022

  • Oversee day-to-day of the product design preparation over a group of product design teams respect to projects and Platform. • Team workload and workforce management, also Hiring, Grow and Mentor design team members to support the overall strategic direction of the business. • Styling Convergence and engineering feasibility and Fit & Finish confirmation for all exterior lighting system Headlamp, Rear lamp, and all other small lamps. • Identify and document all V3P milestones and deliverables and keep program plans up to date, including all milestones, deliverables respect to meet Quality, Cost and Time, etc. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams like, Vehicle architecture, BIW and plant teams. • Manage suppliers to support overall vehicle launch milestones, design completion, STPR Validation, prototype, and production build events. • Handling lighting part design related quality concerns and close with proper counter measure and mitigation plan. (Q base of digital phase, physical build, and field concerns) • Accountable for Planning Drawing, Regulation DR, Installation drawing document review and approval before design Release. Show less

• Assistant Manager

  • Jun 2008 - Sep 2011

  • To design different kind of (LED & Bulb) lighting concept proposals and Participate Styling feedback meeting to understand customer requirements. • Preliminary lamp packaging design with internal part structure and optical feasibility study. • Developing detailed product design and 3D CAD model preparation of internal parts like Bezel, inner lens, Housing, Bracket using NX and CATIA Software. • Lamp Reflector and lens Optics conception styling design and Optics Simulation to meet regulation requirements using by ASAP and Lucid Shape Software. • Designing and Feasibility study with supplier for Housing and Lens leak proof plastic joints (like Ultrasonic, Vibration and Hot plate welding). • Bulb, LED, plastic parts Material Selection, BOM and RFQ cost preparation. • DFMEA and PFMEA Design review with customers and manufacturing team. • Design validation through making Prototype, Photometric and other testing methods. • To support Part testing & validation, tooling design, PPAP, ANPQP document preparation. • Key Project: VW -Interior Lamp, Bajaj Discover – HL, RCL & Blinker, Pulsur135- HL& RCL. Show less