Manager -Engineering
Moflex Suspension LLP
Total years of experience :13 years, 10 Months
• Dedicated professional with proficient experience in Mechanical Design & NPD currently working as a Manager in Engineering offering over 13.6 years of notable experience focused in Parabolic, Conventional & Airlink Leaf Spring Design & Development, New Product Development, Strategic Planning, Resource Optimization, Testing & Costing, Maintaining Systems of IATF 16949:2016 & ISO-14001:2015
• Highly skilled in full product lifecycle activities including concept maturation, design management, engineering change management, issues control & resolution, cost management, vendor management, manufacturing and various other cross-functional activities
• Proven record in leading process improvement activities through Kaizen / Poka -Yoke; undertaking testing / inspection, identifying areas of improvement in terms of quality and value engineering & making relevant modifications.
• Executing Leaf Spring Design:
• Design leaf springs based on customer inputs.
• Prepare design input and output reports.
• Implement design adequacy when customer-provided drawings are available.
• Quantitative Measure: Achieve a minimum of 99% accuracy in leaf spring design specifications compared to customer requirements.
• Supervising Target Costing:
• Oversee target costing for tooling, components, raw materials, and any new machinery required.
• Prepare product drawings in 2D AutoCAD.
• Quantitative Measure: Maintain a cost variance within 5% of the target cost for each project.
• Monitoring Test Conditions and Validating Test Methods:
• Timely draft charts and timelines for testing.
• Validate test methods for Z-spring and Airlinks under vertical and torsional loads.
• Quantitative Measure: Ensure test results are within 10% deviation from expected values.
• Spearheading Fatigue and Load Testing:
• Create feasibility reports for the product based on fatigue and load testing.
• Quantitative Measure: Achieve a minimum of 90% reliability in fatigue and load test results.
• Leading Prototype Development Activities:
• Evaluate technical specifications and study customer parameters.
• Collaborate on project plans, schedules, and technical specifications for automotive leaf springs.
• Quantitative Measure: Successfully develop and validate at least twelve functional prototypes per month.
• Effective Communication and Problem Solving:
• Analyze customers’ technical requirements.
• Coordinate with internal departments to find solutions.
• Quantitative Measure: Resolve 90% of customer technical queries within 48 hours.
• Training and Workforce Development:
Designation: Senior Engineer Key Result Areas:
• Executing Leaf Spring Design:
• Design leaf springs based on customer inputs.
• Prepare design input and output reports.
• Implement design adequacy when customer-provided drawings are available.
• Quantitative Measure: Achieve a minimum of 99% accuracy in leaf spring design specifications compared to customer requirements.
• Supervising Target Costing:
• Oversee target costing for tooling, components, raw materials, and any new machinery required.
• Prepare product drawings in 2D AutoCAD.
• Quantitative Measure: Maintain a cost variance within 5% of the target cost for each project.
• Monitoring Test Conditions and Validating Test Methods:
• Timely draft charts and timelines for testing.
• Validate test methods for Z-spring and Airlinks under vertical and torsional loads.
• Quantitative Measure: Ensure test results are within 10% deviation from expected values.
• Spearheading Fatigue and Load Testing:
• Create feasibility reports for the product based on fatigue and load testing.
• Quantitative Measure: Achieve a minimum of 90% reliability in fatigue and load test results.
• Leading Prototype Development Activities:
• Evaluate technical specifications and study customer parameters.
• Collaborate on project plans, schedules, and technical specifications for automotive leaf springs.
• Quantitative Measure: Successfully develop and validate at least twelve functional prototypes per month.
• Efective Communication and Problem Solving:
• Analyze customers technical requirements.
• Coordinate with internal departments to find solutions.
• Quantitative Measure: Resolve 90% of customer technical queries within 48 hours.
• Training and Workforce Development:
• Implement new ideas for workforce training and development.
• Foster discipline, quality culture, and respect for human values.
• Quantitative Measure: Conduct at least four training sessions annually for skill enhancement.
• FEA Analysis and Quality Management:
• Execute FEA analysis of leaf springs using Ansys and SolidWorks.
• Adhere to QMS system as per IATF 16949:2016.
• Conduct periodic audits to ensure compliance.
• Maintain EMS as per ISO 14001:2015.
• Quantitative Measure: Achieve 100% compliance with quality standards.
• Testing and Layout Inspection:
• Execute testing and layout inspection for developed components/products.
• Quantitative Measure: Maintain a 95% accuracy in inspection results.
• Process Improvement and 5S Implementation:
• Participate in the 5S system implementation by leading the process zone.
• Quantitative Measure: Improve process eficiency by 15% through 5S practices.
• Product Improvement and Standardization:
• Manage product improvement activities.
• Update master lists and issue records.
• Monitor packing requirements and standards.
• Quantitative Measure: Implement at least two product improvements per quarter.
Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering from 2006-2010.