Sr Product Engineer

Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India Pvt. Ltd.

November 2010 to Actually working here

A. Organization: M/s. NISSAN TECHNICAL CEBTER ?JAPAN.
Role : Senior Product Engineer ? Chassis ? Tire.
? On Job Training at Nissan Tech Center for 6 Months for Design & Development of Tires for SUV Passenger Cars.
? Worked for Nissan New Project for China destination from Souring stage to 1st Loop Testing.
? Selection of Particular Tire for Vehicle based on Vehicle Application, considering Vehicle Load, Tire application & Homologation & Country requirement.
? Bench Mark Activity for USA, EUROPE, JAPAN Market Vehicle Snow Chain Application.
? Vehicle Level Evaluation for New Development Tire at Nissan Tochigi Proving Ground.
? Nissan Certified ?Space Vision ?Trainer for RNTBCI India.
B. Organization: M/s. RENAULT NISSAN TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS CENTER INDIA PVT LTD - CHENNAI
Role : Senior Product Engineer ? Chassis ? Tire.
Responsibilities:
? Design & Development Activity of Passenger Car Tire.
? Developed Tire for Micra active tire 155/80 R13 79S Tire with JK Tire India from Nomination stage to Final SOP.
? Vehicle Level Evaluation for different Spec Tires, Validating the Tire based on Ride & Handling, Ride comfort, NVH & Break Test Results.
? Confirming the Bench level Tire Performance Test Reports Like ?
Basic dimension, Vertical & Lateral Stiffness, Cf, SAT, CT, RRC, RCF, Dry & Wet Mu, Uniformity, Durability, Flat Spot.
? Achievement during Project Development :
? Ensured all tire development Milestones to meet Project Milestone.
? Resolved 2 quality issues like body vibration & Vehicle Pull causing from Tire, during Tire development stage with in Time Line (without any delay in Project time line).
? Body Vibration Root Cause identified as More Cord Body Ply over Lap.
? Vehicle Pull Due to Maintaining differential air Pressure in right & Left Tire in Testing Vehicle.
? Quality issue analysis for Manufacturing, Field service issue involving 3 MIS, 12 MIS, and IQS, C Speed, concerns.
? Achievement :
? Resolved Quality issue Raised from the Market with Root cause confirmed with Duplication Test.
1. Heel & Toe Defect in Tire.
Root Cause identified as Vehicle Suspension toe angle Spec is more & alignment changes offenly due to Loose tightening Torque in Suspension Parts.
2. 2 Tread Chip Issue in the Market Concern by identifying exact root case for different cases, by confirming all the parameter with FTA analysis.
1. Due to Our Manufacturing Tester Line Mesh, this was causing tread chip off.
2. Due to Logistic Vehicle Sharp Projection in Trailer.
? Lead engineering activities in localization, value engineering/cost reduction activities.
? Achievement :
? Temp Tire Localization for EUR Micra Vehicle from Thailand Supplier to Local India Supplier, following all Development process. Cost Savings ? 200 INR per part. 2 MINR /Year
? Sunny Vehicle JK Tire Manufacturing Plant Change from Banmore to Chennai, by confirming all Tire Validation Testing. Cost Saving ? 50.00 INR per part. Per Year Saving 1 MINR/Year.
? Currently Working for EUR /GOM Tire Localization from Falcon Thailand to BS India Tire.
Cost Saving 250 INR Per /Part.
? Experience in Application like G2B (Group Global BOM), D-Net, - Creating Different Type of D/Note and analyzing their applications.
? Thorough knowledge of ISO /TS, PPAP, APQP, FMEA, SPC, 7QC Tools, CAPA, Control plan, Process flow.
? Maintain competitive benchmarking information for Tire & Wheel Assembly.
? Have good knowledge of NVH and performance requirement of tire and wheel system.
? Lead design changes to address manufacturing, Quality Team.
? Identifying supplier specific quality issues and developing & implementing solutions to improve the technical conformity of the products & processes
? Liaise with overseas program PD teams and provide India lessons learnt information and buy off design.

Senior Product Evaluation Engineer for whole Maharashtra and Goa territory based at Pune

M/s. JK TIRE AND INDUSTRIES LIMITED, Pune, Maharastra.

September 2010 to November 2011

Responsibilities
? On field JK and competitor tire product evaluation.
? Providing technical knowledge to customer and providing good service to customer.
? Claim TIRE inspection.
? Customer and dealer meet on regular basis.
? Retread follow up in retread factory as per specification.
? Conducting Customer interaction program / Driver training program.

Sr. Technical Process Engineer

JK TIRE AND INDUSTRIES LIMITED, MYSORE , KARNATAKA

July 2008 to September 2010

Responsibilities : Job responsibility includes Design of tire, Process Changes & Verification and Improvement & Standardization of process and reduction of scrap through proper planning.
Experience (PLANT): TS 16949(DNV&TUV), ISO 1600 and ISO-14001(EMS) standard Based work.

? Having knowledge in Design of tire, Mixing and Curing.
? Having a good exposure in the latest TIRE building machines (SAV) and their maintenance which includes troubleshooting of tire profile, and recipe management.
? Having knowledge in thermo couple study and cure cycle calculation.
? Check TIRE making and cut section analysis.
? In process TIRE and rubber handling & solve process problems.
? Testing of in-process materials.
? Implementing of cure cycle reduction in curing area.
? Finished product testing.
? Testing and Analysis of Rubber Products.
? TIRE testing knowledge and trouble shooting of process problems.
? Ensuring TIRE uniformity & balancing improvement.
? Tire Scrap, Defect Reduction and Trouble shooting.
? Root cause analysis in respect with technical specification.
MY ACHIEVEMENTS AND STRENGTHS:
? Reduced the NOBI scrap level from 4.39% to 0.69%.
? Reduced the HB/NB/PB scrap level from the 12.32% to 3% and proceeding to 2%.
? Cycle time of the tire building was decreased by eliminating the manual process.
? Participating with our team in APQP and FEMA analysis.
? Identifying and correcting the abnormalities and knowledge in 5S activities.
? Decision making in small group activities.
3. Knowledge in tread pattern design for various conditions and their applicability.

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