Gireesha D R

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

23 years of experience in engineering leadership.
Expert in building high-performance engineering teams.
Proven track record in product development and innovation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Industrial Engineering with a focus on product development and systems engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementProduct DevelopmentProgram ManagementEngineering GovernanceNpi

Other Skills

People DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipInnovation ManagementGrowth StrategiesEnvironment, Health, and Safety (EHS)Transformational LeadershipStakeholder ManagementBenefits realizationRisk ManagementProduct Lifecycle ManagementTraining and DevelopmentOrganization citizenshipSystems EngineeringStrategic ThinkingPeople Management

About

Engineering Director with 23 years of experience leading large-scale product development, systems engineering, and new product introduction across rail and complex industrial systems. I have built and scaled engineering organizations, growing teams from early-stage setups to high-performing, globally integrated delivery units. My work focuses on driving ownership, improving throughput, and delivering multimillion-dollar product portfolios through strong governance, digital engineering platforms, and people-first leadership. I enjoy building capable teams, simplifying complexity, and aligning engineering execution with business outcomes. 📧 Do reach me at: dr.gireesha@gmail.com

Experience

Wabtec corporation

2 roles

Director, Engineering

Promoted

Feb 2020 – Aug 2025 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Accelerated engineering velocity by reshaping operating models, driving automation, and strengthening capacity planning, resulting in fourfold throughput growth and significant annual cost gains.
Led a high-performing 100-member global engineering group with strong governance, design rigor and seamless cross-site collaboration while sustaining standout retention in a competitive talent market.
Setup Simulation and Relay CoE that improved standardization, cut prototype costs, lifted engineering accuracy and shortened development cycles across complex hardware platforms.
Delivered advanced thermal systems, e-mobility solutions, industrial relays and data-center cooling products with improved manufacturability, reliability and faster time-to-market.
Strengthened innovation pipelines through a structured IP framework that produced more than forty invention disclosures and new patent activity for industrial and transit technologies.
Raised organizational capability through targeted performance systems, technical competency pathways and mentoring structures that improved team output year over year. Unified services engineering by integrating application engineering, SMEs and program management, enabling faster solution delivery and better customer alignment.
Advanced operational excellence with continuous improvement, lean methods and product-process optimization that enhanced engineering maturity and financial performance.
➤ Specialties: Engineering Strategy, Product Development Leadership, Systems Architecture, Program Governance, PLM/Configuration Management, Lean Engineering, Technology Road-mapping, Cross-Functional Delivery, Innovation Management, Manufacturing Readiness

People DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipInnovation ManagementGrowth StrategiesEnvironment, Health, and Safety (EHS)Transformational Leadership+20

Senior Engineering Manager

Feb 2019 – Jan 2020 · 11 mos

Spearheaded the adoption of Model Based Definition (MBD) for a full locomotive program, enhancing development velocity and engineering accuracy.
Cultivated a 'fail fast, fail cheap' mindset among cross-functional engineers, facilitating the pilot of multiple MVPs (minimum viable product) in mining and locomotive development.
Implemented a project management framework that closed 30 reliability projects and managed obsolescence for over 100 parts within a year.
Conducted 25+ training sessions for global PLM 2.0 adoption, driving significant organizational efficiency improvements.

People DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipInnovation ManagementLearning ManagementEnvironment, Health, and Safety (EHS)Transformational Leadership+17

Ge transportation, a wabtec company

4 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jun 2012 – Jan 2019 · 6 yrs 7 mos

Guided architecture development for locomotive bogies, cooling, pneumatics and electromechanical systems while raising first-pass yield and delivering strong productivity gains through design optimization.
Strengthened governance for a large multi-program portfolio through structured planning, accurate prioritization and tighter risk controls that steadily improved schedule discipline and reduced rework.
Aligned product roadmaps with senior leadership, operations and supply chain teams to accelerate NPI cycles, close capability gaps and improve decision quality through data-backed planning.
Advanced engineering strength by building leadership pipelines, technical succession plans and engagement programs that improved retention and prepared teams for high-scale delivery.
➤ Specialties: Mechanical Engineering, Global Program Leadership, NPI, Systems Integration, Design Optimization, Continuous Improvement, Reliability Engineering, Vendor Collaboration, Engineering Governance, Product Architecture

People DevelopmentLearning ManagementProgram ManagementBenefits realizationRisk ManagementProduct Lifecycle Management+11