Mar 2025 – Dec 2025 · 9 mos · Berlin, Germany · Hybrid

Oct 2020 – Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Brandenburg, Germany · On-site

• Led process engineering groups for state-of-art paint shop at Gigafactory Berlin. Built teams for advanced pre-treatment, electrocoating, noise dampening and powder coating applications for Model Y. Skilfully navigated business challenges to achieve rapid scale-up to full production, while ensuring compliance with stringent local operational regulations. Incorporated cutting-edge process improvements and analysis tools to achieve operational KPIs.

Sep 2017 – Nov 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Expert Industrial Engineer at e.GO, where research is realized into innovation with a compact, short-range emission-free electric vehicle, applying state-of-the-art Industry 4.0 concepts in a Smart Factory.

Mar 2017 – Aug 2017 · 5 mos · Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · On-site

• Simulation of Micro and Nano structuring of Lithium-ion batteries

Feb 2017 – Jul 2017 · 5 mos · Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Design of an automatable function model for the implementation of the Rapid Fixture Approach in the Automotive Assembly line for ACM City-Taxi Project

Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 · 2 mos · Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany · On-site

• Developed quality audit plans for large equipment buy-off.

Jul 2011 – Aug 2015 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bidadi

• Key Role:
• Department of vehicle production engineering
• Paint shop production planning for higher production volumes with respect to equipment, material & vehicle engineering
• Capacity planning for Surface Finishing equipment & processes for Anti-corrosive Electro-Deposition Coating & Weathering-resistant Topcoat painting
• Key Learnings:
• Problem-solving through Toyota Business Practice (TBP)
• Broadened my knowledge about Vehicle manufacturing process while establishing Quality Assurance (QA) network for all the process for the Innova and Fortuner production line to prevent defect occurrence, thereby improving the Built-in Quality (BIQ)
• Exposure to Toyota Production System (TPS) helped me develop conceptual skills which helped me resolve chronicles issues in the fuel tank and chassis line with respect to vehicular safety & productivity
• Rich exposure to the production line helped me expand my technical knowledge and understanding of vehicle safety systems, logistic systems, conveyor systems, baking ovens & industrial robots
• Troubleshooting problems in the production line gave me an opportunity to gain sound knowledge on production machinery maintenance, repair & operations (MRO)

Jan 2010 – Mar 2010 · 2 mos · Electronic City, Bangalore

• Key Role:
• Testing of Leak Testing Machine
• Result monitoring and documentation
• Key Learnings:
• Gained knowledge about the manufacturing and assembly process of Special Purpose Machines (SPM)
• Experienced a gamut of manufacturing processes such as metal forming processes, heat treatment processes, surface finishing, shot-blasting and assembly of the machines
• > Gained insight into the functioning of a manufacturing company, its production process, the basic supply chain, and its management