Nov 2024 – Sep 2025 · 10 mos · Virginia, United States · On-site

Feb 2024 – Nov 2024 · 9 mos · Phoenix, Arizona, United States · Hybrid

• ● Designed, prototyped, and tested a cam-operated fully rotational cleaning spray system for fiberglass pools
• ● Optimized product designs for injection molding, enhancing manufacturability and cost-effectiveness and created detailed drawings with GD&T specifications for QC
• ● Designed components on SolidWorks and documented on Teamcenter

May 2023 – Dec 2023 · 7 mos · Phoenix, Arizona, United States · On-site

• Responsible for the design, manufacturing and improvement of “End of Arm Tooling” for automated construction
• ● Designed a hydraulically actuated four-jaw machine to tension quick-ties up to 7000 pounds using SolidWorks and simulated stress analysis in SolidWorks Simulation. This new mechanism reduced tensioning time by 60%
• ● Prototyped different conveyor concepts for automated fibre feed into the mixing chamber. The finalized concept was designed & manufactured and eliminated labor count for the task
• ● Developed the process and equipment to spray viscous waterproofing material onto the walls which reduced labor by 50%
• ● Designed parts for CNC milling, Sheet metal fabrication, welding, waterjet, laser cutting and 3D printing
• ● Documented designs using PDM software for assemblies and parts

Jun 2020 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs · Tamil Nadu, India

• Developing new products and segments for the injection moulding facility. Responsible from customer onboarding till tooling.
• ● Led 40+ tool development projects for industries such as automotive, appliances and electrical worth $ 400K
• ● Managed a team of 5 engineers including mold designers, mold makers and production engineers.
• ● Co-ordinated with global vendors to reduce cost, plan assembly, and manufacture tooling worth $ 150K
• ● Proficient in the tool manufacturing process including CNC milling, EDM, assemblies, and documentation and used SolidWorks as the primary design tool
• ● Worked with customers to overcome DFM & measurability constraints

Nov 2018 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Writing technical articles in the field of Additive manufacturing

Nov 2017 – May 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu

• ● Introduced new features such as flexible build platforms, filament detection mechanism, H-bot motion
• mechanism which increased revenue by 20%
• ● Designed and improved the machine frames and motion systems for the desktop 3D printer using SolidWorks and AutoCAD for design and ANSYS for static simulation.
• ● Designed frames using a sheet metal workbench with punched fasteners and inserts. Created documentation for manufacturing which included GD&T specifications
• ● Supported the manufacturing and quality teams with jigs, fixtures, assembly guides and work instructions.
• ● Developed prototyping methods such as silicone casting and sand-casting using 3D-printed moulds and patterns
• ● Collaborated with a refractory manufacturer to develop 3D-printed molds for refractory manufacturing
• ● Tested different electronic process control boards for improved functionality and worked with several
• levelling sensors, heaters, stepper motors & drivers for 3D printing

Jul 2015 – Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Tamil Nadu, India

• ● Managed production planning and control of coated discs department from raw material to shipping
• ● Analysis of losses in the line using Loss Tree Methodology using TPM approach
• ● Implemented a number of Line improvements to improve the productivity by 15 %

May 2014 – Jul 2014 · 2 mos · Anna nagar

• ● Was In charge of machine design and development.
• ● Oversaw component design and selection and also played a vital role in testing and continuous improvements in the machine design

Jul 2013 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr · College of Engineering, Guindy

• Helped in writing content for the department symposium and also for the various events held. Co- edited the department magazine.