SUMMARY
Quality Engineer with 4 years of Industrial Experience, highly competitive technical and team management skills, and in-depth knowledge of Quality tools, TQM, APQP, Process flow, Process capability, FMEA, PPAP, TS 16949, 6 sigma, Lean, SPC, CAPA, SOP, 8D, RWA and Proactive Reliability.
EDUCATION
• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University (2011) – Auburn, Alabama
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Anna University (2006) – Chennai, India
EXPERIENCE
CATERPILLAR – JOLIET/DECATUR, ILLINOIS
Engineer (October 2011 –Present)
• Responsible to lead and implement process control techniques (APQP) at different stages of NPI projects
- Develop system requirements to meet CCRs using Flowchart, Boundary Diagrams and Interface analysis
- Identify potential failures of the system/process through robust FMEA and DVP&R/Control plan and mitigated design and process failures before production.
- Identify critical characteristics of the part and collaborate with relevant teams to ensure proper process and controls are followed in manufacturing them.
- Involved in a TS 16949, boundary samples and supplier PPAP activities
• Inspect and evaluate supplier process, SPC, standard work procedure and quality control methods to meet our product requirements
• Develop SOP, Quality action report, Root cause analysis, Permanent corrective actions, and Verifications for several supplier quality issues through 8D technique
• Perform Reliability Warranty Analysis, and Carryover and Proactive Reliability Analysis;
• 6 Sigma Project (under progress) - Cylinder Rod Seal Performance Criteria; defined the problem with the help of customer feedback, measured the performance of the seal as per the performance criteria, analyses and provided design solutions and improved the performance by 23%. Process control is in progress.
• Trained 6 people under APQP, Control plan and Operations
AUBURN UNIVERSITY - AUBURN, ALABAMA
Graduate Research/Student Assistant – Full time (August 2008 – August 2011)
• Designed and modeled a fast pyrolysis auger reactor with process capacity a ton per day. This work comprises of designing a reactor and performing Life – Cycle Cost Analysis
• Produced bio-oil from biomass and analyzed its characteristic features by determining their physical properties
• Conducted statistical analysis to observe the oil production process and developed problem solving, root cause analysis and preventive maintenance procedures to maximize and standardize bio-oil production and process
• Conducted DOE and ANOVA analysis (using Minitab and SAS) to understand the effect of different operating parameters of the process over the...
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