Amol Wairagade

• Lead design and development of critical functional aspects of the compressed hydrogen fuel system, including Refuel/Defuel, Venting, and Hazard Suppression.
• Ensure design meets performance targets and safety requirements, integrating seamlessly within commercial vehicle systems.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, including engineers, researchers, technicians, and quality assurance professionals.
• Collaborate with regulatory bodies and industry partners to develop new standards where necessary, ensuring compliance with evolving industry requirements.
• Managed 6 to 7 project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application methodologies and exceptional leadership skills
• Leading localization of the fuel management system to meet cost target
• Facilitated strong team collaboration through effective meeting management, open communication channels and timely resolution of conflicts or issues
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills by effectively managing diverse teams and maintaining high levels of motivation, even during challenging periods of significant change or tight deadlines

Leading application engg team for First Time Right (FTR) delivery of Vehicle performance, Fuel efficiency & superior quality integration

• Converting customer language to technical specs
• ct as Bridge between Marketing and engineering teams for transforming marketing needs into Engineering language
• leader for assigned Powertrain development work by defining resource requirements for successful project execution, maximizing team performance, leading technical reviews, primary technical interface with CFT
• Directing team equipped with Data analytics and data scientist for handling big data from (Fleet, telematics, tool development & prediction of FE issues)
• Improved fuel consumption yoy by minimum 5%
• Technology Strategy: Streamlining and developing strategies to meet Fuel Economy, TCO and performance targets with innovative technologies for future and present
• Developed fleet management team for engaging with PAN India fleets for TCO ,cost per mile, downtime, driver productivity and repair cost (attended approx. 2k vehicles till date)
• Implemented ideas of Auto eco driving modes, intelligent gear shifter, dynamic cooling logics, thermal management etc
• Implemented data analytics center for managing Pan India data and analytics
• Customer Relationship: Developing relationship and
• Budget & Planning– Planning and execution of budgetary requirement for teams and projects addressing needs for present and future investment forecast
• Data Analytics – Team with capabilities of ML & data analytics to support big data analysis for field & In-house testing
• Train & Coach - Sustainable improvement in capabilities & skill sets of teams for required deliverable & growth
• Global Involvement in all turn-key technology development projects and execution
• Implementing Six Sigma in all the processes of Customer Engineering.

Worked as a product development engineer in Alternate Fuel Dept

Developed and partnered development of ALFA CNG, ALFA LPG , Hy Alfa and Bolero CNG