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Affiliations
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BALAKUMAR S

TRICHY

Summary

To be involved in a career where I can venture into the diverse aspects of engineering with my technical knowledge and skills to serve the organization as well as society.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

SENIOR ENGINEER- WIRING HARNESS

RENAULT NISSAN TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS CENTRE INDIA
CHENNAI
08.2023 - Current
  • Design and development of a harness for a particular platform vehicle, meeting the regulatory requirements, and with respect to the vehicle specification list.
  • Interact with the CFT (Cross-Functional Team) and lead design engineer.
  • Perform 3D routing of the wiring harness with electrical properties, electronics component packaging, integration, clash analysis, and DMU.
  • Involves the selection of harness protection covering (tape, sleeves, tubes, heat shielding tapes, and protector duct) for harnesses based on temperature class and other environmental packaging.
  • Involves harnessing supplier export activity and generating CHS files and CAT part file extractions for 2D drawing creation.
  • Releasing technical change content and drawing specifications to the supplier to develop the physical harness.
  • Interacting effectively with the supplier for the technical clarification.
  • Responsible for new product development, from the initial concept to the mass production lifecycle.
  • Involving the plant vehicle-level harness assembly from prototype to mass production, analyzing the manufacturing and functional issues, and providing effective solutions.
  • Effectively involved in analyzing the harness issue in the 3MIS and EDD to provide the solution.
  • Led team meetings to discuss project progress and address issues.

Associate Professional-Harness (RNTBCI CLIENT)

CAPGEMINI ENGINEERING
CHENNAI
01.2022 - 08.2023
  • Responsible for electrical harness routing design and development, packaging, by using CATIA V6, considering the specification list.
  • Conducted harness feasibility studies, evaluating mechanical packaging constraints, electrical architecture, grounding strategy, and integration with vehicle body systems.
  • Interact with the CFT (Cross-Functional Team) and Lead Design Engineer for the packaging requirements.
  • Developing the new harness protectors (polypropylene, metal brackets) for specific zone mounting.
  • Preparation and validation of all necessary design inputs and documentation for G2B milestones, ensuring harness design readiness, BOM accuracy, and cross-team alignment for a smooth transition to prototype and production builds.
  • Product lifecycle management (PLM).
  • Responsible for the vehicle-level validation of the wiring harness.
  • Involves harnessing supplier export activity and generating CHS file and CAT part file extraction for 2D drawing creation.

SPM DESIGN ENGINEER

POSH AUTOMATS
CHENNAI
09.2020 - 01.2022
  • Gained design knowledge of mechanical SPM and their concepts, created and developed currently using existing machines for customer requirements.
  • Feasibility study for new concepts and requirements.
  • Assigned with the responsibilities of creating the Dimensional Drawings, Main Assembly Drawing, Part Drawings, and the complete Bill of Materials for machines.
  • Effective communicator with good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Having knowledge in geometric dimensions and tolerances (GD&T).
  • Work with the design manager to develop the design and drawing release schedule.
  • Revise and alter detailed and layout drawings to conform to engineering changes.
  • Develop and recommend changes, if any, for manufacturing processes.
  • Ability to work autonomously in CATIA V5.

Production Trainee

SUNDARAM FASTENERS LIMITED-AUTOLEC DIVISION
CHENNAI
05.2018 - 05.2019
  • Responsible for ensuring the machine is functioning properly and producing quality materials.
  • Manage and maintain a safe working environment, and provide detailed shift summaries to other shift leaders.
  • Following up on quality control tools such as check sheets, control charts, and operator conditional check parameters.
  • Communicate with team members and support teams to ensure continuous production of the correct product at high-quality levels, with minimal wasted time and materials.
  • Ensure a sufficient supply of raw production materials on a daily basis to guarantee uninterrupted operation.
  • Inspect finished products that meet quality specifications, as per given procedures.
  • Solving errors and malfunctions during operation.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

University College of Engineering Villupuram
Villupuram
05-2018

Skills

  • CATIA V5 and V6
  • 3D Experience
  • NX-PDM
  • Space vision
  • G2B
  • DFMEA
  • Prototype development
  • Problem solving
  • MS office
  • Effective communication
  • Team management

Affiliations

  • Influencing skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Decision-making skills
  • Team Leadership
  • Negotiation skill
  • Team player

Accomplishments

  • Received an award from the divisional vice president for cost reduction to achieve the target
  • Sprint award for the excellent contribution to the completion of the project on time

Languages

Tamil
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1

DECLARATION

  • I hereby declare that the above-furnished information is correct to my knowledge, and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the mentioned particulars

Date:                                                                  Yours sincerely

Place:                                                                  (Balakumar S) 

Timeline

SENIOR ENGINEER- WIRING HARNESS

RENAULT NISSAN TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS CENTRE INDIA
08.2023 - Current

Associate Professional-Harness (RNTBCI CLIENT)

CAPGEMINI ENGINEERING
01.2022 - 08.2023

SPM DESIGN ENGINEER

POSH AUTOMATS
09.2020 - 01.2022

Production Trainee

SUNDARAM FASTENERS LIMITED-AUTOLEC DIVISION
05.2018 - 05.2019

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

University College of Engineering Villupuram
BALAKUMAR S