BUDIGI SRINIVASULU

Laboratory, Product Development, Quality, and Compliance.

• Developed a laboratory setup for innovative testing of railway, naval defense, marine, and automotive cable applications, ensuring water pressure tightness.
• Directed QA operations for railway, defense, and automotive cable divisions, ensuring full compliance with RDSO, CLW, EDTS-132, EN, IEC, ISO, MIL, EED 50 12/13, EED 57 03/04, and DEF STAN specifications.
• Handled external inspections with agencies such as CQAE, ABS, DNV, RITES, Intertek, and IRS, ensuring timely dispatch clearance.
• Contributed to Vande Bharat, and harnessed manufacturing for railway projects.
• Independently managed customer inspections, ensuring compliance, and satisfaction.
• Led vendor development activities, including technical evaluations and site visits to new vendor premises.
• Secured product approvals for railway, defense, and marine cable applications through rigorous testing and documentation.
• Supported IATF 16949 certification audits and internal QMS reviews across production units.
• Proficient in Oracle ERP, supporting quality data management, and traceability.

Documentation Excellence.

• Demonstrated documentation excellence by managing comprehensive records from raw material intake to final inspection, streamlining customer inspection processes.
• Prepared Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs) in accordance with customer and industry standards.

Calibration and Equipment Management:

• Coordinated timely calibration of all measuring and test instruments by managing external agency schedules, ensuring precision, and adherence to standards.
• Ensured calibration of measuring and testing equipment, coordinating compliance with external agencies.

Senior Engineer – Quality Assurance, Thermo Pads Pvt. Ltd. (Unit-2) Experience: 2 years, 4 months.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct testing of heating mats, heating jackets, heating blankets, insulation pads, drum heaters, and heated hoses, ensuring conformity to quality standards, and preparing comprehensive test certificates.
• Maintain detailed documentation of Hopper Heater production, tracking its progression from raw material procurement to final inspection for customer validation, like TUV, QUEST, and NTPC inspection agencies.
• Monitored employee performance to keep projects on task.

Professional Summary:

• Quality-focused engineer with expertise in cable testing, compliance, and high-voltage machinery.
• Proficient in routine, acceptance, and type testing, as per national, international, and customer specifications.
• Specialized in electron beam cable testing under railway and defense specifications.

Technical Skills:

• In-process and finished cable quality checking and testing.
• Expertise in high-voltage machinery (0-30/60 kV, 0-4/24 kV, 100 kV).
• Skilled in testing WAP-7 and WAG-9 circuits (CLW and DLW specifications).
• Electron-beam cross-linked cable testing for railways, defense (ships/submarines), and aerospace applications.
• Fire Retardant and Low Smoke (FRLS) testing per industry standards.
• ISO-compliant quality records management.
• Proficient in testing (Electrical, Mechanical, Thermal, etc.). of electron-beam cross-linked cables, which are used in railways, defense (ships/submarines), and aerospace cables.
• Fire Retardant and Low Smoke (FRLS) tests on all types of cables, as per standards.