Devinder Thalwal
Bangalore
Summary
Highly focused R&D professional with 18 plus years of experience in field of automotive powertrain design and development, successfully performing in areas of Leading and mentoring team for ongoing projects; project planning and re-source allocation for new projects.
Effective in liaising and networking with people across hierarchical levels for smooth task execution and achievement of organizational goals. Communicating with Global Counterparts (Sweden, China, Korea and Germany) for execution of development and validation activities. Hands on experience of electric powertrain integration and vehicle packaging.
Hands on experience in design and development of transmission components for DCT and Hybrid vehicle Expertise in design and development of Transmission and motor casings.Rich experience in project & program management, VAVE engineering, cost optimization, assembly and EOL requirements.
1.5 years of International work experience (Mercedes Benz, Germany) for design and development of transmission components.
Onsite (AVL, Sweden) experience for high kW electric powertrain design and development
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager - Research and Development
Mahindra Last Mile Mobility
02.2017 - Current
- Led cross-functional teams to enhance product development timelines and efficiency.
- Implemented data-driven decision-making processes to optimize operational performance.
- Reduced costs, optimized resource allocation, and improved efficiency in managing projects.
- E-Powertrain development for low & medium kW application
- Powertrain is launched with Mahindra Treo 2.0, Zor Grand & UDO, very successful product and market leader for electric vehicles in 3 wheeler segment
- Design and development for e-Korando/XUV 400 drivetrain with AVL,Sweden & Sangyoung,S.Korea engineering teams
- Transmission validation, RCA and smooth implementation of corrective actions
- Part communication with parallel platforms like Treo zor & Treo Yaari to achieve cost benefits
- Design release for SOP addressing DFM, DFA and DFMEA requirements
Lead Engineer - Transmission Design & Development
Mercedes Benz Research & Development India
09.2010 - 10.2016
- 7 and 9 speed DCT component design and development
- Design and development of 7 and 9 speed dual clutch transmission for A-class and B-class
- Key contributions and learning’s:
- Housing design (Transmission and clutch) and development responsibility for 7 and 9 F-DCT
- Leading team engineers to meet the project targets
- Filling patent for “connecting two non-co-axial or eccentric or non-concentric ports”
- Extreme team award for finishing project before expected timeline and reduced cost
- P2-80 and P2-20 Plug In Hybrid Power Head Components Design and Development
- Component optimization of power head unit for plug in hybrid transmission for C & E -class hybrid variants
- Project target was to achieve specific weight in order to achieve lower emission targets
- Key contributions and learning’s:
- Housing optimization to achieve target weight without compromising strength and NVH parameters
- 10% weight reduction resulting in lower CO₂ emission values
- Functional understanding of power head components
Design Engineer - Transmission, Design & Development
Magna Steyr India Pvt.Ltd.
01.2008 - 09.2010
- 1.5 Offset Transfer Case for TATA Motors
- Providing TATA SUV selective AWD mode with two non-coaxial output shafts.
- Key contributions and learning’s:
- Concept development and validation.
- Customer interaction and project status updates.
- AMW Bogie suspension for 6x4 Heavy duty truck
- Bogie suspension design using A-bar and torsional arm concept giving equal load distribution to tandem rear axles of AMW truck
- Key contributions and learning’s:
- Concept development and design release.
- DMU layout and finalization
Education
Bachelors of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Shivaji University
Kolhapur07-2007
Master of Technology - Automotive Engineering
BITS PILANI
Hyderabad, India06-2027
HSC - CBSE - XII -
D.A.V
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh06-2001
Skills
- Program, project and team management
- Design & development of Drivetrain & Transmission components
- CATIA and team center
- Team mentoring
- Cross-functional teamwork
- Problem-solving abilities
- UG-Nx
- ROMAX
- DFM, DFA, DFMEA, cost optimization and VAVE
Accomplishments
Daimler inventor award for Filling Two Patents in Powertrain field :
- Channel for connecting two non-co-axial or eccentric or non-concentric ports
- Mechanism for actuation of synchronizer without shifting rails and forks subassembly (Hydraulic shifting)
- Received ‘Best Lead engineer and team player’ award for accomplishing 7 speed FDCT transmission development project.
- Received ‘DAIMLER Environmental’ award for plug in hybrid project
- ‘Extreme Team Award’ for DCT transmission development project.
- Mahindra Yellow Belt certification
- Best Design Lead award for drivetrain development of e-Korando (SsangYong Motors)
Interests
Cricket, Traveling
Timeline
Senior Manager - Research and Development
Mahindra Last Mile Mobility
02.2017 - Current
Lead Engineer - Transmission Design & Development
Mercedes Benz Research & Development India
09.2010 - 10.2016
Design Engineer - Transmission, Design & Development
Magna Steyr India Pvt.Ltd.
01.2008 - 09.2010
Bachelors of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Shivaji University
Master of Technology - Automotive Engineering
BITS PILANI
HSC - CBSE - XII -
D.A.V