Creo
Jnyaneshwara Kumar
Design Lead Engineer
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Lead Design Engineer guiding semiconductor equipment design changes, design reviews, and release coordination across global engineering teams. Drives CAD corrections, BOM alignment, and configuration decisions for complex platforms while keeping manufacturing and quality stakeholders aligned. Strengthens team output through mentoring 6+ engineers per year, technical presentations, and faster issue resolution.
Overview
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years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Design Engineer
RGBSI – LAM ODC
01.2017 - Current
- Supported design and engineering activities for semiconductor equipment products, ensuring alignment with project requirements and quality standards.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams on product design modifications and improvements.
- Managed engineering change requests and implementation processes, facilitating timely updates to product designs and documentation.
- Review and update engineering documentation, drawings, and BOM structures.
- Coordinate with manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and engineering stakeholders for successful product releases.
- Perform impact analysis for design changes and ensure compliance with engineering standards.
- Supported product lifecycle management activities from design release to implementation, contributing to seamless transitions and successful product launches.
- Participate in root cause investigations and corrective action initiatives.
- Drive process improvements to enhance engineering efficiency and product quality.
- Ensure timely execution of engineering deliverables while maintaining quality standards.
- Successfully supported multiple engineering change implementations across semiconductor equipment products.
- Improved engineering documentation accuracy and change tracking efficiency.
- Contributed to sustaining engineering initiatives that enhanced product reliability and manufacturability.
- Recognized for effective stakeholder coordination and timely project execution.
- Supported global teams in delivering critical product updates within project timelines.
- Quarterly Top Performer Award recipient on multiple occasions.
- Published technical articles in Lam Research newsletters.
- Successfully re-corrected and improved the LFW CAD model.
- Structured Versa P tool into POA framework.
- Automated Employee Efficiency Reporting by integrating Power BI with IEWR data.
- Conducted RCCA initiatives that significantly reduced Problem Reports (PRs).
- Introduced process improvements that helped avoid ECO gating issues.
- Delivered technical presentations on Strata Q, Strata HX, and Strata GX platforms to large engineering audiences.
- Trained and mentored newly hired engineers, reducing onboarding time and improving team productivity.
- Contributed to multiple continuous improvement initiatives that enhanced engineering efficiency and operational performance.
- Strata GX Platform
- Role: Senior Design Engineer
- Product configuration and BOM management.
- Engineering change implementation and validation.
- Design review and CAD management.
- ECO support and lifecycle management.
- Configuration optimization for customer-specific requirements.
- Versa P Platform
- Role: Senior Design Engineer
- Successfully structured Versa P tool into POA architecture.
- BOM development and validation.
- Product configuration management.
- Engineering release support.
- Cross-functional stakeholder coordination.
- 3D Routing Drawing DQC Program
- Role: Drawing Quality Check Engineer
- Review and validate 3D routing drawings against engineering standards.
- Analyze cable and schematic drawings.
- Identify design issues before release.
- Improve design quality and reduce downstream manufacturing errors.
- Support routing and electrical design compliance.
- Design Engineer – Mechanical Design (Creo)
- Created detailed 3D models, assemblies, and engineering drawings using Creo Parametric.
- Developed and modified mechanical components and assemblies based on engineering requirements and design standards.
- Performed top-down and bottom-up assembly design methodologies for complex products.
- Designed sheet metal, machined, and fabricated components for manufacturing.
- Generated 2D manufacturing drawings with GD&T, tolerances, and material specifications.
- Conducted design reviews and implemented engineering feedback to improve product quality and manufacturability.
- Performed design validation and interference checks for assemblies before product release.
- Managed CAD data, BOM structures, and product configurations using Teamcenter and PLM tools.
- Collaborated with manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and cross-functional engineering teams for design implementation.
- Supported Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), product enhancements, and design optimization activities.
- Evaluated material selection based on functional requirements, reliability, cost, and company standards.
- Developed P&ID drawings and engineering specifications as per design requirements.
- Created customer-specific configurable product options and validated functionality before release.
- Participated in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implemented corrective actions to resolve design-related issues.
- Improved product quality and manufacturing efficiency through continuous design improvements.
- Worked on large and complex assemblies involving semiconductor equipment platforms.
- Performed design quality checks to ensure compliance with engineering standards and best practices.
- Supported design and configuration of Lam Research semiconductor equipment platforms including Strata GX, Strata HX, Strata Q, and Versa P.
- Structured product configurations and BOM architecture for configurable semiconductor tools.
- Conducted Design Quality Control (DQC) for 3D Routing Drawings, schematic diagrams, and cable drawings.
- Validated engineering releases, product configurations, and design documentation for production readiness.
- Developed automated Power BI dashboards to improve engineering productivity visibility and reporting.
- Delivered technical training and mentoring programs for newly hired engineers.
- Contributed to RCCA initiatives that reduced Problem Reports and improved engineering quality metrics.
Education
Bachelor's Degree -
UBDT COLLEGE OF ENGG
Davangere, IndiaSkills
Product lifecycle management
Engineering change management
Design documentation
Root cause analysis
Process improvement
Creo Parametric
Teamcenter
Power BI
Bill of materials management
Product configuration management
Design for manufacturability
Tolerance stack-up analysis
Design for assembly
Change impact analysis
Design reviews
Engineering documentation management
Cross-functional collaboration
Stakeholder management
Configuration control
Software
Timeline
Senior Design Engineer
RGBSI – LAM ODC
01.2017 - Current
Bachelor's Degree -
UBDT COLLEGE OF ENGG
Key Achievements
Successfully supported multiple engineering change implementations across semiconductor equipment products., Improved engineering documentation accuracy and change tracking efficiency., Contributed to sustaining engineering initiatives that enhanced product reliability and manufacturability., Recognized for effective stakeholder coordination and timely project execution., Supported global teams in delivering critical product updates within project timelines., Quarterly Top Performer Award recipient on multiple occasions., Published technical articles in Lam Research newsletters., Successfully re-corrected and improved the LFW CAD model., Structured Versa P tool into POA framework., Automated Employee Efficiency Reporting by integrating Power BI with IEWR data., Conducted RCCA initiatives that significantly reduced Problem Reports (PRs)., Introduced process improvements that helped avoid ECO gating issues., Delivered technical presentations on Strata Q, Strata HX, and Strata GX platforms to large engineering audiences., Trained and mentored newly hired engineers, reducing onboarding time and improving team productivity., Contributed to multiple continuous improvement initiatives that enhanced engineering efficiency and operational performance.