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Work History
Education
Skills
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Kiran  Patil

Kiran Patil

Sr. Manager - Software
Pune,MH

Summary

A highly motivated and result oriented engineering leader offering 16+ years of experience in the electrical and electronic manufacturing industry.

Demonstrated history of leading multinational business conglomerates in the research and development of diverse products and technologies across the Industrial, Automotive and Aerospace industries.

Skilled in Software Development Life Cycle (Agile and Waterfall), Industrial automation, Automated Test Systems, Embedded Systems, Product Engineering, and People Management.

In 5+ years of leadership role honed skills on Engineering Leadership, Strategies Thinking, Business Development, People Development, & Programs Execution.

Certified Six Sigma Green belt and Lean for engineering and process excellence.

Pursuing PMI ACP

Overview

3
3
Languages
6
6
years of post-secondary education
17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Manager

Red Lion Control
Pune, India, India
11.2020 - Current
  • Develop and lead the newly established Tech centre
  • Introduced agile methodologies and effective development best practices to division to enhance product development.
  • Led multidisciplinary team of engineers consist of Embedded software developers, Web and Mobile app engineers, Test Engineers and DevOps Engineers

Senior Engineering Manager

John Deere Technology Centre
Pune, India
01.2018 - 10.2020
  • Responsible for overall Embedded Software delivery for 32-bit AUTOSAR based controllers
  • Led Manager of People and technical leads having agile scrum teams of 20+ engineers working on embedded software (Played role as Scrum of Scrums and Product Owner)
  • Developed Proof of Concept projects working with team for New Technology Introduction in the area of IoT, & Electrification
  • Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
  • Interfaced with global leadership teams (from US and Germany) for ensuring delivery.
  • Connected with Senior Executives to lead Employee Engagement initiatives for 600+ Engineers
  • Facilitated training for associates through daily coaching and regular performance appraisals.

Engineering Manager

Eaton India Innovation Centre
Pune, India
04.2014 - 12.2017
  • Technical lead for Aerospace Test Engineering Centre of Excellence (TE CoE) to provide automated test solutions for global Aerospace Teams of US, UK and Germany
  • Expanded cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across departments on priorities, functions and common goals.
  • Reviewed performance data to monitor and measure productivity, goal progress and activity levels.
  • Reviewed test plans and procedures for adequate coverage of system requirements.
  • Tested hardware and software within tightly controlled sandbox environment prior to release to production.
  • Drafted change management policies to streamline introductions of new software and systems.

Senior Engineer

Eaton Aerospace
Pune, India
04.2010 - 03.2014
  • Architecture, design, manufacturing and installation of various test rigs for airborne products & systems
  • Global Project Lead for Automated Test Equipment (ATE) development projects for System verification and validation, acceptance testing, qualification testing
  • Catered to significant people demand and managed a team of 12+ engineers (7 FTEs - including 5 from India Test team and 2 for US team, 3 from Embedded Systems Team, 1 from Modelling and Simulation team, and 1 from Design Office)
  • Developed Test Equipment electrical design/LabVIEW based test software for ARJ-21 Cockpit Control System.
  • Developed Scalable software and hardware to test multiple UUTs using single Test Equipment reducing RE cost.

Engineer

Eaton Aerospace
12.2006 - 03.2010
  • Build to Print Electrical design of Aircraft Test Systems, Data Acquisition systems & troubleshooting LabVIEW/C based Software Development, Verification and Validation
  • Contributed in engineering design, system modelling and integration of sub-systems for various aero products.
  • Developed Hardware-in-Loop Test System including Electrical Schematic and Test Software (based on VB) for embedded software Verification and validation of airborne controllers.

Project Engineer

Schneider Electric
10.2005 - 07.2006
  • In-house Development of Electrical Design & Engineering industrial automation products LV Switchgear design and assembly for Schneider’s Building Management Systems.
  • Developed industrial automation software for process control industries.

Development Engineer

Atlas Copco
Pune, India
10.2003 - 09.2005

• Design and develop control systems (PLC Logic) for Reciprocating Compressor

Education

Master of Science - Embedded Systems

Birla Institute Of Technology
06.2010 - 06.2012

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering

Govt. College Of Engineering, Pune
Pune
06.1999 - 06.2003

Skills

Strategic thinking

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Accomplishments

  • People: Consistently achieved high Employee survey scores of 95% in Managerial Effectiveness and 90% in Employee Engagement for self and department
  • Innovation: Led first ever solution blitz at org level which generated 35 ideas and 7 High Quality disclosures
  • Execution: Driving DFSS and CI culture within team with 90% of team DFSS Green belt certified.
  • Driving Stakeholder survey actions for aerospace team and formulated customer strategies to increase customer satisfaction scores (Speed Dial 82%)
  • Technical Papers: Presented paper on “5G and Smart Farming IoT” at India Technology Workshop organized by John Deere in June 2020.

Additional Information

I hereby declare that all the Information given above is true to my knowledge.

Timeline

Software Manager

Red Lion Control
11.2020 - Current

Senior Engineering Manager

John Deere Technology Centre
01.2018 - 10.2020

Engineering Manager

Eaton India Innovation Centre
04.2014 - 12.2017

Master of Science - Embedded Systems

Birla Institute Of Technology
06.2010 - 06.2012

Senior Engineer

Eaton Aerospace
04.2010 - 03.2014

Engineer

Eaton Aerospace
12.2006 - 03.2010

Project Engineer

Schneider Electric
10.2005 - 07.2006

Development Engineer

Atlas Copco
10.2003 - 09.2005

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering

Govt. College Of Engineering, Pune
06.1999 - 06.2003
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