Meer Taquee Ahmed
Pune,MH
Summary
- An encouraging assistant manager with 12.5 years of experience in product design and development.
- Products designed for tractors include power steering gearboxes, transmissions, and clutch housings.
- HVAC components are designed for bus & truck vehicles.
- Proficient in manufacturing processes such as sheet metal, casting, fabrication, rubber and plastic parts
- Involved in candidate recruitment process.
- Well versed in motivating and developing team members to ensure team success.
- Conducting design reviews and brainstorming sessions with CFT.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager
Thermax Limited
05.2020 - Current
- We are working on a new technology for a thermal HVAC system (Heat to cool) for buses and trucks that enhances fuel economy and reduces exhaust gas emissions.
- Designing and handling the product specific areas start from concept design to finalize & implementation.
- Lead the design to development activities of various subsystems which include rubber seals, heat exchanger rotary drive mechanism, exhaust duct layout, fabricated base frame & FRP enclosures.
- Perform functional testing, evaluate the results, and implement the unit.
- Worked on sealing concepts, develop & testing to improve the performance and reduce leakage.
- Perform design calculations using MS Excel or hand calculations.
- Coordinated technical reviews of designs with senior staff for development approval.
- Assisted in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of new employees to functional department.
- Conducted employee performance evaluations, providing constructive feedback for growth and development.
- Coordinated with vendors to ensure timely delivery of products and resolve any development queries.
- Identified issues, analyzed information from customer feedback and provided solutions to problem.
- Provide manufacturing and installation support to manufacturing within and at customer site.
Senior Design Engineer
Cyient Limted
10.2017 - 03.2020
- Handled the detailed design of casting housings for clutch, transmission, and differential gears to increase the lifting capacity of agriculture tractors by 25%.
- Optimize the steering support housing of the tractor by converting the process from sand casting to lost foam casting to lower the pattern cost.
- Review the FEA report and supplier feedback for modifications to components.
- Created and checked the production drawings as per customer standards.
- Accomplished optimization projects for various components of an agricultural tractor which successfully
validated without affecting the fit, form, and function. - Performed the VSM for sheet metal drawing creation to reduce the drawing creation time by 20%.
Design Engineer
ZF Steering Gear Limited
07.2014 - 10.2017
- Managed the project from concept design to the SOP of the power steering system for an agricultural tractor to reduce human effort by 50% with the conversion of the mechanical system into a hydraulic powered system.
- Designed the drop arm (forging) for various tractor & passenger vehicles with calculations & manufacturing support.
- Created and checked manufacturing drawings of the new component with GD&T’s, standards and technical
specifications. - Design the prototype of a plastic oil reservoir, considering VA/VE for buses and trucks. Reduced the weight of the reservoir by 40% with the conversion of sheet metal to plastic parts without affecting function.
Design Engineer
Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp.
12.2012 - 06.2014
- Developed innovative solutions to complex design challenges, resulting in more effective and reliable products.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Nagpur University
Nagpur06.2011
HSC -
Maharashtra Board
Nagpur06.2007
SSC -
Maharashtra Board
Nagpur06.2005
Skills
- CREO / PRO-E Parametric, Creo Simulation, Mechanism
- Windchill PLM
- GD&T
- ERP
- Ms Office Suite
- Team Motivation & leadership
- Hiring & goal setting
- Design Calculations
- Idea development and brainstorming
- Tolerance Stack up
- Pugh Matrix
- DFMEA
- VA/VE
- Adaptability
- Innovative
- Inquisitive
Websites
Accomplishments
- Achieved 50% reduction in human effort by converting mechanical power steering into hydraulic power steering on tractor applications.
- Achieved 40% reduction in weight and cost for subsystem of thermal HVAC by incorporating new designs.
- Improved air sealing by 20% with the incorporation of a new seal into the product.
Timeline
Assistant Manager
Thermax Limited
05.2020 - Current
Senior Design Engineer
Cyient Limted
10.2017 - 03.2020
Design Engineer
ZF Steering Gear Limited
07.2014 - 10.2017
Design Engineer
Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp.
12.2012 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Nagpur University
HSC -
Maharashtra Board
SSC -
Maharashtra Board
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