Nagaraj Ramamoorthy
Bangalore
Summary
To contribute to the best of my ability, learn at each stage and progress through levels of increasing responsibility within the organization.
20+ years of professional experience in automotive industry Design & development of truck chassis – Conventional & Electric Vehicles Excellent communication skills, both written & oral. Project management & leadership abilities.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Program Manager – Entire Vehicle
Daimler Truck Innovation Center India/Mercedes Benz Research & Development India
Bangalore
07.2009 - Current
- Drive full vehicle development for electric vehicle programs
- Provide technical and leadership support to the team.
- Effective resource utilization & project planning.
- Energize and motivate the team.
- Chassis mounted fuel prefilter development
- Packaging & mounting design with variant management.
- Manufacturing & routing feasibility.
- Production drawings & release process.
- Exhaust routing
- Tailpipe packaging & hanger design for European and Asian markets.
- Manufacturing & routing feasibility.
- Design validation and testing configuration.
- Production drawings & release process.
- After treatment – SCR & Kombitanks
- AdBlue tanks mountings (sheet metal and casting).
- Concepts for fuel and urea in one tank (Kombitank).
- Design and development of AdBlue tank and its components.
- Production drawings & release process.
- Facilitated communication between cross-functional teams in order to ensure successful delivery of projects.
Engineer - Plastic Fuel Tank & Washer Tank Development
Textron India Private Ltd
Bangalore
08.2004 - 06.2009
- Design & development of washer tank and plastic fuel tank.
- Creating part & assembly drawing of fuel tank & washer tank assembly.
- V4 to V5 conversion - different parts of fuel system and clear vision system.
- Creation of blow molding skins for fuel tanks for CAE simulation.
- Fill Plus simulations to meet volume targets.
- Mentoring and coaching aspiring Green Belts.
Engineer
Tata Johnson Controls Automotive LTD
Pune
01.2003 - 06.2004
- Foam design & development
- Seating system layout generation
- Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VA/VE)
- Building A-Surface of foam pad as per guidelines and creating drawings
- Checking for meat to metal interference between the foam & seat structure and other comfort requirements as per requirement.
CAD Engineer - Digital Prototype Assembly
Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)
05.2001 - 12.2002
- Design & 3D modeling of aerospace components - wing, fuselage, sheetmetal brackets.
- Modification of existing carriage rib models at different tracks.
- Electrical Harnessing – Electrical harness design using CATIA E3D.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
BMS College of Engineering
BengaluruSkills
- Commercial vehicle design knowhow
- Chassis design & development
- Thermal Management
- After treatment system
- Battery Electric Vehicle - Specs
- Project management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Leading product projects
Accomplishments
- Successful visits to USA, Germany, France & UK for business development opportunities and project execution
- Recognized for exhibiting Textron’s core values and ethics
•Established full vehicle design competence for EVs with eWIV project for FCCC. Role of project lead with cross functional teams @ DTICI with extremely tight timeline.
•Established competency in Fuel, AdBlue& thermal designs resulting in higher responsibilities. Anchored the team to achieve BTV responsibility @ DTICI for EvoBus Fuel & AdBlue.
•Instrumental in setting upFCCC design collaboration leading to diversification into CAE, Mechatronics & Project Management.
•Successfully led collaborations with MB, FUSO & DTNA with consistent business growth from MB & NAFTA.
•Key driver for innovation& skill transformation within team - 6 patents filed.
•Received Excellence driver award in 2021 (best L5 manager) & Awarded Inspiring People Champion for 2023 with DTES score of 4.73
•Established working model for derivates @ DTICI for vehicle projects
Training
Leadership trainings
- Seven Habits of Successful Managers
- Conflict Management
- Great Leadership Behavior
Hobbies & interests
- Avid sportsman
- Reading & traveling
Certification
- FRAMe Project Management for Product Projects - Sub project leader
- Certified ISO TS 16949 auditor
- Six Sigma Green Belt
Languages
English
First Language
Affiliations
- Avid sportsman: cricket, football, and table tennis
- Reading - Inspired by Autobiographies of Sport personalities
Timeline
Senior Program Manager – Entire Vehicle
Daimler Truck Innovation Center India/Mercedes Benz Research & Development India
07.2009 - Current
Engineer - Plastic Fuel Tank & Washer Tank Development
Textron India Private Ltd
08.2004 - 06.2009
Engineer
Tata Johnson Controls Automotive LTD
01.2003 - 06.2004
CAD Engineer - Digital Prototype Assembly
Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)
05.2001 - 12.2002
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
BMS College of Engineering
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