Nitish Kashyap
Bangalore
Summary
Results-driven Lead Engineer with 15 years of experience in Mechanical Design and Stress Analysis. Expertise in project management, optimizing resource utilization, and enhancing processes within the aerospace domain. Skilled in strategic planning and project leadership, focusing on proactive issue prevention and organized execution.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Engineer
GE Aviation
Bangalore
01.2023 - 09.2024
- Leading the Rotor mechanical analysis team for LEAP and GEnx, GE9X business.
- To lead the product design and development with mechanical integrity assessment of rotor. Components of industrial gas turbines.
- To perform and lead Structural analysis (linear and non-linear), Modal analysis, LCF, HCF, Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue lifing analysis, crack propagation analysis in SIESTA.
- Contributed to LEAP engine program through design and analysis support, enhancing overall project outcomes.
- Optimized product design potential for components, documenting findings in Mechanical Integrity report.
- Certify reverse bleed shutdown engine configuration and assess combustion effects and thermal inputs.
- LEAP-1A/C HPTR Mid seal 2D clocking Analysis: This Project described the safety issue for the LEAP-A/B HPT due to the HPT coupling nut being potentially not torqued fully.
- Participated in GEnx engine program by providing engineering analysis and design support.
- GE9x LPT program
- Responsibility: Involved in Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to GE-775 review (GE-Engine Certification process).
- Analyzed bolted joints to assess mechanical integrity and performance, ensuring reliability under operational conditions.
- Executed analysis of bladed disks to evaluate structural integrity under operational conditions.
- Performed shape optimization of splines to improve design efficiency and functionality.
- Conducted vibration assessments to evaluate system performance and identify potential issues.
- LCF life and FM life (crack growth) calculation
Lead Engineer
Bombardier Transportation
Hyderabad
01.2020 - 12.2022
- Designed car body for Ager Kanpur project, utilizing Movia class family build by Bombardier.
- Manufactured car body primarily from stainless steel to enhance deformation properties, improve corrosion resistance, and minimize maintenance requirements.
- Checked car body structural integrity against allowable limits and calculated fatigue utilization to assess component lifespan.
- The Car body is analysed for the static load cases / Proof load case (Test and Non-Test Load cases), Fatigue load case.
- Buckling analysis is performed to check the sheet metal performance under structure buckling.
- Structure comprises of a main saloon tube in the form of a pre-assembled underframe, sidewall modules Roof and Endwall are bolted to the mounting points positioned on the roof, sidewall, and underframe at the tube ends.
Senior Lead Engineer
QuEST
Bangalore
01.2018 - 01.2020
Lead Engineer
QuEST
Bangalore
01.2015 - 01.2018
Senior Engineer
Caterpillar
Noida
09.2012 - 12.2014
Senior Engineer
QuEST
Bangalore
01.2010 - 01.2012
Engineer
QuEST
Bangalore
01.2007 - 01.2010
Education
B.E - Mechanical Engineering
G.R.K.I.S.T
Jabalpur06-2007
1Year Certification - SADOMS (Structural analysis and Design optimization)
IISc
BangaloreSkills
- Structural Analysis
- ANSYS
- NASTRAN
- PATRAN
- HYPER MESH
- FE SAFE
- Contact Non-linear Analysis
- Transient thermos mechanical analysis
- Modal Analysis
- Microsoft Office
- Life cycle analysis
- Manual calculations
- Creep Analysis
- Sub modeling analysis
- Fracture assessment
- 3D morphing
- Thermal analysis
- Non-linear analysis
- Python
- Siesta (GE TOOL)
- FATIVAS
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Design solutions
- Hand calculation
- 3D morphing
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief., Bangalore, 01/01/23
Current Role Responsibility
- Responsible for understanding the full take (Scope of task) and methodology preparation.
- Estimating the effort required time and revenue for own task and less experienced employees.
- Executing the work and mentoring the work of less experienced employees.
- Writing minute of meeting and circulate to all stakeholders (including cross functionality).
- Providing new business idea and cost saving idea.
Timeline
Lead Engineer
GE Aviation
01.2023 - 09.2024
Lead Engineer
Bombardier Transportation
01.2020 - 12.2022
Senior Lead Engineer
QuEST
01.2018 - 01.2020
Lead Engineer
QuEST
01.2015 - 01.2018
Senior Engineer
Caterpillar
09.2012 - 12.2014
Senior Engineer
QuEST
01.2010 - 01.2012
Engineer
QuEST
01.2007 - 01.2010
B.E - Mechanical Engineering
G.R.K.I.S.T
1Year Certification - SADOMS (Structural analysis and Design optimization)
IISc