Pankaj Anil Thakur
Vadodara
Summary
- Proficient experience of 9.1 years in design and development of automotive seating systems, product design & development.
- Expertise in structure and mechanism in seat development with good knowledge of packaging studies, assembly feasibility studies and cost analysis.
- Proficient in sheet metal parts and assembly designing, mechanism components & seat kinematic design.
- Result driven problem solver with expertise in delivering multiple core products project in fast paced global environment.
Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Design Engineer
Amvian Automotive Private Limited
06.2022 - Current
- Responsible for developing and designing a new compact mechanism for backrest table fold to fold seat from pivot other than recliner pivot considering customer requirement.
- Detail study of mechanism parts on CATIA to feasible for functioning, DFA and DFM.
- Done calculation of mechanism to sustain in crash, spring calculation on Advance Spring Design (ASD) software, effort calculation to meet the benchmark effort.
- Design validated on ADAMS for structural analysis to estimate distribution of loads and forces throughout mechanism.
- Design variation analysis done on 3DCS for tolerance analysis to simulate product assembly and part tolerances in 3D through the use of Monte Carlo Analysis.
- FM Suite software utilized to optimize the stamping part design and feasibility.
- Done cable design, cable stroke calculation and its routing study.
- Responsible for all structural and mechanism related DFMEA activity.
- Created manufacturing drawings using ASME standard with application of geometrical dimension and tolerancing.
- Did kinematic study to meet customer MTM requirement.
- BOM (V-BOM, Weld-BOM, Process BOM) creation and maintain it up to date.
- Maintaining internal as well customer OIL for tracking issues and resolve within timeline.
- Complete product lifecycle responsibilities through PLM involving design freeze to release in PLEX.
Senior Design Engineer
Amvian Automotive Private Limited
06.2022 - Current
- Lead the team for design, development activities of structure from RFQ to start of production (SOP) from offshore.
- Coordinate product design activities between onsite team and offshore team to meet launch requirement and deadlines.
- Support CDR document activity to release the data in system before program milestone.
- Creation of parametric metal parts on CATIA per tooling and manufacturing feasibility of power variant for seat cushion and seat backrest.
- SCIO software utilized for design failure mode and effects analysis (DFMEA) to helps in identify and assess potential risks in a product's design.
- Creation kinematic skeleton as per customer envelope requirement and simulate with structure.
- Optimization and VAVE of part in such way that it passed FM Suite for one step forming analysis and optimization of assembly process.
- Creation of 2D drawings with GD & T for parts, sub-assembly and top-level assembly.
- BOM (V-BOM, Weld-BOM), WAS-IS creation and maintain it up to date.
- Done tolerance stack up, clearance study, weld gun study, joint evaluation, rivet volume calculation etc.
- Done fasteners design optimization and corelated with FEA loads considering 20% FOS.
- Created stamping, welding, fine blank feasibility documents and maintain it up to data.
- Coordinate and support proto and production evaluation runs to validate product changes.
- Actively participated in customer and supplier meetings.
- Complete product lifecycle responsibilities from concept to prototype through PLM involving design freeze in 3DX to release in PLEX.
Senior Design Engineer
Amvian Automotive Private Limited
06.2022 - Current
- Design, development activities of structure and mechanism from offshore.
- Creation of parametric metal parts per tooling and manufacturing feasibility of 4WM and 8WP seat structure.
- Metal and plastic part modification as per customer requirements and supplier markups.
- Optimization and VAVE of parts for cost, process effective.
- BOM (V-BOM, Weld-BOM, Process BOM) creation and maintain it up to date.
- Creation of 2D drawings of parts, sub-assembly and top assembly with GD & T.
- Done clearance study, weld &runner gun study, joint evaluation, etc.
- Done calculation of track and recliner effort, spring design on ASD, seat back angular velocity,GMAW weld, rivet selection etc.
- Created stamping, welding, fine blank feasibility documents and maintain it up to data.
- Done CATIA analysis of part and ASM level as per requirement.
- Check forming feasibility of sheet metal parts on forming suite software.
- Created SCAFF, SC-CC matrix, block diagram for DFMEA.
Senior Design Engineer
ADIENT India Private Limited
01.2016 - 05.2022
- Packaging of track asymmetric with given customer specification and environment data.
- Done track effort and slide calculation, towel bar abuse load and acceleration calculation.
- Packaging of manual and power recliner with customer travel requirements.
- Packaging of EzE Recliner on manual and power variant.
- CATIA FEA analysis done for optimum cad design and passed the customer requirements.
- Created and modified stamped part as per FEA results considering stamping guideline and check forming analysis in FM suite software.
- Packaged soft lock in seat back as per customer requirement and easy entry module in seat cushion to achieve easy entry travel.
- Created PUGH document to compare proposal and choose wise proposal.
- Worked on V-BOM, weld BOM and coating BOM as quote activity.
- Done MTM study, clearance study and weld gun access study.
- Create and update kinematic for seat track for-aft movement, height adjuster up-down and backframe travel. Also, dress up respectively.
- Create No-Fly zone to identify functional and restricted zone for floor clearance study.
ADIENT India Private Limited
01.2016 - 05.2022
- Designing and packaging of core mechanism like track, recliner with interlock for EzE mechanism to meet different seat features and functionality.
- Creation of parametric metal parts per tooling and manufacturing feasibility.
- Metal and plastic part modification as per customer requirements or markups.
- Modify plastic part to achieve customer test requirement and optimize design through CATIA FEA.
- BOM (V-BOM, Weld-BOM, Process BOM) creation and maintain it up to date.
- Creation of 2D drawings with GD & T for parts and assemblies.
- Done tolerance stack up, clearance study, weld &runner gun study, joint evaluation, SMTE Weld Sheet, etc.
- Done CATIA analysis of part and ASM level as per requirement.
- Check forming feasibility of sheet metal parts on FM Suite software.
- Worked on DFMEA of track, recliner, Ez-Entry mechanism, etc. in details and update in SCIO software.
- Created SC-CC matrix, did block diagram study and completed weld SMTE sheets.
Education
PGDTD&CC -
Indo-German Tool Room
01.2015
BE (MECH.) - undefined
College of Engineering
01.2014
Skills
- GD&T
- Technical calculations
- Statistical tolerance stack-up
- DFMEA
- Design software
- VA/VE Ideas
- Data management software
Languages
English
Hindi
Marathi
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 09/27/92
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Senior Design Engineer
Amvian Automotive Private Limited
06.2022 - Current
Senior Design Engineer
Amvian Automotive Private Limited
06.2022 - Current
Senior Design Engineer
Amvian Automotive Private Limited
06.2022 - Current
Senior Design Engineer
ADIENT India Private Limited
01.2016 - 05.2022
ADIENT India Private Limited
01.2016 - 05.2022
BE (MECH.) - undefined
College of Engineering
PGDTD&CC -
Indo-German Tool Room
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