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Rahul Vale

Rahul Vale

Pune

Summary

20+ years of industry experience in Product design, Research, Technology Development, and Project management in the global engineering organization.

Last 15+ years of managerial experience in leading a RD&E teams.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Engineering

Danfoss Technologies Pvt Ltd
Pune
08.2023 - Current
  • Leading a multidisciplinary engineering teams with 100+ engineers responsible for RD&E portfolio development and execution of Industrial Hydraulics products
  • Leading stage gate process - Coordinating activities across multiple functions and Business Units. Working with Global stakeholders for product development.
  • Budget planning, Hiring talent, Developing Sr Engineering talents and Retention plans along with career coaching
  • External Collaboration with Universities/Academia/Industries for partnering for new technology area development

Sr. Engineering Manager

Danfoss Technologies Pvt Ltd
Pune
08.2021 - 07.2023
  • Successfully led team of 50+ engineers working on product design & development for various products from Mobile & Industrial Applications
  • Networked with global cross functional teams for deployment of technology capabilities across NPI programs to demonstrate the value proposition.

Engineering Leadership Roles

Eaton Technologies Pvt Ltd
Pune
05.2008 - 07.2021
  • Led various teams working on product design and development, New Technology Introductions and FEA/CFD Areas
  • Played a pivotal role in deploying DFSS culture across organization
  • Facilitated several trainings and mentored 30+ Green Belt candidates from cross functional teams.

Sr. Engineer

Eaton Technologies Pvt Ltd
Pune
11.2006 - 05.2008
  • Detailed FEA analyses of various complex components and interpretation of results to help product design and development team to make design decisions

Design Engineer

GE India Technology Centre
Bangalore
04.2005 - 11.2006
  • Detailed analyses of various complex gas turbine components including stress, vibration and fatigue life prediction. Certified DFSS Green Belt.

DRDO Scientist B & C

Defence R&D Organization
Pune
04.2001 - 04.2005
  • Requirement gathering, conceptual design, structural analysis, configuration & layout finalization of various defence systems.

Product Design & Development Manager

Eaton Technologies Pvt Ltd
Pune
11.2019
  • Leading a team of 60+ product design and development engineers focusing on Hydraulic valves, Steering control unit and Cylinders
  • Expertise in the area of product design, design validation using FEA/CFD tools and testing
  • Interfacing with Eaton end customers for requirement understanding
  • Working with Sales and Marketing team to define product specs and design & development
  • Budget planning including software, hardware, prototyping, testing and resource planning
  • Champion continuous improvements to support Profit planning, Performance evaluation, Merit planning and DFSS
  • Proven track record in engineering product design and R&D domain, Demonstrated tenacity and flexibility to reliably achieve goals.

Graduate Engg. Trainee

Tata Motors
Pune
  • Undergone on job training rotations – engine machine shop at Pune plant and service division at New Delhi.

Education

M.S. Design engg. -

BITS, Pilani
01.2012

B.E. (Mech) -

Pune University

Skills

  • Engineering Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Strategic Agility
  • People Development
  • Organizational Agility

Accomplishments

  • Awarded Eaton annual award in 2007 for accomplishments by MD – Eaton India
  • Achieved ‘Best Technical Paper’ Award by ANSYS for consecutive years 2007 and 2008
  • Awarded by Hon. Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister – Govt. Of India for ‘Best Paper presentation at DRDO and awarded as ‘Scientist of the Year’ award by Director- DRDO
  • Awarded six different awards from Pune University for securing 1st Rank at Mechanical Engg for final year of engineering – Yr. 2000

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 09/16/1978
  • Marital Status: Married

Timeline

Director of Engineering

Danfoss Technologies Pvt Ltd
08.2023 - Current

Sr. Engineering Manager

Danfoss Technologies Pvt Ltd
08.2021 - 07.2023

Product Design & Development Manager

Eaton Technologies Pvt Ltd
11.2019

Engineering Leadership Roles

Eaton Technologies Pvt Ltd
05.2008 - 07.2021

Sr. Engineer

Eaton Technologies Pvt Ltd
11.2006 - 05.2008

Design Engineer

GE India Technology Centre
04.2005 - 11.2006

DRDO Scientist B & C

Defence R&D Organization
04.2001 - 04.2005

Graduate Engg. Trainee

Tata Motors

M.S. Design engg. -

BITS, Pilani

B.E. (Mech) -

Pune University

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