Santha Kumar
Chennai
Summary
Enthusiastic, self-motivated person, seeking for a transition to project management & business analytics domain highly skilled in scheduling, analyzing scrum master, agile methodologies, crossfunctional interaction, top management presentations and a proven ability to lead team. Overall 7 years of experience in automotive engineering & product development involving project management & supplier management.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineer
Renault nissan technology and business centre
Chennai
01.2024 - Current
- Working as project support ( Scrum master) for the infotainment team.
- Accountable for the full project lifecycle .
- Develop project roadmaps, scopes of work, project plans, schedules and own the day-to-day operations to ensure that projects remain on-track and within budget.
- Developing the Renault vehicle infotainment for the HIGH and MID variantwith landscape and portrait display. It contains the basic features like Media, Radio, Phone, Settings, ADAS, SPVR, Driving Eco etc.Feature owner for car infotainment Media feature (PFS-Pilot Functional
- Provided timely updates on project status and deliverables ensuring all relevant parties are kept informed at all times.
- Developed retrospectives after each sprint or milestone to identify areas of improvement for future projects.
- Identified potential risks and issues early on in the process so that mitigation strategies can be developed quickly.
- Coordinated with stakeholders to prioritize backlog items and ensure alignment with business objectives.
Senior Engineer
RENAULT NISSAN TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS CENTRE INDIA
Chennai
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Design and development of BIW closures parts using catia software
- Understand the overall schedule of the project and lead the team to meet the milestones
- Working with team of 8 members and leading 3 engineers
- Use of Jira tool to raise, work and close the tickets assigned from CFT teams
- Maintaining and monitoring the data in PLM(product lifecycle management)
- Stand-up meeting with architecture, process, styling and production team to meet the deliverables
- Maintaining a task sheet for monitoring the deliverables
- Benchmarking of other vehicles using an online tool A2MAC to meet the competencies in the current market
- Cost, reduction, studies and D2C (commonisation with respect to exiting projects)
- Various supplier interactions for development of tool manufacturing(outsourcing)
- RFI, RFQ, ASC sheet preparations for sourcing of the parts from supplier
- BOM (Bill of material) creation having all information regarding the parts & cost
- SAP tool utilization for material invoicing and billing to supplier
- F4 sheet creation for changes in the tool/parts & getting approval for cost from HOD & Chief vehicle engineer
- Maintain the test plans for the vehicles in concurrence with homologation & regulation team
- Design change release document creation and releasing in PLM.
Senior Engineer
Tata technologies
Pune
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Working actively in the area of BIW upper body and underbody
- Project Management activities(DML & DCR releases)
- Scheduling & Budgeting(For ECN and milestones)
- Cross-functional interaction & conflict resolution
- Getting approval for engineers from management with respect to the ECN changes
- Vehicle design & development, vehicle architecture finalization
- Vehicle Integration activities, packaging studies
- BOM maintenance and cost capturing for all changes
- VAVE ideas working
- Validation monitoring & issue resolution
- Engineering change management and BOM management.
Engineer
Renault nissan
Chennai
07.2017 - 01.2022
- Create 3D & 2D models in Catia V6 for BIW sheet metal components of Closures (Side Doors, hood ,Fender, Fuel flap & Tailgate)
- Making master section for the upstream studies & benchmarking of competitor vehicles using A2mac website
- Maintain & track all the cross functional activities with other stakeholders (Archi, Trims, Electrical ,Process teams)
- Create & maintain BOM for all the components & update the details including part name, number, material, thickness, supplier details.
- Converge with supplier for Tool making & modifications with respect to QCT
- Respect all the rules (BMIR, PR , DFPP) as per the Renault & nissan standards for the design
- Spot weld creation in the CATIA using automation macros .
- PLM data conversion for nissan jt files to JAPAN counterpart using NXPDM
Education
Scrum master -
Besent technologies
09.2023
Project management fundamentals -
Cousera
06.2023
MBA IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT -
BITS PILANI
05.2022
BTech mechanical engineering -
SASTRA Deemed University
05.2017
Skills
- Project Management- Experienced
- Leadership - Expert
- Communication - Expert
- Interpersonal skills - Expert
- Problem-solving - Expert
- Microsoft Office - Expert
- Change management-Expert
Nationality
Indian
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/01/1996
- Nationality: India
Languages
- Tamil, Native Speaker
- English, Fluent
- Hindi, Basic
Hobbies and Interests
- Biking
- Pets
- Movies
Timeline
Senior Engineer
Renault nissan technology and business centre
01.2024 - Current
Senior Engineer
RENAULT NISSAN TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS CENTRE INDIA
01.2023 - 01.2024
Senior Engineer
Tata technologies
01.2022 - 01.2023
Engineer
Renault nissan
07.2017 - 01.2022
Scrum master -
Besent technologies
Project management fundamentals -
Cousera
MBA IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT -
BITS PILANI
BTech mechanical engineering -
SASTRA Deemed University
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