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Saravanan G

Saravanan G

Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic Group Design and Development Manager with extensive experience at Wabtec India, leading teams in innovative product development for the railway industry. Proven track record in managing KPIs and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Skilled in FMEA and technical support, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration within engineering teams.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Group Design and Development Manager

Wabtec India Engineering and technology centre
Bangalore
06.2022 - Current
  • Managing team of 14+ Engineers working on new product development for railway & power utility industry
  • Build the required technical competency and Infrastructure within the team as per required competencies
  • Manage and monitor Team KPIs
  • Interaction with Engineering managers and Business leaders across global sites
  • Design and develop railway electrical components from concept to industrialization using various engineering tools
  • Training, coaching and mentoring the team to achieve the business goals
  • Develop Lab infrastructure required to address global validation requirements

Range Technical Leader, Overhead and outdoor products

Schneider Electric India pvt ltd
06.2009 - 06.2022
  • Company Overview: (Global technology centre India)
  • Technical management of overhead and outdoor products like auto-reclosers, sectionalisers, and railway circuit breakers
  • Lead group of designers and change owners for project execution
  • Design and development of Medium voltage Ring main units
  • Manage product qualification with utilities like ENA, EDF, ENEL requirements for European markets
  • Member of Sensors Core function team
  • Drive productivity and Localization projects to achieve competitiveness
  • Product mission profiling and drive product robustness actions
  • Global support on technical topics of outdoor and Autorecloser products
  • Technically align product as per market requirements
  • Manage technical reviews to validate design proposals and productivity topics
  • Lead Verification and certification of product as per applicable standards
  • Detailed Mechanical assembly design and tolerance analysis for parts and assemblies
  • Support Engineering to Order teams for local adaptation
  • Proficient in dielectric analysis using electrostatic simulation tools
  • Guide change owners and designers on design activities
  • Create and maintain DFMEA and product specification document
  • Manage Delegation of activities across global factories and adaptation centres
  • (Global technology centre India)
  • Engineering tools: Creo 4, Tolerance manager, MS project, MDM, PDM, FLUX, PLM, Phoenix

Sr. Product engineer Technical

Schneider Electric
Hyderabad
04.2008 - 06.2009
  • Technical support to plant
  • Continuous engineering of ring main unit products
  • Implementation of Engineering change requests
  • Manage board of change
  • Local adaptation of the medium voltage ring main units as per customer requirement
  • Drive localization projects
  • Products: Indoor and outdoor Switchgear products rated up to 24kV

Design Engineer

Infotech Enterprises Ltd
Hyderabad
09.2006 - 04.2008
  • Company Overview: (Bombardier Engineering centre, Hyderabad)
  • Electrical CAD design, schematic preparation using capital harness tool and RUPLAN
  • Electric Installation of components as per EN 50155
  • Prepare assembly instructions for installation of electrical components
  • (Bombardier Engineering centre, Hyderabad)
  • Products: Electrical installation, Electric Locomotive

Design Engineer, New products

BHARTIA CUTLER - HAMMER
06.2005 - 09.2006
  • Design of parts and assemblies using PRO-E.
  • Design calculation & prototyping
  • Detail designing activities like drafting and mechanical data management.
  • Manage verification & validation
  • Project: Design and development of LV circuit breakers and Isolators
  • Engineering tool: PRO E Wildfire 2

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

National Institute of technology Karnataka
Surathkal
01.2005

Skills

  • Team management
  • New product design and development
  • Continuous improvement
  • Product development roadmap
  • Product life cycle management
  • Technical support
  • Design controls
  • Assembly instruction preparation
  • FMEA
  • Risk analysis
  • Technical reviews
  • Product verification
  • Product validation
  • Innovation management

Father's Name

K GHANDIRAMAN

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Kannada
  • Tamil

Training

  • Training on Flux 2D, Dielectric analysis tool at MACON, France.
  • Dielectric problem-solving techniques, Grenoble, France
  • Schneider electric leadership acceleration program - OJAS

Areas Of Interest

  • Design and Development
  • Product digitization
  • Industrial Engineering

Personal Information

  • Passport Number: F3384537
  • Date of Birth: 11/12/83

Accomplishments

  • Awarded Technology Leader of the Year for outstanding contribution in Setting up a fully functional Design and development team catering to global New product development needs

Timeline

Group Design and Development Manager

Wabtec India Engineering and technology centre
06.2022 - Current

Range Technical Leader, Overhead and outdoor products

Schneider Electric India pvt ltd
06.2009 - 06.2022

Sr. Product engineer Technical

Schneider Electric
04.2008 - 06.2009

Design Engineer

Infotech Enterprises Ltd
09.2006 - 04.2008

Design Engineer, New products

BHARTIA CUTLER - HAMMER
06.2005 - 09.2006

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

National Institute of technology Karnataka
Saravanan G