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Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
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Shivakumar Indi

Design & Development Engineer I Dy. Manager
Bengaluru,KA
Shivakumar Indi

Summary

· A result-oriented professional & Having background of OEM with over 15 years of experience in design and development of various products, including project execution from inception to market launch.

· New Product Development with a proven track record of launching successful products that generated millions in revenue and increased market share. Water Product | Kitchen product | Refrigeration

· Skilled in leading cross-functional team’s activities, implementing & Solving production line related problems. |PU | PD | ME | QM | SCM |Service

· Successfully delivered several cost savings projects to bring down manufacturing cost without affecting the intended function of the product.

· Experience in pilot and pre pilotmanufacturing run, development of collaterals, product and part level testing to release for the production, certification.

· Hands on experience & Strong in: Plastic & Sheet Metal Design | Prototype | Problem solving | DFMEA | DMF | DFA | 8D | Benchmarking | Target Coasting |CAD | GD & T | UX/UI/ID | Packaging Design |Change Management Process

· Having worked with different region colleaguesand making interaction frequently to exchange the idea & to new learn topics (France | USA | Germany | China)

· An effective leader with good communication, negotiation and relationship building skills.

Overview

16
years of professional experience
2
Certificates

Work History

Bosch and Simens home appliances
Bangalore, Karnataka

Product Design & Development Engineer (Dy Manager)
11.2014 - Current

Job overview

  • Nature of job and key responsibilities:
     New product design & development for the Asian market (Refrigerators)
     Familiar with product development process from the Idea to product realization
     Mainly in refrigerator, responsible for mechanical parts design and development like
    Accessories, Body, & Door.
     Design product for prototype, and involve in prototype making and testing.
     Variant management
     Competitor product bench marking to indentify the new features, material cost & the
    manufacturing process.
     Engineering change management and implement the changes in production line (ECM)
     Based on the agreed changes in the product, revising the design related documents and
    releasing.
     Product testing & coordination with LAB personnel’s.
     Take part in the pilot series production of new product and solve the design related issues on
    production line.
     Involved in cost and quality improvement projects
     Packaging design and testing as per the PATT
     Component release and testing

A O Smith Water Product
Bangalore, Karnataka

Design Engineer
09.2010 - 09.2014

Job overview

  • Nature of job and key responsibilities:
     NPD activities through stage gate process from the scoping to product launch.
     Design & development of mechanical components for water heater and water purifier.
     Design localizing and release for the Indian market from the global R&D.
     Regularly interacting with US, R & D and China engineering teams, to discuss about present
    development work and solving engineering related problems.
     Proposing design improvements & adding valve to the running products.
     Key role in plastic & sheet metal components design & validation.
     Packaging design (Carton box’s, EPS, & collaterals) activity for the new product.
     Interaction with all the functional departments like marketing, manufacturing, quality, &
    production in the developmental activities.
     Driving the engineering changes through change management (ECM).
     Coordinating with vendors in the part development process.
     Generating BOM’s for coasting & giving the inputs to finance team for arriving final product
    cost.
     Participation in PPAP activity for component finalizing

Dover India Engineering solution
Bangalore, Karantaka

CAD Engineer
09.2008 - 09.2010

Job overview

Dover India - Punch Solution Group (Fance)

Summary :
Had very good exposure on industrial pumps working principle. Working with France Team & Making daily interaction to understand the changes in CAD & Manufacturing Drawing.


Experience :
• Daily interaction with France team & understanding the changes.
• Gained very good exposure on cast iron parts design & cast-iron part manufacturing process.
• Building 3 Models & making the drawing. Before releasing the drawing making a quality check thoroughly.

Education

Institute Of Engineers India (IEI)
Karnataka

Bachelor of Science from Mechanical Engineering

Diploma In Mechanical Engineering (Tooling)
Dharwad

High School Diploma

Skills

New product development and processes

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Accomplishments

  • Documented and resolved [Issue] which led to [Results].
  • Supervised team of [Number] staff members.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.

Certification

DFMEA (APIS Software certification)

Timeline

UX UI Training & Certification

11-2024

DFMEA (APIS Software certification)

03-2023

Product Design & Development Engineer (Dy Manager)

Bosch and Simens home appliances
11.2014 - Current

Design Engineer

A O Smith Water Product
09.2010 - 09.2014

CAD Engineer

Dover India Engineering solution
09.2008 - 09.2010

Institute Of Engineers India (IEI)

Bachelor of Science from Mechanical Engineering

Diploma In Mechanical Engineering (Tooling)

High School Diploma
Shivakumar IndiDesign & Development Engineer I Dy. Manager