Srinivasan Shandran

• Led end-to-end greenfield factory setup, from project planning to commercial production start-up.
• Coordinated civil, electrical, ESD flooring, utilities, and full shop-floor layout execution in a newly constructed building.
• Planned and implemented production line layout, material flow, storage areas, and workstations as per process and safety requirements.
• Roles & Responsibilities,
• Lead new product introduction (NPI) activities for PCBA and final assembly, ensuring a smooth transition from design to mass production.

Coordinate with R&D, Quality, Procurement, and Manufacturing teams to review and Run trial build

Manage prototype builds, pilot runs, and ramp-up activities, resolving PCBA and assembly issues to meet quality and delivery targets.

Define and implement process flows, work instructions, and control plans for PCBA and assembly lines.

Drive yield improvement and failure analysis for PCBA and assembled products using 8D, RCA, and CAPA methodologies.
Collaborate with suppliers and EMS partners for component sourcing, vendor qualification, and cost optimization.

Ensure adherence to quality standards such as IPC, ISO, and customer-specific requirements.

Support change management activities including ECO/ECN implementation and version control.

Monitor project timelines, risks, and milestones to ensure on-time product launch.

Provide technical support during customer audits, internal reviews, and cross-functional meetings.

• Controlled costs to keep business operating within budget and increase profits.
• Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
• Streamlined workflows by identifying bottlenecks in existing systems and implementing appropriate solutions.
• Reduced operational costs through comprehensive process improvement initiatives and resource management.

• New Product and Process Development Engineer with highly competitive technical and team management experience and in-depth experience of process development, process development cycle, technology & Recognized for ability to lead teams in developing new products to achieve positive outcomes. Results driven but diplomatic professional able to work effectively in teams or independently to meet customer & Company needs
• Playing a role as NPI teammate of the automotive product to prepare the FAI, Work instruction, Process parameter, PFMEA, control plan, process flow chart.
• Responsible include all aspects of development of Process and tooling for Prototype (NPI) and support production multiple configurations of SMT and Assemble lines
• Develops Process Specifications for new processes.
• Identify and Establishing new process / manufacturing technologies to enhance productivity and to be competitive in market
• Development of Printing and Reflow program & profiling , SPI Programming ,tooling design
• Works with different Engineering department to ensure the new projects trials and validation.
• Supplier follow-up for tools & fixtures development for localized.
• Effectively involved in all new product development activities by designing process flow, stencil designing using IPC 7525A standard, solder paste selection, reflow profile analysis.
• Good knowledge in SMT, AOI processes, X-ray, Press Fit, THT, Manual Assembly, Selective soldering, ICT and conformal coating process.
• Implement and evaluate proposed designs and processes for manufacturability
• Repeated process issues monitoring and Taking CAPA for reducing these issues
• Process & Cycle time Design
• Oversee new process equipment production
• Creates Control plan, FMEA for New products and existing products.
• Establish robust, repeatable and reproducible process parameters
• Creating and releasing the Work instructions for Process, Assembly, Working as NPI and Process engineer to run the product in line and to verify the LCR values with the customer BOM before qualifying the process to run solder paste PCB and verifying the SMT parameters.
• Trouble shoot SMT process related issues
• Provide continuous development of manufacturing techniques that will improve in-house capabilities
• Develop and maintain process documentation (Process validation
• Responsible and working for the change in ECO or ECN for manufacturing.
• Product Yield improvement through failure analysis and providing corrective & preventive actions
• Interface with production of all activities associated with new process implementation and transfer
• Online problem solving in Production Line & Rejection analysis and continuous improvement using 7QC Tools
• Analyzing the Customer BOM of the product and identifying the processes involved and the stages required for production.
• On line problem solving in Process Metrics
• Lead cost improvement/reduction programs
• Drive continuous improvement on yield and quality metrics
• Department: NPI & SMT Process Engineering

• Playing a role as NPI leader of the Mobile, Network & Server Products to introduce and run to qualify the engineering build from customer.
• Calculating the Standard time of the whole process of new Product for RFQ.
• Responsible for In-Process Quality (IPQA / IPQC) & Process Audits
• Creating and releasing the Work instructions for Process, Test, Assembly, box build and Packing. Working as Process engineer to run the product in line and to verify the LCR values with the customer BOM before qualifying the process to run solder paste PCB and verifying the SMT parameters.
• ECO/ECR (Engineering Change Order/Request) evaluation and implementation in the system with excess/obsolete cost & in manufacturing process.
• Online problem solving in Production Line & Rejection analysis and continuous improvement using 7QC Tools
• On line problem solving in Process Metrics
• Handling the process SMT & wave soldering and Backend line to reduce the process issues and to improve the Yield and engineering quality of all running projects.
• Lead cost improvement/reduction programs
• Flextronics is an American supply chain solutions company that offers design, manufacturing, distribution and aftermarket services to original equipment manufacturer (OEMs). Flex is a Global Fortune 500 company based in the Silicon Valley (filing in Singapore) and is the second largest global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Company by revenue.
• Department: Process Engineering

• Responsible for reviewing all SMT process related documents like Process Flow Chart, Printing setting chart, reflow oven setting chart, No load document and SMT loading list.
• Maintaining master list of programs for pick & place, AOI and profile by monthly basis.
• Troubleshoot production problems and effectively involved in timely solutions to maintain the continuity of production flow and reduce SMT setup & changeover times.
• Verifying daily SMT First pass yield and verifying the root cause and implementing process measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and process capability.
• Have in the field of Automobile components Manufacturing, Process control, Manpower managing, Production schedules, Scrap & Rejection analyze, Prepare & maintain the production Documentation, Cycle time, SMT manufacturing, Materials Management, Maintain the production lines, Lead the Team.
• Dept: Process & Production