Swapnil Mandekar
Pune
Summary
Flexible hard worker ready to learn and contribute to team success. Goal-oriented Professional with 15 years of extensive experience in Testing, Homologation & Regulations. Forward-thinking when reviewing project requirements to determine precise solutions. Composed professional when working under tight schedules and limited budgets to achieve innovative designs meeting and exceeding objectives.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Type Approval Engineer (Manager West India)
Vehicle certification Agency
New Delhi
10.2017 - Current
- Participated in team meetings to discuss project progress updates.
- Analyzed customer requirements to determine project scope and objectives.
- Generated reports summarizing engineering results for internal review.
- Applied technical knowledge to help promote safe work environment and enhance customer satisfaction.
- Created accurate project specifications, documenting in technical manuals.
- Yearly COP plus accreditation audit faced for vehicle as well as components.
- Facility appraisal for Labs like components emission etc
- WVTA certification as per Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 for 2-wheeler and 3-Wheeler. (EV as well as ICE vehicles)
- Battery certification as per R136 & R100
- Test reports certification as per UNECE/EC legislation for N1, N2 & M3 category vehicles.
- Test witnessing, documents checking, report preparation & certification as per the UNECE/EC legislations.
- Country base Homologation & regulation support, like Argentina, Peru, Philippines, Colombia, Chilli, Ecuador, Iran etc
- Good knowledge reading & checking the requirements as per legislation & technical interpretation on points.
- Tyre certification, reports preparation as per the regulation ECER106, ECER75 & ECER54.
- Headlamp, direction indicator lamps testing, certification & report preparation as per ECER148,149, ECER50.
- Plastic fuel tank certification as per ECER34.03
- Helmet & Visor testing certification & report preparation as per ECER22.06 & FVMSS 218.
- Component ESA reports as per ECER10
Automotive Regulation | Homologation | Testing & C
Bajaj Auto Ltd
Pune
07.2008 - 09.2017
- Result‐oriented Professional with 8 years of extensive experience in Testing, Homologation & Regulations.
- Proficiency in organizing various tests & inspections for ensuring development of products in compliance with the regulation requirements of various countries; detecting defects / faults and taking corrective actions for the same.
- Create test plan & execute for Pre-Homologation and Homologation trials.
- Interaction with testing agencies like TUV, VCA for Export certification and ARAI/VRDE for Domestic Homologation.
- Interaction with Design teams for regulation interpretations and take clarification from approval authorities wherever required.
- Co-ordination with internal R&D design vertical teams for getting all WVTA related technical details descriptive/drawings for all Bajaj two-wheeler models in stipulated time.
- Pre homologation test to broad like crash tests, Brake test, Vehicle Dimensions, Speedo Calibration, Steering Effort, Grade ability, Pass by Noise, External Projection, Rear View Mirror Installation and emission tests as per AIS / IS/ EEC/ECE and GTR Standards.
- Generate reports and give feedback to the respective project / Design group.
- Knowledge of domestic certification and export homologation requirements.
- Planning and completion of tests as per test plans.
- Manpower planning and optimization for all testing needs based on current and future projects.
- To incorporate testing process improvements based on national / international standards and practices.
- Hands‐on experience in managing the instrumentation for testing of vehicles
- Gained exposure of working on different regulations related to India, UNECE & EC.
- Interacting with Designers to acquire required data (specification & Drawing) as per regulation requirements and verifying the same before processing of certification.
Education
Executive Diploma in EV System Design & Analysis - Electric Vehicles
Claud Kampus
Bengalore04-2023
Diploma in Automobile Engineering - Automobile Engineering
Pimpri Chinchwad Polytechnic (MSBTE)
Akurdi, Pune05-2008
Skills
- Project Planning
- Test witnessing, documents checking
- Technical worst case Writing
- Reports, certificate drafting & finalizing
- Coordination with UK team & other counter parts in countries
- Testing requirements, handling test equipments
- Technical interpretation on legislations
- Coordination with manufacturers
- Coordination with other authorities like ARAI, iCAT, CIRT, TUV
- Technical reporting
Certification
- Executive Diploma in EV system Design & Analysis
Languages
English
First Language
Hindi
Beginner
A1
Marathi
Beginner
A1
Timeline
Senior Type Approval Engineer (Manager West India)
Vehicle certification Agency
10.2017 - Current
Automotive Regulation | Homologation | Testing & C
Bajaj Auto Ltd
07.2008 - 09.2017
Executive Diploma in EV System Design & Analysis - Electric Vehicles
Claud Kampus
Diploma in Automobile Engineering - Automobile Engineering
Pimpri Chinchwad Polytechnic (MSBTE)
- Executive Diploma in EV system Design & Analysis
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