Summary
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Education
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Project Description
Overall Parts Handled
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Certification
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T.J. HASANJAGITHABBAS

T.J. HASANJAGITHABBAS

Lighting Design And Development
Chennai

Summary

Result Oriented, Analytical and Self-Driven Professional seasoned over 8 years of working experience in Vehicle Exterior Lighting & Signalling Parts. Self-analyzing personality with capabilities to strive for the betterment of working methods and work as a Team Player.

Handling Product Design and Development of Exterior Lighting & Signalling Parts and passionate in working on Product & Design Engineering activities, Delivery Management, Quality & Cost control areas

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages

Work History

Lead Engineer - Product Engineering

BlueBinaries Engineering & Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Chennai
04.2022 - Current
  • Successful Delivery of 2 projects in defined timeline.
  • Provided technical support to client & enabling them to meet their design & prototype deliveries on-time to their customers
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by addressing and resolving reported design issues in timely manner
  • Proposed 2 innovative ideas in Headlamp aiming concepts & supported in filling patents for the same

Senior Systems Engineer - Product Engineering

Bluebinaries Engineering & Solutions Pvt Ltd
Chennai
11.2019 - 03.2022
  • Created technical repositories and conducted training sessions to educate co-workers on design know-hows
  • Mentored junior engineers in advanced concepts, fostering professional development within team
  • Delivered high-quality technical documentation to Business Management team, enabling smooth closure of Business deals.

Senior Executive

Honda Cars India Limited
Greater Noida
09.2018 - 10.2019
  • Handled Design activities of Rearlamp & Reflex Reflector for Honda Elevate.
  • Handled quality concerns by giving technical solutions for lamp parts
  • VAVE pilot for on-going serial life projects
  • Created part commonisation strategy for upcoming lighting models of Honda India through Benchmarking & market analysis
  • Member of New Honda circle (NHC) - A community with a group of people in generating ideas to improve the work, workplace & company.

Senior Engineer

Renault Nissan Technology
Chennai
04.2017 - 08.2018
  • Design lead for Front & Rear lighting of Renault Kwid China (K-ZE) & Kwid facelift India
  • Upstream phase designer & project coordinator for Headlamp of Renault Dust Facelift.

Design Engineer

Renault Nissan Technology
Chennai
08.2015 - 03.2017
  • Design Engineer & Project coordinator for design & Development of Headlamp for Renault Captur
  • Localized carry over lamp parts of on-going serial life projects of Renault & Nissan models
  • Responsible for managing DM activities for Renault lighting parts India

Education

Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering) -

B.S. Abdur Rahman University
Chennai, India
06.2011 - 04.2015

Higher Secondary (Tamil Nadu State Board) -

M.C.M. Higher Secondary School
Chennai India
06.2009 - 03.2011

Matriculation (Tamil Nadu State Board) -

M.C.M. Higher Secondary School
Chennai, India
06.2008 - 03.2009

Skills

    Automotive Benchmarking

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Roles And Responsibilities

  • Styling Surface study with the Tooling Direction and Draft analysis.
  • 3D Modeling, Surfacing & Drawing preparation activities.
  • RFQ Preparation, Part cost Estimation, Material Selection & Supplier Quote analysis.
  • COD & Stack up study for the Fit and Finish.
  • Development of Design Concepts with Interface & Master Section Study.
  • Part Assembly concept validation & Master schedule preparation.
  • Analyzing the part level validations and the validation timeline.
  • Part Isostatism & Mounting concept study, Photometry study, Part layout study for mounting the part, Design Concept Sheet Preparation, Study of Homologation Requirements.
  • Competitor Benchmarking & Trend catch-up activity for Recent Trends in Automotive Lighting.
  • Regulation checks for part design (ECE & AIS - Lighting & Signalling).
  • Injection Molded Parts concern prediction with Mold Flow reviews.
  • BOM Preparation & Part Delivery status tracking.
  • PLM (ENOVIA) Part Creation and Part revision management.
  • Project Management activities like preparation of overall project plan with relevant Resource & tools requirement, SOW & SOR with detailed activities & deliverables etc.
  • Defining test line items for Exterior lighting based on functions
  • Identification & optimization of key Cost & weight driven components
  • Supplier Technical Evaluation & cost negotiation
  • Guiding & supporting of Junior Engineers in completion of the tasks

Accomplishments

  • Spot Award FY'17 for self-initiation & outstanding contribution to A-Entry LED & Halogen Headlamps with on time data preparation & styling feedbacks.
  • Vice President Award FY'16 for achieving performance improvement in Captur Head lamp.
  • Star Award FY'16 for contributions towards Captur Head Lamp Styling Convergence, Part Design & Tooling Go-Ahead in Short Lead Time.
  • Spot Award FY'16 for Lamp Parts Captur Project CO Milestone - Supplier Nominations and Launching Tooling Go Ahead Milestone in N-1 Week schedule.
  • Appreciation Award FY'15 for Fog Lamp Localization for Duster & Lodgy

Project Description

  • Team leader & project coordinator of customer projects (Aug 2023 – Present)
    1. Team leader & project coordinator for design of Suzuki two-wheeler rear lamp project. (Team of 4 members)
    2. Team leader & project coordinator for design of an upcoming SUV of Renault Nissan (Team of 5 Members)
  • In-House Project & Repositories (Apr 2023 – July 2023)
    1. Worked on in-house research project & developed an innovative concept on Headlamp manual aiming & filed 2 patents.
    2. Involved in preparing the technical white paper on Headlamp aiming mechanisms.
    3. Guiding the team members in preparing the material repositories of Automotive lighting.
  • Mahindra EV Design Support (Jul 2022 – March 2023): Project Co-Ordinator for Front & Rear Lighting
    1. Acting as supplier representative to converge on the design topics from Mahindra
    2. Participating in Technical meetings with other stake holders like Bumper trims, BIW etc. to share feedback & proposals on behalf of Lighting Engineering to have quick closure & convergence of interface topics
    3. Maintaining the LOP’s & bridging the gap between supplier & OEM to close the pending items on time to meet the target deliveries
    4. Facilitating meeting between Mahindra Engineering & Supplier Technical team to arrive the design decisions & project directions on time
    5. Supporting & Guiding the Junior Engineers in preparing the technical proposals to share with Mahindra
    6. Supporting in Proto readiness & evaluation of proto from both supplier & OEM side
  • Vinfast EV vehicle Testing Support (Dec 2021 – Jun 2022):
    1. Support in DVP sign off & DVPR review of ADAS, BCM & other EE components
    2. Test case preparation for BCM associated components like Lighting, HVAC Systems, ORVM, Windows & Closures etc.
    3. Vehicle system testing & verification of test cases using CANOE
  • Magna Lighting - Rear lamp VAVE project (Apr 2021 – Jan 2022):
    Role: Project Manger
    Scope: To provide an alternate opto- electronics concept for an existing rear lamp to reduce the cost without compromising performance and styling requirement
    1. Support in benchmarking & identifying of cost effective alternate optical concepts.
    2. SOW preparation with detailed scope of work, Activities & deliverables, Resource plan & efforts, Tools & development cost
    3. Product cost & Timeline management
    4. Procurement of necessary tool license
    5. Participating in client meeting explaining the project status & updates on deliverables plan
    6. Support in RFQ release to protype suppliers & supplier quote analysis
    7. Design convergence & review of optical & mechanical design of new concept
    8. Support in Concept proto development & prototype testing
    9. Support in design & verification of Testing Fixture
  • Internal Projects & New Business Orientation (Sep 2020 – Mar 2021):
    Role: Worked in varied activities & roles to meet the business requirement & Internal team development
    1. Involved in preparing a Global regulation Library for Automotive Lighting & Signalling functions.
    2. White paper publication of IIHS analysis & key observations from vehicles evaluated by IIHS in 2020:
    ➢ A detailed understanding about IIHS & its scope are understood
    ➢ Data library of 366 Headlight variants with details of light throw in different road patterns, type of lighting technology used & features considered are collected
    ➢ Co-ordinated the team in extracting key observations from the collected data
    ➢ Understood the requirements contributing for good ratings of Headlamp from the IIHS Evaluation criteria
    ➢ Prepared & published a detailed white paper on IIHS, capturing the key observations of IIHS analysis 2020.
    ➢ A nutshell of Specification to control the demerits in visibility & glare performance in Headlights – Plan (FY22)
    3. Supporting in SOR preparation & RFQ response from customers for Business conversion
    4. Identification & collaboration with potential partners in different domains of lighting development like testing, Electronic design & development, Prototype development, Fixture development etc.
  • Skoda Sub 4m SUV (Dec 2019 – Aug 2020): Design lead for front lighting systems
    1. Technical convergence of design & project governance till Tool-go.
    2. Design review of Front & Rearlamp to ensure all key requirements are met.
    3. Support in DVP preparation & Supplier test plan review.
    4. Served as Internal auditor for folder management of project documents.
  • Honda Sub 4m SUV (Nov 2018 – Oct 2019): Design of Rear lighting systems
    1. Rear combi lamp - Design of LED tail function Rearlamp for India & Asia pacific market.
    2. Rear Reflector - Design of a sleek reflector in consideration of emerging market trend
  • Renault Kwid (Mar 2017 – Aug 2018): Design & Development of Front & Rear lighting systems
    1. Front Lighting - Design of Halogen Headlamp, DRL & Turn indicator.
    2. Rear Lighting - Design of LED tail function Rearlamp with Keeping the Lens & Welding area same.
  • Renault Duster (Jan 2016 – Mar 2018): Design & Development of Headlamp
    Front Lighting - Design & Development of Halogen Projector Headlamp with LED DRL (Light guide) for India Market.
  • Design & Development of Headlamp, Localization & Cost reduction activities (Aug 2015 – Jul 2017):
    1. Design & Development of High-grade Full LED Headlamp & Low-Grade Projector Headlamp for Renault Captur.
    2. Localization of the Front Fog Lamp for Renault Duster and Lodgy.
    3. Localization of the Nissan Micra Side Repeater Lamp.
    4. Localization of the Head Lamp & Tail Lamp for Reanult Lodgy.
    5. Cost Reduction by Blue Lens Deletion for Renault Duster India & UK version.

    6. Implementing Value Addition & Value Engineering (VA/VE) ideas.

Overall Parts Handled

  • Head Lamp
  • Tail Lamp
  • Front & Rear Fog Lamps
  • HMSL
  • Side Repeater Lamps
  • License Lamps
  • Interior Lamps
  • Horn

Personal Information

  • Age: 23
  • Father's Name: T.H. JAFFAR ALI
  • Mother's Name: J. RAHMATHUNISHA
  • Date of Birth: 11/23/93

Suppliers Handled

  • IJL
  • MMM
  • Valeo
  • Lumax
  • Minda
  • Stanley
  • Roots (Horn)

Declarations

I do hereby confirm that the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge.

Certification

C-JAT I (Basic) Japanese language course

Timeline

C-JAT I (Basic) Japanese language course

03-2023

Lead Engineer - Product Engineering

BlueBinaries Engineering & Solutions Pvt. Ltd
04.2022 - Current

Senior Systems Engineer - Product Engineering

Bluebinaries Engineering & Solutions Pvt Ltd
11.2019 - 03.2022

Senior Executive

Honda Cars India Limited
09.2018 - 10.2019

Senior Engineer

Renault Nissan Technology
04.2017 - 08.2018

Design Engineer

Renault Nissan Technology
08.2015 - 03.2017

Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering) -

B.S. Abdur Rahman University
06.2011 - 04.2015

Higher Secondary (Tamil Nadu State Board) -

M.C.M. Higher Secondary School
06.2009 - 03.2011

Matriculation (Tamil Nadu State Board) -

M.C.M. Higher Secondary School
06.2008 - 03.2009
T.J. HASANJAGITHABBASLighting Design And Development