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ANDY KSHATRIYA

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Lead product design engineer and product development all-rounder with over 18 years of experience in product design and development within highly regulated industries seeking a growth rewarding opportunity to work on innovative product development in challenging work environment

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Engineering Consultant

Graf Plastics Australia
01.2013
  • Company Overview: Previously Omni Manufacturing Pty. Ltd., after a recent joint venture with Otto-Graf GmbH (Germany), Graf plastics Australia is an innovative product manufacturing company supplying their products Australia wide.
  • Benchmarking and reverse engineering
  • Timeline planning, budgeting and
  • Project planning, budgeting and execution
  • Product design and development
  • Product quality improvement and cost reduction
  • Increase capacity by improving efficiency
  • Designation: Engineering Consultant (Reporting to the Board of Directors)
  • Responsibilities:

Engineer – Quality Assurance

Illinois Tool Works – Delfast Ltd.
01.2004
  • Company Overview: ITW is a multinational, stock listed $15bn company with presence in 57 countries worldwide employing about 50,000 employees operating in several industry segments and one of the world leaders in manufacturing innovative plastic fasteners and precision injection moulded assemblies supplying to almost all automotive manufacturers and electronics industry worldwide.
  • Quality assurance of export goods
  • Make quality plans and improve quality
  • Make quality plans and improve quality
  • Incoming, inline and pre-dispatch inspection
  • Supplier quality assurance by part approval
  • Suggesting corrections and modifications
  • Designation: Engineer – Quality Assurance (Reporting to the QA Manager)
  • Responsibilities:

Senior CAD Engineer

Planet Innovation
01.2015 - Current
  • Company Overview: PI is a leading biomedical product design and development consultancy and manufacturing company that has been awarded Most Innovative Company in Australia thrice in last 4 years. With awarded best innovation culture, best innovation program and most consistently innovative company in Australia designing extremely complex and innovative biomedical instruments and connected devices with clear focus on commercialization, it is being recognised as one of the leading organization in the world in biomedical product design consulting.
  • Mech-design lead on projects
  • Approve and release drawings with GD&T
  • Work to timelines and provided budget
  • Budgeting, design planning and execution
  • Design risk assessment and risk mitigation
  • Design control, verification and validation
  • Mechanical design and drafting (SW2016 V5)
  • FEA analysis and MoldFlow simulation
  • Supplier development and coordination
  • OEM and MISUMI part selection
  • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders
  • Prototyping, testing, design documentation
  • Designation: Senior CAD Engineer (Reporting to CAD Administrator and Project Manager)
  • Responsibilities:

Principal Mechanical Engineer

Grey Innovation Group
11.2018 - 04.2025

- Managed complete mechanical design engineering function within the business

- End-to-end project management in true sense from business development enquiries through to manufacturing transfer in fast paced environment with a quick turnaround

- End-to-end project management in true sense from business development enquiries through to manufacturing transfer in fast paced environment with a quick turnaround
- Design products, tooling, jigs and fixtures and release detailed drawings for manufacturing and create configurable designs, improve design standards and work on innovations projects
- Review and approve detailed manufacturing drawings of products, tooling and jigs - Fixtures
- Utilize existing resources, modular tooling and products to deliver projects in given timelines
- Liaise with toolroom, suppliers and manufacturing department and provide analytical and technical support to projects
- Implementation of the consulting approach to design team management using time allocation strategies
- 3D modelling using SolidWorks, project tracking and timeline planning
- Manage up to 15 projects concurrently at various stages and make sure crucial timelines are met using integration of vendor tasks, review vendor deliverables and liaising with BDM's toolroom, production, and supply chain department
- Drive and implement continuous improvement initiatives for better quality of parts, products and tooling though improved manufacturing efficiency
- Design products, tooling, jigs and fixtures and release detailed drawings for manufacturing and create configurable designs, improve design standards and work on innovations projects
- Review and approve detailed manufacturing drawings of products, tooling and jigs - Fixtures
- Utilize existing resources, modular tooling and products to deliver projects in given timelines
- Liaise with toolroom, suppliers and manufacturing department and provide analytical and technical support to projects
- Implementation of the consulting approach to design team management using time allocation strategies
- 3D modelling using SolidWorks, project tracking and timeline planning
- Manage up to 15 projects concurrently at various stages and make sure crucial timelines are met using integration of vendor tasks, review vendor deliverables and liaising with BDM's toolroom, production, and supply chain department
- Drive and implement continuous improvement initiatives for better quality of parts, products and tooling though improved manufacturing efficiency


Senior Project Engineer

Elastomers Australia
05.2017 - 11.2017

- End-to-end project management in true sense from business development enquiries through to manufacturing transfer in fast paced environment with a quick turnaround
- Design products, tooling, jigs and fixtures and release detailed drawings for manufacturing and create configurable designs, improve design standards and work on innovations projects
- Review and approve detailed manufacturing drawings of products, tooling and jigs - Fixtures
- Utilize existing resources, modular tooling and products to deliver projects in given timelines
- Liaise with toolroom, suppliers and manufacturing department and provide analytical and technical support to projects
- Implementation of the consulting approach to design team management using time allocation strategies
- 3D modelling using SolidWorks, project tracking and timeline planning
- Manage up to 15 projects concurrently at various stages and make sure crucial timelines are met using integration of vendor tasks, review vendor deliverables and liaising with BDM's toolroom, production, and supply chain department
- Drive and implement continuous improvement initiatives for better quality of parts, products and tooling though improved manufacturing efficiency

Product Design Consultant

Polycon International
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Company Overview: A start-up product design and engineering consultancy managing small to medium scale product design and development, manufacturing support and commercialization.
  • Preparing project proposals, plans
  • Alpha, beta and production prototyping
  • Project planning and execution
  • Design documentation and control
  • Managing product design and development
  • End to end product development
  • Designation: Product Design Consultant
  • Responsibilities:

Manager – New Product Development

Renata Precision Components Pvt. Ltd.
01.2007 - 01.2013
  • Company Overview: Renata is an ISO /TS 16949 certified organization manufacturing high precision injection moulded parts, metal stamped parts and electro-mechanical assemblies in their state of the art factory housing several injection moulding machines, fully equipped tool room, stamping machines, assembly lines and robots catering to automotive, biomedical and electronic industry including VolksWagen, Diamler, John Deer, Brembo, Denso, Valeo, BEHR, Pierburg, Samsung, Panasonic, Whirlpool and so on.
  • Started in 2007 as a Development Engineer on a venture project, took on the role of Senior Product Development Engineer in 2008 and then Manager - New Product Development in 2010 managing a team of industrial and mechanical design engineers
  • Design high precision injection moulding components and assemblies, pressure die casting parts, metal stamped parts and electro-mechanical assemblies for high volume production
  • Responsible for end to end product design and development
  • Manage team of engineers, designers and report product development progress to the senior management
  • Understand the customer requirements, document, design (parts and assemblies) using 3DCAD, CATIA, SolidWorks and analyse designs using FEA and MoldFlow Simulations
  • Manage designs from concept through R & D, benchmarking, mock-ups, prototyping, design detailing, raw material selection, B.O.M and getting moulds manufactured till product launch
  • Ensure crucial timelines are met within the budget, conduct DFMEA and design review meetings with MDT / CFT, tool design approvals and development management, assembly line setup, developing manufacturing jigs and fixtures and developing manufacturing work instructions
  • Reduce cost through innovative designs, confirm part fitment with tolerance stacks and GD & T, take key commercial and supply chain decisions, lead team of designers and engineers
  • Designation: Manager – New Product Development (Reporting to the Managing Director)
  • Responsibilities:

Education

Bachelor - Polymer Engineering

01.2007

Diploma - Plastic Engineering

01.2004

Skills

  • Innovation development
  • Engineering reviews
  • Environmental awareness
  • Cost estimation
  • Training and mentoring
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Engineering design
  • Cost control
  • Value engineering
  • Lean principles
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent communication
  • Critical thinking
  • Organizational skills
  • Team collaboration
  • Mechanical Knowledge
  • Risk assessment
  • Quality control
  • Continuous improvement
  • Quality assurance
  • Manufacturing processes
  • Operations monitoring
  • Production
  • Design development

Accomplishments

  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Supervised team of [Number] staff members.
  • Achieved [Result] by completing [Task] with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Collaborated with team of [Number] in the development of [Project name].

Affiliations

  • Engineers Australia (MIEAust)
  • IEI (Associate Member, Life)
  • ADI (Professional Member - Designer)
  • SPE, USA (Professional Member)
  • IIChe (Member, Life)
  • ISLE (Associate Member, Life)
  • InDeAs (Faculty Member - Designer)
  • PSA (Professional Member)

Certification

  • [Area of expertise] License - [Timeframe]
  • Licensed [Job Title] - [Timeframe]

Languages

English
Full Professional
Hindi
Full Professional

Timeline

Principal Mechanical Engineer

Grey Innovation Group
11.2018 - 04.2025

Senior Project Engineer

Elastomers Australia
05.2017 - 11.2017

Senior CAD Engineer

Planet Innovation
01.2015 - Current

Product Design Consultant

Polycon International
01.2014 - 01.2015

Engineering Consultant

Graf Plastics Australia
01.2013

Manager – New Product Development

Renata Precision Components Pvt. Ltd.
01.2007 - 01.2013

Engineer – Quality Assurance

Illinois Tool Works – Delfast Ltd.
01.2004

Diploma - Plastic Engineering

Bachelor - Polymer Engineering

ANDY KSHATRIYA