About
Product Development & Product Management professional with 18+ years of experience delivering innovative solutions across automotive, aerospace, and EV industries. Skilled in New Product Introduction (NPI), sourcing strategies, cost optimization, supplier development, and cross-functional leadership. I have driven $3.75M+ in cost savings through value engineering, make-vs-buy analysis, and supplier engagement. Known for successfully transitioning products from ideation to volume production, managing complex BOMs, and providing DFx insights to engineering. Passionate about solving cost and manufacturability challenges, building global supplier ecosystems, and enabling organizations to achieve efficiency and scale. Key Highlights: ✔ NPI & Operations Leadership ✔ Complete Product development from Ideation to launch-Voc, QFD, Feasibility study, integration & packaging, Detail Design, tooling, Jigs & Fixtures, trail run and launch ✔ Packaging and Design of Electromechanical parts, IOT, Wire harness, Connectors ✔ Supplier Development & Cost Engineering ✔ BOM Management & Configuration Control ✔ DFx (Design for Cost, Manufacturability & Supply Chain) ✔ Cross-continental program execution (NA, EU, China, India) ✔ Root Cause analysis, Change management, DFSS, Value engineering, Design verification & Validation, Testing, PPAP, APQP ✔ Experience with Manufacturing process of sheet metal pressed parts, Injection molding, Blow molding, FRP, Machined components, Die casting parts ✔ Cad tools Catia, Creo, solid works, PDM tools ✔ PLM Tools- Team Centre, Enovia, Vis mockup ✔ Innovation Tools: Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Lean Product Development, Academic research collaborations, ✔ Good at contract manufacturing, Establishing Offshore remote teams, Worked on Sustainable solar projects, startups, business case analysis and pitching to venture capitalists
Work experience
Design and Release Engineer (Exterior) at Rivian Electric (Goken India), Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos, India
Product Development Consultant at Freelance, Aug 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos
Design and Release Engineer (Exteriors) at Ford Motor Company (Bertrandt AG), Oct 2013 - Oct 2019 · 6 yrs 1 mo, Cologne Bonn Region
Senior Lead Engineer at Mercedes Benz Research and Development, India, 2008 - Oct 2013 · 5 yrs 10 mos
Manager (Product Development) in Cab Design at Tata Motors, 2006 - 2008 · 2 yrs, Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area
