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Automotive Engineering & Product Development | BIW Technical Leadership | Vehicle Structures | Customer & Program Delivery | CATIA V5/V6 |AI Automation Engineering

About

Automotive Engineering Professional with 13+ years of experience in BIW Design, Vehicle Structures, Product Development, and Engineering Validation across passenger and commercial vehicle programs. Experienced in automotive programs at Mahindra & Mahindra, TCS, and L&T Technology Services, with exposure to Mahindra, PSA-Citroën, Honda America, and Honda Japan projects. Core Expertise ✳️BIW Design & Development: Underbody, Upperbody, Sheet Metal, Structural Components, Cross Members, Master Sections, Weld Studies, Vehicle Integration. ✳️Engineering & Validation: CATIA V5/V6, GD&T, Tolerance Analysis, DFMEA, DVP, Crash Safety, Load-Path Analysis, Stamping Feasibility. ✳️Technical Leadership: Team Coordination, Design Reviews, Customer Requirements, Change Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Engineering Delivery. ✳️Digital Engineering & AI: AI-Assisted Drawing Comparison, Revision Analysis, RAG/LLM Workflows, CATIA–PLM Weight Management. Key Highlights ✴️Contributed to Mahindra Jeeto, Thar Refresh, XUV700, PSA-Citroën CC21/CC24, Honda America 3MJA, and Honda Japan 3BT programs. ✴️Coordinated engineering teams of 7–14 members. ✴️Recognised as a Winner of the Reveries Ideation Campaign – Battery Innovation, December 2025. 🔭My focus is on delivering robust, manufacturable, cost-effective engineering solutions through technical problem-solving, design optimisation, validation, and continuous improvement. 💻Career Interests: Technical Lead | Senior Manager | BIW Engineering | Vehicle Structures | Product Development | Engineering Validation | Digital Engineering & AI. 🤝Let's connect to discuss automotive engineering, product innovation, and engineering leadership.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

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Work experience

Technical Specialist at L&T Technology Services, May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Contributed to Body-in-White (BIW) engineering activities with focus on sheet metal design and solid modeling. Supported development of underbody and upperbody vehicle components, balancing structural requirements, safety, quality and cost-effectiveness. Applied PDM Link and structural analysis tools within automotive engineering workflows. Supported engineering activities aligned with Euro NCAP and ANCAP safety expectations. Collaborated across engineering activities to support accurate and quality-focused product development. 80+ Number of components / assemblies / vehicle programs handled. 28.8kg Weight reduction achieved. 120hrs Engineering hours saved from AI automation weight calculation model. 6 Number of engineers technically guided.

IT Analyst | Automotive Engineering / Citroen Vehicle Design at Tata Consultancy Services, Apr 2019 - May 2023 · 4 yrs 2 mos, Chennai, Contributed to Citroen vehicle underbody and upperbody design activities. Supported automotive component development within vehicle body engineering. Applied mechanical engineering and vehicle design knowledge to product-development activities. Citroen SUV Underbody and Upperbody components owned. Roof engineering change / drawing / release responsibilities handled and co-relate with physical components. Upperbody and Roof assembly overall supplier/customer interaction tracked and deliverd. Overall productivity, quality, cost or development-cycle improvement achieved.

Design Manager / Engineering Lead at Mahindra and Mahindra Limited [Automotive, Farm Equipment and Agri Business], Dec 2012 - Apr 2019 · 6 yrs 5 mos, Greater Chennai Area, Contributed to automotive product development activities involving hood, underbody and front-end assemblies. Supported vehicle body engineering and component development activities. Applied mechanical engineering principles to automotive design and product-development requirements. Project: Mahindra Jeeto,XUV 7OO,THAR Refresh Hood, underbody and front-end assemblies. Overall Part and assembly level drawing/release/change-management responsibilities delivered First Time Right. Jeeto project direct visit to zaheerabad plant to address supplier related design issues. cost, weight, quality or development-cycle implemented along with cross functional teams like CAE/CME/CDMM. 11 members team

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, SACS MAVMM Engineering College, Madurai