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Global Cross-Functional Hardware Product Leader | 13+ years across Automotive and Consumer Electronics | NPI and Sustenance

About

Transformation & Product Quality leader with 13+ years of experience solving complex business and operational problems across global hardware organizations in the US and India. My experience spans automotive, EV and consumer hardware, with a focus on turning complex problems into structured, measurable outcomes across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality. Selected impact: - Recovered $35M+ in warranty costs across a 100+ supplier portfolio at Ford. - Delivered $4.5M+ in annual savings and reduced warranty margin impact by 18% at Peloton. - Led an ERP implementation affecting 100+ engineers at Lucid and helped standardize six company-wide quality frameworks. - Led a $1B+ automotive electronics program across Northville and Mexico at Hella. - At Ather, improved field-issue investigation TAT by 25% YoY while building more proactive quality-monitoring mechanisms. I am particularly interested in problems involving business transformation, operational excellence, operations strategy, process/operating-model design and complex cross-functional execution. I work best where the problem is ambiguous, the solution isn't obvious, and progress requires both structured thinking and stakeholder alignment.

Location

Bengaluru

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Work experience

Lead - Customer Quality at Ather Energy, Oct 2025 - Oct 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo, Lead a ~20-member organization across Warranty Operations, RCA and Proactive Quality Monitoring, driving field-quality performance across Ather's vehicle, accessory and subsystem portfolio. - Established clearer ownership and operating mechanisms across Engineering, Manufacturing and Supplier Quality, shifting the function toward more proactive field-quality management. - Reduced field-issue investigation turnaround by 25% YoY through redesigned RCA workflows and cross-functional review mechanisms. - Built self-service quality monitoring and automated warranty analytics, eliminating ~3 man-days of manual effort per month. -Led resolution of major field issues across Engineering, suppliers and validation teams.

Lead - Module Quality Electrical at Ather Energy, Mar 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bangalore Urban, Owned product quality and reliability for low-voltage modules, balancing field performance, launch readiness and cost across Engineering and supplier teams. - Resolved a critical hardware issue threatening launch readiness within 10 days by aligning Engineering, suppliers and validation teams, enabling an on-time vehicle launch. - Developed a severity/cost/frequency prioritization framework that focused Engineering resources on the highest-impact module issues during a major product refresh.

Relocation at Career Break, Aug 2023 - Feb 2024 · 7 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, Took a plunge and relocated to our home country, India! After nine wonderful years in the US, my family and I decided to take a leap of faith and return to India. It was a decision filled with excitement and anticipation as we embarked on this new chapter of our lives.

Staff Product Manager - Quality at Peloton Interactive, Jul 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo, San Francisco Bay Area, Reduced warranty margin impact by 18% and delivered $4.5M+ in annual savings by identifying systemic cost drivers and driving product/process changes across Hardware and Supply Chain. - Improved First-Time Fix Rate by 18% within six months through systemic design improvements with Engineering and Supply Chain. - Built executive business cases to overcome implementation headwinds, with leadership-adopted recommendations generating an additional 14% in warranty savings. - Standardized fragmented field-quality reporting through Tableau to improve executive visibility and decision-making.

Senior Quality Engineer at Lucid Motors, Sep 2021 - Jul 2022 · 11 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, - Led ERP implementation affecting 100+ engineers, aligning Engineering, Manufacturing, IT and external stakeholders. - Standardized six company-wide quality frameworks and development processes, reducing repeat engineering issues by 38% within seven months. - Designed and delivered quality transformation initiatives for 40+ engineers as Lucid scaled from startup to production.

Product Quality Development Lead at HELLA, Apr 2018 - Sep 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Northville, MI, -Led a six-member engineering team across Northville and Mexico supporting a $1B+ automotive electronics program. - Selected to lead the region's most complex and highest-value program, driving development and launch across multiple functions. - Root-caused a critical PCB manufacturing issue, influencing approximately $350K in production cost savings. - Built strong customer confidence, with the client requesting continued ownership after transition to another program.

Education

Master's Degree, Automotive Systems Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University