Venkatesh Jalihal

Technology driven, ambitious with overall 20 plus years of experience as a professional. 10 Plus of experience in Aircraft Primary and Secondary Structures Design, Aircraft Interiors Design, Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR) and Detailed Design (DD), Change Management, Design Modifications, Production Operations and Manufacturing Support for the Airbus A350XWB, BOEING 737 and Bombardier C-Series programs. 8 plus of working experience Knowledge in AERO CABIN Engineering, RETROFIT SOLUTION Engineering and Monuments Designs like PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT (PSU), GALLEY, STOWAGE, PARTITIONS, EMERGENCY EXITS, DOOR PANELS, CREDENZA, DADO PANELS, DOOR EXITS, LAVATORY, SIDE DOORS, SIDE LEDGES, PLACARDS, SEATING, CARPET, CABIN ATTENDENT SEATS for AIRBUS Single Aisle and Bombardier Client. 6 plus experience in Aircraft Manufacturing, NON-CONFIRMITIES/CONCESSIONS, REPAIR and Production Shop floor Support for the Airbus Single Aisle (A319, A320, A321) and Long Range (A330-300, 200, 200F) at Bremen, Hamburg Germany.

Product Lifecycle

Management (PLM), Testing, Support, Change, incident, Problem, Operations and Service Management, Service delivery, IT engineering services.

Subject Matter Expert (SME) - AKKODIS India Private Limited - Bengaluru, India

(2025-01)

Project: CABIN INTERIORS + RETROFIT Solution Engineering, Service Bulletin (SB). Client: AIRBUS Gmbh, Germany

• Leading a Team of 12 plus members for Cabin and Retrofit solution Engineering tasks.
• Managing Resources, Budget, effort estimation, Quality, deliverables within target deadlines.
• Undergone 2-days certified training on PASS SSCI-VPM A320 at at AIRBUS, Bengaluru, India.
• Involved in project meeting with client by providing project updates on day-to-day basis.
• Guiding Cabin Retrofit Engineering and Retrofit Solution Engineering team based on priority tasks.
• Conducting knowledge transfer on timely basis for support team to enhance project skills.
• Responsible for OTD-On time delivery, RFT-Right First Time as per AIRBUS Process and Standards.
• Maintaining and achieving consistently Airbus KPI above 95% within the project.

Senior Consultant – SAP PLM - PROLIM Solutions India Pvt.Ltd - Bengaluru, India

(2024-09 - 2024-09)

Project: SAP PLM, SAP EHS Functional – Implementation, Testing and Support. Client: PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), USA

• Relieved with very short notice period since project is cancelled by client.

Senior Analyst III, Software Engineering - DXC Technology - Bengaluru, India

(2015-11 - 2024-06)

Project: STC Analytics, CATIA/3DX, ENOVIA, SAP PLM, Implementation, Testing, Support. Client: Procter and Gamble (P&G), USA

• As a Change and Operations Manager handled a team of 30 plus team members in Service Level Management, Change and operations Management via Change Advisory Board (CAB) in IT services.
• Performed SAP PLM, CATIA/ 3DX, ENOVIA installation, configuration to customer's standards.
• Manual Testing QA: functional, Integration, Regression, sending status report, signing off.
• Reviewing of functional design specifications to ensure mapping of test case requirements.
• Supporting end users on timely basis in 24/7 working environment as per SLA.
• Received "Champs Award" for excellence in quality and service delivery at DXC Technology-FY23.

Lead Design Engineer - Objectwin Technology India Pvt. Ltd - Bengaluru, India

(2015-05 - 2015-11)

Project: CATIA V6/3DEXperience, ENOVIA V6 Application Testing and Product Support. Client: Hewlett Packard (hp), USA

• As a Shift Lead handled a team of 10 plus team members as part of Testing and Support activities.
• Managing Testing team with best combination of priority/severity of test cases and Support tasks.
• Designing detailed test case for the functionality specified by identifying test cases.
• Supporting end users on timely basis in 24/7 working environment as per SLA.

Senior Engineer – Design - AXISCADES Engineering Technologies Ltd - Bengaluru, India

(2008-07 - 2014-12)

Multiple projects: Project 1: GALLEY DESIGN – BOEING 737 (Client: Driessen Aerospace, USA); Project 2: DESIGN OF ELEVATOR, RUDDER CONTROL SURFACES – Bombardier C Series (Client: Alenia Aeronautica, Italy); Project 3: UPPER SHELL DESIGN – Airbus A350 XWB (Client: AIRBUS Gmbh, Germany); Project 4: CONCESSIONS – Single Aisle (SA), Long Range (LR) Program (Client: AIRBUS Gmbh, Germany)

• Project 1 - Concept Design, Assembly, Drafting are carried out as per Boeing Standards, customer data.
• Project 1 - Design of Galleys with respect to customer design engineering and Boeing Standards.
• Project 1 - Involved in Detailed Design of Galley in 3D modeling, Assembly, Drafting of Galley.
• Project 1 - Liaison for technical activities for Aircraft Cabin interiors of Galley Design with customer.
• Project 1 - Milestones achievement and Delivery planning and Technical Documents' control.
• Project 1 - Carried out Detailed Design and supported manufacturing team for smooth operation.
• Project 1 - Installed Electrical system and routings as part of ATA 25 and ATA 92 requirements.
• Project 1 - Supported Engineering Change Management and Engineering change orders (ECO) team.
• Project 1 - Uploading offshore data to onsite for the integration into Smarteam.
• Project 2 - As an Onsite Co-ordinator handled a team of 5 plus team members in offshore.
• Project 2 - Involved in Concept Design of Elevator and Rudder until preliminary design review (PDR) at onsite.
• Project 2 - Carried out Concept Design, Development to until critical design review (CDR) at offshore.
• Project 2 - Involved in 3D modelling, Assembly, Drafting of Elevator and Rudder Control Surfaces.
• Project 2 - Integrated detailed design data into Team Center Engineering (TCE).
• Project 3 - Involved in Detailed Design of Upper Shell program as per input data and Airbus Standards.
• Project 3 - Performed Detailed Design, 3D modelling and drafting of Clips and Frames.
• Project 3 - Detailed Design is carried out as per Airbus Reference Structure Design Principles (RSDP)
• Project 3 - Detailed Design Data is run through Airbus Q-checker for quality check and integration into Primes.
• Project 3 - Receieved Appreciation from Customer in Customer Feedback Form (CFF).
• Project 4 - As an Onsite Co-Ordinator handled a team of 10 members from Bremen, Hamburg, Germany.
• Project 4 - Checking Single Aisle (SA), Long Range (LR) concession tasks through Airbus SAP post box.
• Project 4 - Used Airbus Tools Catia Cadam Drafting (CCD), ZAMIZ, TAKSY, SAP R3 for Task 100 execution.
• Project 4 - Responsible for Task 100 and good knowledge on Task 200 responsibilities.
• Project 4 - Responsible for on-time delivery (OTD), first time right (FTR) for concession quality check.
• Project 4 - Maintaining and achieving consistently Airbus KPI above 95% within project.
• Project 4 - Responsible for Design quality check and guiding team at offshore for meeting Airbus KPI.
• Project 4 - Receieved Appreciation from Airbus Customer in Customer Feedback Form (CFF).

Engineer - Tech Mahindra (Satyam Computers) - Bengaluru, India

(2005-10 - 2008-06)

Project: AIRCRAFT CABIN INTERIORS MONUMENTS DESIGN – Global 5000. Client: Bombardier Aerospace, Canada

• Involved in Detailed Design of Aircraft Cabin interiors Monuments Design for Bombardier.
• Design of CREDENZA, PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT (PSU), Dado Panels, Side Ledges, Placards from offshore as well as via Onsite support.
• Involved in Detailed Design of Passenger Service Unit for Bombardier Global 5000, Montreal.
• Performed Detailed Design, 3D modelling, Assembly, drafting and Manufacturing support.
• Installed Electrical system and routings as part of ATA 25 and ATA 92 requirements.
• Liaison for technical activities for Aircraft Cabin interiors with customers.
• Worked at client location, performed and brought project to offshore with best practices.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Finance, Marketing - VTU, Belagavi, Karnataka, India (2023 - 2023)

Master of Technology (M. Tech) - Machine Design - VTU, Belagavi, Karnataka, India (2018 - 2018)

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - Mechanical Engineering - VTU, Belagavi, Karnataka, India (2002 - 2002)

PUC – II - Department of Pre-University Education (DPE), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (1998 - 1998)

S.S.L.C - Karnataka State Education Examination Board (KSEEB), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (1996 - 1996)