ALSTOM TRANSPORTATION (formerly BOMBARDIER) (Jun’12 – Till date)
Montreal, QC, Canada
Group RAMS Manager – Metros & Suburban Platforms – USA, Canada & Mexico (Dec’21 – Till date)
Key responsibilities:
- Budget management: Ensure allocation & availability of budget to support team operations & strategic initiatives.
- Resource & Performance management: Develop the team to achieve full potential, drive high-impact contributions & continuous growth, while maintaining a balanced approach to capacity, workload, & skill requirements.
- Project Management: Monitor project progress & deliverables, provide expert guidance & support to ensure successful execution.
- Technical leadership: Oversee RAMS activities across projects and tenders in alignment with QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery) while ensuring strict adherence to company standards, processes, and strategic objectives.
- Grow RAMS Talent: Champion RAMS talent development by expanding capabilities at BCC sites and spearheading strategic initiatives, including university partnerships and the establishment of a RAMS Academy, to nurture expertise and build a sustainable talent pipeline.
- Act as Safety Leader for Safety issues/incidents reported in Service & lead them to closure.
- First-level management of global teams, people performance management (annual performance reviews).
- RAMS process & tools development and region-wide implementation.
- Support Métier in building RAMS roadmap, Platform strategy and portfolio-wide resource/budget allocation.
- Customer & Supplier management (incl negotiations), ROP management, support Project leads w/ Gate reviews.
- Part of core leadership team (across North America) at Alstom.
- Recruit, mentor & coach new joiners within team; manage work packages with Contractors (External resources).
- Instrumental in ramping up new teams and charter as part of India expansion.
RAMS Tech Lead – Projects, AMERICAS (Dec’20 – Dec’24)
Responsible to plan, lead and support the Project RAMS activities on Vancouver SkyTrain Mark V project.
Key accountabilities:
- Responsible to plan, lead and support the Project RAMS activities & analyses for the Rolling Stock.
- Provide technical support & guidance to Project RAMS team; conduct reviews and verify/approve all RAMS deliverables in terms of Quality, Time and Budget.
- Provide RAMS support to Procurement in evaluating & finalizing the Suppliers.
- Work closely with Chief Engineer and various Subsystem Engineers on design decisions involving RAMS.
- Support Requirement Management through DOORS and Change Management.
- Lead the Gate review activities with the Customer and Suppliers.
RAMS Tech Lead – Bids Group (AMERICAS) (Mar’18 – Dec’20)
In this key role, being a part of Bids core-team, ensured that Bombardier delivers a winning Bid proposal from RAMS standpoint based on healthy assumptions and effective risk management. Responsibilities:
- Led the negative gate review activities for RAMS SoW on all bids across AMERICAS region.
- Liaised with multiple departments (Sales, Legal, Procurement, Governance, PM, Engineering etc.) to coordinate, plan & execute RAMS Bid activities. Well appreciated for Collaboration & Teamwork.
- Responsible to obtain internal RAMS mandate (Technical, Commercial & Contractual) before each Bid submittal.
- Standardized RAMS processes for Bids evaluation to improve efficiency & efficacy.
- Established criteria & developed internal tools to persuade data-driven decision making. Tools developed - Spare Parts estimator, Confidence interval calculator, Redundancy calculator, Reliability Growth predictor.
- Successfully handled pre-bid and post-bid negotiations with Customers & Suppliers, Bid-to-Project handovers.
- Evaluated supplier proposals and promoted Vendor development for standardization.
Key Achievements:
- Successfully bid on NJT MLIII order in 2019 (Base order = 113 Multilevel cars ~ USD 669, with 886 Option cars), Vancouver TransLink Mark V order in late 2020 (Base Order = 205 Cars ~ USD 720M, with 400 Option Cars).
RAMS/FRACAS Team Lead (ASIA PACIFIC) (Jan’17 – Feb’18)
Worked as a RAMS & FRACAS Team Lead for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) RS11 contract. Responsibilities:
- Accountable for deploying & managing FRACAS on this strategic contract of 160 metro cars.
- Liaised with Customer (managed all RAMS/LCC related communications) and acted as a focal point for all central functions at Bombardier (Engineering, PI, PM, Finance).
- Identified Project risks in terms of RAMS commitments made to the customer and provided realistic solutions.
- Developed new strategies for reliability calculation on RS11 to meet the highly aggressive reliability commitments; successfully convinced DMRC to implement new strategies for MDBF, MDBCF & Fleet Defects.
- Presided at monthly FRACAS meetings with DMRC to review the failures and achieved performance.
- Maintained RS11 growth review sheets, MPRs, Product Performance Dashboard, Project cockpit.
Key Achievements:
- Rescued Bombardier from risk of not meeting Contractual Reliability & saved Warranty costs through efficient FRACAS.
- Awarded by the Project Director for demonstrating strong leadership (Problem Solving + Decision Making).
RAMS Sr. Engineer (AMERICAS) (Nov’14 – Dec’16)
Project Team Lead (a.i.) accountable to deliver RAMS analyses on R179 New York City Subway Cars. Responsibilities:
- Responsible for closure & acceptance of all RAMS deliverables, and to achieve associated payment milestones.
- Improved project execution through regular follow-ups & task planning with internal & external stakeholders.
- Efficiently managed work-sessions, reviews and presentations with the Client (NYCT).
- Closely tracked Supplier’s progress & timely apprised Bombardier Supply Management of changing priorities.
- Focused to improve the quality, consistency and traceability among different RAMS deliverables.
Key Achievements: Successfully delivered all RAMS deliverables linked to $$ milestone in time; R179 Trains achieved required MDBF reliability targets within first year of Reliability demo.
RAMS Engineer (AMERICAS) (Jun’12 – Oct’14)
Hired as RAMS Engineer to support RAMS activities on NYCT R179 Contract. Responsibilities:
- Conducted Vehicle level Reliability Prediction Analyses, Fleet-Defect calculations & analysis, Reliability Growth analysis, FMECA & FMECA validation test plans.
- Conducted Vehicle level Safety analyses as per MIL-STD-882D – PHL, PHA/SVM, Hazard log, O&SHA.
- Developed preventive & overhaul maintenance schedules; conducted MTTR analysis; developed LRU/LLRU list for maintainability demonstrations; Spare parts estimation analysis.
- Reviewed Supplier RAMS documentation and developed Review Checklists for standardization.
- Supported development of Fault Management Plan for annunciation & reporting of failures on TOD.
- Supported development of Train Operator Manuals to cover Train readiness & Pre-departure checks.
General Electric (GE Lighting), Montreal, Canada (April’11 – May’12)
Systems Engineer Co-op
Project #1: Reliability & Useful life prediction of LED based Traffic lamps through ALT
- Estimated reliability of LED Traffic lamps through Accelerated Life Testing. Used L50 metric for predicting useful life.
- Established mathematical relationship between Light Output of LEDs and Forward Current (If).
Project #2: LED replacement for 60W Incandescent Bulb
- Conducted Reliability analysis, measured Reliability through Reliability testing.
Project #3: Regulatory Compliance Management & Improvement (per RoHS directive)
- Developed Compliance Control Plans to ensure continued compliance of products with relevant laws & regulations.
- US Department of Energy: Arranged traffic lamps for testing & devised test plan; developed an automated tool for data collection, calculation, verification & reporting; maintained compliance calendar for annual reporting.
EATON Corporation, Pune, India (Oct’06 – July’10)
Reliability Engineer- EATON AEROSPACE
Project #1: ARJ21 COCKPIT DIMMING-CONTROL SYSTEM
- Responsible for Circuit Designing and BOM preparation; functional verification of designs through prototype testing.
- Prepared Environmental Qualification Test Plan (QTP) based upon RTCA DO-160D standard.
- Developed FMECA, RPA & RBDs for all Dimming Control Units and proposed multiple design changes.
Project #2: EMBRAER LEGACY 500 - Nosewheel Steering/Landing Gear Control/Hydraulic Controlled Combined System
- Conducted Design FMECA of the ECU + Reliability Prediction Analysis based on MIL-HDBK-217F Parts stress Method.
Project #3: VOLVO - Electro-hydraulic Valve solution for Wheel-loaders
- Gathered RAMS VoC & established safety function expectations in collaboration with Volvo safety engineer.
- Completed PHA (HAZOP) as per IEC 61508 standard and conducted FMEDA for Boom LIFT and TILT functions.
Project #4: GULFSTREAM’s P20 SERIES - NOSEWHEEL STEERING (NWS) CONTROL SYSTEM
- Developed a detailed FMECA for the ECU; through FMECA - identified flaws in the design logic & proposed solutions.
- Conducted Reliability Prediction analysis based on MIL-HDBK-217F Parts stress method.
Project #5: 41SC1000 Pressure Transducer –
(New PRODUCT DEVELOPOMENT)
- Laid out MTBF demonstration test plan based on Chi-square method; Conducted FMECA; Designed HALT Test plan.
