Product Engineer - ADIENT India Pvt. Ltd, Pune. Formerly known as Johnson Controls - Pune, India
(2012-01)
- Responsible for developing design concepts to meet the critical safety regulation requirements for federal (FMVSS) and Global (UN) requirements for rear seat.
- To do customer Input study, preparation & reviews of Preliminary Bill of material, part list and seat feature List and proposals for RFQ.
- Conduct design reviews with multiple functional teams (OEM, Supplier, internal support teams)
- Create and maintain Adient standards documents like Open issue list, BOM from customer complexity matrix, DFMEA with SC CC list, TDM, DCR, Cad in PLM, PPAP drawing, Part & assembly drawings with GD&T.
- Carry out Product gate sign off as part of Adient PLUS system for all requirements and safety regulations for products like Design, Safety & Manufacturing sign off, PKR sign off with SMTE's.
- Worked on Comfort and Packaging Feasibility study, Benchmarking studies, wire harness routings, cable routings and effort calculations.
- Work on concept designs, proposals and review with suppliers to get manufacturing and assembly feasibility and finally review with customers for approval and design releases.
- Release seat components and seat assemblies into Nissan and internal Teamcenter for events like DC lot, VC lot, PT1 & PT2 releases for Nissan and for Toyota.
- Resolving potential issues using A4 and A3 analysis problem solving tools.
- Review & Analyze test results as per Nissan's & Federal requirements and provide feedback to the testing team for test report creation.
- Upload & maintain CAD & Data note on Nissans team center & their internal system GDE / GRBBS.
- Conducting Tolerance stack up analysis for critical functions to analyze the worst case.
Product Engineer - ADIENT India Pvt. Ltd, Pune - Pune, India
(2025-07)
Current program: Toyota 650D-(Land cruiser)
Product Engineer - ADIENT India Pvt. Ltd, Pune - Pune, India
(2021-03 - 2025-07)
Past program: NISSAN P42QR (Pathfinder & Infinity) - 3 Years
Product Engineer - ADIENT India Pvt. Ltd, Pune - Yokohama, Japan (Onsite)
(2023-11 - 2025-07)
Nissan Rogue MY28 (P33C) – 1 year at Japan
- At Adient Japan, responsible for daily communications with customers to provide quick design supports and solutions, Involved in weekly customer and supplier meetings.
- Conduct design reviews with multiple functional teams (OEM, Supplier, SDT & internal support teams).
- Review of master seat for comfort analysis, capturing issues and providing design solutions for clean DV.
- Create and maintain Adient standards documents like Open issue list, BOM from customer complexity matrix, DFMEA with SC CC list, TDM, DCR, Cad in PLM, Chart drawing, Part & assembly drawings with GD&T, Nissan change documents & Cad data preparation & upload to Nissan TC.
Product Engineer - ADIENT India Pvt. Ltd, Pune - Pune, India
(2021-03 - 2023-11)
Stellantis program: DT-MCA truck & LB (Charger & Challenger) – 2 Years
- Trim sew map and GD&T drawings creation for DT MCA truck trim covers.
- Prepare and upload CAD seat assemblies & Trim KIT assemblies to PLM & Stellantis Team center.
- Benchmarking various plastics, mechanisms, and seat features for LB seats.
- Creating Assembly sequence (DFA) for 2R seat and highlighting potential issues & tool gun accessibility.
- Created various cad proposals for CLA, cushion wire frame, side shield plastics.
- worked on Functional objectives and Build Objectives for LB.
- IIHS & Latch studies for rear seat LB.
Sr. Design Engineer - Adient Engineering System LLC Plymouth, Michigan - Plymouth, Michigan, USA
(2015-11 - 2017-12)
Onsite Experience at US. Programs: 1. Toyota 419B (Corolla) & Prod. supports for Tundra & Tacoma trucks. 2. Safety & Comfort Module Design Engineer for multiple Programs.
- Worked as Complete seat Design Engineer for Toyota Program, 2020 419B (Corolla) RR seating.
- Designing and development of rear seat components from the initial phase of the program.
- Manufacturing and assembly feasibility studies.
- Generating part and assembly Drawings with GD&T.
- Designing seat mounting, build and testing fixtures for front & rear seats.
- Participating in seat build events and customer reviews.
- Conduct meetings with suppliers and customers for design & development of the components and coordinating with internal support groups like styling, CAE & supplier development team to resolve development, seat build & testing issues.
- Collaborating with offshore teams to meet delivery dates & explaining requirements and statements of work.
- Resolve design concerns by doing root cause analysis using A3 problem solving process.
- Six sigma / SMTE layout creation and exploded view drawing creation.
- Change management using EPIC (Enterprise Program Information Collaboration) Part/drawing Number, EBOM, and ECR creation etc.
Design Engineer - Adient Engineering System LLC Plymouth, Michigan - Plymouth, Michigan, USA
(2013-01 - 2015-10)
Duration: 2 Years & 10 Months. Product group: Safety & Comfort Module (Armrest, Headrest & Side bolsters). Program support: Toyota: Camry, Avalon, Lexus, Tundra & Tacoma trucks. GM: A2LL, E2LL, E2SC, Camaro, Lambda. Chrysler: JL (Wrangler Jeep), DT (Software used- UG NX 9)
- Worked as a Design Engineer for various clients to support design and development activities for Armrest, head restraint, plastics & Side bolsters etc. as per standard JCI product template and check-sheets.
- Quick Design iteration / proposals and deliverables to customers on time.
- Designing plastics, foams and metal parts from concept level to final production.
- Packaging and assembly feasibility studies, clearance studies with vehicle Environment.
- Detailed drawings for Headrest, Armrest, side bolsters and its component with GD&T, technical symbols and engineering notes for DV and production release.
- Data management through VPM, Team center.
Graduate Engineer Trainee - ADIENT India Pvt. Ltd, Pune - Pune, India
(2012-01 - 2012-12)
Product Group: Automotive Interiors (Doors, Headliner, dashboard). Duration: 1 Year. Program support: Honda MDX, DAIMLER AC 205, GM D2JO.
- Attachment feasibility studies for door component and assembly.
- Design creation and modification of B-side features to meet tooling and design requirements.
- Use of JCI standards Power copies.
- SMTE check sheet for reviews.
- Detail Parts and assembly drawing creation with GD&T.
- Layout drawing creation for doors.
