Kuruba Nagapavan Kumar

Secure a responsible career opportunity to fully utilize the interpersonal skills and training to achieve the goals of the company and gain the knowledge to develop the skills. Currently working as Sr. Quality engineer. Having 6+ years of experience in Quality &

• Production department. Having good knowledge in Quality process, QMS related documents, Defense, Aerospace, EMS and MACE (Maruti Suzuki) requirements. Having good knowledge in Quality assurance and Quality control, QMS, 4M Change management, SOP, WI, APQP &

• PPAP, IPP, IPC, Training &

• Education, Risk analysis, RCCA and 8D report. Handling of Customer Audits and Implements actions for audit observations &

• NC’s. Having good knowledge in Planning, Sourcing, Supplier management. Part of a member in Management Review Meetings (MRM)

Senior Engineer at TATA Electronics System Solutions Ltd. (2026-04 – Present)

TATA Electronics System Solutions Ltd located in Bangalore and involves in Electronics Manufacturing Services, Semiconductor assembly and testing.

• Monitoring and publish the Manufacturing and assembly Line wise yield reports by extracting the data from Shop Floor Control System (SFCS) ERP.
• Conducting the CFT meetings to discuss the day wise NC observations, Assembly line issues and process improvements.
• Drive the product Quality, Manufacturability and product improvements by collaborate with Production teams.
• Validate the line process along with Cross Functional Teams.
• Drive the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) &Implementation of Corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) of the Quality issues for defects reduction and process improvements.
• Monitor and improve the quality metrics including NC’s, defect rates, CAPA effectiveness.
• Attending the Customer meetings and share the Specified reports (BOLO, IT-GFPP, DATABEAKON) to customers by extracting the data from customer portals (Insight) and internal teams for reduction of issues and improvement of yield.
• Follow-up of Customer Experience Test (CET) and share the RCCA for observations.
• Monitoring the Retest Audits & Rework activities followed by FA analysis.

Sr. Quality Engineer at Excel Springs Pvt Ltd. (2020-10 – 2026-03)

Excel Springs Private Limited located in Bangalore is an ISO: 9001-2015 certified company and is certified Green by Maruti Suzuki (MACE). ESPL involves in manufacturing & supply of springs and Wire forms to OEM and Tier-1.

• Customer audits handling and closing of audit observations and NC’s.
• Conducting the product & process audits and Process Qualification.
• Understanding the customer complaints drive for the root cause analysis and implementing the Corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) w.r.t 8D reports.
• Initiating containment actions, segregation and rework activities.
• Monitoring the calibration status of the instruments as per the defined frequency.
• Monitoring the in-process quality activities &documents in the shop floor process.
• Ensure of SOP’s, WI and Machine setting cards availability.
• Monitoring the 4M change activities and Abnormal handling procedure.
• Conduct the supplier audits and follow-up for closures of audit observations.
• Implementation of Kaizen’s for CIP focused on defect reduction, process capability improvement and workmanship excellence.
• APQP timing plan and follow-up till APQP signoff.
• Drawing and Feasibility study with respect to design and GD&T.
• Conducting and collaborating with CFT to analysis the process and Risks.
• Define the prelaunch PFD, Control plan, PFMEA matrix, PFMEA & SOP.
• Monitoring IPP and IPC activities, Submission of PPAP Documents, APQP study.
• SPC & MSA activities for process validation.
• Follow-up of Pilot lot, carried out inspections and offer for customer approvals.
• Having the track of past defect history, MOM and customer feedback.
• Attending the certification audits ISO 9001 and regulatory inspections
• Attending the MRM meetings and KPI discussions.
• Develop and review the Quality Procedures, SOP, Work Instructions.
• Quality Documentation control and Standardization.
• Prepare the customer specific quality documents and expectations.
• Conducting the internal audits and closing of NC’s.

Quality Engineer: GET at Excel Springs Pvt Ltd. (2019-03 – 2020-09)

• Maintain 5s and shop floor discipline MACE activities.
• Production planning of monthly schedules and monitoring the process.
• Finished products quality checking and inspection reports generation.
• Process checking and samples approving.
• Management of measuring instruments and Gauges Calibration.
• Ensure the material arrangement for daily dispatches to meet monthly schedules.
• Planning of annual trainings, conduct of training as per plan and data control.
• Prepare and Organize training program as per Training NeedsIdentified (TNI).
• Work allotment and distribution of work to casual workers.

RM store & Line in-charge at Excel Springs Pvt Ltd.

• Line inspection and monitoring the machining process.
• Daily rejection data report monitoring.
• Producing the monthly production data analysis charts and reports Submission.
• Raw Material store maintenance and Finished Products Store Data Maintenance.

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering – Hindustan University, Chennai (2013 – 2017)

Intermediate – NRI College, Guntur (2011 – 2013)

SSC – Andhra Pradesh residential school, Peruru (2010 – 2011)