Nilesh Bangade

PLM-focused consultant and solution architect with 10+ years advising manufacturing and industrial clients on product development transformation using 3DEXPERIENCE/ENOVIA. Combines deep functional expertise in BOM management, configuration and change management, and CAD-PLM integration with hands-on experience translating client business requirements into scalable technology roadmaps. Track record partnering with sales, presales, and delivery leadership to shape client-facing proposals and lead cross-functional teams through digital transformation initiatives across automotive, industrial equipment, and defense-adjacent manufacturing sectors.

Seeking to apply this domain and delivery expertise in a client-advisory, transformation-consulting capacity.

PLM Solution Architect / Transformation Consultant — ENOVIA Implementation & Upgrade at Accenture (ATCI) (2024-10 – Present)

• Act as client-facing domain consultant, advising Alstom stakeholders on best-in-class PLM processes and translating engineering and manufacturing business requirements into a scalable ENOVIA solution architecture and transformation roadmap
• Led design of product structures, BOM management, lifecycle workflows, and change management processes, aligning technical solutions to measurable business outcomes
• Defined and executed comprehensive testing strategies, including Unit Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring solution quality, functional compliance, and alignment with business requirements
• Provided Functional leadership and delivery governance across the implementation, ensuring adherence to architectural best practices and program standards
• Collaborated with Sales, Presales, Delivery to support business expansion and grow the project portfolio, building reusable solution assets along the way

CATIA/ENOVIA/DELMIA Functional Consultant at Schindler India Pvt. Ltd. (2021-10 – 2024-10)

• Served as functional consultant and business analyst on the Digital Twin/Digital Transformation program for elevator products on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, replacing the legacy CAD/PLM platform with a data-driven digital-twin-ready environment
• Worked directly with Product Owners, Business Stakeholders, and Solution Architects to gather requirements, perform impact analysis, and document transformation decisions
• Diagnosed application issues, performed root-cause analysis, and managed Service Requests/Enhancement Requests through the 3DExperience support process
• Directed creation of requirements, test cases, test plans, and led validation cycles including Smoke Testing after GA/FD releases
• Delivered hands-on DELMIA digital manufacturing capability — Manufacturing Item Definition, Process Planning, Planning Structure, and Work Instructions
• Applied PLM processes — Change Management, Variant Management, Engineering Release, Document & BOM Management, Classification Manager — across the CATIA/ENOVIA landscape
• Led Knowledge-Based Engineering initiatives — Power Copy & UDF, Engineering Templates, Knowledge Patterns, Rules, Reactions — to capture and reuse engineering know-how
• Identified process improvement opportunities and proposed solutions, including scripts and tools to automate recurring tasks

Design Engineer (GD&T) at Universal Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Client: FEV India Pvt. Ltd. (2020-08 – 2021-10)

• Supported design engineering on ABC Claude EL4, EL6, EL8, V12, V16, V20 cylinder engines, preparing 3D models and 2D manufacturing drawings with GD&T applied to crankshaft, cylinder, and other core components
• Modeled and detailed casting, forging, sheet metal, and welded engine assembly components
• Performed engineering calculations to industry design codes (ASME and related standards), validating designs against safety and quality requirements
• Prepared manufacturing drawings accounting for tolerance stack-up, relief grooves, undercuts, and machining tolerances on cast/forged parts, coordinating design modifications directly with the client

Design Engineer at Patson Machine Pvt. Ltd. (2019-10 – 2020-08)

• Prepared client-facing proposal drawings and supporting design calculations for custom machine designs
• Designed fixtures for drilling operations and resolved assembly-stage issues in coordination with manufacturing teams
• Produced modeling, drafting, and GD&T-annotated manufacturing drawings in CATIA V5 and AutoCAD, and managed procurement of bought-out hydraulic/pneumatic components

Senior Research Fellow at ARDE DRDO (2015-02 – 2019-02)

• Designed and modified rocket systems and assemblies to ARDE DRDO standards, including Aft and Fore motor tube design
• Authored DFMEA documentation and computed mass properties (MI, Centre of Gravity) for assembled rocket systems
• Led manufacturing inspection, fabrication testing, and functional/operational testing, including dimensional inspection, pressure testing, and dynamic imbalance evaluation
• Prepared and maintained assembly procedures, specifications, and quality assurance/inspection documentation, and owned design quality checking and analysis

B.E. in Mechanical Engineering – Nagpur University (2013)

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering – MSBTE (2010)

HSC (12th) – Nagpur Board (2007)

SSC (10th) – Nagpur Board (2005)