Heading Research and Development (Sr. R&D Manager) at Honeywell, Safety and Productivity Solutions
18 Years of Experience
Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Innovative, result oriented and enterprising engineering leader with 18 years’ experience ranging from aerospace, automation, healthcare, industrial equipment, tools & dies development, hydraulic equipment & SPM, PPE & electrical safety, printing, packaging. Led multi-disciplinary team in multi-functional environment over the years in the fields of mechanical, simulation, embedded system & software. Incubated new business including R&D team set up. Exposure to multiple geographies in Asia, Americas, and Europe.
Honeywell, Others, Retail
Honeywell
Eaton Corporation
Honeywell, Honeywell, Eaton Corporation, Eaton Corporation, Infotech Enterprises, Reliable Techno Designs Private Limited, KALYANI MAXION WHEELS LIMITED
Job Title : Sr. Research and Development Manager
Company name : Honeywell
Period : April 2023 - Present
Location : Pune, Maharashtra, India
Job Title : Research And Development Manager
Company name : Honeywell
Period : November 2019 - April 2023
Summary : • Responsible for the entire R&D function and end-to-end product development cycle. Accountable for the R&D annual and STRAP plan and ensuring both OPEX and CAPEX spend every year are in line with growth aspirations
• Built a multi-disciplinary team of 16 R&D engineers over the course of 3 years
• Launched 30+ new products in the fields of sensor, IOT, AI, VA, embedded system, PPE & ES generating a revenue of $18M in the 3rd year.
• Reduced time of launch of new products to 4 months from the traditional 14 months of Honeywell.
• Worked on organizational capabilities by streamlining product development process, building strong cross functional team, & establishing multiple manufacturing and service vendors.
• Won the Rising Brand Award in the technology category in Asia awarded by BARC Asia and Herald Global.
• Won 3 back-to-back High Growth Regions excellence awards in Innovation between 2020-22 for the Nitrile Gloves, AIDC and Blutag projects.
Location : Pune, Maharashtra, India
Job Title : Senior Product Engineer (Project Lead), Aerospace Conveyance Group
Company name : Eaton Corporation
Period : April 2014 - November 2019
Summary : Jobs Responsibility:
• Project execution for Aerospace Conveyance product like, tube fitting, swage machine, metal joining tool coupling, Hoses, etc
• Developed Technology and Product roadmaps as part of the strategic initiative of Organization.
• Accountable for team’s innovation matrix; exceeded the target every year. Coordinate Design & drawing automation activities.
• Implemented project management learnings like planning, prioritization and deliverable / resource tracking through PLM & project rail.
• Collaborated with cross functional teams to review Customer requirements, mitigating risks, predict the design accuracy in line with ‘Analysis First’ philosophy. Have worked with SCM and Purchase teams too, to review global supplier and coached them on design requirement.
• Provided technical support to Manufacturing, Test-lab, Quality teams for product development and qualification.
• Collaborated with technical experts & leadership for the project review and flawless launch of the product as per the timelines and stage gate Pro-Launch process.
• Coordinated with end customer to gather clarification on VOC and attain agreement on proposals.
• Have been Global PoC and work release board approval for production drawing release. Mentoring team for project execution.
Projects executed:
• Leading an Alien program: “AeroLok” Fast hydraulic connection.
Invented fitting technology and is being launched soon to reduce A320neo assembly time by 300 hours. This results in generating $39B additional annual revenue to Airbus. Eaton gets $700M contract from Airbus.
• Led NPD: Universal Roller Swage Machine development.
• Visited Jackson, MI to lead team of five designers for development of fire proof Hose, Customized silicon molding tool & Air under water test tool for Boeing 737.
• Led A350XWB delta qualification program for Roller swage and Rynglok tube fittings.
Location : Pune Area, India
Job Title : Product Engineer, Aerospace Conveyance Group
Company name : Eaton Corporation
Period : January 2011 - April 2014
Summary : Projects executed:
•Led NPD: Universal Roller Swage Machine development.
I Invented the Machine which combine & automate the joining process of hydraulic and fuel tube fitting for C919 swage join production at Jackson, MI shop floor.
Mentor the team of 3 members to burn down 1500 components & assembly models/drawings in 3 months’ time.
Validate the machine process capability and launch it for production with operating manual.
Prepared Book of knowledge and lesson learns for the machine design.
Trained the peers to develop other smaller version of the swage machines.
•Visited Jackson, MI to Lead team of 5 designer for 1200 series fire proof hose development & to develop customized silicon molding & air under water test tool for fire protected hose Boeing 737.
•Led A350XWB delta qualification program for Roller swage and Rynglok tube fittings.
Manages product, equipment and tooling BOMs in the Agile PLM tool. Stipulates analytical & testing protocols to improve product maturity to 100%.
•Global point of contact & Engineering work release board approver for tube fitting, Swage tool & machine product line. Currently mentoring the team of 2 engineers for projects on these products.
•Identify Pune based supplier for Seirra-swage tool development with coordination of as cost effective option.
Trainings & Achievements:
•Drove multiple innovation summits at Pune & Jackson, MI. 11 invention disclosures, 1 trade secret for hose skiving tool and 4 patent applications Universal Swage - US 20140305176 A1, Tube Snap to Connect - 15-AQP-783 (JAC), Hex ring for Conductivity 17GLC445PROV, Grounding finger for conductivity - 17GLC435PROV
•“Employee of the Quarter” Q1, 2013 award for development of Universal swage machine.
•ITW – 2012 technical paper submission & trained the Jackson, MI (USA) Engineers for Universal Swage Machine design & operation.
•Aerospace professional training on Aircraft structure, controls, Fuel & hydraulic systems, Engines at Indira Aviation Institute Pune.
Location : Pune Area, India
Job Title : Product Engineer
Company name : Infotech Enterprises
Period : June 2008 - January 2011
Summary : Company is the aerospace engineering service provider. Work with Hamilton Sundstrand and others giant customer.
Projects Executed:
Group: Engine Control System and Actuation System Engineering
Client: Hamilton Sundstrand, Sundyne, Pratt & Whitney, Tools: Unigraphics NX4, TCE, Catia
•Universal Joint for telescopic duct design added new product to customer portfolio.
•Develop multiple tooling
Title : HYDRAULIC QUICK CONNECTOR Patent number : GB2565161 Publication time : 6.2.2019 Summary : GROUNDING FINGERS FOR ELECTRICAL BONDING IN HYDRAULIC QUICK CONNECTORS IN HOSE AND TUBE ASSYS Title : Fluid Conduit Assembly - 201911017033 Patent numb
Organization name : SAE Period : January 2014 - Present
English (Professional Working), Hindi (Native Or Bilingual), Marathi (Native Or Bilingual)
Award : Project of Q1, 2021 from APAC region.
Issuer : Honeywell
Date : 4 2021
Award : Provisional patent For Snap to Connect Hydraulic Fittings Serial Number: 1044/KOL/2015
Issuer : Eaton Corporation
Date : 10 2015
Summary : Provisional Patent Serial Number: 1044/KOL/2015
Award : Patent application Universal roller swaging machine with tool wear monitor US 20140305176 A1
Issuer : Eaton Corporation
Date : 10 2014
Summary : A roller swaging machine is provided for swaging first and second work pieces together. The roller swaging machine may include a base, a work piece support assembly, a tool carriage assembly, a spline feed assembly, and a linear sensor. In an embodiment, a tool carriage assembly may be configured to support an expander tool having a tapered mandrel, the spline feed assembly may be configured to be coupled to the tapered mandrel of the expander tool, and the linear sensor may be configured to measure axial movement of the tapered mandrel.
Award : Employee Of Quarter Award
Issuer : Eaton Corporation
Date : 9 2012
Summary : Contribution in 8775 swage machine development project.
Award : Associate of the year 2010
Issuer : Cyient
Date : 10 2010
Award : Outstanding Team Performance
Issuer : Cyient
Date : 1 2010
Summary : for Actuation System Break / Position Sensing Unit.
Award : Outstanding Team Performance
Issuer : Cyient
Date : 1 2009
Summary : for ERJ170 Cactus Pack Project
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