SENTHIL KUMAR.

R
S/o A.S.Rathinam, 10C, Sivan Koil, East Street,
Aruppukottai-626101, Tamil Nadu.
E-mail:Senthil_bpl82@yahoo.com, Mobile: 91-9037871544, Phone: 04566-221082

A design and development professional with expertise in project planning,

execution, vendor development. 6+ years experience in product development and tool
design in Automobile and Telecom industry; seeks an assignment as Design Engineer/
Design & Development Manager in Telecom/ Consumer Electronics / Automobile
Industry.

Career Profile

An innovative design engineer with exhaustive application knowledge and

experience of 3D modelling and detailing by using design software, UG NX4 and
Auto Cad 2006 & 2009.

Knowledge in softwares like Solid works 2006, Mechanical Desktop 4.0,Analysis

Packages like Nastran.

Developed proficiency in aesthetic product development, developed prototypes,

established production processes for high end feature phone, caller ID phone, for
BSNL and for Reliance, plastic and sheet metal components during 6 years
experience with Automobile and Telecom Company.

Have utilised analytical tools like PRO-Engineer, for resolving complex design and
development issues.

A creative individual with excellent reasoning, Logical and communication skills.

Core Competency

Building on the basic education of engineering design, mastered the design

and development of plastic injection moulding/sheet metal components for
telecom industry.

Part design, review and Tool design.

Prototype development and product/process validation.

Manufacturing review and commissioning.

Professional Experience
BPL TELECOM PRIVATE LTD, PALAKKAD, KERALA
Design Engineer R&D, Mar 2008 Onwards
BPL Telecom Ltd., a part of the BPL Group of companies, an ISO 9001 company,
specialises in Telecommunications, it offers end-to-end telecom solutions to both Indian
and Overseas clients. It has business collaborations with Ericsson, Toshiba, Alcatel,
Tadiran etc.

Responsibilities:

As Design Engineer R&D, guide and lead Product Development team throughout
the product development process.

Handle

the

entire

product

development

process

including

design,

value

engineering, costing, prototype development and validation within targeted cost

and time frame.

Interact with customer on Product Development & Quality issues, sample approval
for mass production, freeze development documents.

Utilise the knowledge and experience in product development, Design Plastic &
sheet metal parts for telecommunication equipments.

Develop prototype, establish process and tool proving, and develop Mould
processing, Sheet metal Fabrication.

Collaborate with electronic team for defect free assembly in first prototype.

Develop detailed drawings for sheet metal fabrication.

Undertake process and product validation as per ISO 9000 Quality requirements
and generate documents for repeatability and eliminate process variability.

Establish an Engineering and Development team; develop products as per

Customer requirements with enhanced technical features, minimum cost and
quality.

Liaise with various departments Like Tool design, Machining, Painting, QA,
Customer and streamline the product development process.

Develop a capable and cohesive design and development team of 3 engineers.

Ensure the professional development of individual team member.

Major Achievements:

Re-engineered the product design ,conserved plastics consumption, streamlined

circuit boards ,Sheet metal components and reduced product RMC's.

Submitted samples within scheduled time, obtained approval and successfully

executed new projects within targeted cost and time, from Ericsson, Toshiba,
Alcatel, Tadiran, BSNL and Reliance for High End Feature, Caller ID telephone
handsets.

BESMAK components Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.

Design Engineer, Mar 2003 to Oct 2006.
Responsibilities:

Designing of mould layout and selection of Mould type, number of cavities, and
cooling model for mould, ejection /venting provision, process parameters for the
product and molding machine.

Designing of mould cavity and die using UNI GRAPHICS-Nx2, NX3& NX4, and
AUTOCAD 2004.

Design of core, splitting of core & cavity according to parting line.

Major Achievements:
MARUTHI

Fuse case assembly for Alto light main broad panel.

BAJAJ PULSAR

Horn wire Harding Assembly.

FORD

Steering cum control panel assembly areas.

MIDA WIRE LINK

Water seal connector for heavy automobile bodies of tractors.

YAMAHA (YBX)

Power distribution cable fuses box assembly.

DELPHI TVS

Hybrid assembly futures connectors.

LOTUS CABLE

Gear assembly futures for printers head feeders.

Kmax Technologies Pvt,Ltd., Chennai.

Design Engineer - Oct 2006 to Mar 2008.
Responsibilities:

Reverse engineering and bench marking of Automobile cluster components on

customer request.

Dimensioning, Tolerance and area calculation of the new model

Selection of polymeric raw material (Physical & Chemical properties)

Drafting as per manufacturing fit & tolerance,

Analysis of shrinkage allowance and other manufacturing parameters

Major Achievements:
YAMAHA (YBX)

Power distribution cable fuses box assembly.

DELPHI TVS

Hybrid assembly futures connectors.

LOTUS CABLE

Gear assembly futures for printers head feeders.

Educational Qualifications

S.S.L.C. having 70% of Marks passed in the Year April 1997. Board Secondary
Education, Tamilnadu.

H.S.C.

having

74%

of

Marks

passed

in

the

year

April

1999.

Board

Hr.Sec.Education, Tamilnadu.

B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) Bharathiyar University , 1999-2003.

Computer Proficiency

Knowledge and experience in design software UG NX2, NX3, NX4, Pro-Engineer

Wildfire 2.0, Solid works, Auto Cad 2006 & 2009 and Mechanical Desktop 4.0.

Have successfully used analytical packages like Nastran.

Knowledge of documentation and presentation software MS Word, MS Excel and

MS Power Point.

Personal Information

Date of birth: 19th March 1982.

Languages known: Tamil, English, and Malayalam.