Manufacturing Associate

Professionally and technically astute Mechanical Engineer with 3+ years industrial and research experience in Engineering Design development and analysis. Hands-on experience in product design and fluency in CAD and FEA packages. Seeking full time opportunities in Mechanical Engineering to leverage my leadership and technical skills

• Working in the Honda CRV and Acura RDX Paint department to identify defects on the car body and complete inspection
• Documenting Automotive Final Inspection Sheet and operating part tracking for traceability
• Operating lift assist and working on door assembly using fabrication tools to install parts
• Fixing Chip, Scratch and Deforms on the vehicle in repair shop with manufacturing team

• Modeled porous material using image based FEA in Object Oriented FEA 3D (OOF3D) through multiple cross-sectional images and obtained high quality mesh and phase separation with 95 % model accuracy
• Created 3D CAD models of varying number of pores and porosity based on Maxwell's Methodology using SolidWorks
• Performed thermal simulations using FEA in Abaqus on 3D CAD models imported from OOF3D and SolidWorks and reduced computation hours by 20% using tetrahedral mesh with appropriate convergence tests
• Analyzed and coded heat flux data obtained from results, in MATLAB and computed effective thermal conductivity
• Produced linear regression graphs to interpret data; authored, presented and published Master's Thesis

Graduate Research Assistant

• Headed suspension team in mechanical design, manufacturing and testing parts and assemblies for Student Formula car
• Designed Wheel hubs, Uprights from concept to 3D CAD models using CATIA V5 by implementing Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA), resulting in cost reduction by 20 %
• Applied Engineering principles and computed forces acting on individual parts using MATLAB and performed FEA to determine component failure in ANSYS by testing different Aluminum materials; Reduced overall part weight by 7-8 %
• Drafted 2D detailed engineering drawings utilizing Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) and produced BOMs in CATIA V5 to communicate design intent to other groups

Design Engineer

• Documented the raw material purchase orders, injection molding machine and mold design specification for Product Development according to vendors requirements and production
• Utilized 3D solid modeling for jigs & fixtures used for plastic components and presented 2D CAD drawings and BOMs during design reviews
• Identified flaws in manufactured mold by interpreting blueprints and adjusted dimensions to meet specifications for Bajaj Pulsar Bike and maintained technical documentation in the equipment room

Mechanical Engineering Intern

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Vrushank Balutkar: Manufacturing Associate

Vrushank Balutkar

Honda of America Manufacturing

University of North Carolina

SUPRA SAE Sabers Team

Varroc Polymers Pvt Ltd

Savitribai Phule Pune University

University of North Carolina at Charlotte