Shrikant Chopade

19 Years of Experience -4 Complete Projects life cycle/Many Small Projects (Style to Production) o 5 international Body Closure Patents and 1 USA Patent on Suspension link Approved ,3 Under approval process (As Inventor ). o Design & Development of Passenger vehicle EV, Non-EV and Commercial Vehicle o Body, Closures, Mechanism Sheet metal /Composite /Plastics components Design/PLM /CAD Catia V5/V6 o Individual Team player + Team Manager. (Teamcenter, Jira, Office project, Confluence, Xls. ) • Experience in Automotive programs for different vehicles like Sedan, Hatchback, Trucks, Autocycle. • Worked for different OEM’s Like Honda R&D NA, Toyota tech center NA, TATA Motors, Mahindra and Mahindra, Navistar, Renault, Aptera Motors etc. from Style Feasibility to Production Launch. • Good knowledge of automotive product development lifecycle, Program management, tracking program timeline, design, and PLM release process using MS project, JIRA, Confluence. • Experienced in Sheet metal parts, Plastic parts, Mechanism Parts & manufacturing process. • Have a knowledge of Geometrical Dimensioning & Tolerance (GD&T), Stack-up Analysis • Experienced in Value Engineering and Value Analysis, Cost effective design, DFMEA, DVP. • Excellent communication skills. Coordinated various projects offshore and onsite. Aware of Global Delivery model and communication process. • Good knowledge Design development process in BIW, mechanism packaging for Closures. • Exposure to complete Product Life Cycle, hands on Product Lauch experience (Concept design to start of production), Worked on Warranty issues of product and applied learning on new products. • Well conversation with new product development & product life cycle management. • Proficient in CATIA V5/V6 (Surface modeling, Assembly), MS office, Team Centre (PLM), Cloud data management, Jira ,Confluence.