LATHA BN

Experience

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  GE Healthcare

  Jun 2006 - Jun 2007

  Trainee Engineer

  • Testing and debugging of various subsystem of Patient position system • Involved in solving problem related to Radiation Emission

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  GE Transportation, a Wabtec company

  Jun 2007 - Feb 2019

  -Responsible for designing the the overall digital solution design that encompasses all the necessary components for a successful deployment of products/solutions.-Work closely with cross-functional teams to proactively identify improvements areas in the product.-Responsible for working with customers, field service and factory location for installation/integration of product lines-Travel to customer locations for customer inputs, solution architecture design & installation of products/solutions. Show less • Complete ownership of electrical integration for the entire locomotive.• Lead and execute the locomotive electrical integration for Indonesia customer• Designed and developed locomotive electrical schematic for various requisitions.• Executed productivity projects to bring down the cost of schematic development that resulted in saving of $250K per year• Developed standard simplification process for schematic modification/ creation • Designed design guides/ template for schematic modification/ creation• Managed to co-ordinate with different teams like mechanical packaging team, manufacturing, other cross functional teams to meet electrical integration design intent.• Directed teams of multi-disciplinary personnel to achieve team goals.• Evaluated resumes for T-CON and supported Site interview for technical rounds • Oriented, and trained new hires for various design phases of the team • Established schematic capability in India by training vendor by detailing, leaning out the process involved • Facilitated conference calls with internal departments to review goals and manage project progress Show less • Deliver solutions and Engineering proposals by performing feasibility study per customer need, estimating bill of material, engineering efforts and timeline.• Defined System Functional Specifications and Product Descriptions for Aftermarket technologies products.• Developed retrofit kits along with installation and test instruction.• Analyzed locomotive configuration and released service programs for unique fleet groups.• Developed system validation plan and performed validation testing for new and/or enhanced NPI products in Simulator and/or locomotive.• Created all technical documentation and schematics needed for system installation.• Analyzed field problems through root cause and proposed solution.• Reduced schematic markup lead time from 15 to 6 months (60%) by defining standards & quality metrics, mentoring team and managing surprises, which helped to clear backlogs of 30 schematics ahead of time.• Generated sequence chart selection table for legacy locomotives which will reduces the total time taken by 40% (from 5 to 3 hours) for schematic markups.• Provided creative solution by designing shorting plug box for Indian railways Show less

  • Advanced Lead Integration Engineer

    Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Staff Engineer

    Oct 2015 - Jun 2018

  • Lead Electrical System Engineer

    Jul 2014 - Sept 2015

  • Lead Engineer

    Oct 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Engineer

    Jun 2007 - Sept 2012
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  Wabtec Corporation

  Feb 2019 - now

  -Responsible for designing the the overall digital solution design that encompasses all the necessary components for a successful deployment of products/solutions. -Work closely with cross-functional teams to proactively identify improvements areas in the product. -Responsible for working with customers, field service and factory location for installation/integration of product lines -Travel to customer locations for customer inputs, solution architecture design & installation of products/solutions Show less

  • Engineering Technical Leader

    May 2020 - now

  • Advanced Lead Integration Engineer

    Feb 2019 - May 2020