Anjan Mahadevan

Experience

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  Hyundai Motor India Ltd.

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

  Quality Engineer Intern

   Acquired hands on training in vehicle maintenance and studied causes of component failure. Functioned as a liaison between customers and technicians; improving work quality, productivity and customer satisfaction Participated in a team to improve existing service parameters and checklists Implemented several recommendations to improve worker safety, work quality and productivity

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  Mahindra Group

  Dec 2013 - Jan 2014

  Product Development Engineer Intern

   Functioned as a rotational intern in design, development, testing and validation departments.  Performed endurance testing on several engine and powertrain units

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  Tata Motors

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Process Engineer Intern

   Underwent comprehensive training in Engine Production department Suggested and initiated a process change “Helical Slide Honing” in the production engine block line to reduce cylinder wear, friction, engine oil consumption and carbon deposition Implemented to significantly lower implementation cost, production delays, defects and manufacturing costs Rejuvenated existing under-utilized tooling unit

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  Kettering University

  Jan 2016 - Jul 2017

  Graduate Student Research Associate

   Primary student researcher for industry funded (OERC) research project focusing on ergonomics and usability of touchless gesture interfaces and controls with application to desktop and VR/AR environments Designed experiments to evaluate the effect of control-display gain and control display mapping on performance in Fitts’ steering tasks using gesture pointing using motion tracking systems (NDI) Proficient with human subject user testing, including IRB procedures  Responsible for creating custom analysis tools (MATLAB) for data processing, analysis, and visualization of gesture steering performance Co-author of accepted Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 conference proceeding titled “Effect of Control-Display Gain and Mapping and Use of Armrests on Accuracy in Temporally Limited Touchless Gestural Steering Tasks” – to be presented October 2017, Austin, TX Show less

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  Ford Motor Company

  Aug 2017 - now

   Lead Applications Design and Release Engineer for Multi Contour Seat Module for most global vehicle lines Completely responsible for all hardware attributes (mechanical, pneumatic and electronic) with shared responsibility for software attributes and lead tradeoff analysis of features to meet cost, weight, and energy management targets. Lead hardware design development and system analysis to determine best solution for electronics module drive and motor type and technology. Lead selection of electrical architecture and feature partitioning and assure compliance to all subsystem, component and cascaded requirements. Lead compatibility reviews to verify all module and wiring interfaces. Lead technical design reviews at engineering milestones Lead calibration and configuration development efforts for various pneumatic and seat configuration Supported development of the in-plant end-of-line configuration files and support pre-build verification. Supported all prototype and in-plant build events as required - lead resolution of design and manufacturing issues. Quality Lead for the Multi Contour Seat module for improving quality and functionality. Defined and developed quality improvement actions based on analysis of TGW claims, field returns testing and analysis, warranty claims, customer interviews, customer clinics – identified root cause(s) and developed corrective actions Lead and implemented short term and long term actions, working with cross-functional engineering teams. Performed benchmarking to determine BIC quality and function of competitive vehicle systems Lead all module failure mode avoidance development including subsystem DFMEA development, In-flight reviews and provided input from current module/system experiences Adept at using Ford Tools such as DET, AVBOM, FEDEBOM, WERS, Teamcenter, VSEM, FSMS, eFDVS, AIMS, FEDE, SWAD, and more Show less

  • Design and Release Engineer

    Apr 2021 - now

  • Design and Release Engineer (Altair)

    Aug 2017 - Apr 2021