Lead Engineer | Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd. | Pune
- Headed end-to-end development of 3 new IoT-enabled industrial products, generating ~5% of the new product revenue.
- Led cross-functional teams of 15 members to develop products to expand the IoT-enabled steam system product portfolio and strategically grow the digital services business, generating ~₹13 Cr annual revenue through product sales.
- Collaborated with sales to devise go-to-market strategy, identifying customer needs and market potential, leading to the launch of differentiated products that achieved over 50% of annual sales targets in the first 5 months.
- Conducted competitor analysis to identify market gaps, enhance product positioning, and introduce high-impact features.
- Defined project plans, set milestones, and managed risks and budgets to ensure ~80% on-time delivery and alignment with business goals.
- Optimized the design and feature mix of a new product to reduce material costs by ~30%, significantly improving profit margins.
- Conceptualized and developed a software for internal users to connect and monitor new IoT devices, reducing manual errors during testing by ~90%.
- Collaborated with clients to conduct on-site product testing and analyzed test data using Python to quantify customer benefits (ROI) and define the optimum product pricing, resulting in increased sales.
- Mentored 2 trainees in new product development, instilling a customer-first mindset and enhancing team innovation capabilities
Associate Engineer | Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd. | Pune
- Led a multi-disciplinary R&D team of 5 members to design an innovative real-time monitoring system, generating ~₹3 Cr annual revenue.
- Reduced the monitoring system costs by ~80% by exploring various sensing solutions to meet aggressive cost and ROI targets.
- Utilized rapid prototyping and testing techniques to experiment with new concepts, iteratively improve product features, and accelerate time-to-market, reducing the product development cycle duration by ~30%.
- Spearheaded a cross-functional team of 12 members to develop a temperature control valve within a challenging one-year deadline, meeting target specifications and securing a sales order of ~₹3.2 Cr from an international client.
- Reduced the temperature control valve cost by ~30% from the target cost by proactively identifying new vendors for critical components, optimizing design, and standardizing parts, ensuring a healthy margin from the order.
- Collaborated with the international client to study the target process and create a cost-effective test setup in-house to test the product, reducing the product validation cost and time by ~75%.
- Implemented Root Cause Analysis (RCA) frameworks to fix product performance issues and ensure on-time product delivery.
- Collaborated on an initiative to improve R&D operational metrics, on-time delivery & year-to-date product launches by ~20% by creating project tracking tools and dashboards to monitor project plans, statuses, and bottlenecks of all R&D projects.
- Evaluated the lifecycle of a mature product line, designed a new concept, and developed an internal roadmap and quick prototype, helping the product to jump the curve and stay competitive.
Graduate Trainee Engineer | Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd. | Pune
- Designed a steam trap to reduce energy wastage and improve efficiency in a refinery process, generating ~₹6 Cr annual revenue.
- Developed a simulation model of the steam trap and devised a factory setting logic for the entire product line, significantly reducing the manhours needed for on-site product installation by ~50%.
- Published a research paper on the effect of design parameters on the performance of the steam trap developed.