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SOMASUNDARAM SANKARAN 1250, Henderson Ave, Apt 4, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. 408-594-0822 (mobile)
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OBJECTIVE Obtaining a challenging position in the Industry, which will employ my knowledge and expertise in the field of Manufacturing, Quality, Supply chain and Process Improvement. EDUCATIONM.S. Industrial & System Engineering, San Jose State University, CA. (Dec. 2006).B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Univ. of Madras (May 2000).Post Graduate Certificate in Materials Management - Annamalai University (March 2003). ASQ Certified - Six Sigma Green Belt. Certificate Course in Project Management – UCB (Pursuing) Work Experience:- 6 years Topcon Positioning System – Livermore, CA – Manufacturing Engineer (From Jan. 2007) - Coordination for New Product introduction (NPI) with Engineering Team
- Preparation of FEMA & DFM for products.
- Continuous improvement Projects using Lean/ Six Sigma tools.
- Cost & Cycle time study and reduction on the Manufacturing Process.
- Perform cost analysis on outsourcing of the sub-assemblies.
- Continuously work with QA and vendor to improve the Quality of the products.
- Evaluation of Special tools and fixture requirement in the Production Floor
- Monitor & improve of yields of PCBA’s & products thru statistical process control (SPC) tools.
- Supervisor for MC Test Technicians.
- Creating & Review of SWI, ECR/ECO, BOM and Routings for Products
- Training of operators & test technicians on assembly and test process.
Rotary Mec Engineering (India) Pvt. Ltd. – Bangalore, India. (Dec./2004 - Jul./2005) Lead Engineer· Study and preparation of business proposal for Customers· Project Management /Co-ordination with site team, Customers and Suppliers· Determination of Piping Layout and Field Engineering.· Preparation of Piping and Pipe support Fabrication & Erection Drawings.· Piping Sizing and Pressure Drop Calculations using Pipenet Software.· Piping Stress Analysis using Caesar –II. · Selection of Pumps & Valves. Projects Handled: - Ocean Tankers Petroleum Storage and Related Facilities, Singapore (EPC-Project).
Spic Jel Engineering Construction Limited – Chennai, India. (Jun./ 2001 to Dec./2004).Engineer· Study and preparation of business proposal for Customers.· Co-ordination with site team, Customers and Suppliers.· Technical evaluation for vendor supplied items · Planning and Scheduling of manpower and material for the projects.· Co-ordination with commissioning, erection and fabrication team on site.· Implementing and maintaining ISO procedures and documents.· Determination of Piping Layout and Field Engineering.· Preparation of Piping and Pipe support Fabrication & Erection Drawings. · Selection of Pumps & Valves. Projects Handled: - 3 X 700MW Coal Fired Power Plant Tanjung Bin, Johor, Malaysia
- Pulau Seraya Power Station Stage I-FGD Project, Singapore
- Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant, Lucknow. (EPC-Project)
Internship:Bloom energy – Sunnyvale, CA – Engineer (fall intern) August/2006 to December/2006. - Data Collection and monitor for Fuel Cell systems using SPC tools.
- Maintaining and updating of manufacturer and vendor data sheets.
- Tracking of Inventory of the materials and updating in the Windchill.
Intel Corporation -Chandler,AZ – Manufacturing Engineer (summer intern) Factory controls in ATD Division from June/2006 to August/2006. - Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma Implementation in ATD fabrication floor.
- Tasks include Value Stream Mapping, Process Mapping, Fish bone diagram, 7’s Wastes and Plans, SPC & actions and Kaizen team.
Graduate Course WorkLogistics – Supply Chain, Adv. Operation research, Quality assurance & reliability, Human factors design, Design of Experiments, Financial methods for engineers. Graduate Course ProjectsSix Sigma application in Telecommunication Industry: Applying six sigma tools like CTQ, Kano-model, PDCA, Fishbone diagram, Benchmarking, etc. in order to convert number of quotation into orders in a telecommunication industry. ERP Implementation: To analyze the existing logistic and inventory management method of a networking product manufacturing company and suggest a suitable ERP product for the company. Housing Price Trends in CA: The goal of our project is to collect and analyze economic data in order to develop a hypothesis (theory) that affects housing price factors. COMPUTER SKILLS: AutoCAD, Minitab, MS-Office, Knowledge on Pipenet, Caesar-II, Xsteel-8.0, Cadworx Pipe. *---*---*
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