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Akashkumar Patel

Canton,MI

Summary

Looking for a full-time in the field of Manufacturing / Electrical / Industrial / control Engineering.

Experience in project planning, supervising production activities, resolving queries, quality check and Testing. Experience in design and implementation electrical power systems and control systems including PLC, HMI configuration for multiple projects. Proficient in AutoCAD.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Technician

QIAGEN (NeuMoDx)
07.2021 - Current
  • Strong knowledge of manufacturing methods and techniques, process development experience, workflow understanding, create work instructions (Assembly procedure and acceptance test), and ability to test, calibrate, and troubleshoot electromechanical and optical assemblies
  • Maintained manufacturing equipment, cross functionally trained to work in several areas as needed in accurate, timely, and efficient manner, in compliance with company policies, SOPs, cGMP regulations, and FDA regulations
  • Analyzing and investigating manufacturing problems, monitoring and optimizing processes
  • Assist R&D engineers in developing, building, or testing prototypes and new products, processes, or procedures and contribute to resolving deviations, investigations, and continuous improvements to improve processes, costs, quality, safety
  • Troubleshooting issues and implemented corrective action by Root Cause Analysis on modules via working hand to hand with R&D department to ensure module performance without further problems
  • Maintained good documentation practices in both physical paperwork and soft copy in Device History Records (DHR) meeting quality standard
  • Self-starter, ability to work independently, understanding of departmental goals working as team to achieve those goals with set timelines
  • Good communication skills with R & D department, engineering departments, manager, supervisor, line lead, and fellow associates for smooth working environment
  • Train manufacturing staff on new processes or equipment technologies as needed
  • Punctual, disciplined, keeping self-up-to-date with training procedures, and assisting supervisor, line lead with administrative duties
  • Submitting production and progress reports to Manufacturing head
  • Test and rework over 500 xPCR modules.

Project Engineer

IPS Assembly Corporation
11.2019 - 06.2021

Train technician on manufacturing process, manage material availability for project, manage production and new version of product development

  • Actively involved in the meeting by presenting ideas and suggestions for products, processes, new equipment, technologies and create fixture makes process smoother
  • Maintained quality standard and ensured safety through training in timely manner
  • Determined costs of various repair strategies and recorded them
  • Testing and calibration
  • During tenure, opportunity to work with new start up project run successfully delivered around 2000 Products for almost two years.

Electrical Engineer

Margen Impex Ltd.
06.2017 - 08.2019
  • Work as manufacturing electrical project engineer for HVAC(1220KW, 1000KW, 750KW, 500KW, 500,KW, 400KW,300KW, 250KW, 200KW, 100KW at 480/277/110 VAC)RLC all types of Load banks, Hydraulic supply cart and other products of Aerospace standard
  • Proficient in creating and updating of PFMEA (AS 9100D)
  • Proficient in create full electrical wiring drawings and work instructions for production, production control, quality check, full functional testing and troubleshooting for around 18 different products
  • Providing suggestions to improve product quality
  • Supervising assembly and wiring, motivating and tanning for quality job
  • Updating and creating PLC programs
  • Creating control wiring drawings as per proposed data
  • Proficient with verity of sensors, AC/DC drives, servo motors etc
  • For AO/AI/DO/DI
  • Expert in troubleshooting of all electrical wiring and control wiring
  • (PLCs and HMI)
  • Experience in identifying, maintaining and troubleshooting of AB RS Logix 500, Siemens S7-300 PLCs (Simatix Manager step7, WinCC HMI (TIA Portal), Delta DVP series PLCs (Jmobile HMI).

Education

Master of Engineering in Electrical engineering -

Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
Gujarat, India
06.2017

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical engineering -

Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
Gujarat, India
06.2011

Diploma in Electrical engineering -

Technical Examinations Board (TEB)
Gujarat, India
12.2010

Skills

  • Lean Quick-learner, Adaptive, Team Work and Leadership experience
  • Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
  • Manufacturing Management, Project Management, Quality Decision Making, Root Cause Analysis
  • Customer Focus, Strong Communication and Presentation skills, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs)
  • Self-starter, Innovative, well-organized, Detailed Oriented and commitment to project deadlines
  • AutoCAD
  • Allen Bradley PLC RS Logix 500
  • Siemens S7-300 PLCs (Simatix Manager step7, WinCC HMI (TIA Portal)
  • Delta DVP series PLCs
  • Computer networking (Ethernet, Mod-Bus, Profibus)
  • MATLAB
  • Microsoft Office

Research Projects

Paper Published – In National Conference on Emerging Vistas of technology in 21st century (NCEVT-2016)

Sub synchronous resonance in series compensated wind farm integration

Title of Thesis-

Application of UPFC to improve oscillatory response of series compensated wind farm integrations

Timeline

Senior Technician

QIAGEN (NeuMoDx)
07.2021 - Current

Project Engineer

IPS Assembly Corporation
11.2019 - 06.2021

Electrical Engineer

Margen Impex Ltd.
06.2017 - 08.2019

Master of Engineering in Electrical engineering -

Gujarat Technological University (GTU)

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical engineering -

Gujarat Technological University (GTU)

Diploma in Electrical engineering -

Technical Examinations Board (TEB)
Akashkumar Patel