Arun Sethuramalingam
Madison,MS
Summary
Systematic Electrical Engineering manager experienced in managing electrical project lifecycle from design phase to delivery and implementation. Polished in analyzing, troubleshooting and developing solutions. Consistently delivers engineering services to meet company, customer and statutory and regulatory specifications on time and within budget.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Electrical Engineering Manager (Current & New Model)
Nissan North America
2017.01 - Current
- Managing a strong technical team in the T&C process engineering department
- Handling day-to-day activity of the team that consists of highly skilled electrical engineers who are responsible for trialing the electrical engineering changes for all the models that built here in Canton vehicle plant and adopt it successfully
- In addition, this team is responsible for launching the electrical engineering equipment for new models coming to the plant including electrical vehicles
- Working in depth on the SIEMENS global vehicle communication product (SIDIS-Siemens Diagnostic Information System) for Nissan Canton plant.
New Model Systems Engineering Manager
Nissan North America
2014.01 - 2017.01
- Managed highly skilled software engineers who design, develop and maintain PMCS enterprise software solution for the entire production.
- Adapted quickly to changing environments for continued professionalism under pressure.
Senior Systems Engineer
Nissan North America
2004.01 - 2014.01
- During this tenure I’ve worked efficiently and effectively in all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of various projects for Nissan
- Worked as an in-house contractor, systems engineer and senior systems engineer during this period and supported the growth of the plant.
- Saved the plant from having hundreds of hours of downtime.
Project Engineer
GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc.
2001.01 - 2004.01
- Worked as GE’s CIMPLICITY software Tracker system developer for Production Management Control System (PMCS) project for Nissan plant, Canton, MS.
Application Engineer
GE Fanuc
1999.01 - 2001.01
- Worked as GE’s Cimplicity software Tracker system developer for Production Data Value Chain (PDVC) project for Mitsubishi Car plant, Taiwan.
Application Engineer
Prosoft Automation Hub
1998.01 - 1999.01
- Worked as an application engineer for various software projects on Visual Basic and MS SQL
Education
Master’s degree - Computer Applications
Bharathidasan University
India12.1998
Bachelor’s degree - Physics
Madurai Kamaraj University
India12.1995
Skills
- Exceptional interpersonal communication
- Decision making & Time management
- Strong project management and leadership skills
- Overseen the proper deployment, maintenance, operation and installation of SCADA systems
- Managing a team of the best engineers in the car manufacturing plant
- Ability to work with IT infrastructure teams to align the SCADA environments
- Comprehensive understanding of end-to-end SCADA systems (PMCS/ PLCs, communications, applications, control room)
- Problem solving - Innovative thinking to develop new technical approaches to solve specific problems
Personal Information
Title: T&C Engineering Manager-Electrical Systems
Timeline
Electrical Engineering Manager (Current & New Model)
Nissan North America
2017.01 - Current
New Model Systems Engineering Manager
Nissan North America
2014.01 - 2017.01
Senior Systems Engineer
Nissan North America
2004.01 - 2014.01
Project Engineer
GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc.
2001.01 - 2004.01
Application Engineer
GE Fanuc
1999.01 - 2001.01
Application Engineer
Prosoft Automation Hub
1998.01 - 1999.01
Master’s degree - Computer Applications
Bharathidasan University
Bachelor’s degree - Physics
Madurai Kamaraj University
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