Head of Train Electrical Design

Alstom Transport (Formerly known as Bombardier Transportation India Pvt. Ltd)

Projects executed: Singapore R151 (realization phase), Shanghai Line 14, RRTS, Agra-Kanpur Metro,
Train18 (Ongoing), Bhopal-Indore Metro (Ongoing), Aventra products (in UK),
Supporting Metro platform Electrical design solution standardization, Various Bid
engineering work throughout the tenure

Responsibilities:
Head of Vehicle Electrical Design (Metier Manager - Train Electrical) :

* Leading the Engineering team of Vehicle Electrical Design (named Train Electrical) co-located
between Hyderabad and Vadodara location.
* Responsible for the end to end Electrical design scope and product ownership for vehicle
electrical interface design (includes Electrical Schematic Engineering, Electrical Wiring &
Integration Engineering, Electro-mechanical Engineering and Electrical Component Engineering)
for project executed at APA region including product development, global work packages from
various BT sites over the globe.
* Support to develop/challenge optimized Electrical/functional/mechanical architecture to ensure
the optimized vehicle design.
* Responsible for end to end ownership for Bid engineering tasks related to Vehicle Electrical
design.
* Manage the cost centre financials for the EWIS Engineering product unit India and manage the
engineering wrap rate, team workload and support the financial KPIs for the site.
* Support Team leads and project leads from EWIS to execute projects technically as well as
manage financials including required project KPIs throughout the project.
* Challenges cross functional teams for managing various aspects like technical alignment, scope
clarity, problem solving etc and getting resolved as needed.
* Support each individuals in team to develop their technical/behavioural capabilities in a way
to execute the project independently.
* Connect with worldwide co-located CoE (Centre of Excellence) community for all technical,
process, standardization alignment for the smooth execution of projects from India.
* Handle various project and site reviews with higher management within / outside India.
* Frequently working as team player and guide internal/external colleagues for technical/scope
alignment, as needed.
* Managing the projects executed from India for vehicle electrical design: Singapore R151, Delhi
Metro, Global product engine, RRTS (ongoing).
* Accountable to develop team growth in terms of technical, behavioural, multitasking aspects.
* Accountable for the workload planning per employee and setting of priorities, staff adaption
with regards to projects and company needs as well as the quality of the work performed by the
Electrical Design team and supporting Engineering back office
* Strongly contributing the global standardization approach and processes to follow in all
projects executed from India.
* Develop the competency of EWIS India Engineering to support global projects.

Product Development and design:

* Together with Engineering function, I am also acting as Product Manager for Movia product
family.
* With this role, I am fully responsible for developing the Movia product specifically for EWIS
product Unit.
* As a product manager, I am solely responsible for:
* Develop standard BBs and solution for EWIS to maximize reuse and reduce the time to
market and cost.
* Ensuring the electrical design aligned to EN-50343, EN-15380, EN-45545, IEC-60617,
EN-60529, EN-50124, EN-50467.
* Responsible for developing Key design attributes and Key attribute list for EWIS product
to get overall reuse factor for future bids w.r.t. Movia product.
* Developing base product with multiple variants and options towards Train Electrical
design & standardization to developed India Platform.
* Steer the product development work together with engineering team and also estimate
necessary impact on other related stakeholders (procurement, methods, operations etc..)

Team Lead - Electrical Design

Bombardier Transportation Signal (Thailand) Ltd

Responsibilities:

I worked in Bombardier Transportation Signal (Thailand) Ltd in Vehicle Engineering Dept. as Team
Lead - Electrical Design.

Project / Work Involvement:

* Responsible for developing metro platform for Indian customers for Electrical Design scope
which majorly includes development of vehicle electrical concepts, power distribution, Power
and control cable layout concepts, defining sub-system interfaces, requirement management
scope, etc....
* Leading the team of Electrical integration which includes Electrical Schematic Engineer,
Electrical Integration Engineer, CTC engineer, Electrical component engineer, etc....
* Accountable for the various electrical design activities required for the railway vehicle,
such as :
* Vehicle Circuit Diagram
* Define electrical architecture, earthing concept together with other teams
* Define vehicle electrical concepts together with location/qty of electrical
lockers/cabinets, cabling concepts etc....
* Selection of Electrical switchgear and control gear components
* Selection of Cable based on Cable dimensioning
* Sub-system integration to the vehicle
* Selection of Vehicle Interface connectors and terminals
* Defining the overall integration concept by locating electrical components and deriving
the cable routing / harnesses.
* Defining the B&C class components (i.e. cabling accessories etc...) as required.
* Develop and implement the Electrical design process for the region
* Defining related work packages and monitoring the same through work package KPIs.
* Test specs and test procedure for different cabinets and cable harnesses.
* Providing inputs to electrical installation team for developing electrical cabinet,
boxes, harnesses mechanical design
* Support to various Bids (new vehicle requirement as well as refurbishment of vehicle) for
providing integration concept and input to Engineering BoM during Bid stage.
* Supporting to Singapore Downtown Line project for electrical integration activities.
* Role as Project Engineer - Delhi Metro RS11
* As a Project Engineer for Delhi Metro RS11 Project, I am also doing following activities
in co-ordination with System engineers and project chief engineer:
* Capture the delta requirements (different from RS2 project) for the project and
co-ordinate with all system engineer to implement the same in project.
* Customer communication for engineering deliverable submission and approval
* Frequent monitoring of Engineering budget for the project
* Preparation of engineering plan and monitoring the same w.r.t. project schedule.
* Weekly meeting with various system engineering suppliers
* Participating the Project Core team meeting and cross site communication for resolving
the engineering issues
* Change management for new / unknown requirements.
* Support to RAM Engineer for providing inputs and preparing necessary project deliverables
* Lead for defining and implementing the Electrical Design process for Bangkok site.
* Working on different projects like:
* Support to Singapore Downtown Line Project
* Delhi Metro RS11 Project
* Design Standardization project for Asian market
* Supporting on different Bids like :
* Bangkok Blue Line Extension
* Bangkok Green Line Extension
* ICF Bid for EMU and MEMU trains
* Taiwan EMU refurbishment project
* KVMRT-2 Bid

Asst. Manager - Electrical (Railway)

L&T Technology Services Ltd. (Railway Division)

Responsibilities:

I worked in L&T Technology Services Ltd in Railway Division as Assistant Manager - Electrical. I am
having an overall responsibility for leading all electrical projects coming under railway division.

Project Involvement:

* Over all projects lead for all electrical integration projects from client.
* Signaling hardware integration for five different varieties of vehicles for Singapore Metro
(SMRT).
* Handling different integration projects for way side and vehicle on board signaling.
* Project management activities throughout project life cycle for all projects.
* Efforts estimation and resource management for different projects by understanding client's
requirement and overall project scope.
* Customer co-ordination to understand different project requirement to implement the same in
the design.

Lead Engineer - Electrical Integration

Bombardier Transportation India Pvt. Limited

Responsibilities:

I was working in Bombardier Transportation (I) Ltd. as a Lead Engineer - Electrical Integration.
Projects Involvement:
1) Mumbai EMU (MRVC II) Project

As a lead Electrical Integrator, I am having following responsibilities in the area of electrical
integration of overall vehicle:

* Responsible for Overall Vehicle level electrical integration for MRVC Phase - II EMU project.
* Study and understand customer requirement and preparation of concept layout for different
kinds of electrical panels located in the train.
* Customer interaction to understand their integration requirement and integrate different
systems, functions according to the requirement.
* Preparation of vehicle integration concepts specifically in the area of electrical
distribution and electrical functionality.
* Preparation of design and integration documents for customer / RDSO approval.
* Power calculation, cabling calculations and preparation of cabling concept for the vehicle.
* Responsible for type test and routine test specifications for different panels located at
different area of vehicle.
* Preparation of cabling layout concept and panel layout concept considering EMC, Ingress
protection, environment, safety and different project aspects.
* Component allocation in different electrical panels based on electrical functionality
requirement of vehicle.
* Responsible for electrical functionality requirement of different sub-systems involved in the
vehicle. i.e. Electrical auxiliary power distribution, Door control system, HVAC and
ventilation system, Interior and exterior lighting system, Wiper control system etc..... Also,
co-ordinate with mechanical system engineer for different system functionality and
integration.
* Component selection for different switchgear and control gear components based on
functionality, environmental, safety and project requirement.
* Working in co-ordination with train control equipment and PIS system engineers to integrate
these systems based on their functionality requirements.
* Preparation of Engineering specification documents for electrical panels and cabling in the
project.
* Selection of cables and connectors required in the vehicle. Preparation of vehicle cabling and
connector document to integrate the same in the vehicle.
* Review and providing inputs to E3 schematic team based on integration requirement for vehicle.
* Preparation of different kinds of integration documents and input to be distributed to
mechanical integration engineer as well as schematic engineer to accommodate required design
in 3D models as well as in schematics.
* Study and implementation of international standards for railway applications in various areas
of electrical integration.

2) Delhi Metro Proect

* Supporting various projects for DMRC (i.e. RS2, RS5, RS7) at different level starting from
engineering to manufacturing and installation.
* Handling different engineering changes coming from DMRC to implement necessary solution for
the project:
* Door safety loop circuit
* Redundancy requirement for traction safe loop
* Addition of ATP bypass switch in Line-3 trains
* Modification of HVAC MPCBs based on type-2 co-ordination

* Preparation of different concepts/proposals for various changes (mainly for integration area)
asked by client.
* Overall lead for manufacturing setup for in-house manufacturing of Electrical cabinets for the
project from Method department.
* Standardization activity for Indian Metro Platform Development to get optimum solution for the
future metro trains.
* Working in Product Data Management (PDM) tool for engineering activities and SAP for
Engineering / Manufacturing Module.
* Change management process based on required design changes.

3) General bids and projects:

* Worked on different Bids like Kacharapa, Madhepura, MRVC-II, Hydrabad Metro for different
subsystems and electrical integration.
* Manufacturing support in DM2 and MRVC-II at different stages starting from prototype
manufacturing to series production.

Manager - Design & Engineering

Horizon Microtech Pvt. Ltd.

Responsibilities:

I have worked in Horizon Microtech Pvt. Ltd. - ISO 9001 : 2000 Company as a Manager - Design &
Engineering. In this company, I was responsible for all projects of various type of products such as
11kV Distribution Panels, Main L.T. Panels, PCCs, MCCs, APFC Panels, RTPFC Panels, Control Panels,
Synchronizing Panels, AMF Panels, Changeover Panels, Relay control panels, Automation Panels,
Drawout MCC and PCCs, Busducts etc.

* Detail engineering after receipt of Order.
* Preparation of Design Specifications for whole project.
* Explain whole project to subordinates for execution purpose and guiding them about preparation
of design documentation.
* Review of design documents like G.A. drawings, Single Line Diagram, Bill of Materials, Feeder
Details, Design details of a Panel, Feeder load list, Name plate details, Power wiring /
Control wiring schematics, Feeder wise busbar calculations for procurement purpose,
Transformer VA calculations, Preparation of Busbar Sizing Calculations, etc.
* Preparation of different kinds of design formats to improve the design working.
* Review of purchase orders related to technical specifications (if necessary).
* Technical discussion / correspondence with Client / Supplier/ sales department, if necessary.
* ISO Activity like, Preparation of Design change analysis and design generation analysis (month
wise) and preparation of action plan to reduce design errors.

Testing Engineer

ABB Ltd.

Responsibilities:

Between this periods I have worked with ABB Ltd as a Testing Engineer in Distribution Transformer
Department. We have carried out following routine tests for each transformer.

* Winding Resistance Measurement
Ratio Test
* Power frequency high voltage test
* No load loss measurement Test
* Insulation Resistance measurement
* Polarity Test
* Induced over voltage Test
* Load loss measurement Test

Junior Engineer

Gujarat Electricity Board

Responsibilities:

I have successfully completed contract based appointment as junor engineer in Gujarat Electricity
Board - Udhna(R) Sub-Division, Surat (O & M) circle from November 2003 to May 2004. During this
period I was working in different kinds of maintenance work like GEB customer complaint solution,
L.T. / H. T. line maintenance, new service connection etc.

Graduate Apprentice Trainee

Dhuvaran Thermal Power Station

Responsibilities:

I have completed my training as a Graduate Apprentice in DHUVARAN THERMAL POWER STATION with a 588
MW capacity (63.5 MW X 4 units, 140 MW X 2 units, 27 MW X 2 units) of Gujarat Electricity Board from
June - 2001 to June - 2002. At the time of training, I have go through the different electrical
maintenance departments and observed the working on different major electrical equipments like Power
Transformers, Generators, Electrical Motors, Circuit Breakers, Transmission Lines, etc.

Engineering & Project Consultant - Rollingstock & Energy Sector

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