Vijay Balekundri

A highly motivated automotive engineer with a passion to design innovative, cost effective, light weight and robust solutions leveraging 20 years of design & development experience.

• Experience in Automotive domain with expertise in Catia V5,V6, SolidWorks, UG-NX and associated PLM/PDM tools like Enovia / Team center.
• Worked for OEM’s like NIO, Toyota, Honda, Daihatsu and Tier 1 suppliers like TGNA, Calsonic Kansei, Magna. Experience in working with cross-functional and different cultural teams across the globe.
• Expertise in new product design and development of Interior IP, Console, Hard Trims, Soft trims, Door Panel, Switches, Seating  Plastics and Sheet Metal components with exposure to electric vehicle project activities – benchmarking, planning, estimation, scheduling, risk analysis, cost reduction.
• Experience of part and process validation, part DV/PV test scheduling, interaction with test lab and customer, supplier interaction and development management.
• Sound understanding of manufacturing & joining processes, tooling, material selection and knowledge of Tolerance-Stack up and GD&T.
• Exposure to operating machines for fabrication of framework for prototype build.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, Japanese language skills.

MBA in Project & Product Management  from  IMSRC, Mumbai, India                           2011-2013

Bachelor’s in Industrial Production Engineering from B.E.C Bagalkot /Karnataka University, 

Dharwad, India                                                                                                                           1995-1999

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Govt. Polytechnic Belgaum/ Board of Technical

Education, Bangalore, India                                                                                                     1992-1995