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Pradip N.

Senior CATIA V5 Designer | Mechanical Design | 3D CAD | Automotive & Product Development

Pune, India

Global rank:

30,820 / 148,384

Skill pts: 5

3D Prototyping CAD Design Product Design Product Development Siemens NX (Unigraphics)

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About

Professional Experience: 10.5+ years of experience in automotive interior lighting and plastic product design for the automotive industry.
Core Domain Expertise: Experience in the design and development of automotive interior and ornamental lighting systems, including ambient lighting for door panels, instrument panels, and centre consoles; dynamic ambient lighting; overhead consoles; FATC panels; illuminated logo badges; IMD-based illuminated components; smart illuminated surfaces; and illuminated grille technologies.
Engineering Scope: Involved across the full product development cycle, including part study, feasibility analysis, concept development, detailed design, and implementation, with a strong focus on manufacturability.
Technical Capabilities: Hands-on experience in style surface feasibility and analysis, including draft checks, tooling feasibility, ECE R24 evaluation, concept proposal development, packaging studies with surrounding parts, and benchmarking analysis.
Specialties and Tools: Automotive plastics, overhead consoles, system-level ambient lighting, illuminated logo badges, and logo projectors. Proficient in CATIA V5/V6, NX, Teamcenter, and optical simulation using ANSYS SPEOS.

Experience

Deputy Manager Design and Development Lumax lighting · Full-time Sep 2025 – Present 1 yrs Pune, MH, India
Lead Design & Development UNO Minda pvt. ltd. · Full-time Dec 2020 – Sep 2025 4 yrs 9 mos Pune, Maharashtra, India

Education

Maharashtra Board, Pune Pune university, Mechanal and Manufacturing Engineering, A 2011 – 2015

Licenses & Certifications

3D Designing Using CATIA CAD Center May 2015 – Present