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Pradip N.

I am an innovative Automotive design engineer

Pune, India

Global rank:

17,628 / 142,816

Skill pts: 5

2D/3D AutoCAD Benchmarking CATIA V5 FEA Product Design

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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 11 mos Pune, MH, 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