Kishor Jagtap

15+ years of experience in Automotive Electrical and Electronics -, Project management & coordination for wiring harness + electrical component Design & Development, Testing & Validation for On road vehicles (Commercial vehicle - Truck, Military specialist vehicles, Hybrid Buses) Offroad vehicles (Tractor, Harvester, construction & forestry, Turf -utility vehicles.)

Major activity Involved –

• 15+ years’ experience in the in-Wiring Harness Design & Development. Worked as Project Lead for Global Electrical integration of 6000 series Tractors for Germany, Brazil, Mexico, China for the different product & development process. Product & development process. 
• Work as team lead responsible for the Team management, Competence /Skill Development
• Cross functional teams Interactions & integration of different electrical aggregates.
• Deep functioning of various control systems, ECUs, Electrical- Electronic functions in automotive industries.
• Establishing and maintaining standards, processes, consistency, and quality for delivery across region.
• Providing appropriate support and guidance to program / project leads to meet client requirements in key automotive competence such as electrification, connectivity, Autonomy.
• Resource management - Recruitment, allocation, engagement, motivation, and knowledge enhancement, performance review
• Setting up the KPI for the Team
• Review & define the IDP (induvial development plan+ career aspiration)
• Setting up the Business and people goals for individual & team with matrices.
• Hands on experience in experience in Wiring Harness design, Schematics, Circuits, Connectors, electrification, DMU, packaging, and related Engineering requirements.
• Expert in Circuit Analysis & Harness Manufacturing
• Onsite and Offshore Team Management
• Quality Checks of all Deliverables
• Good engineering knowledge with supplier development & interaction
• Expert in Capital Harness system tool (Logic/Harness XC/Integrator)
• New PCB based Powerlink box design & development.
• Responsible for System Engineering and vehicle level Integration of E/E Systems Powertrain, Chassis, Body, HMI,
• Infotainment, Diagnostics and ECUs from concept to series production.
• Knowledge of Benchmarking, Cost Reduction, VAVE and Warranty claim analysis.

• Sound knowledge in preparation of technical documents like technical bulletins, Installation procedure guidelines for service.
• To Lead the Employee Engagement, Rewards & Recognition, Team motivation, activity.
• Expert in the CHS from schematic design to simulation & component modeling.
• Leading the Innovation Path to have new good frugal solution to get this solution convert in Patent.
• To Lead Techno event for the capability development.
• Leaded a team of cross functional engineers, domain managers responsible for E&E System Architecture, Integration and Development
• Good in decision making & interpersonal skill to work with cross functional teams.
•  Leaded the full EE Commissioning of vehicles including SW flashing, feature validation, EE function checks, issues analysis and fixing.
• Mentored the wiring harness [HV/LV] design checks, system schematics, fault findings and its closure with supplier.
•  Handled BOM, build concerns, Quality concerns, Change management during vehicle development.
• Around 2 years International Exposure.

Innovation:                                                

• 1 Defensive publication P27855 for the Automated Fireball 
• Tech-Index score- 120
• Completed the TRIZ Level 1 certification.
• External Paper Presentation for the PREE-vision Capital integration. 
• Till date Tech connect paper presented - 11
• Till date ID submitted- 8

Previous experience-

TATA Motors [Engineering Research Center]                                                                 Jan 2008 - Feb 2011

Project Design Engineer

Projects -Hybrid (Series & Parallel) Bus, CNG bus Truck, Army Vehicles

Work History-

• Responsible for vehicle level E/E Integration and Development of E/E sub systems - Multiplexing System [CBCU, MUX, IC]
• CNG EMS, Diesel EMS, ABS, ECAS, HVAC, Hybrid-CNG, ITS, Switches and EDS
• Studied and understanding of design requirements from TML Design Input Document and Design Development Plan
• Worked on RFQ and SOR preparation with COC for Central body controlling unit and Instrument cluster.
• Owned the SRS preparation and finalization of Multiplexing software for fully built bus from concept/ mule vehicle.
•  Verified and validated the functional requirements of Multiplexing system proto vehicles.
• Reviewed electrical aggregates design, E/E components technical drawings and E-BOM preparation.
• Ensured the E/E engineering design (timely) releases as per program timelines set by NPI department.
• Coordinated DVP preparation & signoff, validation of E/E sub systems and special tests like VMRT for proto vehicles.
•  Prepared the body building manual (electrical guidelines) for TML Marcopolo bus chassis.
• Arranged and given technical trainings/ sessions to production line, service centers, dealer-end technicians across India  Involved in Benchmarking, Value Analysis & Engineering and Warranty claims analysis of E/E systems.
• Knowledge of legislative national standards (CMVR, AIS) and international regulatory standards (IS, ECE)
• Design Tools & SWs - CHS, TC PLM, CATIA V5, 
• Introduced and implemented the Multiplexing WH system in CNG Hybrid Bus project.
• Part of EE team for the Prima, Hybrid, Army vehicles for the Auto Expo at New Delhi.

B.E. electronics & telecommunication