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Registration: 06.04.2025

Prabu Duraisingam

Specialization: Mechanical Engineer
— An achievement-oriented Prince 2 Certified and PMP trained Mechanical Engineer professional with over 17+ years of experience in R&D, New Product Design & Development and Engineering Services. — Cultivated & leveraged product development skills by conducting in-depth evaluation of customer feedback and suggesting modifications in the product attributes. — Ensured sufficient human, financial, technological, informational, quality, automation, process enhancement, and material resources are available to ensure smooth new product design & development operations. — Strong exposure in assuring that all newly developed products have represented maximum quality & reliability attainable by establishing effective quality control inspections, tests & corrective procedures. — Wealth of expertise in various domains including Mechanical System Design, Mechanism’s Design, Gear Box Design for Industrial, Defence and Valve Applications, Electric Actuator Design (Quarter Turn and Multi Turn Valve application) for Oil & Gas and Water Market, Electric Vehicle BLDC Motor (2-wheelers, 3-Wheelers and 4 wheelers), UAV Drone Motor and its Controller Design, EV Powertrain Integration, Transportation and Handling Equipment (TCM) design for Wind Turbine Industry. — Deployed excellent skills in designing of Mechanical System, Gear Box (Spur, Helical & Planetary), Electric Actuator and Mechanisms for Heavy Engineering, Defense & Valve Applications, Material Handling Equipment like overhead winches with geared motors, BLDC EV motors, Drone Motors, Controllers, Test rigs and fixtures, Wind turbine component Transportation and Handling Equipment. — Proficient in managing and planning mechanical design projects from concept stage to pre-production level, managing & deploying resources with focus on optimization & cost savings on products through alternate/new source development and negotiation. — Showcased excellence in new product development (NPD), manufacturing engineering, design engineering, process planning as well as project execution. — Strong experience in 3D Modelling tools like Solid works, Solid edge, CREO, NX, Auto Cad, ANSYS and Standards like AGMA, IS, ASME Y 14.5 and ISO. — Strong communication (Oral and Written), analytical & organizational skills; well organized with a track record that demonstrates self-motivation & creativity to achieve corporate & personal goals.
— An achievement-oriented Prince 2 Certified and PMP trained Mechanical Engineer professional with over 17+ years of experience in R&D, New Product Design & Development and Engineering Services. — Cultivated & leveraged product development skills by conducting in-depth evaluation of customer feedback and suggesting modifications in the product attributes. — Ensured sufficient human, financial, technological, informational, quality, automation, process enhancement, and material resources are available to ensure smooth new product design & development operations. — Strong exposure in assuring that all newly developed products have represented maximum quality & reliability attainable by establishing effective quality control inspections, tests & corrective procedures. — Wealth of expertise in various domains including Mechanical System Design, Mechanism’s Design, Gear Box Design for Industrial, Defence and Valve Applications, Electric Actuator Design (Quarter Turn and Multi Turn Valve application) for Oil & Gas and Water Market, Electric Vehicle BLDC Motor (2-wheelers, 3-Wheelers and 4 wheelers), UAV Drone Motor and its Controller Design, EV Powertrain Integration, Transportation and Handling Equipment (TCM) design for Wind Turbine Industry. — Deployed excellent skills in designing of Mechanical System, Gear Box (Spur, Helical & Planetary), Electric Actuator and Mechanisms for Heavy Engineering, Defense & Valve Applications, Material Handling Equipment like overhead winches with geared motors, BLDC EV motors, Drone Motors, Controllers, Test rigs and fixtures, Wind turbine component Transportation and Handling Equipment. — Proficient in managing and planning mechanical design projects from concept stage to pre-production level, managing & deploying resources with focus on optimization & cost savings on products through alternate/new source development and negotiation. — Showcased excellence in new product development (NPD), manufacturing engineering, design engineering, process planning as well as project execution. — Strong experience in 3D Modelling tools like Solid works, Solid edge, CREO, NX, Auto Cad, ANSYS and Standards like AGMA, IS, ASME Y 14.5 and ISO. — Strong communication (Oral and Written), analytical & organizational skills; well organized with a track record that demonstrates self-motivation & creativity to achieve corporate & personal goals.

Skills

Mechanical System Design
Product Design Engineering
Design Validation
Review
NPD
NPI
Product Benchmarking
Reverse Engineering
Current Product Enhancement
Product Specification
Standardization
Research
Development
Project Management
Program Management
VA/VE
GD&T
DFMEA
DFM
DFA
Tol Stack-up
Quality Management System
Operational Excellence
Global Delivery Management
People Management
Stakeholder Management
Vendor Management
Team Building
Leadership
AutoCad
Ansys
Jira
Arena
PLM
PDM
Pneumatics
Hydraulics
Value Engineering

Work experience

Mechanical Design Manager
since 01.2024 - Till the present day |ENABL Engineering
Mechanical Design
● Enhanced design & delivery through multi location support from India, Denmark, Bulgaria and Ukraine. ● Mathematically accessed the Loads transferred to the ship hull form WD Hatch cover panels, Twin Deck Panels and bulk head panels considering all conditions of the ship like upright, heel and trim for the Norway based conglomerate. ● Successfully designed and delivered Automatic wagon drive for 4-Roll heavy duty plate bending machine for a Swiss based conglomerate. ● Designed and built a test bench for the load testing of tower segment of the wind turbine for a Denmark based conglomerate. ● Designed and delivered the Foldable Pallet Design for packaging and shipping the Blade Root Joint Split Part. ● Designed and delivered Wind turbine blade transportation tool. Key Result Areas: ● Lead and mentor a team of engineers, specializing in mechanical design and FEA, focused on design & development of innovative mechanical systems and components for the heavy engineering industries like Ship building and Wind Turbine Industry. ● Manage multiple projects from concept level to production resulting in increased efficiency and customer satisfaction. ● Demonstrate expertise in completing complex engineering design projects successfully within planned budget and timeline Prepare, schedule, coordinate and monitor engineering projects, ensuring compliance with project requirements and specifications. ● Interacting with customers to interpret their needs and requirements and translating them into actionable project plans. ● Review engineering design deliverables and initiated corrective actions to ensure project objectives were met. ● Manage changes and identified potential crises, developing contingency plans to mitigate risks. ● Performed overall quality control of projects and was responsible for the successful handover of projects to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring satisfaction and adherence to quality standards. ● Develop and maintain a team skill matrix and set KPI to enhance team performance and development.
Mechanical Design Manager
11.2020 - 12.2022 |ePropelled Systems
Mechanical Design, Project Management, Product Design, People Management, Engineering Management
● Enhanced design & delivery through multi location support India, USA, and UK. ● Designed cost effective formulations & products like 1.5 kW Hub and Hub-less motor for 2-wheeler vehicle, 3.5 kW Mid drive motor for 2-Wheeler, 6 kW motor for 3-wheeler commercial Vehicle and controller, Water cooled 60 kW motor for 4-Wheeler vehicle for premium and mass-market categories. ● Designed Motor Controller enclosures with proper thermal management study. ● Designed the geartrain for the Light Electric vehicle 3-wheeler application Successfully prototyped & integrated the developed power train to the vehicle. ● Designed Controller enclosures for Drone motor and Starter Generator. ● Designed and built a Test rig for EV motor (3-Wheeler and 2-Wheeler) testing. ● Successful in reducing cost of the product by 20% through measures such as Material cost & Process cost take out conducting value engineering exercise. ● Performed Design failure mode and effect analysis to evaluate potential process failure and initiated corrective actions Key Result Areas: ● Headed a team of engineers in two verticals (EV & UAV) for new product design focusing on EV Motor and their Controller enclosures for 3-Wheeler and 2-Wheeler; spearheading Gear Transmission and Drone Motor Controllers Enclosure design & development (Machined, Casting, Plastic & sheet metals). ● Planned, scheduled, organized, directed, and controlled product design activities through business excellence philosophy & ensuring conformity of the established regulations, assisting CTO & Chief engineer on Innovation activities. ● Managed complete engineering operations from analyzing & finalization of spec, conceptualization, detailed design & 2D drafting, prototype development, design validation, trouble shooting, handover & documentation release (Complete TRL). ● Guided and mentored the activities of Mechanical Design Team, CFD Simulation (Thermal Management & Air flow) & CAE Team of both UAV & EV Verticals. ● Established the test specification for product quality testing, ensuring designed product meets the specification and requirements. ● Finalized of Vendors, evaluating vendor performance to ensure adherence to predefined specifications and supply of quality components / execution of job works w.r.t. service, cost, delivery & quality norms. ● Ensured adherence to quality systems, maintaining requisite documents to ensure complete in-process quality & improvement in process capabilities. ● Amplified revenue margins in multi folds improving manufacturing process, design improvement and improved team productivity.
Mechanical Design Manager
02.2011 - 07.2020 |Rotork Innovation Design & Engineering Centre
Project Management, Project Delivery, Product Design, People Management, Engineering Management, Mechanical Design
Team Leader (Feb ’11 - Dec ’16) → Mechanical Design Manager (Jan’17 – Jul’20). ● Recognized for enhancing delivery through multi location support from India, USA, Europe and UK. ● Designed the Quarter turn and Multi turn electric actuator for water market of Europe and Canada, prototyped & tested for the spec requirement and launched. ● Designed test rig for testing valve operating gearboxes of capacity 200,000 Nm torque and thrust load of 500 tonnes, fixtures for product assembly line. ● Designed mechanical over torque device for the valve gearbox manual drive application, which was patented later, Bimetallic worm wheel quadrants. ● Designed and introduced electric fail-safe mechanical unit in electric actuator. ● Designed Remote hand station (Both ATEX and IP Certified) which enables safe and secure local monitoring of electric actuator installed in inaccessible location. Key Result Areas: ● Spearheaded a team of engineers in the areas of New Product Design, Development and Delivery; drove Innovation goals across CoE. ● Managed complete engineering operations involving requirement analysis, conceptualization, detailed design & 2D drafting, FEA, detailed calculation, prototyping, testing & development in compliance to global quality standards and clients’ requirements. ● Administered and formulated project and working hours forecast for the project. ● Prepared Monthly and weekly Status Reports for the customers. ● Ensured adherence of organizational standards and policies in Project Management process by conducting regular Project audits. ● Enhanced team and individual productivity, optimized resource utilization, KPI accomplishment, resource budgeting and team competency development.
Design Engineer
07.2007 - 06.2010 |Magtorq Engineering Solutions
Product Design, Engineering Management
● Studied the current submarine missile loading system and developed different concepts based on the modifications done to hull and feedback received from the users (sailors). ● Designed multiple concepts for the automated missile pick and place mechanism & loading system for both inboard & outboard shipping of the torpedo for the submarine. ● Completely finalized the design and evaluated them analytically and numerically, Prototyped the system and built them in subsystem level for testing with dummy torpedoes/Missiles. ● Designed & developed the mechanical outrigger system with gear drives for the Pinaka rocket launcher. ● Designed & Developed spur gearboxes (Azimuth and Elevation Drive) for radar positioning for Moon Mission Project. ● Designed Geartrain for Excavators Neyveli Lignite Corporation. ● Reverse engineered the Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB).
Design Engineer
07.2006 - 04.2007 |Star Trace
Product Design

Educational background

Mechanical Engineering Design (Masters Degree)
Till 2006
PSG College of Technology
Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree)
Till 2001
MKU

Languages

EnglishProficientTamilNative