CURRICULUM VITAE

SK IFTEKHAR ALAM
skiftekhar.alam@gmail.com
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Pune (India)

B.E Mechanical Engineer with 15+ years of experience in automotive industry as an Automotive Product
Designer, Vehicle Integration, New Project Manager, & Project Co-ordinator. Specialized in Complete
Bus design of Diesel / Electric, ranging from 5M to 12M as well as Double decker Bus as well as Truck
cabin BIW & Ergonomics, meeting Regulatory / Tender / Customer specific requirements. Also, possess
in depth knowledge of Vehicle validation & durability test and familiar with Electric Vehicle.

Professional Experience summary: -

Skill & Experience: -

➢ Completed battery capacity required for given range and duty cycle for BEST double
decker bus.
➢ Calculated Motor Power, Torque and RPM to achieve required vehicle operation for
BEST double decker bus.
➢ Battery Packaging on vehicle for 1 platform.
Electric Vehicle ➢ Complete Bus Body design for 11M double decker Electric bus
➢ Completed many certifications course on electric vehicle including 8 Week Online
courses on “Fundamental of Electric Vehicle, Technology & Economics” from IIT
Madras through NPTEL

➢ Worked as Design Manager for New Range of Truck development at Mahindra truck
and bus division (Furio Truck, designed in collaboration with Pinninfarina - Italy)
➢ Worked on the development of New Range of Cabin with real world usage pattern,
and step loading on door window and cabin roof.
➢ Close co-ordination with CAE team for compliance to durability & fatigue as per real
Truck design
world usage pattern
Exposure ➢ Finalizing the major cabin aggregates like, wiper, Mirror, Windshield, dashboard part
splitup, driver ergonomics, driver seat, and berth design finalization.
➢ Co-ordination for proto part development and proto completion
➢ Build concern resolution.
➢ Validation test cycle signoff and witness the test.
Worked on all variety of bus design, few of them are listed below.
➢ Possess experience in working with Diesel, CNG & Electric vehicle.
➢ Worked on design of M2 & M3 category of vehicle.
Bus Type & Category ➢ Well familiar with design of City Bus, Staff, School, Tourist, Ambulance, Police Van &
Prisoner Van
➢ Completed the whole vehicle design for both RHD & LHD version.

Possess in-depth skill and expertise on new product development from styling till delivery of
bus as an Engineering Lead for entire product family,
➢ Currently Working on Electric Double decker bus with 1 W/B & 6 variants
➢ Cruzio Grande (LPO Bus) – 2.35 M width bus with 3 W/B & 46 Variants
New product
➢ Cruzio (LP Bus) – 2.2 M width bus with 7 W/B & 107 Variants.
Development ➢ Oyster LHD – 2.2M width bus with 1 W/B & 3 variants
➢ Falcon LHD – 2.6 M width bus with 2 W/B & 12 variants
➢ Currently Working on Electric Double decker bus with 1 W/B & 6 variant
 ➢ Participated in customer clinic to capture the customer voice for two bus platform.
➢ Transform qualitative user demands into quantitative parameters (QFD)
➢ Participated in product definition along with sales, PMG, service & CFT.
➢ Conducted Static, dynamic benchmarking and strip down of vehicles with team.
➢ Completed architecture layout for 4 different bus platform.
➢ Finalize the total number of variants to cover the entire product family.
➢ Providing boundary condition to styling team and feasibility of Class-A surface.
➢ Detail engineering of surfaces, generating master section
➢ Detail structure design with meeting durability, roll over, fatigue and weight
target.
➢ Close interaction with CAE, Vehicle integration, homologation, and other teams.
Engineering Skill ➢ Conducted design for manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA) & design for
service (DFS) with concerned team.
➢ Prepare and meet the project quality target for DFMEA.
➢ Conduct virtual homologation, tender specification check to confirm the compliance
at design level.
➢ Completed the entire vehicle design and drawing release as per priority, delivery
lead time and project timeline with first time right approach.
➢ Actively and physically participated in proto manufacturing process.
➢ Provide the solutions & resolved the build issue.
➢ Completed all necessary signoff at different stages of design.
➢ Possess special skill on Driver Ergonomics, Passenger ergonomics, driver cabin
layout.
➢ Feasibility and design of Wiper system, Outer mirror, Passenger seats, and other
critical parts.
➢ Completed Engineering costing for base variant model of 3 product family to comply
with project requirement.
Engineering Skill
➢ Completed all documentation, Reports, and component level test for vehicle
homologation.
➢ Expert on all Indian regulation applicable for Bus body design (AIS, IS, CMVR, UBS-
II). Working experience about Gulf standard for bus body (GSO-42) and European
standard (ECE-107, ECE-66)

➢ Completed Advance durability test (Torture track test) for 6 different bus body.
➢ Possess experience of City durability test (CDT), General highway durability test
(GHD), Real world usage pattern (RWUP) test.
Vehicle Validation ➢ Conducted inhouse component level test of critical parts. And witness tests
Exposure aggregates at supplier location.
➢ Participated in driver jury and management jury to validate the vehicle attributes
which was considered in design for the scope of own designed components.

➢ I have led a team of 22 person including design Manger, design engineers and
draftsman.
➢ Completed PMP certification.
➢ Worked as a project Manger during the initial phase of projects.
Management Skill ➢ Effectively collaborate with CFT member for smooth execution of work.
➢ Flexible to changes during any phase of project to improve the product and customer
experience.

➢ Certified internal auditor for ISO 9001:2015

Quality Management
➢ Team member for implementation of ISO/TS 16949
System
Directly delas with all the supplier for design closure and signoff. Also maintain healthy
collaboration and connection with suppliers. Few of the critical aggregates are listed below.
➢ Material property signoff with structural Tubes, Extrusion, and sheet metal suppliers
Supplier Exposure ➢ Wiper, Mirrors, Windshield & glass suppliers.
➢ Driver Seat & Passenger seat suppliers
➢ Bought out parts, Locks, latches, and hinges suppliers.

➢ Posses working experience in UAE for more than 5 years.

International ➢ I was deputed in Optare (Switch mobility) UK plant for 6 months.
Exposure ➢ Long-term working association with design consultancy from Turkey and Malaysia.
Visited their workplace and worked closely with them.
 ➢ Closely worked with body builder and chassis supplier from country like Egypt &
China.

➢ Hindi (Native language)

➢ English (Fluent + second major native language)
➢ IELTS – band 7.5
➢ German Language – Completed A1 level, A2 partially done.
Language Familiarity ➢ Arabic – Read & write.

➢ Fundamental of Electric vehicle and electronics

➢ Design Thinking
Certification Course ➢ Lean six sigma.
➢ Hydrogen vehicle technology (on going)

➢ Expert in Auto desk Inventor, AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, Catia V5 & V6

➢ Experience of working in PLM & Team centre
Software Exposure ➢ Completed Master Course in CAD/CAM

Academic credentials: -
• B.E (Hons.) In Mech. Engineering. From B.I.E.T Bhadrak, ORISSA in 2006 with 79%
• Diploma (Hons.) In Mech. Engineering. From B.S.E Balasore, ORISSA in 2002 with 72%
• H.S.C.E from N.C High School, Bhadrak Orissa, in 1999 with 74%
Personal Profile: -
Date of Birth : 18th June 1984
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married ( Wife & one daughter)
Nationality : Indian
Passport No : M6464162

Permanent Address: -
C/O:- Zulfuquar, At: - Bhatmohalla, P.O : - Purunabazar, Dist:- Bhadrak, 756100, INDIA
alamiftekhar1884@gmail.com