Vivek Ananthakrishnan
Cluj-Napoca
Summary
Motivated leader with 15 years of Electronics development in power-train and ADAS application in 3 different countries (India, Germany and Romania). Energetic self-starter and team builder with diverse and intercultural work environment . Navigates high-stress situations and achieves goals on time and under budget.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Group Leader
Robert Bosch S.R.L
Cluj-Napoca
01.2022 - Current
- Leading team of 20 people across HW Electronic circuit design, simulation and EMC for ADAS development.
- Encouraged team collaboration and motivated individual employees through positive reinforcement and technical recognition.
- Advised clients about engineering concerns for in-development projects.
- Describe concrete target state and supported with specific measures.
- Collaborated with partners in DE, HU and IN to assess project technical requirements.
- Created value contributions to my team, department and organization.
- Motivated teams to achieve outstanding results through act with integrity, decide, Inspire, organize and give sense of purpose.
- perform competency gap analysis within my group to identify focus area for improvement.
- Ramp-up strategic competences and team for given target responsibilities with i-SMART goals.
- Being agile and tailored to work in complex environment with less standardization.
- Held regular team-building workshops, designing to increase team morale and improve productivity.
Team Leader
Robert Bosch S.R.L
Cluj-Napoca
07.2017 - 12.2021
- Led team of 30 Engineers for HW development of power-train product development (Engine ECUs) for US, EU, JP and ASEAN customers.
- Carried out HW platform builds, reviews and general administration to consistently maximize platform potential.
- Coordinated hiring, training and performance management for 30 employees.
- Fostered highly communicative, collaborative team culture.
- Analyzed and adapted workflows to meet evolving needs.
- Delivered full responsibility projects with consistent record of meeting timeline, scope and budget requirements.
- Used well-organized waterfall and agile methodologies to efficiently manage project needs.
- Led team meetings to delegate tasks, assign workloads and communicate changing priorities.
- Developed open and professional relationships with team members to facilitate effective issue resolution.
- Planned employee workloads and delegated tasks strategically to meet seasonal fluctuations in demand.
- Completed audits and risk assessments to achieve regulatory compliance.
Senior Technical Project Manager
Robert Bosch GmbH
Stuttgart
11.2013 - 06.2017
- Led different HW development projects in power-train area for EU OEMs with direct customer responsibility from concept to production
- Collaborated with line managers on department performance and KPIs.
- Prepared reports and correspondence on complex resource management issues.
- Led project acquisition team in HW development by providing effort estimation and product cost
- Responsible for HW projects of Ford customer in Motor ECU development and ramp up in 4 different production plant in 1 year.
- As full responsible projects, tracked budget and implemented cost controls to eliminate additional risk.
- Led strategic negotiations in technical requirement engineering
- Developed training program's to enhance competence of project team capabilities.
- Led problem solving team effectively for each development failures and establish effective preventive action plan.
Project Leader
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business solutions
Coimbatore
01.2010 - 10.2013
- Recruited, interviewed and hired people adding value, skills and experience to HW development team.
- Mainly responsible for HW projects of Japanese OEMs in Motor ECU development.
- Maintained friendly and professional customer interactions.
- Collected customer and market feedback and reported information to company leadership.
- Ensure all deliverables to customer are reviewed and documented.
Hardware Design and Testing Engineer
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business solutions
Coimbatore
06.2007 - 09.2010
- Worked with assembly teams to build and test electronic designs, adjusting as necessary to achieve optimal technical performance.
- Sourced cost-effective design components, consistently meeting project budget requirements.
- Managed diverse aspects of front-end engineering HW design and Engine management system studies for effective network optimization.
- Handled lifecycle elements of electronics design, from conceptual phases through to mass production.
- Disassembled and reverse-engineered electronic products to improve product development and design strategies.
- Maintained comprehensive knowledge of current regulatory standards to ensure enhanced technical compliance.
- Handled customer concerns and escalated major issues to supervisor.
- Identified issues, analysed information and provided solutions to problems.
Junior Hardware Design Engineer
India Nippon Electricals Limited
Hosur
08.2004 - 12.2006
- Involved in HW measurement for Ignition driver unit of 2 Wheeler system.
- Actively listened to customers to fully understand requests and address concerns.
- Supported daily operations in preparing documentation for test report.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
RVS College of Engineering And Technology
Dindigul, India06.2004
Diploma - Electrical and Electronics
Sankar Institute of Polytechnic College
Tirunelveli2002
Higher secondary education - Maths and Science
TVS School
Madurai, India1999
Skills
- Problem solving expertise
- Product Engineering methodology
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Leadership expertise
- Intercultural and high exposure in DE and RO
- Microsoft office tools expertise
- Gap Analysis
- Stakeholder relationship management
- Leadership by content
- Team building workshop coordination
- Performance Management Strategies
- Risk mitigation strategies
- Decision-making skills
- Requirements Elicitation
- Change management process
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
Hindi
Upper Intermediate
B2
German
Intermediate
B1
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 30 people in the development of HW design competences ramp up.
- Led project acquisition for various power-train projects with sales and purchasing
- contributed to organization as Lean champion in addition to Technical project lead
- Nominated and admitted in talent acquisition pool of Bosch for leadership position in Romania
Certification
- Certified leader with Talent development pool and undertaking leadership focus group in Bosch Romania
Timeline
Group Leader
Robert Bosch S.R.L
01.2022 - Current
Team Leader
Robert Bosch S.R.L
07.2017 - 12.2021
Senior Technical Project Manager
Robert Bosch GmbH
11.2013 - 06.2017
Project Leader
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business solutions
01.2010 - 10.2013
Hardware Design and Testing Engineer
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business solutions
06.2007 - 09.2010
Junior Hardware Design Engineer
India Nippon Electricals Limited
08.2004 - 12.2006
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
RVS College of Engineering And Technology
Diploma - Electrical and Electronics
Sankar Institute of Polytechnic College
Higher secondary education - Maths and Science
TVS School
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