Akshay Kirdat
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Akshay Kirdat is from Reno, Nevada, United States. Akshay is currently Senior Manufacturing Controls Development Engineer at Tesla, located in Austin, Texas, United States.
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Akshay Kirdat's current jobs
• Drive integrators, suppliers, and internal customers to develop sophisticated automation equipment as per Tesla standards on aggressive project timelines. Drive design reviews, maintain and resolve issues lists, implement data logging and traceability requirements, review control logic, and define qualification requirements for FAT/SAT • Fluency in PLCs (Beckhoff, Siemens, Allen-Bradley, etc.) and various PLC programming languages including Ladder Diagram, Structured Text and Function Block Diagram. • Fluency in motion control programming using industrial robots, servos, VFDs and pneumatics • Develop PLC code for servo motion control, VFD motion control and Fanuc Robot Control Sequences • Work with cross functional engineering teams to identify automation needs with, conceptualize required automation, assess associated design/schedule risk, provide new technology capability analysis, create technical requirements/RFP package, assess capabilities of automation integrators, estimate automation costs and negotiate deliverables • •Provide onsite technical support at FAT/SAT, pilot builds, production builds, and production ramp as needed to ensure equipment capability, availability, and productivity and be the technical lead for resolving issues that may arise • Debug, root cause and correct field issues. Improve efficiency and availability of existing and 3rd party equipment • Lead design, build, commissioning and equipment startups in both greenfield and brownfield installations • Proficient in deploying SCADA systems (Ignition) to visualize time-series data and accurate equipment status • Drive failure analysis and machine issue resolution when working with machine suppliers and 3rd party integrators • Proven record of high-level performance in multidisciplinary projects in areas of control systems engineering, continuous process automation, field instrumentation, automotive equipment automation