Sakthivel Narendran
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Sakthivel Narendran is from Palo Alto, California, United States. Sakthivel works in the following industries: "Higher Education", "Machinery", and "Automotive". Sakthivel is currently Sr Engineering Project Manager, Drive Systems Design at Tesla, located in Palo Alto, California, United States. In Sakthivel's previous role as a Senior Technical Project Manager at Tesla, Sakthivel worked in Fremont, California until Aug 2020. Prior to joining Tesla, Sakthivel was a Technical Project Manager at Tesla and held the position of Technical Project Manager at Fremont, California. Prior to that, Sakthivel was a Project Engineer - NPI Quality at ZF Group, based in Greenville, South Carolina Area from Dec 2016 to Aug 2017. Sakthivel started working as Product Quality Engineer at GKN Driveline in Sanford, North Carolina in Mar 2016. From Mar 2014 to Feb 2016, Sakthivel was Manufacturing Quality Engineer at GKN Driveline, based in Mebane, NC. Prior to that, Sakthivel was a Supplier Quality Intern at GKN Automotive, based in Alamance, North Carolina from Mar 2013 to Dec 2013. Sakthivel started working as Graduate Research Assistant at North Carolina State University in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area in Mar 2013.
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Sakthivel Narendran's current jobs
Drive Systems Engineering - PM for New Product Design | Geartrain Design projects for all Tesla vehicles
Sakthivel Narendran's past jobs
Global Battery (SX3Y models) NPI Service Manufacturing & Operations (NA ,EU & APAC)
Model 3 Battery North America - Service Manufacturing & Operations - New Product Introduction (NPI)
9HP50- JAGUAR LAND ROVER programs - 9-Speed Transmissions.
Quality Engineer for Forming, Machining & Assembly of Driveshaft components to build the FCA - Jeep Cherokee Halfshafts (New Plant launch) Functions: Program launch, Customer Quality , Production Quality and Supplier Quality.
Mfg. Quality Engineer for Interconnecting Shafts Value Stream Processes: Bar shaft machining, Spline rolling, Heat treatment, Paint, Grinding, Straighten & Buff and Safe-launch processes. Responsibilities: Production Quality, Gaging, Quality planning, Continuous Improvement, SPC monitoring, Process capability improvments.
•Resolved Supplier quality issues through detailed Root Cause Analysis. •Supplier development: Worked with suppliers in implementing Corrective actions & establishment of control points. •Capacity Planning tool for Suppliers: Developed a Standard tool to evaluate supplier capacity for PPAP/APQP purposes. Conducted/ Evaluated Capacity Run at rates at supplier facilities. •Monitored and maintained ISO 9001 & ISO/TS 16949 compliance with suppliers across the globe. •Managed REACh compliance with 45 local suppliers to support European Customers in meeting SVHC requirements. •NPS Evaluation: Helped Purchasing evaluate the top commodities contributing to their Non-Productive stock Inventory.
Development of a Global Procurement Database: Created a central Market Intelligence repository for NACCO’s strategic sourcing process. Improved visibility of global sourcing trends for NMHG procurement teams. Successfully achieved a 25% reduction in sourcing period.