Aniket Gaikwad

Aniket Gaikwad (- |-| Dublin 11 | Valid work permit LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aniket-gaikwad-mechanical-engineering PROFILE Innovative and solution-oriented Mechanical Design Engineer with 8+ years of cross-functional experience in product design, development, and manufacturing. It covers technical aspects of MedTech and the automation sector ranging from early concept ideation to prototype and commercial deployment. Skilled in human-centered design, collaboration, and meaningful user experience design. Has earned the Medical Device Science Specialist Diploma from the University of Galway. KEY SKILLS • Product Design & Development (Concept to Commercialization) • Human-Centered & Innovative Design • CAD Tools: SolidWorks, CATIA V5, UG NX. • Prototyping & Testing | FMEA | DFM/DFA | BOM Creation • Medical Device Standards: MDR 2017/745, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, GMP • Cross-Functional Collaboration (Designers, Engineers, Clients) • Technical Documentation | Quality Systems | Automation • Cost Estimation | Vendor Interaction PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1/01/2025 – Till date Dublin, Ireland. SR. MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER Adapt Engineering (Medical device Manufacturing industry) • Working and collaborating with multi discipline team to produce innovative design solutions for wide variety of industries from packaging to ocular and medical. • Playing a key role in concept development and evolving those ideas into detailed design using 3D cad. • My technical knowledge applied to work with challenging mechanical requirements. • Provide support to the sales team, by preparing technical information for quotation, generating design costs and assisting in costing for production work. • I worked as Design engineer on Catheter coating and curing chamber machine for Medtronic. Machine involve different stages in which the catheter travels from start to finish with the help of inbuilt gantry and gripper arrangements. • Worked as a project lead for Medtronic pacemaker micra cure chamber machine. The pacemaker is cured at a certain temp for desired time in the curing chamber while the curing chamber has the rotating gear mechanism. • 3/01/2024 – 04/07/2024 County Meath, Ireland. PROCESS / DESIGN TECHNICIAN DROMONE ENGINEERING LTD. (Product design and Manufacturing industry) • Developing and publishing operator / process instructions for new tools / • • • • • equipment as related to new Products; making sure the process instructions support and conform to actual working processes. Validation of processes from design into production and finished product. Working as a Design Technician for New product development (NPI) Involvement and support with Advanced Production Quality Planning (APQP) for relevant OEM customers’ requirements from procurement through to assistance with customer ISIRs etc. Help drive operational process improvement activities, lean manufacturing tools, optimize manufacturing process to achieve targets and cost savings Assist in the design review of new products, processes, equipment and facilities. 01/08/2016 – 23/01/2023 Pune, India DESIGN ENGINEER GLOBAL ENGINEERING SERVICES PVT. LTD. (Manufacturer and line builder industry) Key achievements: • I worked as a Team lead handled team of an junior engineers. I was responsible for panel pick up and drop Gripper for the assembly line that leads to maximum product output and the max JPH requirement for the company. I was responsible for renowned TATA group on engine rear seal pressing SPM machine as a Team lead. From design and complete assembly restoration to documentation on client side considering global automation standards. • Design and deployment of automated solutions for a production MedTech industry with highly efficient needle to hub assembly with precision up to orientation pilus and minus 2.5 degrees. Specialized high-definition cameras and vision systems used with specific lighting conditions. • environment through 3D concept and 2D detailing of complete cell design along with the Bill of materials. • Providing Technical direction in installation of new equipment and machinery. Analyzed production machinery to ensure maximum production output is achieved. • Collaborated with manufacturing engineering to assist with the effective and efficient resolution of automation issues thereby improving all automation at the facility. • New product introduction projects including requirement definition, concept development, complete product design, Product testing, Improvement and releasing drawing for manufacturing. • I worked as a Sr. Mechanical engineer and was responsible for design of full automated line for assembly of blood bag with the tubing and at the final stage sticking of different sticker before packing to different designated boxes through the conveyor line. • I worked as a Sr. Mechanical engineer handling a team of 4-5 Jr design engineers. I was responsible for Fuel injector injection SPM machine for JCB. The end product was a mass quantity engine assembly for JCB along with the barcode scanner and quantity measuring at the same time. Which leads the company to save more time and produce max JPH on assembly line as SPM scanning and qty measuring done at single station. • Writing Quality assurance and machine operation requirements. Overseas quality system implementation and daily operation. • Worked to built and install the special purpose machine for MedTech industry for bottle filling and capping machine for different sizes of bottles with sticker applying mechanism. • Design of individual components for robot grippers by fully qualified design verification test as per the specifications of the suppliers. • Communication with customers, Providing the advice and support and explaining the concepts in easy-to-understand language. • Design development and test mechanical tools ensuring companies high quality std’s are met EDUCATION Galway, Ireland MEDICAL DEVICE SCIENCE SPECIALIST DIPLOMA, University of Galway Coursework covered MDR 2017/745, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and GMP principles Kolhapur, India Bachelor OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Shivaji University DIGITAL SKILLS Advance level CAD software’s: SolidWorks, Catia V5, UgNX, Inventor (Part design, Surfacing, Sheetmetal, Drafting, Assembly) Certified MSBI course for Data analysts which includes, SSIS, SSRS and reporting tool Power BI.