Rakesh Nagrani

About Rakesh Nagrani

Currently working as Chief Engineer and Head of Department – Complete Vehicle at Magna Vehicle Engineering India. Member of senior leadership team and involved in strategic planning, building organizational capability and capacity, product development, problem solving, developing vehicles and systems. Development & implementation of organizational and business strategies and actions. Technical program management of all development activities and projects in the company Leading cross functional teams across the organization including BIW, Trims, Chassis, Driveline and others for successful product and system development Project management activities including planning, effort estimation, scope management, delivery tracking and team rhythm, risk identification & mitigation planning. Expertise in Vehicle Integration, Synthesis, Vehicle Validation, Product Design and Development, Project Management, Functional Science Lead. Management skills with strong planning, communication, strategic decision-making ability, successfully deliver vehicle programs. Worked on Indian as well as worldwide product development programs including those from Germany, USA, China, France, Japan, Malaysia etc. My performance parameters are growth, profitability, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, operational excellence amongst others. Strong in leading cross-functional issue resolution and complete vehicle performance balancing. Directly leading team of 125 passionate engineers working on o Performance parameters stiffness, durability, NVH, ride and handling, crash, aerodynamics etc. o Vehicle Architecture areas like styling, geometric integration, tolerance management etc.o Vehicle Integration areas like CMP, target setting, benchmarking, system architecture etc.Regular activities include:Performance planning, simulation and validation for systems and vehicles for• Strength and Durability• NVH• Ride and Handling• Crash and Safety• AerodynamicsVehicle Architecture and Geometric Integration including styling & surfacing, tolerance management etc.Vehicle Integration – Vehicle Requirements, Benchmarking, Target setting, Validation management, System Architecture etc.

Experience

1. Chief Engineer & Head of Dept Complete Vehicle

   Magna International

   Jan 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

   Currently working as Chief Engineer and Head of Department – Complete Vehicle at Magna Vehicle Engineering India. Member of senior leadership team and involved in strategic planning, building organizational capability and capacity, product development, problem solving, developing vehicles and systems. Development & implementation of organizational and business strategies and actions. Technical program management of all development activities and projects in the company Leading cross functional teams across the organization including BIW, Trims, Chassis, Driveline and others for successful product and system development Project management activities including planning, effort estimation, scope management, delivery tracking and team rhythm, risk identification & mitigation planning. Expertise in Vehicle Integration, Synthesis, Vehicle Validation, Product Design and Development, Project Management, Functional Science Lead. Management skills with strong planning, communication, strategic decision-making ability, successfully deliver vehicle programs. Worked on Indian as well as worldwide product development programs including those from Germany, USA, China, France, Japan, Malaysia etc. My performance parameters are growth, profitability, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, operational excellence amongst others. Strong in leading cross-functional issue resolution and complete vehicle performance balancing. Directly leading team of 125 passionate engineers working on o Performance parameters stiffness, durability, NVH, ride and handling, crash, aerodynamics etc. o Vehicle Architecture areas like styling, geometric integration, tolerance management etc.o Vehicle Integration areas like CMP, target setting, benchmarking, system architecture etc.

Education

• Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

  BE Mechanical, Mechanical

  1994 — 1997

• Bharati Vidyapeeth

  DME, Diploma in Mech Engg

  1991 — 1994

• Crescent High School

  SSC, Tenth Standard

  1985 — 1991

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing

• Vishwakarma Institute of technology

  Masters in Engineering, Mechanical Design Engineering

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Catia
• Finite Element Analysis
• Abaqus
• Automotive
• Automotive Engineering
• Engineering
• Ls-Dyna
• Hypermesh
• Ansys
• Vehicles
• Cae
• Nvh
• Nastran
• Mechanical Engineering