Varad Rangdal

About Varad Rangdal

Varad is a self-motivated, proactive, productive and methodical individual with experience in a variety of industries, including Automotive, Photocopier, Electronics, Semiconductor, and Machinery Manufacturing in India, Czech Republic and the United States.Strong research and industrial professional with a Bachelor of Engineering focused in Mechanical Engineering from VIIT, Pune. And Master’s in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station with major focus in Operations Research.My areas of expertise include• Logistics Disposition• Material Requirement Planning• Enterprise Resource Planning• New Product Introduction• Engineering Change Management• Bill Of Material• Product Lifecycle Management• Product Data Management• Design Release• CAD PDM Management• New Product Line Development• Research & Development• Project Management• Production Planning & Control• Capacity & Layout Planning• Operations ManagementTechnical Skills• Programming - R, Python, SQL, AMPL• Lean tools - Lean Six Sigma• Data Analysis - MS Excel, Tableau, PowerBI• Other tools - Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, JIRA, SAP MM, Confluence• Other systems - Siemens PLM Teamcenter, MBV, MBT, Farbcockpit, TI-Cockpit, HyperKVS, AVON, PrologMy hobbies are playing piano, singing, cooking, hiking, cycling and driving.Always interested in playing different musical instruments, learning photography, swimming and going on jungle safaris!I am a team player, good listener, effective communicator, hard and smart worker. I am looking to expand my career in Logistics, Supply Chain and Product Lifecycle / Project Management.More than my skills and experience, I have an undying hunger, commitment and passion to be self motivated and to inspire others to always do better and set the bar high. I’m always happy to roll up my sleeves to get the job done.If I am the individual you are looking for, you can message me here or email me at r•••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Senior Industrial Engineer - R2 General Assembly

   Rivian

   Jan 2026 — Present · Bloomington–Normal, IL, US

Education

• Stepping Stones High School

  Secondary School Certificate (Central Board of Secondary Education)

  2012

• Texas A&M University

  Master of Science - MS, Industrial & Systems Engineering (Focus in Data Science & Operations Research)

  2021 — 2023

• Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE

  2014 — 2018

• Stepping Stones Intermediate College - India

  Higher Secondary School Certificate (Central Board of Secondary Education), Engineering Science

  2012 — 2014

• Rice University

  Project Management

  2020