Highlights:1. Professional with 16+ years of experience in base engine design, engine integration & development 2. Good understanding of engine applications, engine/ component validation & CAE tools 3. Worked as project lead and handled engine projects with cross functional teams with local/ global teams 4. Team management, coaching & mentoring skills

Skills:AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE DESIGN, Engine Design, Development, Application Engineerin, New Engine Development, Engine Program Management

Goal:To contribute to organizational growth by providing cost effective and innovative engine design solutions with better performance, reliability and emissions.

Honor:1. University 5th Ranker in B.E. Automobile 2. Guided 4 M.Tech and 2 Groups of B.E. Students for Thesis Work 3. Authored & Presented A Paper “CFD Approach For Cylinder Head Port Design” at CFD Toptech Conference Organized By SAE India At ARAI, Pune (India) 4. Authored & Presented A Paper In SIAT 2007 At ARAI, Pune (India) On “Optimization Of Water Jacket Using CFD For Effective Cooling Of Water Cooled Diesel Engines”. SAE Paper No. 2007-026-049 5. Presented A Seminar In PTC User Conference On “Mastering In Pro-Engineer: Large Assembly Management” Feb 2008 in Pune (India)

Supervisor - Product Engineering 08/2008 - current
John Deere, Pune, Maharashtra India
Industry: Agriculture
1. Leaded 4 cylinder engine development for India factory 2. Leaded global engine project for Inch hardware to metric hardware conversion 3. Leaded 3 Cylinder engine development project for China factory 4. Global lead for continuous improvement. Support warranty, cost reduction and address product issues. Realized saving of $100/ engine for FY2015.
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Project Engineer 06/2001 - 08/2008
The Automotive Research Association of India, (ARAI), Pune, Maharashtra India
Industry: Research and Development
1. Worked as designer for various engine design & development projects from domestic/global clients 2. Developed an integrated approach for cylinder head port and successfully validated this approach on various new port design and development projects. 3. Developed a compact steady state port flow and swirl test rig for cylinder head port flow evaluation
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Works Incharge 02/2000 - 06/2001
Aryan Automotives P. Ltd, Solapur, Maharashtra India
Industry: Automotive
1. Established service workshop facility for John Deere tractor dealership 2. Addressed regular maintenance & failure issues for John Deere tractors
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Rajarambapu Institute of Technology 07/1995 - 06/1999
Sangali, Maharashtra, India
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Automobile Engineering
Regular full time 4 years engineering course which is 16 Years of education.

Resume_ Mahesh Gavali Diesel engine, design engineer, product engineer, technical specialist