JEEVAN KUMAR BALAPALA CHANNAPPA

Airbus A320 serial production, Hamburg-Finkenwerder; shift work. • Surface preparation and treatment to Airbus procedures, work instructions and SOPs. • Quality inspection of A320 surfaces for scratches, dents and coating damage. • Created NC documents for every non-conformance; logged them in the reporting system. • Worked to work orders; kept records traceable. • FOD prevention, zero safety incidents. • Employer reference: fully independent, very careful, highly precise.

Automotive supplier to global OEMs and Tier 1s; new parts from customer drawing to series production. • Pressed sheet-metal parts (heat shields, turbo gaskets, impellers, brackets) from feasibility and tooling to SOP. • 3–5 part numbers through PPAP approval. • Customer deviation (concession) requests for out-of-tolerance parts. • APQP file: PFMEA, control plans, process flows, MSA, SPC. • Defects −20%, rework −30% with 8D and 5-Why; efficiency +15%.

Production and quality engineering for electromechanical enclosures and energy systems. • Planned daily production across workstations; schedule adherence above 95%. • Inspected parts against 2D/3D drawings with precision instruments; wrote inspection reports. • Built process sheets, quality checklists and Excel KPI dashboards; supported CAPA to cut repeat non-conformances.

Electromechanical charging products from concept to validated prototype. • Designed more than 10 charging solutions in SolidWorks and AutoCAD. • Made the product 25% more compact and 15% more energy-efficient through design iterations, material choices and DFM. • Ran prototype tests for thermal performance and electrical safety.

CFRP/GFRP composites, structural analysis, damage tolerance, FEA, aerospace manufacturing; site visits to Airbus Stade (VTP), CTC, Fraunhofer and GMA (NDT). • Thesis: “Assessment of Damage Tolerance Investigations of Composite Structures for a Future Design Guideline” – delamination, impact, fatigue; ANSYS/Abaqus FEA, cohesive zone modelling. • Certificate programme: Agile Project Management, Innovation, Change Management, Leadership.

Core subjects: design, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, materials, manufacturing. • Led the VLCI process-improvement team. • Final-year project “Treadmill Bicycle”: designed, built and tested a prototype with a custom gear drive. • VTU-TEQIP Industrial Hydraulics programme (NMIT, Yuken India); 2nd place, PHYSIKA-2K18 exhibition.