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Kareena Nirankari

Fremont,CA

Summary

Hardworking and goal-orientated graduate with a degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue. Currently working as an Industrial Engineering Technician at Tesla's Fremont factory.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Industrial Engineering Technician

Tesla, Inc.
02.2023 - Current
  • Spearhead Headcount Optimization projects to ensure high overall operator utilization and generate cost savings upwards of $4 million US dollars.
  • Apply statistical knowledge to balance production lines to create optimal production flow throughout factory.
  • Conduct time study using MODAPTS to validate accuracy of labor standard time.
  • Implement and recommend changes to standard work instructions to increase overall efficiency of operations and improve workstation safety and ergonomics.
  • Create and update Splunk and PowerBI dashboards across Seats factory for production data collection and data analysis

Industrial Engineer

Argent Consulting Group
08.2022 - 02.2023
  • Conducted time studies using work measurement tools to validate accuracy of labor standard time.
  • Analyze time study data to formulate engineered labour standard for workers based on time studies, set goal times and expected performance numbers for dozens of companies.
  • Created policies and procedures for quality assurance, best practices and project management.
  • Consulted with customers and clients to collect feedback for revamping production procedures.
  • Supervised workers to determine problem areas and implement solutions for optimized production.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
05.2022

Skills

    Microsoft Office, Lean Systems, Statistical Data Analysis, Cost-Saving Methods, Standards Determination, Microsoft Access, MySQL, R, HTML, PHP, Minitab, CSS, Matlab, CATIA, Adobe Illustrator

    English (Fluent), Hindi (Fluent), Gujarati (Speaking Proficient)

Design Projects

Endress+Hauser Process Automation

  • Developed an order identification system which reduced confusion for both employees and customers, expected to shorten order and pickup times by around 30%
  • Analyzing overall performance of campus cafeteria to identify bottlenecks and organizational improvements.
  • Assessing lead times and conducted time studies to develop optimal ordering system to optimize customer satisfaction

Scheduling Website Design and Development

  • Created fully functioning high quality website that took in student and department data to create an intuitive software that scheduled students needs, predicted grading patterns and analyzed class data based on inputted student and teacher feedback
  • Made use of CSS and HTML to implement website design, use of mySQL and PHP to implement the database for the structure of the website and used R to create website algorithm

FOS Commissioned, Automated Parameter Identification Algorithm (MATLAB)

  • Employed evidence-based reasoning to optimize MATLAB algorithm for time-efficient and precise parameter identification
  • Implemented a fully automated operation to identify and plot the relationship between the price and time constants of thermocouples and conducted a thorough analysis of the results obtained in terms of performance, pricing and manufacturing consistency

Certification

  • MODAPTS® Fundamentals License - Issues Feb, 2023. Credential ID 251270


  • FlexSim Core Training License from FlexSim Software Products, Inc. - Issued Feb, 2023

Timeline

Industrial Engineering Technician

Tesla, Inc.
02.2023 - Current

Industrial Engineer

Argent Consulting Group
08.2022 - 02.2023

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Purdue University
Kareena Nirankari