Pratik Kale is a mechanical engineer with over 5 years of experience in automotive design and engineering. He has worked as a Design Engineer at Tata Motors in India where he designed plastic automotive components using CAD tools like CATIA V5. He has extensive experience in mold design, FEA analysis, manufacturing processes and root cause analysis. Pratik holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Mumbai. His areas of expertise include CAD, FEA, corrosion analysis and multi-disciplinary system design optimization.

1. Pratik Kale
Farmington Hills, MI - 48336 | (682) 331-3123| prat.kale32@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalepratik
SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND CORE COMPETENCIES
 5+ years of academic experience in Automobile engineering, plastic moulding, FEA & CAD TOOLS, Corrosion.
 Worked as Design Engineer at TATA Motors India.
 Mould design and corresponding Product design changes of complex automotive and engineering components using CAD Tool CATIA V5
(Solid and surface modelling, Sketch, Assembly, Drafting).
 Hands-on experience with FEA & CAD tools, DFM & DFA, Manufacturing processes, Root cause analysis, FMEA with strong understanding
of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T) principles.
 Ability to perform multi-disciplinary system design optimization.
 Self-motivated individual with excellent communication, problem solving, troubleshooting, and organizational skills.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Design and Analytical Tools: CATIA V5 R17, SolidWorks, MS Word, MS Excel
 Analysis Tool: NX Nastran, ANSYS (Workbench, Icepack)
 Simulation Tool: MATLAB, Simulink
WORK EXPERIENCE
Tata Motors -MH, India | Product Design Engineer July’12 to July’14
 Designed and developed drawings and specifications necessary to support the development of new products and modification of existing
products.
 Conducted research and created design proposals for interior plastic products, mainly Front Bumper clip and door trim using CATIA V5.
 Successfully handled Information, Prototype and Production Release of design data for interiors for various car lines.
 Ensured the design, that was developed was of high quality and executed it to meet all packaging and functional requirements.
 Analyzed development process, determined root cause and suggested corrective actions.
 Developed understanding of Plastic injection moulds, plastic materials properties and application, material processing, and theory of
plastic design.
 Ability to read, develop and understand engineering documentation (i.e. Assembly Drawings, Bills of Material, Blueprints, Dimensioning,
DVP&R, FMEA, Product Releases, Product Specifications, Stack-ups/GD&T, Test Reports and Test Specifications).
EDUCATION
Masters in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.7 Aug’14 to May’ 16
University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX
Bachelors of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.5 Aug’08 to May’ 12
University of Mumbai Mumbai, MH – India
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Master Thesis- Mechanical Engineering Jan’15 to May’16
 Thesis Topic: “A Study of Electrical Double Layer Structure over a Corroding Steel and Aluminium Surface in Sea Water”.
 Investigate the interfacial structure of an electrical double layer (EDL) and provide mechanistic understanding of the formation of an EDL
at a steel surface in seawater environment.
 The Steel structure model is developed in CATIA V5 and performed structural analysis using NX Nastran.
 Simulation of electric double layer structure to study the charge transfer phenomenon when metal is in contact with electrolyte.
 Parametric study of changes in chemical composition carried out by taking flux, voltage and temperature as the parameters.
 Observed and analyzed the crack propagation rate and failure analysis modes at the flat surfaces, elbows and welded joint.
Automobile Engineering Project Jan’15 to May’15
 Modelled V6 car engines Crankshaft component in CATIA V5 and FEA (Static Structural).
 The aim of this project is to Model, analyse and compare which metal would be more practical for use in crankshaft by analysing Total
Deformation and Equivalent stresses.
 It is inferred from the experiment that the better material suited for designing of the crankshaft is Aluminium Alloy over Structural Steel.
Robotics Project Jun’15 to Aug ‘15
 Developed unique three jaw gripper.
 Designed the gripper model in CATIA V5 and performed stress analysis using NX Nastran to find critical areas which may fail the gripper.
RESEARCH PUBLICATION
Published research paper on Electricity Generation from Speed Breakers in The International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES),
volume2, issue 11, pages 25-27, 2013