Divya Sundaresan — Senior Quality Engineer
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Quality engineer with seven years in automotive castings and machined components, the first two of them supervising production. Took customer PPM at a Tier-1 machining plant from 840 to 96 in two years and closed a warranty claim that had been open since 2022. ASQ-certified quality engineer and IATF 16949 internal auditor.
Experience
Senior Quality Engineer, Velmora Auto Components · July 2023 – present
Customer quality for two machining lines shipping 2.4 million parts a year to three passenger-vehicle OEMs.
- Reduced customer PPM from 840 to 96 over two years by moving four inspection gates upstream and adding in-process bore gauging.
- Closed a warranty claim open since 2022 through an 8D that traced the leak path to a deburring step, ending ₹62 lakh of annual debit notes.
- Carried the plant through IATF 16949 recertification with two minor findings and no majors, against eleven findings at the previous audit.
- Cut cost of poor quality from 2.1% to 0.9% of sales by putting containment spend on the daily plant review board.
Quality Engineer, Riyansh Precision Castings · April 2021 – June 2023
- Rebuilt the incoming inspection plan around risk-ranked characteristics, cutting inspection hours 38% while catching three defect modes that had previously reached assembly.
- Ran 23 supplier audits across nine foundries and lifted on-time PPAP submission from 54% to 91%.
- Introduced Gage R&R across 40 instruments; nine measured above 30% variation and were replaced or recalibrated.
Production Engineer, Thendral Metalworks · July 2019 – March 2021
- Supervised a 34-operator machining shift and raised schedule adherence from 78% to 94%.
- Cut setup rejections on a CNC turning cell 62% by introducing first-article checks at every shift change.
Education
- B.E. Mechanical Engineering · PSG College of Technology, Anna University · August 2015 – May 2019
Skills
- Quality systems: IATF 16949, ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control plans, MSA
- Problem solving: 8D, Why-why analysis, Fishbone, Poka-yoke, Layered process audits
- Measurement: CMM programming, Gage R&R, SPC, Minitab, Surface roughness testing, Leak testing
Certifications
- Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) — American Society for Quality
- IATF 16949:2016 Internal Auditor — TÜV SÜD
- ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor — IRCA