Jayendran Ravindran

I'm currently working in Tesla Brookshire Megafactory, Houston, TX as an associate process engineer in Megapack production. I graduated Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (Non-thesis) at Purdue University.

I bring with me two years of work experience as an Industrial Engineer at Jk Tyres. I graduated from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in 2022 with a major in Production Engineering and minor in Management Studies.

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Work Experience

My core competencies lie in operational excellence, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven decision making.

Process Development Engineer, Cell manufacturing

Tesla Giga Factory, Austin, TX

May 2025 - December 2025

Project: Film characterization of Indo Anode production.
Impact: Collated thickness, loading, gloss measurement from 50+ samples;
Refined offline measurement processes using MSA and Gage R&R analysis.

JMP Gage R&R Measurement Systems Analysis Design of Experiments

Industrial Engineer

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., Chennai, India

August 2023 - June 2024

🏆Awarded Best Graduate Engineer Award out of 30+ campus recruits.

Project: Installation of battery charging station in warehouse.
Impact: ▼60% in forklift downtime; ▲180K in annual dispatch value.

Layout Design AutoCAD Material Flow Analysis Spaghetti Diagram Cross-functional Collaboration

Project: Debottlenecking of truck tire assembly line.
Impact: ▲45% in bottleneck machine capacity; Saved $12K in CapEx & $13K in OpEx.

Value Stream Mapping Root Cause Analysis PDCA Kaizen Jigs & Fixtures

Project: Optimization of daily labor utilization.
Impact: ▼14% in LHPU; Saved $700K in annual labor cost.

Time & Motion Studies Line Balancing Cycle Time Analysis Headcount Optimization

Manufacturing Engineer

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., Chennai, India

August 2022 - August 2023

Project: Production ramp-up of radial tire production.
Impact: ▲2.3% in tire building capacity; Ramped up by 400 units/day.

Capacity Planning Time & Motion Studies SMED

Project: Automated KPI Dashboard (OEE, LHPU, Scrap Rate).
Impact: ▼50% in manual processing time.

Power BI Excel VBA Data Visualization

Project: Safety Improvement Circle Leader (5 associates & trainees)
Impact: Installed safety features in forklifts; Eliminated minor incidents.

Team Leadership Safety Management Project Management

Project Experience

Predictive ML model for rental bike demand of Seoul city

August 2024 - December 2024

Impact: ▼50% in Root Mean Square Error (RMSE)

Machine Learning Regression Random Forest GAM Decision Tree Python Pandas Matplotlib NumPy SciKit-Learn

Convertible wheelchair with assist-free transfer support
(Bachelor's thesis)

January 2022 - May 2022

Presentation / Report

🏆 Secured Siemens Innovation Grant worth $1500 for TRL-3 prototype deployment
from Siemens Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Manufacturing, NIT-T and Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Incubation (CEDI), NIT-T.

Guide: Dr.-Ing Muthukannan Duraiselvam, Department of Production Engineering, NIT-T.

Impact: Eliminated the need for external assistance.

3D CAD (SolidWorks) Siemens NX FEA (ANSYS Workbench)

Publications

My research was focused on design, manufacturing, mechatronics, ergonomics and product development.

Design and Development of Ergonomic and Customizable Walking Cane

Paper / Poster

Jayendran R, PR Nishok, R Swaminathan
International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD), 2023

Published on January 2023

Conceptual model for improving maneuverability in borewell rescue devices

Paper / Poster

Adithya Kameswara Rao, Harikrishna K, Jayendran R, Meenatchi L S, Sudarsana Jayandan J, Niranjan Kumar P
9th RSI International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ICRoM), 2021

Published on November 2021

Leadership & Volunteering

Mentor, Jitheshraj Scholarship for Promising Freshman (JSPF)

August 2025 - May 2026

Impact: Mentored 10+ first-year students throughout the scholarship application process, providing guidance on application essays, technical projects, and overall co-curricular development.

Mentoring Interpersonal Communication Feedback & Evaluation Coaching

Head, Toastmasters International NIT-T

July 2021 - June 2022

Impact: Oversaw operations for two Toastmasters clubs (70+ members combined), leading workshops, hybrid speech contests, newsletters, and member onboarding that resulted in 10+ new member additions.

🏆Outstanding Toastmasters, District F (March 2022), Certificate of Proficiency - Dynamic Leadership Pathways (June 2022), Triple Crown Award (June 2022)

Leadership Public Speaking Member Development Contest Organization Workshop Facilitation Project Management

Head, NITTSAC

July 2021 - June 2022

Impact: Led a 25-member team in organizing student-alumni engagement events and social media campaigns for the official student-alumni cell of NIT Trichy.

Event Management Stakeholder Engagement Alumni Relations Social Media Management Team Leadership

Relevant coursework & certifications

Industrial Engineering	Work design and facility planning (Undergraduate) Lean manufacturing (Undergraduate) Analysis of production systems and IE (Undergraduate) Job design (Graduate) Economic decisions in engineering (Graduate) Risk analysis methods and applications (Graduate) The hidden value - Lean in manufacturing and services (Coursera)
Manufacturing & design	Manufacturing systems simulation (Undergraduate) Computer-integrated manufacturing (Undergraduate) Production drawing & cost estimation (GD&T) (Undergraduate) Mechatronics & industrial automation (Undergraduate) Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) (Dassault Systemes) Design of machine elements (Undergraduate) Kinematics & dynamics of machines (Undergraduate)
Supply Chain & Quality	Supply chain management (Undergraduate) Probability & Statistics (Undergraduate) Quality, reliability & safety engineering (Undergraduate) Quality control (GD&T) (Graduate) Design of Experiments (SAS) Six Sigma Principles (Coursera)
Data Analytics	Machine learning & applications (Graduate) Introduction to Programming with MATLAB (Coursera) Google data analytics certification (Grow with Google) Entry-level Programming in Python (Purdue EBEC)
Management	Production & operations management (Undergraduate) Financial management (Undergraduate) Marketing management (Undergraduate) Project management (Graduate)