Nilkanth Sawant
I'm a PGDM student at XLRI, Jamshedpur, with 3.5 years of engineering experience across 2 high-impact roles. I began at Wipro PARI, where I was part of the end-to-end mechanical design of an EV battery pack assembly line, from concept design through production sign-off. I then moved to Dassault Systèmes, where I built automated test frameworks for enterprise PLM software releases, acting as the technical interface between global manufacturing clients and the R&D team. At XLRI, I'm channelling this domain depth into a consulting specialisation focused on Digital Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 transformation. I believe the most impactful consulting happens when engineering fluency meets structured problem-solving, and that's the edge I bring to every engagement.
Work experience
44 months in total
- Wipro PARI16 months
- Dassault Systemes28 months
Career highlights
Software R&D Engineer, Dassault Systèmes
- Acted as technical interface between global manufacturing clients and PLM development team - prioritising, replicating, and resolving 50+ CAD interoperability failures across all 3D CAD platforms
- Designed and deployed automated regression test frameworks reducing manual validation effort by 60% per release cycle and cutting test execution time by 90%
- Translated complex manufacturing engineering scenarios into 100+ structured software test cases with 5+ Technical Account Managers across 3+ geographies
Mechanical Design Engineer, Wipro PARI
- Involved in end-to-end mechanical design of a greenfield 25-station EV battery pack assembly line for Tata Tigor - from concept design through BOM finalisation and production sign-off
- Performed full line-level operations analysis: OEE, Takt Time, Cycle Time, Line Efficiency, and bottleneck identification across all 25 stations
Achievements
- Won Champions Award at Dassault Systèmes (2024) for driving framework innovation, improving test efficiency, and outstanding contribution to PLM software quality
- Secured All India Rank 2 among 100+ college teams at ESVC (Electric Solar Vehicle Championship) as Battery Team Lead, Team Solarium, PCCOE
- Registered copyright with the Government of India Copyright Office for research on a hybrid passive Battery Thermal Management System for Li-ion battery packs (2022)
- Graduated with CGPA 9.67/10 from PCCOE, Pune - among the top of the cohort in Mechanical Engineering with consistent distinction-level performance
Certifications
- ISTQB Certification (Dassault Systemes) - September 2024
