Atharva Ajit Daware

Supplier Industrialization | Motors

Sparks, Nevada, United States

About

I love to dig into the real-time overarching problems related to supply chain, logistics, and quality to devise the solutions to optimize the processes using my knowledge and skills gained from academic, professional, and personal experiences. Industry 4.0 requires that manufacturers be agile, relentless innovators to stay relevant. My goal is to assist such innovations by emphasizing the results derived from the analysis of copious real-time data and continuously improving the processes. Technical Skills: Lean Six Sigma Quality | Supply Chain | Logistics | Production Planning and Control | Process Improvement | Data Analytics | Data Visualization | Lean manufacturing | Advanced Manufacturing Managerial Skills: Leadership | Team Player | Effective Communication | Active listening Software: SolidWorks | CATIA | ANSYS | Minitab | Tableau | JMP Pro | Rstudio | MS Office (Excel, PowerBI, Visio)

Experience

  • Tesla (Full-time · 3 yrs 6 mos)
    • Supplier Industrialization Engineer
      Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    • Supplier Quality Engineer
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Associate Supplier Quality Engineer
      Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Graduate Research Assistant at John Deere
    Aug 2022 - Dec 2022 · 5 mos

  • Manufacturing Systems Controls at Cummins Inc.
    May 2022 - Aug 2022 · 4 mos

    • Drafted user-friendly Windchill training materials for 8 business processes to support 50+ manufacturing sites post-go-live • Designed a Power BI dashboard to visualize and monitor Windchill training issues, feedback, and KPIs based on 7 parameters • Highlighted workflow inefficiencies by mapping ‘as is’ process and designed a ‘to be’ process to reduce process time by 25%

  • Supplier Industrialization Engineering Intern at Tesla
    Jan 2022 - Apr 2022 · 4 mos

    • Reduced the rejection rate to zero from 43% for the service parts through quality management activities • Increased a supplier’s weekly capacity by 53% and verified the tooling investment of $1.5M using Run at Rate Analysis • Resolved a SCAR of appearance defect in mirrors using 8D methodology to eliminate the scrap cost • Drove re-development of the washer tank’s PFMEA and control plans with the supplier to confirm adequate corrective actions • Improved the supplier’s process using experimental studies and data analysis to decrease cycle time by 25% • Defined, reviewed, and approved PPAP documents for 10+ parts and trained suppliers on MSA and SPC tools • Collaborated with a cross-functional team to resolve a mirror assembly defect, thereby reducing defect generation by 30%

  • Student Worker at NC State Industry Expansion Solutions
    Jul 2021 - Jan 2022 · 7 mos

    • Improved the layout of the shop floor to optimize the space utilization, thereby minimizing the cycle time by 15% • Performed time-study analysis on the processes and suggested the changes to increase the time saving up to 20%