Yatin Khurana

Accomplished and certified engineering leader with over 18 years of specialized experience in Design for Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety (RAMS) within the railway industry. Recognized for delivering strategic value through robust system engineering practices, cross-functional team leadership, and a deep commitment to safety and quality standards. Holds prestigious certifications including Certified Reliability Engineer (ASQ), Certified Reliability Professional (CFR), Certified Functional Safety Engineer (TÜV SÜD), and Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (ASQ).

Proven track record of managing complex rail system projects across the lifecycle—from concept to commissioning—ensuring compliance with international standards and enhancing operational performance. Adept at aligning engineering strategies with business goals, fostering innovation, and building strong stakeholder relationships across global teams. Known for driving continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, and long-term system reliability.

ALSTOM TRANSPORTATION (formerly BOMBARDIER)                                                    (Jun’12 – Till date)

Montreal, QC, Canada  

Group RAMS Manager – Metros & Suburban Platforms – USA, Canada & Mexico             (Dec’21 – Till date)

Key responsibilities:

• Budget management: Ensure allocation & availability of budget to support team operations & strategic initiatives.
• Resource & Performance management: Develop the team to achieve full potential, drive high-impact contributions & continuous growth, while maintaining a balanced approach to capacity, workload, & skill requirements.
• Project Management: Monitor project progress & deliverables, provide expert guidance & support to ensure successful execution.
• Technical leadership: Oversee RAMS activities across projects and tenders in alignment with QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery) while ensuring strict adherence to company standards, processes, and strategic objectives.
• Grow RAMS Talent: Champion RAMS talent development by expanding capabilities at BCC sites and spearheading strategic initiatives, including university partnerships and the establishment of a RAMS Academy, to nurture expertise and build a sustainable talent pipeline.
• Act as Safety Leader for Safety issues/incidents reported in Service & lead them to closure.
• First-level management of global teams, people performance management (annual performance reviews).
• RAMS process & tools development and region-wide implementation.
• Support Métier in building RAMS roadmap, Platform strategy and portfolio-wide resource/budget allocation.
• Customer & Supplier management (incl negotiations), ROP management, support Project leads w/ Gate reviews.
• Part of core leadership team (across North America) at Alstom.
• Recruit, mentor & coach new joiners within team; manage work packages with Contractors (External resources).
• Instrumental in ramping up new teams and charter as part of India expansion.

RAMS Tech Lead – Projects, AMERICAS                                                                         (Dec’20 – Dec’24)

Responsible to plan, lead and support the Project RAMS activities on Vancouver SkyTrain Mark V project.

Key accountabilities:

• Responsible to plan, lead and support the Project RAMS activities & analyses for the Rolling Stock.
• Provide technical support & guidance to Project RAMS team; conduct reviews and verify/approve all RAMS deliverables in terms of Quality, Time and Budget.
• Provide RAMS support to Procurement in evaluating & finalizing the Suppliers.
• Work closely with Chief Engineer and various Subsystem Engineers on design decisions involving RAMS.
• Support Requirement Management through DOORS and Change Management.
• Lead the Gate review activities with the Customer and Suppliers.

RAMS Tech Lead – Bids Group (AMERICAS)                                                                   (Mar’18 – Dec’20)

In this key role, being a part of Bids core-team, ensured that Bombardier delivers a winning Bid proposal from RAMS standpoint based on healthy assumptions and effective risk management. Responsibilities:

• Led the negative gate review activities for RAMS SoW on all bids across AMERICAS region.
• Liaised with multiple departments (Sales, Legal, Procurement, Governance, PM, Engineering etc.) to coordinate, plan & execute RAMS Bid activities. Well appreciated for Collaboration & Teamwork.
• Responsible to obtain internal RAMS mandate (Technical, Commercial & Contractual) before each Bid submittal.
• Standardized RAMS processes for Bids evaluation to improve efficiency & efficacy.
• Established criteria & developed internal tools to persuade data-driven decision making. Tools developed - Spare Parts estimator, Confidence interval calculator, Redundancy calculator, Reliability Growth predictor.
• Successfully handled pre-bid and post-bid negotiations with Customers & Suppliers, Bid-to-Project handovers.
• Evaluated supplier proposals and promoted Vendor development for standardization.

Key Achievements:

• Successfully bid on NJT MLIII order in 2019 (Base order = 113 Multilevel cars ~ USD 669, with 886 Option cars), Vancouver TransLink Mark V order in late 2020 (Base Order = 205 Cars ~ USD 720M, with 400 Option Cars).

RAMS/FRACAS Team Lead (ASIA PACIFIC)                                                                     (Jan’17 – Feb’18) 

Worked as a RAMS & FRACAS Team Lead for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) RS11 contract. Responsibilities:

• Accountable for deploying & managing FRACAS on this strategic contract of 160 metro cars.
• Liaised with Customer (managed all RAMS/LCC related communications) and acted as a focal point for all central functions at Bombardier (Engineering, PI, PM, Finance).
• Identified Project risks in terms of RAMS commitments made to the customer and provided realistic solutions.
• Developed new strategies for reliability calculation on RS11 to meet the highly aggressive reliability commitments; successfully convinced DMRC to implement new strategies for MDBF, MDBCF & Fleet Defects.
• Presided at monthly FRACAS meetings with DMRC to review the failures and achieved performance.
• Maintained RS11 growth review sheets, MPRs, Product Performance Dashboard, Project cockpit.

Key Achievements:

• Rescued Bombardier from risk of not meeting Contractual Reliability & saved Warranty costs through efficient FRACAS.
• Awarded by the Project Director for demonstrating strong leadership (Problem Solving + Decision Making).

RAMS Sr. Engineer (AMERICAS)                                                                                     (Nov’14 – Dec’16)

Project Team Lead (a.i.) accountable to deliver RAMS analyses on R179 New York City Subway Cars. Responsibilities:

• Responsible for closure & acceptance of all RAMS deliverables, and to achieve associated payment milestones. 
• Improved project execution through regular follow-ups & task planning with internal & external stakeholders.
• Efficiently managed work-sessions, reviews and presentations with the Client (NYCT).
• Closely tracked Supplier’s progress & timely apprised Bombardier Supply Management of changing priorities.
• Focused to improve the quality, consistency and traceability among different RAMS deliverables.

Key Achievements: Successfully delivered all RAMS deliverables linked to $$ milestone in time; R179 Trains achieved required MDBF reliability targets within first year of Reliability demo.

RAMS Engineer (AMERICAS)                                                                                          (Jun’12 – Oct’14)

Hired as RAMS Engineer to support RAMS activities on NYCT R179 Contract. Responsibilities:

• Conducted Vehicle level Reliability Prediction Analyses, Fleet-Defect calculations & analysis, Reliability Growth analysis, FMECA & FMECA validation test plans.
• Conducted Vehicle level Safety analyses as per MIL-STD-882D – PHL, PHA/SVM, Hazard log, O&SHA.
• Developed preventive & overhaul maintenance schedules; conducted MTTR analysis; developed LRU/LLRU list for maintainability demonstrations; Spare parts estimation analysis.
• Reviewed Supplier RAMS documentation and developed Review Checklists for standardization. 
• Supported development of Fault Management Plan for annunciation & reporting of failures on TOD.
• Supported development of Train Operator Manuals to cover Train readiness & Pre-departure checks.

General Electric (GE Lighting), Montreal, Canada                                                         (April’11 – May’12)

Systems Engineer Co-op

Project #1: Reliability & Useful life prediction of LED based Traffic lamps through ALT

• Estimated reliability of LED Traffic lamps through Accelerated Life Testing. Used L50 metric for predicting useful life.
• Established mathematical relationship between Light Output of LEDs and Forward Current (If).

Project #2: LED replacement for 60W Incandescent Bulb

• Conducted Reliability analysis, measured Reliability through Reliability testing.

Project #3: Regulatory Compliance Management & Improvement (per RoHS directive)

• Developed Compliance Control Plans to ensure continued compliance of products with relevant laws & regulations.
• US Department of Energy: Arranged traffic lamps for testing & devised test plan; developed an automated tool for data collection, calculation, verification & reporting; maintained compliance calendar for annual reporting.

EATON Corporation, Pune, India                                                                                   (Oct’06 – July’10)

Reliability Engineer- EATON AEROSPACE     

Project #1: ARJ21 COCKPIT DIMMING-CONTROL SYSTEM

• Responsible for Circuit Designing and BOM preparation; functional verification of designs through prototype testing. 
• Prepared Environmental Qualification Test Plan (QTP) based upon RTCA DO-160D standard.
• Developed FMECA, RPA & RBDs for all Dimming Control Units and proposed multiple design changes.

Project #2: EMBRAER LEGACY 500 - Nosewheel Steering/Landing Gear Control/Hydraulic Controlled Combined System

• Conducted Design FMECA of the ECU + Reliability Prediction Analysis based on MIL-HDBK-217F Parts stress Method.

Project #3: VOLVO - Electro-hydraulic Valve solution for Wheel-loaders

• Gathered RAMS VoC & established safety function expectations in collaboration with Volvo safety engineer.
• Completed PHA (HAZOP) as per IEC 61508 standard and conducted FMEDA for Boom LIFT and TILT functions.

Project #4: GULFSTREAM’s P20 SERIES - NOSEWHEEL STEERING (NWS) CONTROL SYSTEM

• Developed a detailed FMECA for the ECU; through FMECA - identified flaws in the design logic & proposed solutions.
• Conducted Reliability Prediction analysis based on MIL-HDBK-217F Parts stress method.

Project #5: 41SC1000 Pressure Transducer – (New PRODUCT DEVELOPOMENT)

• Laid out MTBF demonstration test plan based on Chi-square method; Conducted FMECA; Designed HALT Test plan.

M.Eng. (Quality & Systems Eng. w/ Reliability as Majors) - Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (2010 – 12)

B.Eng. (Electronics & Communication Engineering) – M.D. University, Rohtak, India (2002 – 06)