Vaibhav — Freelance Controls Engineer
Vaibhav
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I am an experienced Robot, PLC Programmer and Automation Specialist with over 12 years of hands-on expertise in robot cell integration, programming, troubleshooting, and commissioning across multiple industries. I have worked extensively with FANUC, ABB, KUKA, YASKAWA, and KAWASAKI robots, handling applications such as arc & spot welding, sealant dispensing, palletizing, material handling, stud welding, drilling, and grinding. I have strong electrical wiring knowledge and Advance PLC programming experience on Allen Bradley Studio 5000 v32, Rs Logix 5000 v19.
As a freelancer, I have successfully delivered projects in India, the USA, and Germany, working as both an individual contributor and team lead managing cross-functional engineering teams. My experience ranges from automotive body shops and heavy engineering to EV battery systems and solar tracking manufacturing lines.
My latest project was in processe industry ( Water Treatment plant ) where I was responsible for Simens S700 plc to Rockwell Allen Bradley PLC, I was responsible for electrical wiring, PLC program debugging., troubleshooting.
Core Skills
- Robot Programming: FANUC, ABB, KUKA, YASKAWA, KAWASAKI
- Offline Programming: RoboGuide, RobotStudio, Octopuz
- Applications: Arc Welding, Spot Welding, Sealer dispensing, Palletizing, Material Handling, Stud Welding, Grinding, Drilling Electrical Wiring & Robot Cell Setup, PLC Knowledge: Basic Allen Bradley Strong troubleshooting and integration skills
- MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Certifications
- Basic KUKA Robot Programming
- Basic Allen Bradley PLC Programming
- Electrical Wiring
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Professional Competencies 3
Applications 12
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Work Experience19

Allen Bradley PLC programming & Electrician (Freelancer) Water treatment process controls system up gradation Team Lead (team of 4) - Responsible for the up gradation work execution from Siemens S700 system to Rockwell Allen Bradley. Verifying the existing electrical wiring, making sure before up gradation existing equipment are working fine and able to control from SCADA, PLC program debugging, troubleshooting.

Pune, India KUKA Robot Programmer (Freelancer) X451 & X445 model (Altroz & Punch) project cycle time activity Team Lead (team of 6) - preplanning & taking notes of the current cycle time, verifying the robot current path to identify the path optimizations points. Making notes of process optimization and then explaining it to the customer and my team and then executing the cycle time activity after customer approval.
Pune, India KUKA Robot Programmer (Freelancer) EV battery sealant dispensing system using ISRA vision camera FANUC Robot Programmer (Freelancer) Robotic Tire loading station using ISRA Vision Responsible for robot integration with Siemens TIA portal PLC & ISRA vision camera, programming and making the cell ready for Site acceptance test.

Conroe, USA ABB Robot Programmer (Freelancer) Solar Tracking systems (Gear Rack & SPC Manufacturing line) Team Lead (team of 10- 2 electrical, 2 mechanical, 2 PLC programmer, 4 robot programmer)- My job is to plan the project execution activity day by day, making sure that team is having everything they need to finish the job, robot programming template design, sample program creation, handling and interfacing zoning library creation, making sure team understand the new library and programming structure and then work with team to take auto trials, preproduction trials and project buy-off.

Pune, India YASKAWA Robot Programmer (Freelancer) YASKAWA robot palletizing for track Integrating the YASKAWA robot with Mitsubishi PLC, program the robot palletizing logic.

Gainesville, TX, USA Robot Programmer (Freelancer) FANUC arc welding integration, offline & online programming (Octopuz, RoboGuide) Working on high pressure vessel arc welding process, worked on coordinated motion, multitasking, multipass process, responsible for welding quality to match with customer requirement.

Gear Division – Pune, India YASKAWA Robot Programmer (Freelancer) Palletizing application integration using YASKAWA robot Integrating the YASKAWA robot with Mitsubishi PLC, program the robot palletizing logic.


Houston, TX, USA Controls Engineer- On role in Houston, Texas ABB & KAWASAKI robot integration, offline & online programming (RobotStudio) Team Lead (Team of 2) - Responsible for the Manual to Automatic production expansion project execution, Machine maintenance, vendor handling, coordination with vendor to explain the exact project requirement and making sure that everything is going on as per the decided timeline. Training the new team to handle the ABB and KAWASAKI robot.

Pune, India (Subsidiary of Star Pipe Products Inc.) ABB Robot Programmer (Freelancer) Understanding the scope of requirement from the client (Star Pipe Product) and work with the USA (MEHS Automation) integrator to work on ABB robot integration on behalf of Star Pipe Product, check the robot programs, responsible FAT & SAT trials approval, making sure that integration is done as per the Star Pipe requirements, program ABB robot and train the engineer for fault handling and basic operation to support daily production.

Pune, India ABB Robot Programmer (Freelancer) FANUC, ABB, and KUKA programming for spot welding, material handling and dispense application programming for TATA Harrier (Q5), TATA Y1 ultra Truck & TATA Altroz & punch X451 & X445) projects

Wada, India ABB robot palletizing cell programming and integration

Gurgaon & Manesar Spot welding and material handling using FANUC & KAWASAKI robots
Chennai Spot welding integration using KAWASAKI robots and Cubic-S setup

Pune, India Programming FANUC, ABB & KUKA robots for multiple body shop applications.

Rosenfeld, Germany Responsible for FANUC robot programming and integration for spot welding, handling & sealer dispensing.

Chennai FANUC robot programming for automotive manufacturing lines.

Raebareli, India KUKA MIG welding robot programming for bogie fabrication.

Pune ABB Robot programmer (Freelance) Integration of ABB robot MIG welding cell, programming, weld parameter setting, making sure weld quality match with customer requirments.
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Mumbai (2009–2012)










