Chassis & Lead CAE Engineer Resume

SUMMARY:

A Masters level mechanical engineer with Design Engineering and hands on experience looking for a full - time career.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

CAD/CAE tools : Solidworks, Unigraphics, Hypermesh, Hyperview, Abaqus, Optistruct, NX Nastran, AutoCAD, CATIA V5, Hyperview, Hypergraph, Pro E.

Development tools : MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Protégé, Google Docs, Google Sheets.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Chassis & Lead CAE Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Lead the design and development team of the tubular frame for the 2017 Confidential vehicle.
Achieved 90% efficiency in the chassis torsion stiffness when the physical test and the finite element models were compared.
Validated the design for various vehicle components (wheel hubs, pedal box assembly bell cranks, control arms, tie rods, wheel rims, axles, etc.) for durability and structural integrity using CAE.
Reviewed CAD models and design drawings for failure modes and performed root cause analysis.
Managed the layout and bleeding process of the brake system on the 2016 & 2017 vehicle.
Created the BOM for the brakes system (includes pedal box, callipers, rotors).
Prepared Design reports using PowerPoint and Excel.
Attained vehicle testing seat time on the team's custom test track.
Manufactured and fabricated functional components for the 2016 and 2017 vehicle on the manually operated lathe and the Torchmate plasma cutter in the machine shop.

Design Engineering Intern

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Performed a literature review on UAV flight movements and mechanisms for the control surfaces.
Contrived an appropriate mechanism to actuate the wings of an Unmanned Air Vehicle.
Designed the linkage components for this mechanisms and determined the loading criteria and used analytical methods to calculate the stresses for an appropriate factor of safety.
Analysed the components using FEA simulation for static, modal and buckling conditions and compared the results to the analytical results.
Performed a Confidential on the actuation mechanism components which were designed.