Azhar K. Raina

Ames IA *****; Ph: 919-***-****

OFFERING:

Lead Mechanical Design and Development Engineer with 20+ yrs experience,

Application Engineering, Product Development, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence

ABILITIES:

Proficient with Pro-E Wildfire (24000+ hrs), UG NX8.0, AutoCAD, Solidworks2014, MS-Office Pro, SAP

Designing with focus on DFMEA, DFMA, GTOL (GD&T), ANSI-Y14.5, DFSS (6-Sigma)

Experienced with ECNs, ECRs, EBOMs, Parts List etc. and EPDM, WindChill, EDS, TeamCenter Enterprise

Attention to Detail, Self Motivated, Team Player, Patent holder, Six-Sigma Green Belt certified

Experienced with Injection & Roto-Molding, Investment and Die Casting, Sheet Metal, Weldments, Structures, Solid Carbide Cutting Tools design, 200hp range T4 & T3 Engine Applications.

Off-Road Agricultural and Building Construction Vehicles – Structures, Cab/Operator Station, comp. design

Electronic Enclosures, Consumer Electronic Products for OEM and Industrial applications

Excellent written and verbal communication skills - member of Toastmasters Int’l

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hagie Mfg Co – Clarion, IA

7/13 – 8/15

Design Engineer

Designed and Developed Various Cab components both metallic and non-metallic working closely with Vendors. Also developed Cummins 6.7L T4f and 8.9L T3 Engine applications for Ag Tractors.

Sustaining Engineering Projects (ECN/ECR), Cost reduction and performance enhancement projects and manufacturing support assignments, including weldments and rotomolded components.

Used Solid Works 2015, EPDM, Smartsheet and MSOffice Pro

Multiple Contract - Mechanical / Project Engineering Assignments:

2009-2013

EMD Division of Progress Rail, LaGrange IL (Used UG-NX7.5, SAP and MSOffice Pro) Feb’12~Mar’13

Developed Vacuum Brake Application for GT38ACe Locomotive.

Lead the complete Cab Layout and Design.

Carried out daily duties including numerous design changes (DCR), specs update and manufacturing support assignments.

IBM, RTP NC (Used Pro-E WF4.0, Windchill and MSOffice Pro) Oct’10~Jul’11

Designed and Developed Slides and Chassis locking components for racks and servers.

Developed Fiber Cable routing solution with 3 m cable length for the Accipiter system.

Designed features for 1U and larger slides design for a new patent.

John Deere, Fuquay Varina NC (Used Pro-E WF2.0, Windchill and MSOffice Pro) Sep’10~Oct’10

Developed scheme for Commonizing various Turf Care machine systems and parts.

Force Protection Inc, Ladson SC (Used Pro-E, SAP and MSOffice Pro) May’10~Sep’10

Designed and Developed components for Independent Suspension System for Cougar FV

Designed and Developed Brake Systems for the Cougar FV.

Assisted in production support for low to medium volume Manufacturing and Assembly.

BAE Systems, York, PA (Used Pro-E, SAP and MSOffice Pro) Apr’09~Jun’09

Assisted in preparing Test Operating Procedures

Developed Design of Experiments-for the Towing requirements for the Future Combat System Recovery vehicle.

Provided Sustaining Engineering support for the High Mobility Multipurpose Vehicles (HMMV’s).

Caterpillar Inc - Building Construction Products (BCP) Div., Raleigh, NC

4/01 – 2/2009

Senior Project/Design Engineer

Designed and Developed Structural Linkages for the E-Series Back-Hoe Loader and Various Cab Components for H-Series Small Wheel Loader, Heat Protection attachments for small Fireplow dozers. Provided Sustaining Engineering support for Small Track Type Tractors (dozers).

Responsible for maintenance, Trouble shooting and reliable operation of G-series small dozers Hydraulics, Exhaust, Track & Transmission and Drive-Train systems etc.

Worked with Plastics, Seals, Weldments, Sheet Metals from 1.6mm, Plates to 18 mm thick

Traveled 10% for visits pertaining to supplier validation and dealer support

Used Pro-E, Teamcenter Enterprise & EDS, VisView & VisMockup and MSOffice Pro.

Modular Mining Systems Inc., Tucson, AZ.

6/98 – 2/2001

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Designed and Developed Metallic and Plastic electronic enclosures, including touch screen displays,

Special Mounting Brackets, small to medium mobile as well as stationary structures

Designed Injection Molding, Investment and Die Casting, Fabricated Mounting Brackets and Sheet Metal (0.1 to 8 mm thick) Chassis & Electronic Enclosures

Tools used: 3D CAD tool Pro/E (Pro/Surface, Pro/Detail, Pro/Assembly) and SolidWorks, Cosmos as FEA tool, SAP as PDM, MS Office Pro

Assisted Incoming Quality Control in measurements of part features per drawing with the use of Micrometers, Indicators, Calipers, Lupe, Surface texture, Microscope etc.

Traveled 25% for product validation, customer concerns(VoC) and vendor issues (FAIR, CPPD)

Customers included Over 90% of the Mining Industry worldwide

The functional environment ranged between -20ºF to +130ºF, extreme humidity and dryness, vibrations up to 11G and exposed to abrasive dust. These products were validated prior to release.

Used Pro-E, Pro-Mechanica, Solid Works, Cosmos, AutoCAD, SAP, MS Project and MSOffice Pro.

Maxi Switch Inc., Tucson, AZ.

4/97 – 6/1998

Project Engineer

Designed & Developed Consumer Electronic Products for OEMs

Managed Products including Computer Keyboards, printer console, Game Decks etc.

Provided sustaining engineering support at an ISO 9001 certified environment

Assisted Incoming Quality Control in measurements of part features per drawing with the use of Micrometers, Indicators, Calipers, Lupe, CMM, Microscope etc.

Traveled 25% for marketing, customer concerns and vendor issues(FAIR Validation)

Worked with Injection Molded Plastics, Sheet metal and Fabricated parts.

Tools used: 3D CAD Pro/E (Pro/Surface, Pro/Detail, Pro/Assembly) and 2D AutoCAD, MS Office

Used Pro-E, AutoCAD, DesignCAD, AutoDesk, SAP and MSOffice Pro.

Micro Carbide Tool Inc., Tucson, AZ. 11/93 – 1/1997

Product Development/Design Engineer

Designed Special Rotary Carbide Cutting Tools for Tier 1 & 2 Auto and Aircraft mfrs

Developed Production and Manufacturing Processes, SPC implementation and support

Assisted in design of automated 4- & 6-axes Fluting machines for higher production

Provided Sustaining Engineering support for standard products manufacturing

Tools used: AutoCAD as CAD, MS Project and MS Access

Assisted Incoming Quality Control in measurements of part features per drawing with the use of Micrometers, Confocal Microscope, Indicators, Calipers, Lupe etc.

Customers included Big Three automakers and other national and international customers

Used AutoCAD, MS Project and MSOffice Pro.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

MS Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute – UTSI, Tullahoma, TN. 1988 – 1993

Major in Aviation Systems with Minor in Industrial Engineering

President; Student Auto Club –Managed $5,000+ worth of tools and equipment.

Post Graduate Training Program 1983 – 1984

Computer Training Center by University Grants Commission, Pakistan.

Studied i8086 Microprocessor structure and its working

Learned and studied the use of PLC and various other electronic measurement tools.

Final project, “Develop Peripheral Device controller through Machine code and Assembly Language programming” using PDP-11 mini-computer

Learned and Used Fortran IV, Basic, Assembly Language and i8086 Machine Code

BS Mechanical Engineering, NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan. 1978 – 1982

Distinction in Machine / Tool Design.

Senior Project: Automatically controlled Traction Trolley for in-plant/office automation

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