EROL ZEREN

**** ********** *****, **** *******, MN 55347

fzovwi@r.postjobfree.com

848-***-****

SUMMARY

Mechanical engineer with master degrees in both Mechanical and Industrial Engineering majors, utilizing prior experience in mechanical design, product development & improvement, Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) and statistical tools seeks a challenging position as a design engineer.

• Advanced experience in the area of product development by using cost, quality and performance trade-offs

• Previous experience in conducting design verification tests and using data properly to improve products

• Proven excellent working skills with cross-functional teams, customers, vendors and managing multiple projects

• Green card holder (US Permanent Resident), no visa sponsorship needed

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Engineering Programs : I-DEAS, MATLAB, ANSYS, ABAQUS, HyperWorks, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Minitab

Trainings : DOE, Six Sigma Brown Belt, GD&T,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Development Engineer March 2006- May 2009

Seagate Technology, MR&D Department, Bloomington, MN

• Conducted/ managed daily activities as follow: creating solid models, generating FEMs, running FEAs, running optimization/sensitivity analyses by using HyperWorks, generating suspension prints, Design for Manufacturing (DFM) activities with vendors, preparing Design Verification Test (DVT) reports.

• Used DOE tool to identify the main factors contributing contact modulation issue occurred head-disk interface. Suspension geometry, air-bearing design, transducer design, pitch static attitude (PSA), and interconnection method were considered independent variables to find most optimal design point for upcoming products.

• Designed Hard Disk Drive (HDD) suspensions for Seagate’s 3.5”, 2.5”, and 1.8” platforms based on the requirements from design centers. 1.8” suspension design had highest shock performance among the competitions.

• Worked closely with internal and external groups such as HDD suspension manufacturers, design centers, etc. to make sure that designed suspension meets all performance requirements and critical to quality items.

• Monitored all SPC reports from vendors to assure final product was being manufactured as designed and intended.

• Rewarded by Key Contributor Performance bonus

Graduate Assistant January 2003- June 2005

Rutgers University, IE Department, Piscataway, NJ

• Developed new methodology that determines workpiece and friction coefficients for FE simulation of machining using orthogonal cutting tests (sponsored by the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium)

• Designed non-linear thermo-mechanical FE models to optimize machining parameters in order to have favorable residual stresses within the machined parts (Use DOE to design simulation runs)

• Conducted many hard part machining experiments and wrote detailed technical reports

• Published six international journal and four conference papers

• Instructed in manufacturing processes laboratory course

Research Assistant October 1998- December 2002

Dokuz Eylul University, CAD-CAM Laboratory, Izmir, Turkey

• Completed M.Sc. Thesis titled “Computer Aided Design and Analysis of Tower Crane by Using FEA Theory”

• Designed and analyzed new escalator frame for LOHER company by means of FEA

• Participated in designing and manufacturing injection molds for plastic parts

• Reverse engineered different kind of industrial parts

• Instructed in CAE Workshops offered by Mechanical Engineering Department

EDUCATION

• Rutgers University, Graduate School, New Brunswick, NJ

M.Sc., Industrial and Systems Engineering May 2005

• Dokuz Eylül University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Turkey

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Design and Production Option May 2002

• Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey

BS, Mechanical Engineering May 1997

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