Project Design

Location:

British Columbia, Canada

Posted:

August 20, 2013

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Resume:

OPHIR KENDLER E-mail:

*******@****.***

***** ***** *****, ******** - ** V6X 1Z3

Tel.: 778-***-****

HIGHLIGHTS

. B.Eng. - Aerospace Engineering, with graduate certificate in Systems

Engineering

. Overall 12+ years in aerospace industry, including 6 years in aircraft

maintenance

. Knowledgeable in aircraft systems, conceptual and structural design,

and analysis

. Technical customer support, technical project management,

international experience

. Excellent leadership, organizational, communication, and computer

skills

. Advanced user of Microsoft Office software including macros with VBA,

as well as MS Visio and MS Project.

. Familiar with airworthiness requirements (particularly CFR 14 FAR 25)

and aircraft certification documentation/procedures

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Propulsion Systems / Powerplant Engineer

MTU Maintenance Canada, Richmond, BC Mar 2013 -

Ongoing

. Managed maintenance, repair, and overhaul workscopes on gas turbine

engines

. Approved deviations from maintenance manual requirements

. Created technical orders and other engineering documentation

. Monitored engine shop work progress on subject engines and addressed

special findings

Mechanical Engineering / Airworthiness Certification Specialist (contract)

First Air, Ottawa, ON

Apr 2012 - Nov 2012

. Created, edited, verified, and managed airworthiness certification

documentation

. Carried work in the context of combi modification projects on ATR42 and

ATR72 aircraft

. Prepared, edited, and verified documentation for engineering orders and

test plans

. Reviewed, for release, all mechanical engineering drawings in the project

. Participated in ground and flight testing of modified aircraft and

defined experimental setup

. Ensured conformance of design and certification documents with

airworthiness requirements

Experimental Forensic Research / Research Associate (contract)

MEA Forensic, Richmond, BC

Oct 2011 - Apr 2012

. Conducted research and experiments in applications of tribology (friction

and wear):

o Helicopter transmission failure due to input freewheel unit bearing

spit-outs

o Car-wheel separation due to loss of clamping force at wheel studs

Computer Services and Support

Self-Employed Jul

2011 - April 2012

. Process automation in MS Office products, using VBA; Computer hardware

installation

Computational Mechanics Engineering / Graduate Intern (Consulting,

contract)

CADFEM GmbH, Munich Germany Sep

2010 - Apr 2011

. Successfully conducted computational analysis work (flow, thermal,

fatigue, modal, static)

. Delivered computational analysis of coupled electromagnetic-mechanical-

acoustic system

Value-Added: Proof of concept for coupled simulation using

Simplorer/ANSYS

Aerospace Engineering / Integration Specialist

CAE Inc., Montreal, QC

Dec 2008 - Dec 2009

. Provided customer technical support engineer and technical lead for full-

flight simulators

. Efficiently managed site schedule and priorities

. Achieved deployment of flight simulators; troubleshooting and resolution

of issues

. Interacted with authorities toward flight simulator certification

Value-Added: Successful full flight simulator integration in China,

Canada, and Austria

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering / Aircraft Design Specialist

Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel Aug

2006 - Nov 2008

. Performed as on-site representative in support of Gulfstream Aerospace

. Provided support for CatiaV5 + TeamCenterEngineering

. Coordinated the troubleshooting of data issues

. Automated data-management and configuration-management processes

. Realized aircraft structural design on Boeing 787 and Gulfstream G250

. Performed quality assurance on Boeing 787 composite-part CAD models

. Worked in the Interface Control Drawing (ICD) design group

. Developed a CAD methodology document, alongside its instruction to

designers

. Participated in reviewing of aircraft certification documents

Value-Added: Automated processes, delivered excellent results and

savings for all parties involved; eventual improvement in the

customer-supplier relationship

Mechanical Engineering / Project Designer and Analyst

Carleton University, Ottawa, ON May

2003 - Mar 2006

Carried work on numerous projects:

. Worked on two CFD simulation projects and CAD modeling of the study-

subjects

- Flow simulation in gas turbine engine

- Simulation of flow over an observatory dome, to determine aerodynamic

characteristics

. Conceptually designed a robotic application for medical training

. Applied Simulink and Matlab GUI modules to a real-time model application

of piezoelectric

actuators to vibration control in simulated aircraft tail fin. Project

carried at NRC-IAR

Value-Added: Medical training application project is an ongoing

research project

Aircraft Maintenance / Mechanic

Israeli Air Force; EL-AL Airlines, Israel

Feb 1996 - Nov 2001

. Executed airframe and engine inspections; released aircraft to flight

. Took part in light, intermediate, and heavy maintenance work,

troubleshooting, vibration testing; minor structural repairs; servicing,

and minor electrical repairs

Aircraft (primary): Various types, including commercial jetliners and

general aviation models

Aero-engines: Gas turbine and internal combustion engines

Value-Added: Civil - Worked in a team facilitating departmental safety

practices

Military - Was selected for a squadron establishment team;

Received two accelerated promotions

EDUCATION AND COURSES

Master of Systems Engineering

2011 - Present

Colorado State University, USA

Postgraduate-level courses in Applied Computational Mechanics

2010 - 2011

European School of CAE Technology (ESoCAET), Germany

Introduction to ANSYS Workbench and ANSYS Mechanical

2010

CADFEM, Germany

Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (Graduated with distinction)

2002 - 2008

Carleton University, Canada

Fundamentals of CATIAV5, Surface (Sheet-metal) Modeling

2007

Israeli Aerospace Industries Training Center, Israel

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. Aircraft: Boeing, Airbus, Cessna, Piper, Gulfstream,

Bombardier, ATR, and others

. Aircraft misc.: Aircraft systems, aircraft maintenance, aircraft

component repair

. Design: CatiaV5, AutoCAD, Solidworks, ProE, 3D and 2D design

and design review

. Analysis: ANSYS CFX, Workbench, Mechanical, Thermal, ANSYS

Classic (APDL), ICEM

. PDM/PLM: TeamCenterEngineering, eNovia, CAE LaunchPad 2, LabView

. Simulation: Maple, MATLAB with Simulink, Simplorer

. Software: C++, C#, MATLAB, VB, VBA, MS DOS, PERL, FORTRAN, html,

APDL,

McCabe's Integrated Quality, UML, SysML

. Office (Expert): All MS Office products, including Project, Access,

Visio; proficient with VBA

. OS: Windows (1998, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003),

UNIX, Linux, Mac OS

. Miscellaneous: PC component replacement, troubleshooting,

server/network management, technical documentation,

aircraft certification, risk management, project management

principles

. Regulatory: FAR 23, FAR 25

. Research: Literature reviews, experiment preparation, data

collection, experimental data analysis,

SOFT SKILLS

. Strong communicator with excellent written and spoken English

(+additional languages)

. Very good team player with solid collaboration skills

. Self-starter with strength for leadership

. Meticulous and detail-oriented, yet always sees the big picture

. Creative and innovative, constantly aiming to improve performance and

efficiency

. Flexible and highly adaptive

. Experienced in providing technical support to internal and external

customers

LANGUAGES

. Mother tongue: English and Hebrew

. Intermediate: German, French, Spanish, and Swedish

. Beginner level: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Russian

AFFILIATIONS

IEEE - Vancouver GOLD Affinity Group Chair

IEEE - GOLD Representative to the IEEE Systems Council Board of Governors

AUVSI / Unmanned Systems Canada - General membership

INCOSE - General membership, chapter's upcoming coordinator

Golden Key International Honour Society - General membership

Appendix A - PROJECTS SUMMARY

Multiple CF6-50 Engine Shop Visits

MTU Maintenance Canada, Richmond, British Columbia

2013

Multiple LM2500 Shop Visits

MTU Maintenance Canada, Richmond, British Columbia

2013

Combi Conversion of a Large Cargo Door ATR 72 Aircraft

First Air, Ottawa, Ontario

2012

Combi Conversion of an ATR 42 Aircraft

First Air, Ottawa, Ontario

2012

Investigation of Tribological Effects in Car Wheel Separation

MEA Forensic, Richmond, British Columbia

2012

Research into Tribological Effects in Helicopter Input Freewheel Unit

Bearings

MEA Forensic, Richmond, British Columbia

2012

Modeling of Harmonic Fatigue Behavior in a Gas Turbine Compressor Blade

CADFEM GmbH, Munich, Germany

2011

Thermodynamic Modeling of Internal Combustion Engine Cylinder Head

CADFEM GmbH, Munich, Germany

2011

Multi-domain Modeling of an Acoustic Horn

CADFEM GmbH, Munich, Germany

2010

Recertification of a Dash-8 Q400, Series 5000 Full Flight Simulator

CAE Inc., Lufthansa Flight Training Center, Vienna, Austria

2009

First Full Integration of Airbus 320 Std. 1.6, Series 5000 Full Flight

Simulator

CAE Inc., Montreal, Quebec

2009

Integration of Airbus 320, Series 5000 Full Flight Simulator

CAE Inc., Zhuhai Flight Training Center, Zhuhai, Guangdong,

China 2009

Interior Design - 2D Drafting - Bombardier Global Express

MSB Design, Bombardier Completions Center, Montreal, Quebec

2008

Design Support on Gulfstream G250 Aircraft - New Product Development

Project

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., Savannah, Georgia

2007-2008

Structural Design on Gulfstream G250 Aircraft - New Product Development

Project

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., TLV Airport, Israel

2007

Structural Design on Boeing 787 Aircraft - New Product Development Project

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., TLV Airport, Israel

2006

Conceptual Design of a Jet Trainer Aircraft