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Engineer Mechanical Engineering

Location:
Santa Cruz, CA, 94536
Salary:
75000
Posted:
November 29, 2012

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Sachit Kohli

909-***-**** abgfll@r.postjobfree.com

Education

B.S in Mechanical Engineering, Focus: Design of Machine Systems (Aug 2011) – University of California, Irvine, CA

B.S in Mechanical Engineering (May 2009) – Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

Experience Highlights

Manufacturing Engineer, Illumina, Hayward Mar 2012 – Present

Aligning DNA sequencing machine (MiSeq) to allow better imaging and meet specification

Design, test and work with tools that allow easy access and reduce time to work with delicate equipment

Cross train in different operations to allow faster and better time for shipping instrument

Manage instruments, documents and manufacturing tools on the unit floor as per ISO guidelines

Prepare and update work instructions, bill of materials and other crucial documents required before shipping instrument

Project Engineer, Flex Energy Inc., Irvine Apr 2011 – June 2011

Redesigned the piping system for a gas turbine company to reduce cost

Discovered and presented a new inner Insulation method for different pipe sizes

Referenced ASME B.31.1 standards for proposing the new pipe material

Contacted vendors for quotes regarding new insulation material and different pipe material

Research Assistant, National Fuel Cell Research Center, Irvine Mar 2010 – Jan 2010

Monitored the effects that physical parameters have on turbulent mixing

Fabricate hot wire and cold wire sensors to be used inside the wind tunnel for completing the Wheatstone bridge

Worked with Multimeter, Oscilloscope and microscope to make the sensors

Plot graphs from Lab View readings for the flow of air

Research Assistant, Beckman Laser Institute, Irvine June 2010 – Sept 2010

Developed a code using MATLAB to identify bone structure from the images of a CT scan

Worked with COMSOL for importing CT scan images into a 3 D model used for laser surgical purposes

Engineering Projects

Design Engineer, Wind Turbine, Irvine Jan 2011 – June 2011

Team leader for a six student team developing a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Designed the Turbine using SolidWorks and Prototyped a Working Model using raw materials

Performed SolidWorks Simulations for stress, thermal and vibration analysis using Finite Element Analysis

Presented a summary of the cost analysis, simulation results and the power generated using a Working Model of the

design at the 2011 UC Irvine Engineering Showcase

Music Box Challenge, Mechanical Engineering Design Jan 2011 – March 2011

Designed a sound box that allows balls to fall down and lights to glow while a specific musical note is played.

Constructed a circuit which included LEDs, Resistor, Capacitor and a button switch

Programmed a microprocessor chip, Arduino, which gives command to the light and sound to play simultaneously

Finite Element Analysis, Computer Aided Engineering (CAD) Jan 2011 – March 2011

Stress and frequency analysis on frequently used support systems

Displacement plot and load analysis on a wheel, table and a bridge

Combined project analyzing a small cargo airplane for stress, displacement, thermal and frequency analysis

Double robotic air hockey challenge, Mechanical Systems Apr 2010 – June 2010

Build a robotic arm, completely independent and able to score goals on an air hockey table

Developed a code on LabVIEW to detect two different colored balls and kick them with the pneumatic arm

Skills

Basic machining experience Electro Static Discharge (ESD)

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Pro E Wildfire Microsoft SharePoint

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Solid Works Oracle Agile documentation

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COMSOL HP Quality Center

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MATLAB HP QuickTest Professional

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C++ SQL

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