FARZAD AZIZI, P.ENG.
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Sugarland, Texas 77479 ************@*****.** Home 281-***-****
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PROFILE
A Professional Mechanical Engineer with long experience in Oil & Gas, Automotive, Automation and Home
appliances Industries recognized for out of box reliable solutions.
HIGHLIGHTS
IGHLIGHTS
• Problem solver, creative, team player with exceptional communication / negotiation skills
• Over sixteen years of international experience in project coordination, manufacturing, design, research
and development of Internal / external high pressure tools, injection plastic and steel stamping products,
custom automated machinery and automation of existing machinery
• Inventor and R&D team leader of a new low current switching technology for automotive industry
• Calculated and analyzed many parts and assemblies using stress, fatigue, life cycle, dynamic loading and
fluid mechanics principles
• Experience with Design Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Geometric Dimensioning and
Tolerance (GD&T) and 8 Discipline (8D) problem solving method
• Wealth of experience in designing of custom machinery includes mechanical components, pneumatic
systems and sensors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Schlumberger is the world's leading oilfield services company with 105,000 employees supplying technology, information
solutions and integrated project management that optimize reservoir performance for customers working in the oil and gas industry.
System / Work Pack Engineer Texas, USA 2008 –2010
• Delivered within the budget one of the high risk portions of Landing String for Total Pazflor subsea project
(currently the largest subsea project operated by Total).
• Identified and prevented a catastrophic failure mode in high temperature umbilical by defining new test
procedure to meet client and safe operation requirements (beyond ISO 13628-5 requirement)
• Developed and coordinated technical specification for bidding, qualification and helped procurement of
equipment/heavy rotary machineries. Participated in the negotiation of this multi million dollars bid.
• Invented a cutting technology for Oil & Gas industry for quick and reliable cutting of large size coil tubing
and wire line tools in deep water environments.
• Designed tools (shear sub, test caps, etc) to meet requirements relating to functionality, manufacturability,
regulatory compliance (DNV and NACE) and design specifications (API 6A or API 5CT)
Progressive Moulded Products LTD. is a Tier 1 supplier for Big 3 with over 3000 employees designing and
manufacturing variety of IP panels, Hard trims, overhead and floor consoles
Lead Product / Project Engineer Ontario, Canada 2006 – 2008
• Coordinated 2007 U387-388 (Ford Edge SUV) and 2008 RT (Chrysler Minivan) product launch from
prototype to production stage
• Acted as liaison between Customers, Designers and Engineers to build working models to verify various
mechanical design concepts and to meet product specifications
Omron Dualtec Automotive Inc. Switch/ECU division is a Tier 2 supplier for Big 3 as well as Japanese Auto makers with
500 employees and $150M revenue that designs and manufactures variety of OEM Power Window, Mirror, Seat and Hidden switches
Design / R&D team leader Ontario, Canada 2002 – 2006
• Invented, initiated the project and developed a new low current switching technology for automotive that
offers %50 cost reduction, %30 smaller package size and improved reliability
• Developed from concept to production using UG, and successfully launched high volume (1.2M a year)
Power windows and Mirror switches for GMT900 program
FARZAD AZIZI, P.ENG.
FARZAD 281-***-****
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED) (PAGE 2)
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Consultant (contract)
Mechanical Design Engineer Ontario, Canada 2001- 2002
• Developed from concept to final design a semi-automatic brake shoe milling machine for ASL
• Optimized/developed a semi-Automatic slitting machine for cutting SMC (Sheet Modeling Compound)
from concept to final design for Polywheels
Fantom Technologies Inc. used to design, manufacture and market vacuum cleaning devices and microbiological
water processors with over 350 employees and $250M revenue
Design / Project Engineer Ontario, Canada 1999 - 2001
• Developed, from concept to production using CATIA V5, and successfully launched the Fantom Wildcat™
vacuum cleaner
• Solely responsible for the design, prototype and mechanical integrity of more than 50 parts for multiple
projects
• Verified design concepts using mocked up parts from FDM, Silicon moulds, Prototype moulds, machined
parts and wooden models
• Acted as liaison with Marketing, Industrial Designers and Engineers to build working models to verify
mechanical design concepts and product specification
• Familiar with the manufacturing process and related tooling for Injection moulding, Aluminium Extruding,
Steel Stamping and PCB Designing, die casting and CNC bending
IREEE Co.
Mechanical Design Engineer Tehran, Iran 1995 - 1998
• Designed different types of high-voltage transmission towers, using finite element analysis software
(Microstran) and prepared detailed drawings, using AutoCAD
Fara-rou Manufacturing Co.
Mechanical Design Engineer Tehran, Iran 1993 - 1994
• Developed from concept to production a semi-automatic oil filter paper seaming machine
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
Professional Engineers of Ontario
Professional Engineer (License # 100054003) Ontario, Canada 2005
Amirkabir University of Technology
B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering Tehran, Iran 1993
TRAININGS
• Project Management 2009
• Petroleum Exploration and Production 2008
• Communicating for results 2005
• Design Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (DFMEA) 2004
• Advanced GD&T, Tolerance Stacks and Root Cause Problem Solving 8D 2003
COMPUTER SKILLS
SKILLS
• Professional in using UG, CATIA V5, IDEAS simulation, SolidWorks and AutoCAD
PATENTS
• US and International patent for Electrical Switch US 7,507,923 B2