Design Engineer Sheet Metal

Miki Beatovic

SKILLS

. CATIA V* (** years), NX-SDRC I-DEAS (8 years)

. 3D solid and Surface modeling; FEM modeling and analyses

. ENOVIA, IVT, VisView, Metaphase, AutoCAD, Team center, PLM data

management

. FEA, Nastran, Patran, DataAqusition, CNC programming

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

July 2006 to January 2013

BOEING, Seattle, WA

787, Structural Design Engineer, Fuselage Fwd/Aft Section and Floors

. Integrator of components of Passenger Floor and EE-Bay Cargo barrier

for section 41 with Systems, Manufacturing and Stress Engineers.

. Releasing engineering 3D models MBD, CARM, ARM and IRMs installation

model in ENOVIA.

. Optimized 3D solid Cab Window Frame, Fire Barriers, Intercostals and

Truss.

. Developed of primary and secondary metallic and composite structures

from concept to production.

. Ensured design to meet structure strength, fatigue requirements and

the best practices.

. Aircraft Interior components designed and developed, including, among

other things, side walls, stowage systems, partitions, and crew rest

linings.

. Nose wheel well (NWW) Insulation blanket MBD and IRM model designed

and released 787-9.

. Designed, packaged and sized components of EE-Bay Cargo barrier

(Intercostals, fuse pin, stanchions) to support passenger floor.

. Proficient to perform a variety of design tasks using CATIA-V5 such

as: conceptual & assembly layouts, detail part investigation for

technical solutions that involve metallic and composite structures.

. Designed overhead bin structure and modify aircraft attachments.

. Passenger and Cargo Door Interface Annotation Requirement Models

(IARMs) released.

. Design Build Solution specification (DBSS) created for the PAX floor

protection from cargo impact.

. Identified Weight reduction opportunities and design risks. (Section

41, 787-9).

. Technical Study for the mid-body seat track / splice / truss

configuration, section 46.

. Prepared design presentations and reviews.

November 2001 to July 2006

COSMA Engineering (VEHMA), Farmington Hills, MI

Design Engineer, Sheet Metal BIW and Trim

. Body-in-White (BIW) design & engineering; worked on doors, hood,

frames, and reinforcements.

. Designed 3D solids and packaged new Frames, Subframes, Cradles,

Hydroform parts and Cross-members in COSMA R&D Department (Heavy Duty-

Nissan, 900 Star Frame-GM, DCX, Ford).

. Doors Sheet metal surface designed, Hardtop, Reinforcements, Hood,

trunk, A-pillar and B-pillar.

. Working on surfacing design and development of complete back door

sheet metal components - back door inner, outer and reinforcements.

. Developed roof rails for new heavy duty truck.

. Prepared engineering studies, sections and other design data required

determining geometry of components and to solve design-engineering

problems.

. Package gas stays, door / windows handles and locks, hinges, speakers

and first aid kit (Pathfinder).

. Performed kinematics hinge position analysis.

. Analyzed impact of gas stay force on brackets, door inner and

reinforcements (CAE analysis and calculations and FEA modeling).

. Interior Trim components designed, side and back Door trim, A-Pillar B-

pillar trim, FR RR scuff, Cowl trim, Side door moldings.

. Creating assemblies to analyze component and interfaces within a full

vehicle environment relative to fit and package of parts and

assemblies.

January 2000 to October 2001

DES - Design Engineering Services Inc., Detroit, MI

Product Design Engineer

. Designed and engineered plastic, composites and sheet molding compound

(SMC) parts, magnesium, aluminum and sheet metal parts. Knowledge of

injection and blow molding, stamping, casting.

. Designed Magnesium 3D IP Cross-member structure with structural FEM

model creation and analysis.

. Designed plastic back and front cover steering wheel, upper /lower

switches and urethane foam developing parting lines and drafts.

. 3D Magnesium steering wheel armature designed & FEA models for crash/

NVH analysis for AUTOLIV.

. Exterior trim components designed: FR & RR Bumpers, Front Grill,

Mudguard, under body.

. Designed sound insulators of dash inner and outer, belly pan, LH and

RH quarter panels providing Class "A" surface used for production

tooling (U222/U228) for LEAR.

. Performed Kinematics and FEA analysis of the latching mechanism and

#1bow.

. Studied feasibility/created prototypes of steering column pulley

bracket to convert from the current metal/plastic assembly to an all-

plastic design by using FEA simulation.

. Designed Seats, seat frame, seat track, seat recline and seat foam

with full life cycle design from concept to production.

. Remodeled and improved the solid model quality of M205 front grill

opening for Budd Ind.

. Designed 3D Subwoofers and audio components for Alpine, DENSO and

Pioneer.

November 1998 to January 2000

Draftex, Novi, MI

Design Engineer

. Sealing systems designed for the Ford M205-Thunderbird (convertible and

hard top).

. Responsible for creating parametric and kinematics models for moveable

roof systems.

. Worked with studio and body engineering to develop solutions for

packaging issues.

. Performed benchmarking and developed trade off studies to help make

decisions.

May 1998 to November 1998

ASC, Detroit, MI

Design Engineer

. Exterior & Interior trim components designed for hardtop - M205 T-bird,

headliner and roof inner, outer as fully parametric CAD models.

. Experience with Class A and B surfacing of components. Conceptual CAD

design (typical sections).

. Created Master Package, IGES file transfer and data transfer to Ford

Metaphase.

June 1997 to May 1998

ORTECH (Ontario Research Institute), Toronto, ON, Canada

Design Engineer

. Automotive seat components designed (plastic injection molded components,

switches) for Ford.

. Created FEA models and performed analysis in support of the designing of

sheet metal enclosures.

. Remastered automotive parts from Ford PDGS Legacy Data such as the:

suspension arms, body sheet metal, powertrain, brakes, wiring harness and

AC manifolds.

November 1993 - June 1997

S.A. Armstrong Ltd., Toronto, ON, Canada

Industrial Design Engineer

. Designed parts / detail drawings of High-speed axial and centrifugal

pump, valves and heat exchanger.

. FEM models created, analyzed stress, and deformation of the pumps

components (I-DEAS).

. Designed Water pump performance test rigs (Buffalo-USA). Analyzed

performance of the pumps.

. Generated production ready drawings and 3-D models (GD&T).

. Programmed a CNC-lathe FANUC machine. Wrote numerical program.

. Experienced with production equipment: progressive die, stamping

machines, CMM, injection molding.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Faculty,

Zagreb, Croatia

Evaluated by the University of Toronto, ON

Evaluated by American Evaluation Service, Miami Beach, FL

TRAINING

. Design for Durability and Fatigue March 2012, Boeing

. Structural Damage Tolerance May 2012, Boeing

. Design &Analysis - MSC Nastran - Patran January 2012, MSC,

Seattle

. Aircraft Composite Structure May 2008, Dr. Kuen

Y. Lin; U of WA

. CATIA V5 (10 years), 3D/2D, Surfacing, Assembly Design, ENOVIA, IVT

(proficient)

. SDRC - IDEAS, 8 years of experience, (proficient)

. Steel Stamping Materials, Metal Forming Tools, GD&T.

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