Design Engineer

CARMELA D. SANNUTO

*** ***** *** **** #*** Salt Lake City, UT 84102 631-***-**** ********@*****.***

WORK

EXPERIENCE: AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES Manassas, VA 5/16 – 7/17

Contract

Composite Airframe Design Engineer

Designed composite primary structure for XV-24A Lightening Strike using CATIA V5 Composites Part Design (CPD) Workbench and Enovia SmarTeam

Create bonded and fastened assemblies as well as tolerance stack up analysis

Designed skins, bulkheads, ribs, frames, fan ducts and spar as well as metallic fittings to optimize weight and cost

Interfaced with various engineering groups including Stress, Hydraulics, Electrical, and Manufacturing

ALBANY ENGINEERED COMPOSITES Salt Lake City, UT 11/14 – 5/16

(F/k/a HARRIS Corp., EXELIS & ITT)

Tooling Engineer

Tool design, including bonding fixtures and machining fixtures, for Sikorsky S76D composite tail rotor blades using CATIA V5

Evaluated wear and tooling damage and determined repair

Project engineer for tool design projects and managed vendors for both new tool designs and repairs

Created Tool Orders, obtained quotes, followed design through fabrication, inspection and into production

Dispositioned damaged layup tools, bonding tools, trim tools and machining fixtures, analyzed tolerance stack-up, ordered hardware and created Engineering Work Orders

Manufacturing Engineer 09/11 – 11/14

Product engineer that supported all aspects of composite part production including carbon fiber winding, fabric braiding, ply layup, tackification, and Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) for GE engine ducts, Airbus emergency deployment slide parts as well as other aerospace composite product lines

Supported parts through testing, inspection and customer acceptance

Read and interpreted customer contracts, part drawings and drawing changes, procedures and specifications

Worked on MRB (Material Review Board) and dispostioned part non-conformances

Applied 5S and lean manufacturing principles

Supported NADCAP, ISO 9001, and internal quality audits

Provided leadership and training to manufacturing team members

Wrote manufacturing work instructions, procedures, policies, oven profiles, and specifications to improve process and product quality

Worked closely with Quality Engineering to improve processes, rectify tooling and machining issues as well as performed Root Cause/Corrective Action (RCCA) to reduce part discrepancies

Structural Design Engineer 03/08 – 09/11

Designed primary and secondary sponson structure for CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter using CATIA V5 which included composite intercostals, panels and fairings, as well as fittings, assemblies and installations

Used CATIA V5 CPD as primary design tool along with Enovia LCA

Created Bills of Material (BOM) and work packages for new design

Initiated Engineering Change Notices (ECN) for design revisions

SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT Shelton, CT 03/06 – 03/08

Contract

Airframe Design Engineer – Cabin Design Lead

Designed cabin structure for CH-53X Heavy Lift Helicopter using CATIA V5

Designed composite skins, longerons, intercostals and machined frames

Led a design team of 4 design engineers and supported various engineering teams

NORTHROP GRUMMAN Bethpage, NY 11/03 – 02/06

Structural Design Engineer

Designed primary structure for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye including frames, intercostals, longerons, and skin panels using CATIA V4

Facilitated modifications to existing designs for optimal weight and producability

Created installations, assemblies, parts lists and drawings in an Enovia integrated environment

SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT Stratford, CT 10/00 – 10/03

Airframe Design Engineer – Liaison Engineer

Designed detail parts, assemblies, and installations of metallic airframe structure and created drawings using CATIA V4 for multiple UH-60 derivatives

Acted as liaison between production floor and design engineering in support of new UH-60M Blackhawk

EDUCATION: COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS LaGuardia Airport, Queens, NY

Bachelor of Science in Computerized Design (Mechanical Engineering) – 9/00

Associate in Applied Science in Aeronautical Engineering – 12/99

DANIEL WEBSTER COLLEGE Nashua, NH

Associate in Science in Aviation Management – 5/96

Associate in Science in Business Management – 5/96

COMPUTER

SKILLS: CATIA V4.22 (7500 hours), CATIA V5 (14000 hours), SOLIDWORKS (100 hours), Enovia LCA, Enovia VPM, Enovia SmarTeam, Windchill, AutoCAD, CADRA, CADAM, SharePoint, Microsoft Office

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