Engineer Mechanical

Vijay M. Suryavanshi

**** ******** **, ****** ** 76226 Ph: 940-***-****. E-mail:

acevgs@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

****-**** ***** * & M University Kingsville,

TX, USA

Master of Science (M.S) in Mechanical Engineering -Dec 2004

Cumulative GPA 3.90/4.00

Thesis Work - Investigation of different methods of designing a

feed forward compensator for Direct Model Reference Adaptive

Control in state space.

1991-1995 B.M.S College of Engineering, Bangalore University

Bangalore, KA, India

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) (Mechanical Engineering)

Completed with First Class/Division 67.00%.

COMPUTER SKILLS

CATIA/CADAM Pro-E/Pro cable AutoCAD/MDT

Lotus Notes

MS- Excel MS-Word PowerPoint

WORK EXPERIENCE

Jun 2006- Zodiac Seats US Gainesville, TX,

USA

Till date Lead Design Engineer - 787 Seating systems

Specialties: Design Engineering, Tool Try and Proto Support,

Manufacturing and Liaison Support, Supply Chain, Product

Support. Earned Value Management.

. Read, understand, and interpret Request for quote and design

catalog 787 seating systems per customer requirement.

. Work with Program Management/Air Framers, Vendors/Electrical

Engineers to gather correct customer requirement.

. Assign A/C installation, configuration and T&F dwgs to

designers/engineers and draftsmen per customer requirement.

. Responsible for design and detail of all seat dwgs including

sub assy and detail parts per FAA/certification requirements

(Details include sheet metal parts, vacuum formed

parts/injection molded plastic parts, proto parts, parts with

tooling, BFE l(buyer furnished equipment) list preparation

and Critical part list, sub assembly and seat assembly

drawings).

. Train, Assign and Check work of Designers/Draftsmen and

Junior engineers.

. Support, co-ordinate and resolve issues for Proto Shop, Tool

try build of seats, Test seats (For static and dynamic) and

Manufacturing as well.

. Prepare Modification service kit and after sales support per

customer requirement by writing modification instructions.

. Support ITCM, CDR, and FAI meetings with customer on telecon

or in person.

. Fill earned value management forms for Design department.

. Estimate engineering hours required based on the amount of

work and allocate resources as required strategically.

Oct 2005 - Brackett Green USA, Inc. (Acquired by GL&V) Houston, TX,

USA

May 2006 Project Engineer (Municipal)

. Prepared approval drawings and submittals as per customer

specification for municipal and commercial water/wastewater

treatment plant using AutoCAD.

. Calculated torque, speed, power required and gear ratio

(reducer) for motors of chain driven equipment (dual-flow and

through-flow screens).

. Calculated number of baskets designed head shafts by

selecting sprockets and prepared their assembly drawings for

detailing.

. Checked detailed drawings of sheet metal and other parts of

equipment.

. Created electrical control approval drawings.

Jan 2005 - Stewart Systems, Inc. Plano, TX,

USA

Aug 2005 Mechanical Engineer (Design & Development)

. Designed guide tracks and cam bolts for horizontal switches that

divert conveyors (material handling equipment in

bakeries/industries) and detailed the components using CAD.

. Calculated speed, power required and gear ratio for motors of

conveyor belts (switches).

. Selected materials for components and their finishes.

. Quality controlled, modified and approved machine component

details and drawings for unit equipment and conveyor switch

parts.

. Prepared top-level bill of materials verified their entries in

the inventory and provided manufacturing support.

. Prepared engineering change notices (ECN) for jobs in process

and for records.

Jan 2001- Texas A & M University Kingsville,

TX, USA

Dec 2004 Graduate Assistant

. Worked as a teaching assistant and assisted in research

duties in the Control and Robotics lab.

. Graded answer scripts of undergraduate students for Dynamics,

Kinematics and Control System course and administered quizzes

and tests.

. Worked as a Maths/Science tutor from summer 2003 to summer 2004

for High School equivalence program.

May 2000 - Sika Interplant Systems Limited Bangalore,

India

July2001 Engineer (Design and Development)

. Developed the machine design and CAD drawings for the

prototype of Cargo Sling Release Unit including

specifications (material, surface finish, finish etc).

. Edited design and drawings of winch parts for the Mihir

(second prototype) winch project completed for National

Physical Oceanographic Laboratories (client).

. Created 3-D solid model of the airworthy parts and analyzed

using MDT-3.

. Documented the drawings of the above projects using MS-

Excel and MS-Project.

Jan 1999 - ESS Industries Limited Bangalore,

India

May2000 Production Engineer (Mechanical)

. Worked as Production Engineer and Quality Control in-charge

for non-ferrous castings that were produced and used for

commercial purposes (sign and display).

. Supervised design and drawings, pattern making, controlling

casting defects, and finishing processes like filing,

polishing, buffing, lacquering etc.

. Worked as engineer-in charge of production scheduling and

deadlines for delivery to the customers.

. Supervised general fabrication work like turning, welding,

brazing, etc.

. Prepared inventory and purchased raw materials needed for

manufacturing process.

July1996 - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Bangalore,

India

June 1998 CAD Engineer (Mechanical)

. Worked for Boeing Aircraft Inc., USA (project client) to

make drawings of aircraft contours that were scanned and

traced using AutoCAD Tracer 3.1.

. Used the traced data for 3 D modeling and assembly of

machine parts like brackets, plates, etc using CATIA

software.

. Cleaned Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group full size and

dimensional form-boards using CATIA software.

. Verified electrical drawings of aircrafts using a checklist

as a part of the quality

Assurance effort.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Nov1994 Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) Limited Bangalore,

India

Mar 1995 Applications of Quality Control tools for casting defects

in Foundry.

SCHOLARSHIPS International Education Exchange Funds Scholarship

recipient for the year 2003.

AWARDS Boeing Supplier of the year Award -2012 for 787 Dreamliner

catalog seats.

Presidents Award from Weber Aircraft for completing 5 years of

service.

FORMER MEMBERSHIP Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers

(IEEE) - Control Systems Society.

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