Aamir Shaikh

Mechanical Engineer

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Experience

Manufacturing Engineer at APEX Tools Group

January 2015 – Present

- Engineer the transition of the Garland, TX plant to the Sumter, SC plant.

- Understand and document all the machines used to make industrial mechanic hand tools such as

sockets, wrenches, ratchets for Craftsmen, Crescent, Matco, etc.

- Machines included lathes, mills, presses, sprayers, and chemical plating lines

- Install and commission said machinery to SC plant and ensure all processes are carried over exactly

- Creo ProE, SolidWorks, GibbsCAM, AutoCAD, program CNC’s (FANUC and FADAL)

Mechanical Engineer II at Ericsson

August 2012 – January, 2015

- Planned the hardware installation of multi-million dollar computers that run the cellphone network

for AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint

- 60% travel to meet customers on site

- Responsible for developing the installation plan that adhered to rigid mechanical and electrical

standards (ex. proper bracing for earthquake, flood zones, etc.)

- Lead several improvement plans, one of which saves the company over 600K per annum

- Used Lean Six Sigma methodology to manage projects under the supervision of an LSS Black Belt

- AutoCAD, ProE, SolidWorks, Microsoft Project

Prime Controls: Automation Engineer Intern

Spring, 2012

- Completed three automation projects to reduce manual labor by using programmable robots

- Trained in programming PLC’s (Programmable Logic Controller) using Ladder logic, RSLogix5000

- Learned to design programs for HMI’s (Human Machine Interface) in Wonderware

- Created BoM’s that included Variable Frequency Drives, motors, servos, digital & analog sensors

- Interpreted and updated P&IDs

Education

Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering at University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), GPA 3.44

Senior Design project at Frito-Lay (UTD) <Project presentation>

- Automated the realignment of blades for slicing potatoes which reduced adjustment time from 35

minutes to under 5 minutes, saving on average 5 hours of labor per day while reducing operator error

- Built several parts at the university’s machine shop, which boasts CNC’s, welding machines, plasma-

cutter, 3D printers, drill presses, etc.

- Integrated servos, gearboxes, and linear actuators

- The only person to receive an offer to work directly for Frito-Lay after the project

- Won several awards including: UTD’s Tech Titan Award (2013), UTDesign 1st place (2013), and

presented at the Capstone Design Conference at Ohio State University (2014)

Research project – Materials Testing Laboratory (UTD), Jan, 2011 – August, 2012

- Discovered a new phenomenon in Shape Memory Polymers (SMP) where cyclic loading induced the

likeliness of static failure during recovery of the original shape

Aamir Shaikh

Mechanical Engineer

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- SMP are polymeric smart materials that have the ability to “remember” their original shape when

triggered by a particular temperature

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