Engineer Mechanical
Resume:
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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