Hiren Patel

***** ******** **. *******, ** *****

831-***-****

acrq4c@r.postjobfree.com

U.S. Citizen

Objective:

To acquire a challenging position to further my experience and knowledge in the field of project engineering.

Technical Summary:

Ability to lead project engineering scope through planning, executing, and commissioning.

Proficient of meeting project’s objectives and implementing product requirement on daily basis.

Proficient in coordinating projects from concept to manufacturing by integrating with other organizational teams and managing daily activities through product design cycle.

Ability to create safe working environment by enforcing procedures, rules, and regulations.

Professional Experience:

Sterling Engineering (Client Electro-Motive Diesels), LaGrange, IL Dec 2011 – Current

Project Engineer

Lead project engineering responsibility for the success of design and meet company goals.

Performed product detailed analysis of engineering BOM and recommended changes.

Updated other engineering teams on daily activities about project schedules, design changes, manufacturing issues, and recommendation procedural sequences to reduce time cycle.

Lead structural systems group to comply with safety standards of the locomotive.

Conducted review meeting to discuss engineering design issues, purchasing, drafting, manufacturing, etc.

Worked with testing engineers for improvement on test methods, procedures, and use of proper equipment.

Used SAP software as a tool for project management to assist designers, vendors, test engineers and manufacturing teams to meet deliverables.

Wrote safety requirements and procedures of the locomotive on IMB Rational DOORS software.

Created presentation for improvement management board to make changes on drawings, part, assemblies, and fabrication process.

Reviewed safety standards of the FRA crashworthiness requirements of locomotive structures.

Performed root cause analysis of locomotive structures to meet safety standards.

Capable of working and revising engineering drawings as per ASME Y14.5M-2009 standards.

Danotek Motion Technologies, Canton, MI Jul 2011 – Nov 2011

Mechanical Engineer

Gained experience in performing root cause analysis for generators, fans, and electrical cabinets.

Worked with designers to review drawings and specifications for design improvements.

Coordinated with project engineers, electrical engineers, and other mechanical engineers to add/remove design constraints by applying ASME Y14.5M-2009 standards.

Improved fatigue life of the rotor and stator for large operational loads.

Gained design experience with permanent generator through testing and analysis.

Performed finite element analysis specializing in structural, thermal, modal, lateral and torsional dynamics such components of the permanent magnet generators.

EASi, Madison Heights, MI Aug 2010 – Jul 2011

Project Engineer

Conducted rigid body simulations for various programs involving frontal, side and rear impact crash events to meet regulations using LS-DYNA.

Hands on experience in preparing technical specifications, material selection, preparing data sheets, and sizing of components for automotive industry.

Performed modal analysis and fatigue analysis on various components related to automotive.

Coordinated workflow within the engineering team, executed project engineering scope, reviewed mechanical drawing content, reinforced and promoted quality and safety standards.

Worked in multiple projects to study deflection analysis, inertia loads, and thermal loads.

Gained experience in Windows and LINUX OS’s with basic tools such as MS Office, Linux command line tools, batch scripting, and using UNIX scripts.

BAE Systems, San Jose CA Nov 2008 - Jul 2009

Structural Analysis Engineer

Planned and coordinated activities in various tasks to verify structural integrity by FEM.

Analyzed projects with static, quasi-static, and dynamic analysis problems.

Performed analysis for future combat vehicle programs to meet specific structural requirements of various components under road conditions.

Wrote engineering reports from analysis results to document for any proposals or guidelines.

Performed finite element analysis (FEA) for linear and non-linear materials such as rubber, ceramics, epoxy, and heavy metals.

Technical Skills:

Product Development, Project Management, SAP, BOM, Engineering Drawings, Engineering Change Requests, Manufacturing Change Request, Teamcenter 8, Unigraphics NX 7.5, Fatigue Calculations, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), SolidWorks, Pro-Engineer, ASNSY, LS-DYNA, NASTRAN, Altair, HyperMesh, HyperWorks, MathCAD 14, MATLAB/Simulink, I-DEAS 12.0, Airfoil Simulation, Windows 7, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and MS Project

Certifications and Affiliations:

ASME Y14.5 2009 Geometric Dimension & Tolerancing (GD&T).

AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) member.

LS-DYNA Trained.

Academic Honors:

3rd Place on 2008 Region IV AIAA Student Conference, Phoenix, AZ (April 2008)

Education:

BS in Aerospace Engineering (Accredited by ABET)

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA May 2008

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