Nakul Goyal

Charlotte, NC - ***** Email: acxr3f@r.postjobfree.com Contact: 980-***-**** LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/goyalnakul

PROFILE SUMMARY

Experienced mechanical designer of automotive, industrial, and residential products using CATIA V5 and SOLIDWORKS.

Extensive Formula SAE experience in vehicle dynamics and experience in manufacturing and testing of a wheel hub.

Highly effective at product analysis. In 3 months, reduced defects by 10% in bought-out parts for the Honda scooter.

SKILL SET

Technical: 2D and 3D CAD Design, FEA, Stress Analysis, Thermal Analysis, 3D Prototyping, DFM, and DFA

Software: AutoCAD, Pro-E, CATIA V5, SOLIDWORKS, Matlab, ANSYS Workbench, and ABAQUS

Root Cause and Decision Skills: 6s, DMAIC, Value stream mapping and Decision trees

PRPFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mechanical Design and Test Engineer 08/2016 to 12/2016

NONA, Charlotte, NC

Successfully designed and released a portable automated knitting machine with projected cost of around $800.

3D printed the designed components of the machine, assembled them and tested for performance and efficiency.

Skills used: - Experimental Designing, CAD, FEA and 3D printing

Mechanical Design and Test Engineer 05/2016 to 07/2016

VVDN Technologies, San Jose, CA

Performed detailed design engineering and tested housing of a security camera and a streaming box.

Created cost-sensitive design solutions with their CAD models, bills of material (BOM), and assembly instructions.

Skills used: - 3D Assembly Design, FEA (Stress and Thermal Analysis), and Cost Analysis

Quality Control Intern 05/2014 to 07/2014

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter Ltd, Manesar, India.

Reduced the frequency of defects by 10% in the bought-out parts for the Honda Activa.

Investigated complaints about the scooter's poor kick return, traced the problem to chipping in the gear.

Skills used: - Quality testing, Decision Analysis, and Benchmarking Analysis

PROJECTS

Vehicle Dynamics Design and Testing Team Lead, Formula SAE 09/2011 to 08/2013

Designed, analyzed and fabricated a 10% lighter and optimized Wheel Hub, Brake Assembly and Pedal Assembly.

Manufactured the wheel hub assembly using a 5 axis CNC machine and pedal assembly by laser cutting method.

Acquired data of accelerations in all the three directions using accelerometers and programmed it through LabVIEW.

Skills used: - 3D Assembly Modelling, FEA (Stress and Fatigue Analysis), Cost Analysis, Quality and Performance Testing

Lean Six Sigma – Modify the faulty design of the Coca-Cola bottle cap 05/2016 to 06/2016

Conducted a customer survey at a Food Lion store, 30% of customers complained about a leaky Coca-Cola bottle cap.

Applied Lean Six Sigma principles, modified the bottle cap design and product sales grew by 15% at the store.

Skills used: - DMAIC, CAD and Data Analysis

Engine Concept Design 01/2016 to 05/2016

Designed a turbocharged inline 4-cylinder 2L engine with a double overhead camshaft and variable valve timing.

The engine was designed to produce peak power of 170bhp @ 6500rpm and peak torque of 146 lb-ft @ 4450 RPM.

Skills used: - Design Engineering, AutoCAD, Thermal Analysis and Design Validation

EDUCATION

The University of North Carolina At Charlotte, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering 08/2015 – 12/2016

GPA: 3.8/4

Manipal Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering 08/2015 – 12/2016

GPA: 7.77/10

ACHIEVEMENTS

Won 1st place at presenting a Technical paper on “Two-Piece Wheel Hub for an FSAE Car”.

Won the 2nd place in CATIA competition organized by IEEE.

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