Mechanical Engineer Technical Support

Yildirim Arkun

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Torrance, CA *0504

Phone: 424-***-****

Email: ******@*****.***

Profile

•Staff Lead Mechanical Engineer

•Manufacturing Research and Development Engineer

•Implementation Consultant

Education

Mechanical Engineering, Bachelors of Science

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

•Designed 3-arm air motor driven servo system for handing hazardous materials for Senior Machine Design Project.

•Designed a snow melting system for main entry of Michigan Union Building.

Skills

•NX 10.0.3.5

•CATIA

•ANSYS WORKBENCH

•ANSI-Y14.5

•Team Center 10.1.4.2

•Jack

•Team Center Visualization / Mockup

•MS Office, Project, Visio, VB

•UNIX, WINDOWS, MAC, HPUX, SUN, DOS

•PERL, CSHELL, KSHELL, AWK

Experience

Senior Mechanical Engineer

8/15/2015 7/29/2016

JPL NASA, Pasadena, CA

•Managed Mars 2020 Rover Robotic End of Arm Turret assembly.

•Designed sensors and component isolation hardware.

•Prepared not to exceed component envelopes.

•Coordinated with suppliers for components integrations for final assembly.

Senior Mechanical Engineer

10/14/2013 – 7/15/2015

Northrop Grumman, Manhattan Beach, CA

•Created 3D Hydraulic Routings for the UCLASS Nose Landing Gear from schematics.

•Designed and simulated swivel system for wet wing E2 project

•Performed OJT to Engineers with Team-center Unified and NX.

•Resolved interferences and integration with Structures, Electrical, Avionics and Environmental systems.

•Assisted Mechanism Design Engineers with NX Motion and kinematics simulations.

Senior Mechanical Engineer

12/15/2012 – 08/14/2013

SpaceX, Hawthorne, CA

•Implemented NX Mechanical Routings for new heavy launch platforms at Cape FL and Vandenberg CA.

•Created 3D stainless tubing models for launch platforms for fuel, oxygen, helium, water and hydraulics systems.

•Automated Mechanical Routing parameters to pass on to visualization files.

Senior Lead Mechanical Engineer

05/03/2010 – 12/10/2012

Pratt And Whitney, East Hartford, CT

•Improved maintainability, reliability and esthetics of external engine components.

•Simplified machined mounts and conversion to sheet metal.

•Implement Assembly Sequences in NX to create motion envelops for replaceable units removal tasks.

•Corrected manufacturing problems of hydro-formed duct designs.

•Performed stress, frequency analysis on brackets.

•Implemented Mechanical Routing NX for engine tubes.

Software Implementation Consultant

06/03/2002 – 09/26/2008

Siemens PLM, Cypress, CA

•Improved collaborations between Product Definition and Manufacturing mentoring technical staff with Visualization Mockup eliminating all downstream interference, fit problems before releasing engineering drawings.

•Directed IT personnel to install Unified Team Center PLM Software for Corporate Servers and Clients.

•Trained Engineers to simulate engine re-building operations utilizing Visual Simulation and Jack Human Ergonomics.

•Aligned Aerospace Company’s tasks with Siemens PLM Software

Senior Engineer Scientist

09/02/1997 - 05/31/2002

BOEING Phantom Works, Huntington Beach, CA

•Designed tubes, brackets for the C17 Extended Range Fuel systems.

•Back loaded all structural Mylar to 3D Models and released 2D drawings for the wing section of C17 Aircraft.

•Implemented composite stitch technology to design suspension bridge sections.

Software Support Engineer

08/31/1991 - 08/29/1997

Electronics Data Systems, Cypress, CA

•Provided technical support to Northrop Grumman Engineers transition from NCAD to Unigraphics V10.

•Automated Composite parts Ply Diagram Generation by developing a stand-alone GRIP program application.

•Implemented Built and Place to simulate main landing gear operations.

New Business Development Specialist

09/04/1990 - 08/31/1991

McDonnell Douglas System Integration, Cypress, CA

•Implemented Unigraphics, Info manager, Workflows, Built and Place at Northrop F17 and McDonnell Douglas C17 programs.

•Demonstrated technology capabilities and mentored engineers and managers.

Product Development Engineer

08/31/1987 - 08/31/1990

McDonnell Douglas C17 Aircraft Division, Long Beach, CA

•Worked in Structural, Mission Systems, Electrical and Environmental Systems.

•Designed the troop door, electrical wire harnesses, cockpit interiors, pilot’s bookshelf and tubes for fuel systems

•Released over 700 parts consist of machined parts, forgings, castings, sheet metals, tubes, insulation blankets, all flying today.

•Coordinated interference problems between structural, electrical, interior and environmental systems.

•Managed Weight Saving Projects for the Forward Section C17 Aircraft.

Manufacturing Research and Development Engineer

09/03/1985 - 08/28/1987

McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation, Long Beach, CA

•Designed automated assembly jig configurable to 17 different floor bulkheads.

•Implemented robotics bin picking technology to perform Rockwell Hardness testing on small aircraft clips and brackets.

•Implemented a robotic system for oil quenching material handling.

Manufacturing Technology Engineer

09/04/1984 - 08/30/1985

Northrop Aircraft, Hawthorne, CA

•Implemented Drilling and Routing cell manufacturing replaceable doors in the F18 Aircraft.

•Designed robotic subassembly cell for the Main air intake of engine.

Member of Technical Staff IV

05/02/1983 - 08/31/1984

Rockwell International Autonetics, Anaheim, CA

•Team leader for SMT (Surface Mount Technology) Automation projects

•Implemented surface mount robotic cell for onboard computer for aircraft and missile systems. This cell included component preparations, lead bending of axially leaded component, robotic placement, solder paste dispensing, hot air soldering and digital inspection systems.

•Supervised seven college interns to define all functional requirements for the SMT Robotics System.

Lead Design Engineer

05/03/1982 - 04/29/1983

Ford Aerospace Corporation, Newport Beach, CA

•Supervised seven technical persons, completed design on schedule.

•Designed ground support equipment for DIVAD Sargent York Air Defense System counting extendable boom hoist, lifting aids for the 50000 lbs. turret and sand skids for the search and track antenna.

Associate Mechanical Engineer

05/04/1981 - 04/30/1982

Howmet Turbine Components Corporation, Muskegon, MI

•Designed Precision ingot measurement and cut off system capable of 2% accuracy, saving $1 million per year in metal alloys for turbine blades.

•Implemented digital imaging, recovering silver from chemical x-ray films.

•Automated manual ram withdrawal speeds with stepper motor controller where speed derived from cross-section areas of the turbine blade at the solidification region.

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