R D Mechanical Engineer

MOHAMED ISMAIL

Windsor, ON – N*S *E* ****************@*****.*** +1-437-***-****

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PROFILE OF SKILLS

● 8+ years of professional engineering experience as a R&D Mechanical Engineer

● Complete product life cycle development involvement from concept to mass production, emphasizing on design & development of BIW/plastic components for different projects involving engineering design change management, BOM management, CAD data management, and supplier management

● Proficiency and 5-year professional experience in 2D & 3D CAD: NX Unigraphics

● Certified with NISSAN C1 Design Professional for NX Unigraphics

● Trained and experienced in CATIA, MATLAB, Minitab, Siemens PLM Software - Teamcenter

● Practiced GD&T, FEA, DFA, DFM, DRBFM, BOM management in daily design activities at Renault Nissan EDUCATION

Master’s in Industrial Engineering May 2020 – August 2021 University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada

Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering (FIRST CLASS) Apr 2010 – Apr 2014 Anna University, Chennai, India

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

R&D –Knowledge Based Engineer Feb 2022 - Present

Stellantis North America

Responsible for Side Door BIW and components design

DFA, DFM, Structural rigidity, Crash testing and evaluation for Side Impact IIHS, Door Kick up models, Sag set Slam durability performance management, Weight and cost reduction

Packaging of module, Sealing, Muckets and Styling Trim attaches R&D – Vehicle and Components Design Engineer Sept 2014 – Mar 2020 Renault Nissan technology & Business Centre India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India

● Vehicle concept design & master section development of automobile body panels

● Design and development of vehicle concept design for Nissan automobiles BIW

● Proficient in designing 2D and 3D CAD for BIW structural components and assemblies

● Completed packaging and layout study for optimized design outcome

● Updated and regularly maintained engineering documents like DFM, DFA, DFMEA, DRBFM, BOM Offshore project work experience

Nissan Technical Centre, Kanagawa, Japan Nov 2017 – Aug 2018

● Performed various vehicle clay model physical tests

● Conducted rain shower test on Nissan Sylphy vehicle’s clay model and evaluated roof radius of curvature

● Evaluated crash and CAE studies of high tensile strength BIW parts

● Supported critical design phases of various projects

● Assigned communication link between Indian and Japanese engineers, and built lasting relationships with Japanese R&D engineers

● Improved relationships with the Japanese engineering team and paved way for more opportunities and projects for India’s R&D Centre

PROJECTS

DODGE CHALLENGER BEV (Stellantis, USA) Feb 2022 - Present

● Performed packaging and layout studies for Side Doors

● Responsible for designing CAD, DFM, DFA of all Side door components

● Teamed with CAE team to help side doors pass durability tests, slam tests, sag set tests, Door Kickup models, NVH issues, mirror stiffness index marking

● Ran manufacturable conformity of BIW styling design and provided feedback to vehicle styling team INFINITI WZ2A, WZ2B, WZ2C (USA, China) May 2019 – Mar 2020

● Performed packaging and layout studies for back door and sunroof designs

● Ran manufacturable conformity of BIW styling design and provided feedback to vehicle styling team

● Developed manufacturing cost estimates for new designs to estimate project budget NISSAN Next Gen QASHQAI (Japan, China, USA) Aug 2017 – May 2019

● Designed front upper body components – drafted 3D and 2D CAD data using NX Unigraphics

● Upper body component portfolio includes A-pillar, B-pillar, Windshield glass design, sill, roof, side roof rail, roof rack and roof molding

● Conducted various CAE studies for performance, strength, and stiffness calculations for design validation

● Participated and concluded manufacturing feasibility studies for smooth production

● Optimized the company calculation template and improved the process – reduced calculation time for each concept by about 4 hours

NISSAN Next Gen SYLPHY (China, USA, Russia) Oct 2015 – Aug 2017

● Evaluated and engineered Vehicle Roof camber design, Hood pedestrian safety, child & adult head zone protection of hood to meet safety requirements for different classes of vehicles

● Performed manufacturing feasibility, crash safety and durability performance study

● Extrapolated and engineered section moment of inertia for 3D BIW sections and front pillar packaging layout with side curtain airbags and sunroof drain hose layout study

● Computed Windshield glass A-zone, B-zone of driver viewing ability and set standards of design assembly in NX Unigraphics which was further used by many engineers for other projects, that saved 3 hours of one manpower time

DATSUN Go, Go+ (India) Sep 2014 – Sep 2015

● Supported BIW - body structure planning team for one year and supported DATSUN INDIA projects

● Performed vehicle BIW sheet metal durability studies and calculated spot weld strength and BIW parts durability (number of cycles) before failure

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