Aaron L. VanHorn

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251-***-****

ade12e@r.postjobfree.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronvanhorn/

PROFILE

Aerospace Engineer with extensive experience in the business, commercial, and military aviation industries. Experienced with mechanical design for aircraft cabins, mechanical systems, and structures, integration and configuration management. Project Engineering projessional, experienced with managing large projects with complex work scopes, while coordinating with diverse groups of stakeholders

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Airbus Americas Engineering, Mobile, Alabama August 2016 – June 2020

Cabin Engineer, Upgrade Services - Contract

•Managed cabin upgrade projects for airline customers as a cabin project and design engineer with on-time delivery of service bulletins and design packages

•Coordinated and developed all deliverables, including technical reports, drawing packages, drafting certification documents, and service bulletins

•Checked and approved drawings, service bulletins, and discrepancy dispositions as a DOA delegated technical approver

•Traveled to airline customer locations globally to provide excellent engineering liaison support for embodiment of service bulletins for single aisle A320 family aircraft as a customer-facing employee

•Design of emergency egress door installations and de-activations for airline customers on A320 platform

•Flight deck modifications for in-service A320 family aircraft to support installation of new connectivity and IFE equipment

•Electrical harness routing design for comprehensive aircraft upgrade projects

Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space, & Security, Ridley Park, PA February 2016 – August 2016

Mechanical Systems Design Engineer - Contract

•Designed mechanical controls installations, hydraulic systems and fuel systems installations for CH-47F Chinook helicopter, Block II and International Programs with 95% first-time quality using CATIA V5 and Teamcenter

•Released the highest volume of installations in the department for the duration of project

Gulfstream Aerospace, Savannah, GA

Engineer II, Custom Engineering, Service Center – Direct June 2014 – December 2015

•Designed custom cabin interior installations and cabin monuments to customer specifications, with 100% on-time delivery, interacting with customers as necessary

•Coordinated closely with hangar operations and back shops to ensure quality and manufacturability

•Wrote MRB dispositions to address structural discrepancies for in-service aircraft

•Created engineering to retrofit fleet G650 aircraft in order to address customer satisfaction issues

•Configuration management for G650 projects to build engineering lists and develop project scope

•Design of racks for aircraft equipment in boiler room and baggage compartment

•Created repairs to aircraft primary structure for antenna installations

Engineer II, Completions Center G650 Engineering – Direct August 2012 – June 2014

•Designed cabin interior assemblies and installations, including lavatory, cabin seating installations, galleys, passenger service units, oxygen systems, sidewalls, bulkheads, and structural modifications for custom installations

Technical Designer, New Product Development – Wing Structures – Contract May 2011 – August 2012

•Designed wing structural model-based definition installations for G500 new product development group using CATIA V5 and applied GD&T using CATIA FT&A workbench

•Checked and approved 3D models and GD&T for conformance to industry and company design standards

•Conducted integration design reviews for senior management throughout new product development phase

Firth Rixson Forgings, LLC, Midway, GA June 2010 - March 2011

Tooling Engineer, Tooling Systems & Procurement - Direct

•Developed tool and die systems department, end to end for aerospace forging facility from early project plan to functioning business in one year

•Designed innovative clean-sheet Titanium and Inconel forge tooling and fixtures for manufacture of turbojet and turbofan engine components using Unigraphics NX 7.5 and FEM software

•Determined tolerances and clearances, determined and applied GD&T, and performed thermal analysis to ensure maintenance of clearances between metallic components of various composition under extreme temperatures

•Worked closely with software company configuration specialist to configure and develop ERP/MRP software for tooling department process management and routing

JCB North America, Savannah, GA June 2009 - May 2010

Design Engineer, Engine/Hydraulics Department - Direct

•Designed structural components and hydraulic system installations and P&IDs for new construction equipment line using Unigraphics (Siemens) NX 4 and Teamcenter

•Built and continuously modified full-scale mockups and prototypes to assist in conceptualizing new designs

•Tested prototype machines, conducting various duty cycles to assess design quality and endurance

•Disassembled and tested competitors’ machines to benchmark designs within the same market segment

U.S. Army Honorable Discharge: May 2003

Tracked Vehicle Repair / Recovery Specialist

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah, GA

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME)

•Led design team that designed and optimized hybrid residential solar water heater

•Led design team and designed active-flow aerodynamic product to improve fuel economy for tractor-trailers using aerodynamic and fluid dynamics principles in order to develop a proof of concept into a marketable product for senior GTRI research engineer sponsor

SOFTWARE TOOL PROFICIENCY

•10000+ hours CATIA V5

•7500+ hours Unigraphics NX (Siemens NX), Versions 4.0 and 7.5

•2000+ hours Solidworks 2004-2010

•6000+ hours AutoCAD

•CCD Cadam

•Teamcenter, Enovia VPM, Windchill, Smarteam, Enovia LCA

•MS Office, SAP, Visio, Autodesk Illustrator

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