Riaz Chowdhury Lodi, NJ 973-***-**** adh0ei@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/riaz-chowdhury-a4771939 Summary

Experienced engineer with a 6-year record of delivering result-based solutions within full product lifecycle including product development, manufacturing, and maintenance in the aerospace, defense, and electronic industries. Proven record of developing and leading stakeholder intensive $5M+ process and program savings initiatives. Seeking opportunities that require challenging solutions.

● Project Management

Overseen project timelines and coordinated with teams to meet action dates for product release or solution implementation.

● Process Development & Change

Developed and managed innovative and time/cost saving - processes and program improvements.

● Development & Test

Provided technical knowledge to functional groups for holistic solutions & hands-on technical testing for compliance.

● Failure Analysis

Investigated critical failures for defined root cause using data modeling. Developed solutions for correction and mitigation. Experience

Dassault Falcon Jet Product Reliability Engineer Little Ferry, NJ Sept. 2018- Apr. 2020 Lead engineer for investigations of defective systems and false failures within world-wide aircraft

Directed 5-member programs and technical teams world-wide to investigate system false failures and created solutions by improving products, technical procedures, and processes

Proposed global preventative maintenance programs using both alternate methods & products to eliminate aircraft issues, save aircraft downtime and maintenance costs by a minimum 30%

Initiated product design change to prevent premature failure of fuel systems, landing systems, hydraulics, flight control, and aviation electronics in anticipated environmental conditions

Created testing protocols for field teams to accurately eliminate false systemic root causes preventing removal of functional components from aircraft by 50%

Modeled flight event data and failure/repair research to target root cause using theoretical engineering analysis

Defined “true” and “non-true” failure categories for potentially defective items to allow the re-use of 20% of product and reduce false failures

Improved vendor repair accuracy by 40% by assisting vendors to include holistic testing approaches examining all interactions of aircraft systems and potential failure areas

Increased failure information capture from end users by 70% implementing a new questionnaire encompassing post repair status, troubleshooting, failure type, environmental settings, and other measurable conditions

Streamlined investigation criteria of NFF/DOA program to target most impactful products

Developed multi-department training for process changes to increase end user efficiency

Facilitated creation of in-house quality escape process enabling traceability and solutions to high occurrence items

Presented high impact NFF problems and current solutions at nation-wide DFJ convention events Honeywell Security Compliance & Test Engineer II Melville, NY Jan. 2017- Sept. 2018 Regulatory technical expert supporting design requirements and testing for electronic security and fire product

Achieved 100% regulatory compliance for new products as the main project interface for regulatory bodies managing NPI development schedule to ensure industry standards, product release dates, and budget are met

Collaborated with mechanical/electrical/software engineering teams throughout product life cycle to provide regulatory design requirements, product design variation/tradeoff evaluation, and testing for performance compliance

Developed testing procedures and tested product for durability, communication errors, voltage regulation, and environmental performance, decreasing time to market by 5+ months

Established design verification and validation techniques to prevent errors in product development and manufacture

Mitigated potential risks in 40% of new product designs and process adjustments by change evaluation

Ensured zero production delay by non-compliant product investigation, and coordinating between agencies and engineering to return product design to compliance

Developed agency tracking database, ensuring new yearly requirements were implemented into product for release to market

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Honeywell Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer South Bend, IN Jul. 2015 - Jan. 2017 Focused on process change/improvements and process failure corrective actions

Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification

Improved product backlog and delay by 50% moving ~$900k worth of material into production and to consumers using cycle time analysis, production time reduction, and process setup redesign

Led 100% containment effort on production system failure, encompassing failure analysis, control of defective product, temporary process setup, return-to-norm metrics, and preventative measures

Enabled traceability of finished process steps, minimized human factor error, and eliminated time waste by 50% by developing and implementing electronic standard work system for wheel/brake production

Built quality systems into wheel & brake assembly and machining/casting/chemical processes, decreasing finished product defect rate by 60%

Supervised and cross-trained production floor employees, increasing team flexibility and efficiency in multiple areas of product manufacture

Developed First Articles, CARs, RCCA’s in accordance with AS9100/ISO9001 and ITAR specifications Picatinny Arsenal - U.S. Dept. of Defense R&D Engineer Rockaway, NJ Jun. 2014 - Jan. 2015

Developed excel data models calculating potential failure areas of large-scale artillery systems to define needed solution areas

Enhanced product ease of use of by 30% with new product design initiatives and improved system components on military missile systems using ProEngineer modeling software & DFM

Ensured NPI design requirements met compliance to established military specification standards, preventing delay in product schedule

Stevens Institute of Technology & MATE Mechanical Engineer Hoboken, NJ Sept. 2013 - May 2014 Underwater ROV Design & Field Testing

Managed team resources and schedule to meet project objectives 3 weeks before deadline

Designed structure of remote vehicle using CAD and built electro-mechanical assembly to navigate/survey underwater wreckages using 70% more cost effective material

Tested structure durability, RF communication, and mechanical propulsion system in high water pressure environments to exceed performance criteria by 20% Skills

Technical: Lean Six Sigma; Electrical Wiring and Soldering; Engineering Drawings; Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance (GD&T); CNC Machining; ATP Testing; Hard Tooling & Machinery; Finite Element Analysis; 3D Printing; Design of Experimentation (DOE); Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA), Data Modeling, System Design; Feasibility Analysis; Sustainability Analysis Software: SolidWorks; ProEngineer; ANSYS; AutoCAD; LabVIEW; SAP; Agile, MATLAB/Simulink; Minitab; MS Visual Studio (C++); DISCUS; Data Analysis Tools; Windows Operating System, MS Office Essentials (Excel, Word, Access)

Education

Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ Dec. 2014 Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Extra-Curricular

Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity Inc. Stevens Chapter President Sept. 2010 - May 2012 2011 New Jersey Member of the Year

Hobbies

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Engineers Without Borders (EWB), Technology/Robotics

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