Mechanical Engineer Los Angeles

RAYMOND TARIN

*****.*******@*****.*** 562-***-**** U.S Citizen Whittier CA LinkedIn

●Master's level Mechanical Engineer eager to work as a structural engineer and as a design engineer with 1+ years of experience designing and fabricating; as well as 2+ years collaborating in a research environment.

WORK HISTORY

Lowe’s Home Improvement Pico Rivera, CA

Customer Service Associate March 2018-Present

●Facilitate contracts between contractors and customers.

●Provide customers with answers to their technical questions about their doors in terms of maintenance, installation and reliability.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Low Speed Crash Test Sled Los Angeles, CA

Project Lead Sep 2024-May 2025

●Orchestrated the production of a low-velocity crash simulator using SolidWorks

●Source hardware and material vendor (s)

●Facilitated weekly design meetings to discuss design flaws and potential weak points in the design and address them

●Fabricated and machined prototype

●Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team during weekly design meetings, facilitating the integration of feedback from advisor that ensures the project is following the production schedule

3D Printed Aircraft Design and Competition Los Angeles, CA

Team Lead Aug 2022-May 2023

●Contributing design and research in creating an optimal model airplane.

●Piloted airfoil analysis using SolidWorks and Ansys, generating data which validated experimental findings for model airplane design and identified the three biggest causes of crashes. With the CFD the highest calculated Coefficient of Lift to Drag ratio was 19.42

●Fabricated multiple prototypes of aircraft

●Attended multiple design/update meetings weekly

●Collaborated with a diverse group of engineers to optimize aerodynamics and reduce weight, resulting in a 30% improvement in fuel efficiency compared to traditional models used in similar competitions.

●Executed comprehensive computational fluid dynamics simulations for over 100 design iterations, refining airflow characteristics and contributing to a successful competition entry that ranked within the top three among participants in the competition.

EDUCATION

California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering Fall 2023- Spring 2025

California State University, Los Angeles

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Fall 2020- Spring 2023

California State University, Los Angeles

SKILLS

●SolidWorks

oStress Analysis (FEA)

oCAD

●MATLAB

●Fabrication

●Basic Machining

●Excel

●Fabrication

●Patran Nastran (FEA)

●CFD Simulations and Validation

oSolidWorks

oAnsys Fluent

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