Engineer Quality Assurance

Syed Danish Zaidi

**** * ****** *** ***#*** Anaheim, CA 92805

Cell: 714-***-**** Email: **********@*****.***

A dynamic and performance-driven engineering professional with prior international work experience in multi-cultural settings. Recognized for hard work and completion of tasks in a timely manner under minimum supervision. Seeking a position as a Mechanical design engineer to practice technical skills and work cooperatively with other professionals to achieve company objectives.

EDUCATION

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, December 2010 Overall GPA: 3.44

WORK EXPERIENCE

Design Engineer at U.S. Technical Consultants Inc. June 2012 – Present

- Created and modified detailed drawings of aircraft interior components and airframe using CAD software

- Performed stress analysis on Hawker 800XP heat exchanger plenum made of fiberglass using MSC Patran

- Cable routing for B767 wiring and block diagrams and modification of connectors, relays and cable/wire harness

- Participated in the Weight & Balance calculations for B767 LOPA reconfiguration for North American Airlines. Calculated B.A. and B.S. values for all seats, monuments including chillers & lavatories.

- Designed honeycomb ceiling panel with brackets for the senior stress engineer and assisted with the stress analysis using MSC Patran for B767 aircraft

- Reviewed Stress reports on aircraft structures and interior components for errors and suggestions

- Designed doubler around fuel level gauge on fire retardant tank for structural substantiation

- Used Structural Repair Manual (SRM), Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM), Illustrated Parts Catalog (IPC) of various aircraft to perform job related tasks.

- Reviewed 14 CFR Part 25 to verify airworthiness standards for repair EOs and certification/test plans

- Manage and create Document Change Requests (DCRs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) for projects.

Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer at Thales Avionics (contractual) Nov 2011 – Jan 2012

- Coordinate efforts with procurement and Supplier Quality Assurance regarding POs and supplier information

- Work with suppliers to implement quality plans and obtain ISO 9001 and AS9100 certifications

- Act as liaison between supplier inside sales managers and department head

Test Engineer at Panasonic Avionics Corporation (contractual) June 2011 – Oct 2011

- Responsible for the integration and maintenance of a test rack with regards to the systems installation

- Troubleshoot and analyze root cause of any system anomalies/discrepancies in hardware and/or software

- Assisted in creating test plans to account for system requirements

Junior Stress Engineer at MSC Software April 2010 – June 2011

- MSC Patran and NASTRAN certified through on-site job training

- Developed NASTRAN finite element models for static and dynamic analysis of mechanical parts including car models for automotive industry

- Worked on a car model for vibro-acoustic analysis using MSC Patran and NASTRAN

- Analyzed aircraft wing in Patran’s Aeroelasticity module for flutter analysis

- Review and proofread stress reports for assemblies and installations

- Troubleshooting Client Reports (CRs) from Boeing, Audi, BMW etc. via Siebel for verification purposes

- Studied various workshops on MSC SimXpert for testing and compatibility purposes

Research Internship at the Technische Universität, Berlin June 2008- Aug 2008

- Calibrated force transducers and accelerometers in Anechoic chamber

- Used software called NVGate for data acquisition from a multichannel FFT analyzer (OROS)

SOFTWARE

- CATIA V5, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Pro-E, MSC Patran(certified), NASTRAN, Fluent/GAMBIT, XFOIL, Teamcenter, Manage2000, MATLAB/Simulink

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