Engineer Design

Jonathan Terry

607-***-**** ***********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Mechanical design engineer with seven years experience in aerospace design, manufacturing, testing,

systems and structures. Academic background in applied mechanics and FEA acoustic modeling. Reliable

independent contributor who supports team efforts.

EXPERIENCE

2005 present Sikorsky Aircraft Horseheads, NY

Mechanical Design Engineer/Test Engineer

Created unique solutions to fulfill multiple design requirements

• Developed airframe system designs to meet performance requirements within layout constraints.

Example projects include the X2 R&D helicopter propeller pitch mechanism, landing gear doors

and horizontal tail

• Created new airframe designs for electronic components. Redlined existing drawings to correct or

modify existing Blackhawk structures.

Prevented premature failures and costly delays in design by using analytical methods

• Characterized helicopter vibration response through the rap testing of secondary structures.

Analyzed rap test results for modes falling close to driving rotor frequencies.

• Performed analytical structural validation on airframe components using simulation tools including

ANSYS, Mathcad and hand calculations.

• Utilized in house testing methods to qualify designs when no reliable structural data was available.

Coordinated off site testing to substantiate or improve designs before arriving at a final solution.

• Authored structural reports analyzing the control systems of the 3 38B fixed wing aircraft, UAV

Fire Scout engine mount and landing gear analysis using Mathcad.

Ensured final assembled products met functional requirements

• Performed troubleshooting on aircraft hydraulic, fuel and rotor systems.

• Certified aircraft weight and balance before final acceptance of aircraft was complete. Compiled

reports to document mass properties.

Coordinated discussions to ensure issues were resolved in a timely manner

• Made senior engineers aware of projects involving estimated time to design completion and cost.

Relayed design status and potential issues that could have compromised the schedule.

• Organized meetings to relay required information between analysis, design and production team

members during the preliminary phases of the new Fire Scout main rotor blade.

2003 2004 Schweizer Aircraft Horseheads, NY

Jonathan Terry

Big Flats, NY 14814

607-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Engineering Intern

Gained exposure to machine design, shop production practices and CAD systems

• Created and maintained detail and assembly drawings for the Titan Aerospace Affordable Weapons

program.

• Interfaced with shop personnel to resolve manufacturing issues for sheet metal fabrication,

machining or installation issues.

EDUCATION

2007 M.S., Mechanical Engineering Binghamton University

• Thesis: Correlated acoustic models of enclosed reverberant structures using ANSYS and MatLab.

2002 B.S., Engineering Science Bob Jones University

• Project: Recorded light curve data for binary star system research.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• ACE Associate (UTC's Lean manufacturing operating system)

• Aircraft Weighing Certification

• Society of Allied Weight Engineers

AWARDS

• 2010 Robert J. Collier Award for design work on the Sikorsky X2 technology demonstrator team

• Received merit based financial awards

TECHNOLOGY

• CATIA v5, Solid Works, AutoCAD, Matlab, Mathcad, ANSYS

• Automated Weight and Balance System (AWBS), LDS Dactron, Matrix 1/PLM, SAP, Solumina

• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

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