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Permalink Reply by vijay on November 4, 2008 at 12:57pm

hi i have Sr. CAD Design Engineer. If have any REQ's Please send me to jay@key-soft.com. Thanks!!!


Prashant Patel
916 646 2080 Ext 215
jay@key-soft.com



Professional Summary:
• Total experience of 6 years in design and development for Refuse Trucks, industrial products, fabrication industries, automotive industries, off-highway and Construction Equipment, Wind mill component.
• Worked extensively in Design & development by using I-DEAS, Pro-E, solid-works, solid-Edge, catiav5, AutoCad2002.
• Trained on Imageware-11 to develop a Class-A surface for automotive industries.
• Develop part break-up, part design, mechanisms and assemblies using Master modeling Technique and Top/Down assembly design.
• Engineering documentation for Part and Assembly Quality Control, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Design verification and validation during initial prototype build.
• Manage BOM (Bill of material), ECR (Engineering Change Request) and CAD part and 2D drawing database using JDE & SMARTEAM.
• Highly motivated and goal-orientated, with years of engineering experience.
• Excellent communicator.
• Effective interpersonal skills; exhibit leadership and motivational abilities.
• Able to coordinate priorities and provide support as required.
• Teamwork orientated
• Desire to keep learning and improve my skills and education

Skills:
Design Software : I-DEAS, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, Catia V5, Pro-E Wild Fire, Imageware, MasterCAM.
Modules Knows : Surfacing, Sheet Metal, Mechanism, Advance part Modeling, Assembly modeling, Drafting.
PDM Software : SMARTEAM
ERP software : J.D. Edwards

Professional Experience:
McNeilus Truck & Mfg., Dodge Center, MN (Oct 2006 – till date)
Design & Development of the Refuse truck
Sr. Design Engineer
SOW: Design & design modification for different parts of the different Refuse trucks like Hydraulic Reservoir, Mounting brackets, Fenders, FL Arm, Tail Gate.
Projects:
• Designed mounting bracket of Loadman Loadcell for MA
• Designed Service lift prop for the front loader truck.
• Redesigned of Universal Hydraulic Reservoir
• Designed Waste oil Collection Tank
• Designed pump mounting for Autocar ’08 & MAC 08 Chassis
• Modified the bubble sheet & side sheet of Short bubble TG for proper fitment on Fixture.
• RL fender modification according to new design of bracing to avoid the crack on the RL floor
• Material conversion from Metric to English for Norba Ejector, Packer & Sweeper.
Responsibilities:
• Develop schedules, offshore team resource allocation, product specifications and testing methodologies to evaluate design concepts.
• Create product requirement documents.
• Research and evaluate new material and process for specific product performance
• Create the design 3-D models and prototype drawings with the help of SW-2004
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Design verification and validation during initial prototype build.
• Checking the prototype for proper fitments on fixture.
• Manage BOM (Bill of material), ECO (Engineering Change Order) and CAD part and 2D drawing database using JDE & SMARTEAM.
CAD/ CAE Environment: Solidworks 2004, 2007

GE, Cleveland, Ohio (April 2006 –Sept 2006)
Legacy data conversion
Design Engineer
SOW: Creating parametric 3-D model & 2-D drawings as per the customer’s engineering STD.
Responsibilities:
• Executing the project with a team of four engineers at Offshore, Baroda, India.
• Thorough Quality checks of 3D models and drawings.
• Creation of parametric 3D Models & Assembly from existing PDF 2D drawings, following ASME Y14.5m standards & requirements for easy modification
• Creating of 2d drawing from models and assembly with ASME Y14.5m standards.
• Interaction with customer.
CAD/ CAE Environment: Solid Works 2005 & 2006.

Hennessy Industries, Inc., LaVergne, TN (Aug 2005 – March2006)
Reverse Engineering of tire changer
Design Engineer
SOW: Creating parametric 3-D model & 2-D drawings as per the customer’s engineering STD.
Responsibilities:
• Develop the schedule
• Executing the project with a team of four engineers at Offshore, Baroda, India.
• Thorough Quality checks of 3D models and drawings.
• Creation of parametric 3D Models & Assembly from the physical components with following client standards & requirements for easy modification
• Creating of 2d drawing from models and assembly with client standards.
• Interaction with customer.
CAD/ CAE Environment: PRO-E 2001.

CNH Inc, New Holland, PA (Aug 2004 – July-2005)
Legacy data conversion
Design Engineer
SOW: Creating parametric 3-D model & 2-D drawings as per the customer’s engineering STD.
Responsibilities:
• Executing the project with a team of four engineers at Offshore, Baroda, India.
• Thorough Quality checks of 3D models and drawings.
• Creation of parametric 3D Models & Assembly from existing 2D drawings, following client standards & requirements for easy modification
• Creating of 2d drawing from PRO-E wildfire models and assembly with client standards.
• Interaction with customer.
CAD/ CAE Environment: PRO-E Wildfire.

Volvo Construction Equipment, Asheville, NC (April 2004 – july-2004)
Hydraulic routing for skid steers
Design Engineer
SOW: design the hydraulic routing & define the proper length & path for the hydraulic hose. Also, to create the assembly installation drawing for the hydraulic routing.
Responsibilities:
• Study of supplied 2D installation drawings & Hydraulic schematic diagrams for skid steer (MC60/70, MC70-HF MC80, MC90, MC90-HF, MC110 & MC110-HF) at Offshore, Baroda, India.
• Create Assembly model & Design Hose routing (XpresRoute) of skid steer as per Hydraulic schematic diagrams to finalize the length of hose.
• Create Assembly installation drawing of skid steers.
• QC of Assembly model & installation drawing.
• Technical Interaction with customer.
CAD/ CAE Environment: Solid Edge V14.

Nissan Motors, Japan (Jan 2004 – March-2004)
Reverse engineering of Automotive Paint Shop
Mechanical Design Engineer
SOW: Generate the 3-D model of Whole paint shop from the available scan (Point cloud) data.
Responsibilities:
• Study of supplied 2D drawings for car paint shop and compare them with 3D scan data Offshore, Baroda, India.
• Measurements in iQscene and documentation.
• Create 3D models of paint shop in I-deas10NX from 3D scan data.
• QC of 3D models in iQscene with superimposing method.
• Technical interaction with customer.
CAD/ CAE Environment: I-DEAS10 NX, iQscene.

Suzlon Energy Limited, India. (Oct 2002 – Dec 2003)
Design & Development of the Wind Mill
Jr.Mechanical Design Engineer
Projects:
• Develop the composite tool for the rotor blade, nacelle cover, & nose cone.
• Designed the nesting for the rotor blade, Nacelle Cover & nosecone for production.
• Designed the transportation jig for the Rotor Blade.
• Development of Prototype.
Responsibilities:
• Develop a schedule for the projects
• Develop the 3-D model & 2-D drawings for the Prototype.
• Develop the Vendors for Mfg. tool & machining components.
CAD/ CAE Environment: I-DEAS 10NX, Imageware-11, Autocad-2003.

References: Available up on request

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