Andre Estrada Email & Phone Number

Coronado, CA

Greater San Diego Area

• Duties and Responsibilities under Aircraft Launch & Recovery Equipment (ALRE) Program:
• Deputy Mechanical (ME) Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead for the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) program.
• Design Engineer for multiple subsystems under the AAG program solving design deficiencies, incorporating customer directed changes as well as trouble shooting issues identified at test sites.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a large Electric Motor (>6 MJ).
• Developed multiple test procedures for test site to validate system requirements.
• Design and review of engineering drawings in accordance with ASME Y14.100

San Diego

• Duties and Responsibilities under Aircraft Launch & Recovery Equipment (ALRE) Program:
• Support testing of components/hardware and resolve issues at the test site to support test schedule.
• Work with engineering design and project management to resolve any design related issue impacting production and to improve product design for producibility.
• Disposition of material, assembly and component non-conformances.
• Writing of manufacturing work instructions for various component assemblies.
• Coordination of activities between engineering, QA, procurement, program office, planning, configuration management, vendor and customer (NAVAIR/DCMA).

Naval Base Coronado

• Managing heating, ventilation, & air conditioning projects such as heat pumps, boiler, split-system, ductless, chiller, variable air volume, and variable refrigerant flow systems in construction projects.
• Reviewing, assessing and resolving construction and design problems encountered during the performance of assigned contracts as project management engineer.
• Serving as construction manager on several electrical power and switchgear upgrades for mission critical projects.
• Performing government estimates, scopes of work, technical analyses, cost negotiations, and review of contractor proposals for technical soundness for contracts up to seven (7) million dollars.

San Diego

• Supervised and directly assisted in writing engineering reports for entitlements under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
• Performed vibration modeling, investigative testing (FFT Modal Analysis), compliance testing (Impact Insulation Class (IIC)), and field data collection (seismometer, seismograph).
• Performed transportation modeling, mitigation, field data collection, and written reports.
• Performed acoustical modeling, investigative testing, compliance testing (Sound Transmission Class (STC)), field data collection (sound level meter), and written reports.
• Presented in front of clients, customers, city and county officials, and the public on engineering reports.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Engineering - Manufacturing And Design

Completed Courses: Material Failure in Mechanical Design | Computational Geometry for Design and Manufacturing | Intro to Finite Element.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Thesis Topic: Research in MEMS gyroscope design and fabrication specifically in unique coupling topographies (Coupled Inertial Navigation.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering