Arshav Patel Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Placentia, California, United States

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Provided technical support to both Military & Commercial OEM accounts for the legacy and new fastening assembly products for aerospace applications in North America / APAC Rim.
• Assisted Director of BD & Sales in mapping of new Military & Commercial programs, Quotes, Boeing LTA renewal, Onsite Demonstrations & Presentations.
• Liaised with customer technical staff and procurement personnel (as required). Resolved engineering related problems using new techniques, technologies, or concepts.
• Participated as a member of the new product development team. Supported targeted product marketing campaigns, coordinating the activities across multiple sites, resulting new proprietary product for specific aerospace.
• Conferred with management, production, R&D, and sales staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products. Provided timely communication to management and.
• Led Trade shows / symposiums project coordination activities within sales department till end of the event.

Huntington Beach, California

• Assisted VP of Sales & Marketing in creating proposal package to customers (OEM and Airlines) in response to customer-issued documents such as RFI, RFQ or RFP.
• Created technical solutions for aircraft interior products through engineering design work. Composed and won commercial smart lavatory proposals valued at $30 million for major airlines (e.g., United, Delta, Lufthansa.
• Led product development workshops with customers to manage expectations, achieve common goals, and negotiate win-win agreements to facilitate project objectives for both customer and company in collaboration with.
• Implemented new analytical cost models to determine profitability of programs as well as BAFO (best and final offer) to support project bid strategy.
• Created monthly backlog sales reports by analyzing financial, engineering and manufacturing data.
• Responsible for budget and capacity analysis (both manufacturing and engineering) including forecasting.

La Palma, California

• Led the Embraer ERJ 170/190 design team to designed and certified full aircraft interior products to type certificate.
• Structured programs in work packages to ensure high quality and timely performance of all technical deliverables.
• Led airlines retrofit modular lavatory programs on Airbus320 / Boeing737 fleet certified under FAA/EASA STC.
• Prepared ECNs to support manufacturing. Handled NCRs (non-conformance) and CARs (corrective action request).
• Acted as shop liaison during product development to solve engineering problems encountered in production.
• Created countermeasures and mitigation plans to improve quality by analyzing root causes of design errors.

La Palma, California

• Created designs of aircraft interior products (e.g., galleys, lavatories, dividers, sidewalls) for the OEM Embraer ERJ170/190 commercial aircraft using 3D design software CatiaV5 and 2D computer aided drafting software.
• Produced and released 3D models, preliminary layouts, production details and assembly drawings according to engineering specifications.
• Performed trade studies (weight vs cost) in order to optimize a better design.
• Demonstrated in depth understanding of tolerances and their implications, airframe environment, interfaces, airworthiness and regulatory requirements for passenger aircraft.

• Improved production up to 25 percent by adding three separate lines going into the assembly line without changing the initial design.
• Helped develop manufacturing and test procedures, including test fixtures and equipment required to support daily production cycle and used SolidWorks 3D CAD Design software on a daily basis.
• Created drawing change notifications, new bill of materials and assisted with customer proposed changes.

Worked with Professor Alfred Wong to design, develop and deploy ion engine technology (ion propelled) onto a glider to provide thrust and steering capabilities to the aircraft during low and high altitude flights, which are controlled by computerized and on-board guidance systems.

Bachelor Of Science, Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member of AIAAPart of rocket project team through AIAA

Project Management Certificate, Project Management