Mechanical Engineer
Stafford, Tx, Us
∙ Designed, assembled, tested, troubleshot, and installed a mobile naval jet engine test and maintenance stand per military standards∙ Utilized SolidWorks to perform finite element analysis (FEA) on jet engine testing components/assemblies and verified results with hand calculations∙ Performed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) using SolidWorks on a jet engine test cell to identify vortexes, visualize flow, and analyze temperatures∙ Conducted frequency/vibration analyses to identify resonant frequencies and assess structure rigidity∙ Authored an operations and maintenance (O&M) manual, technical order (TO), acceptance test procedures (ATP), and structural analysis report for a jet engine testing system∙ Designed test setup and created testing procedures for a jet fuel storage/delivery system that incorporated motors, pumps, tanks, filters, valves, tubing, and pressure gauges∙ Designed weldments per AWS D1.1 and performed FEA & hand calculations to appropriately size welds and select materials∙ Created 2D drawings per ASME Y14.100 that included a BOM, structural weld symbols, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)∙ Performed on-site final acceptance test and trained end users on proper operation of systems∙ Mentored mechanical engineering summer interns by providing supervised hands-on assembly and equipment testing experience∙ Responsible for monitoring project progress using ERP software (Global Shop Solutions) and providing interdepartmental support to eliminate bottlenecks∙ Documented changes to parts/assemblies on engineering change notices (ECN) and released engineering documents per internal approval processes∙ Led design reviews and used PowerPoint to create presentations spotlighting project status and deliverables to executives, customers, and end users∙ Leveraged root cause analysis to eliminate defects and failures of parts