Robin Ehrlich Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Facilitates technical review and approval of Engineering Authorization documents to provide inspection and repair data for incorporation into Aircraft Maintenance Manual; Engine Manual; and Clean, Inspect, Repair. Contribute to the creation of data in support of Instructions for Continued Airworthiness for 14 CCFR Part 33 certification. Coordinates across multi-disciplinary teams to develop new maintenance criteria/inspections, hardware retrofits, root cause investigation/corrective actions, quality non-conformance dispositions. Develops response and action plan to resolve in-service operational issues of engine. Ensure Aircraft and Airline customer issues and inquiries are addressed with a timely response to cause minimal disturbances of aircraft service.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Oversee the creation and management of advanced technology proposals. Work with multidisciplinary groups to create, review, approve and submit proposals. • Revised work instructions on proposal creation management for development programs. Incorporated best practices identified in benchmarking exercise to create lean process while ensuring quality of submitted proposals.• Supervised outsourcing firm to create a SharePoint Proposal Management tool. Created process to utilize the tool to improve quality and efficiency of proposal preparation.• Oversee the collection and submission of Sales and Manpower Forecast data to support Advanced Engine Programs business plans.

System Engineer • Requirements Manager:Managed Technical Requirement documents for Propulsion System on several commercial engine programs during development phase of program. Product requirements included requirements as received by International airframe customers and Regulatory agencies from countries in which aircraft engine was to receive certification. Incorporated Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) ARP4754A guidelines for aircraft safety.Worked with airframer and internal disciplines to properly satisfy and trace product requirements from initial design to certification.Assisted in the creation and documentation of propulsion level requirements process and Engineering Standard work. Ran pilot program to substantiate effectiveness validity of newly documented process.Key player in interdisciplinary team to create and document requirements management process for entire engine program.Managed outsourcing companies to support Requirements Management process.• Integration Engineer:Managed intranet website that documented the support data needed for execution of propulsion system requirements. Worked on airframer and propulsion system supplier teams to optimize the assembly/shipping/installation of propulsion system to aircraft.Worked on multi-discipline team to create product requirements for ‘Design for Maintenance’ of the propulsion system to help reduce costs of maintenance activities for in service aircraft engines.

• Redesigned Low Pressure Turbine cast blades to improve casting producibility, machining and strength characteristics.• Processed part characteristic changes to incorporate improvements into part drawings.• Processed First Article Inspection analysis for development and production cast airfoils. • Dispositioned quality review activity for cast blade hardware.

• Authored Service Bulletins for field hardware retrofits and special inspection procedures for In-Service aircraft engines.• Created and processed changes to Build of Material configuration for several in service aircraft engines models. • Monitored and responded to airline customer issues with In-Service aircraft engines.

• Responsible for research and procurement of readily available hardware for external tubing and harnessing on in service aircraft engines.

• Responsible for design and development of hollow and solid cast stator vanes in High Pressure Compressor of a commercial aircraft engine program.• Dispositioned quality review activity for High Pressure Compressor vane hardware.• Worked with casting vendor to improve producibility, manufacturing and strength characteristics of vanes.

• Generated secondary flow and thermal analysis for High Pressure Compressor modules on several aircraft engines models.• Responsible for creation of test plan and supervision of execution of flow tests to substantiate design of internal airflow predictions for hollow vanes.• Created software to determine anti-icing requirements of inlet particle separator on helicopter engine inlet.

Newark, Delaware

• Assisted in the design and construction of a guarded hot plate testing environment to test thermal resistance of drapery materials. • Results published in Journal of Interior Design Education and Research, 1985.

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Mechanical Engineers member 1979-1983 Chapter President 1982-1983