About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 933674
SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER | CAD AUTOMATION, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & FEA
Core Expertise
- Leading CAD automation initiatives that reduced customized design turnaround by 70% and shortened engineering cycle times.
- Driving product development from concept through validation, prototyping, and market release for complex assemblies.
- Applying FEA and thermal analysis to optimize structural components and ensure compliance with performance requirements.
- Implementing PLM migrations and converting legacy 2D data to 3D models to improve product lifecycle control.
- Mentoring engineers and coordinating cross-functional teams to support manufacturing, quality, and successful product launches.
Project Background
- Automated configuration-driven 3D model and drawing generation for customized assemblies, enabling near-instant design outputs.
- Migrated thousands of legacy 2D drawings to 3D CAD and integrated PLM to streamline product management and revisions.
- Designed and validated heavy-duty suspension systems, leaf springs, truck bodies, and crane/runway structural components.
- Performed structural and thermal FEA, kinematic studies, and design optimization to resolve bottlenecks and meet specs.
- Collaborated with supply chain, manufacturing, and quality teams to drive cost savings and on-time product launches.
Key Skills
- SolidWorks | NX | Autodesk Inventor | AutoCAD
- ANSYS | FEA | Structural & Thermal Analysis
- PLM & ERP: Teamcenter | SAP | Syteline
- CAD automation: DriveWorks | Inventor iLogic | API scripting | VB
- DFM | DFMA | PFMEA | Design optimization
- Lean Manufacturing | Six Sigma Green Belt | Process workflow development
Education
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering — University of Arkansas
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering — Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Awards & Recognition
- Six Sigma Green Belt certification
Why Interview this Candidate?
They bring 16 years of hands-on mechanical product development experience with a proven track record in CAD automation, PLM migrations, and FEA. Their automation work reduced customized design turnaround by 70% and generated roughly $500K in annual efficiency savings. Experienced in heavy-vehicle suspension and structural component design, they can immediately boost customization throughput and shorten time-to-market while mentoring engineering teams.
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