About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1880305
GEAR & GEARBOX ENGINEER | DFM, FEA & MANUFACTURING CONSULTING
Core Expertise
- Gear and gearbox design for spur, helical, bevel, worm, and planetary configurations.
- Design for Manufacturability to optimize cost, quality, reliability, and speed-to-market.
- Finite Element Analysis (structural and electromagnetic) for components and assemblies.
- Reverse engineering and rapid geometry recreation from legacy or field-worn components.
- Quality systems leadership, ISO9001 support, audits, and discrepancy reporting systems.
Project Background
- Led preliminary and detailed design of aerospace actuation gearboxes and qualification documentation.
- Developed planetary and multi-stage industrial drives for mining, sugar, and heavy-equipment applications.
- Managed prototype-to-production transitions including machine installations, startup, and production ramp-up.
- Directed reverse-engineering efforts producing manufacturing drawings, BOMs, and assembly instructions.
- Executed FEA-driven fixture design and test programs to validate designs and resolve field failures.
Key Skills
- Unigraphics NX | SolidWorks | Solid Edge | Teamcenter for CAD modeling and data management
- KissSoft | OSU LDP | Gear geometry, strength analysis, and tooling libraries
- ANSYS Mechanical & Maxwell | FEA for structural and electromagnetic simulation and validation
- GD&T | Engineering drawings | BOM development | PDM/ERP workflows and release processes
- MATLAB | MathCAD | Microsoft Office | Salesforce for analysis, reporting, and data tracking
- ISO9001 Quality Systems | QC practices | Audit support | Training matrix development
- Project management | Supplier sourcing | Costing, quoting, and margin analysis
- Serbo-Croatian (fluent) | Spanish (proficient) — effective multilingual communication skills
Education
- M.B.A., Cleveland State University
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering — Cleveland State University
Awards & Recognition
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) — member
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) — member
- American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) — member
Why Interview this Candidate?
An experienced gear and gearbox engineer with 20+ years designing and optimizing drivetrains for aerospace, industrial, and heavy-equipment markets. Delivers design-for-manufacturability, FEA-driven validation, reverse engineering, and manufacturing consulting to reduce cost and accelerate time-to-market. Proven leader who supports ISO9001 quality programs, manages machine startups, and sustains quoting margins of 30% or more; ready to drive engineering and production improvements immediately.
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