Hamid Khodabakhshi

Experience

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  Puladir Investment Casting Corporation

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  Designer and metallurgist (Product Development Engineer)

  • Calculated and designed (gating systems, casting temperature, riser and material) for new components in various alloys to make sure all factors are optimized by minimum defects. Followed internal processes to achieve quality requirements, Processed ECN/ECR and customer satisfaction as part of day to day duties. • Inspected and tested prototypes to ensure satisfaction of contractual requirements (physical, alloy, hardness…) prior to mass production.• Used Quality Control methods (APQP, PPAP, DFMEA, PFMEA, and FMEA) to improve process up to the heat treatment. Achievements: • Redesigned and improved Investment casting and achieved 4% reduction of defective parts resulting in 6% revenue increase.• Introduced an innovative formula to calculate the casting temperature with -/+10 degree Error for investment casting. • Redesigned and improved Investment casting by using quality control method like: DFMEA, PFMEA, and FMEA to achieved 4% reduction of defective parts resulting in 6% revenue increase.• Introduced an innovative formula to calculate the casting temperature with -/+10 degree Error for investment casting. Creation happens by using documents of record for each batch in production line.• Produced a wide range of metal parts and components for: automotive industry, heavy duty valves, Rail way switch machine, tools, Agriculture Industry, Cement production factory, Boiler's components etc.• Developed work instruction and processes according to quality assurance management processes (ISO 9000) and QS to improve quality and reduce defects.• Achieved expertise in Testing Materials, Hardness, Metallographic, Coating and Corrosion, Endurance and Non-destructive testing (NDT). Show less

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  EME Technologies Co

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Equipment Designer with Solid Works

  • Used solid works to design Belt Conveyer for production line, Bumper Holder for transportation, Parts Holder, metal structure and fence for production line, for clients such as ABC Group, Textron Co and AG Simpson. Drafting and preparing BOM.

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  Caterpillar Tunneling Canada Corporation (formerly Lovat Inc.)

  May 2006 - Jun 2010

  Mechanical design engineer

  Responsibility: • Create layout, determine material, parts specification and design 3D models of equipments.• Train co-op students, review their design, drafting and calculation.• Prepare shop drawing, review the designs of components, assemblies and accessories to make sure of their correctness and accuracy. • Provide technical support to sales, production and project management for clarifications.• Coordinate the designs and details drawings with the other engineering departments to ensure project goal achievement.• Use MS project to manage budget and schedule.Achievements: • Created innovative method for fabricating CrC Tubes with higher precision and lowered cost by %25. • Consulted Refurbished and modified TBM which were designed for 4 Bars to be able to work at 7 Bars. My duty was to lead Screw Conveyor team to adjust and improve existing Screw Conveyor that designed by myself for 4 Bars to handle 7 Bars. It was the first time in the history of the company that a TBM worked on more than 5 Bars.• Designed 15 whole Screw Conveyor of different sizes which were used successfully in 20 TBM’s. • Designed three new peripheral (single & double Drive) and three in line Drive Assembly. Experienced work with transmissions, gears, shafts, motors and rotating equipment. Improved sealing system for rotating equipment and reduced cost by replacing costly seal and machining time. Redesigned 4 Drive’s sealing systems to be matched with existing parts for Screw Conveyors.• Reviewed parts of Screw conveyor and made a set of standard conveyors which could be customized to the specifications of the new projects resulted in significant time and cost saving. Show less

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  Advanced CAD

  Jul 2010 - Oct 2011

  Mechanical engineer contractor

  Accomplishments: • Designed and developed wire cutter machine for Parstech Company, Aug 2010. • Designed and developed custom made paper cutter machine for Parstech Company, Sep 2011.• Provided consultation and review for design and development of pulp paper machine, Faratec Company, Nov 2010 – Mar 2011.• Designed a demo model for airplane cargo compartment for employee training, Air Canada, July 2011

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  Maclean Engineering

  Oct 2011 - May 2012

  Senior mechanical designer

  Responsibility: • Develop mechanical designs for underground mobile equipment from concept to 3D model, calculation and shop drawing.Accomplishments: • Completed an underground mobile shotcrete with 3-axial rotations from concept to shop drawing. • Designed a new water spray underground mobile tank. • Created an underground explosion material carrier. • Developed a right-hand drive underground mono crane and a right-hand drive underground water spray tank for Australia. Show less

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  Raz Design Inc

  May 2012 - Aug 2015

  Senior mechanical design engineer

  Responsibility: • Lead design engineer team to make new products. • Create layout of top assembly, develop calculations, 3D modeling, FEA tests, design review notes, cost and time reduction review memo, as a part of day to day duties.Accomplishments: • Designed and developed 5 award winning and innovative projects.• Created fully folded aluminum commode-shower wheelchair from concept to prototype. • Created aluminum wheelchair tilted, up to 40 degrees, with mechanical spring tilt-assist from concept to prototype.• Designed heavy duty stainless steels tilted wheelchair with up to 600lb user-weight and high performance spring tilt-assist.• Improved products and made accessory for 30 projects utilizing 3D modeling, FEA and experimental testing. Show less

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  Advanced CAD

  Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

  Mechanical Design Engineer

  Mechanical design engineer, Advanced CAD, Ann Arbor, MI , Sep 2015 - Apr 2016. • Designed a console seat of truck, utilizing CATIA V5 GSD module Dearborn, MI Sep 1-27, 2015.• Researched and lead design projects from DFSS to make fully function equipment to assess and record for future inspection. ARS BioTech Inc, Aug 2015 – Jan 2016• Designed thermal vacuum mold to form thermal plastic medical material, ARS BioTech Inc, Feb 2016.• Designed heavy duty stainless steel thermal mold to make large piece of human body. ARS BioTech Inc, Mar – Apr, 2016. Show less

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  ADI (Applied Dynamic International)

  Apr 2016 - Sept 2017

  Mechanical Design Engineer

  Design and develop mechanical side for electronic equipment from 3D model to shop drawing on Rolls Royce project. ADI, Ann Arbor, MI Apr 2016 to present.

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  ALSTOM TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL LTD

  Oct 2017 - May 2018

  Mechanical Design project manager

  In this new role, we used CATIA V5R19, DMA, and all Alstom world wild tools for reverse engineering to overhaul Train and LRV (Light-Rail Vehicle).Successfully, Scanner and Geomagic Design X added to our tools to scan and make parts as build to cover missing information. I am working as a part of amazing time with very high skill professional manager. always, I am proud work with him.

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  Centennial Material Handling

  Aug 2018 - Feb 2021

  Mechanical Design Engineer

  Customize Cantilever, Racking System & Scissor Lift design as per customer required, Quoting and Shop drawing.