Experience

 

2022-12 – present

Daltec Canadian Buffalo Manufacturing Ltd. 

Industry: Industrial and Process Fans
Position: Designer Supervisor

• Effectively led a team of 5 engineers and designers, actively participating in engineering activities and providing guidance to newly hired team members.

• Successfully managed up to 30 projects simultaneously, ranging from $10,000 to $1,500,000 in cost, ensuring seamless coordination with production and timely resolution of feedback.

• Achieved a monthly project closure rate of approximately 10 projects, each with an average duration of 3 months, showcasing strong project management skills.

• Significantly improved project efficiency by reducing the backlog of overdue projects by 80% and streamlining project approval documentation submission time to customers from 8 to 4 weeks.

• Conducted regular meetings with customers and suppliers, fostering strong relationships and ensuring prompt fulfillment of customer requirements.

                                                                                               2022-01 – present

Daltec Process Fans

Industry: Industrial and Process Fans

Position: Engineering Manager (since 2022-12)

• Led a team of 7 engineers and designers, actively contributing as a Lead Mechanical Engineer and mentoring new hires.

• Oversaw 30+ concurrent engineered-to-order (ETO) and build-to-order (BTO) projects from $10K to $1.5M, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.

• Achieved closure of about 10 projects monthly, each with an average duration of 3 months, demonstrating strong project management.

• Improved project efficiency by reducing overdue backlog by 80% and halving customer approval documentation time from 8 to 4 weeks.

• Held regular meetings with customers and suppliers to maintain strong relationships and ensure timely fulfillment of requirements.

Position: Mechanical Engineer

• Successfully completed 50+ projects involving component selection and sizing (bearings, motors, couplings, dampers) and engineering calculations, including FEA for strength and natural frequencies.

• Streamlined pre- and post-processing in ANSYS, reducing analysis time by 50% while maintaining 100% accuracy, resulting in zero warranty claims on designed fans.

• Reviewed and prepared 3,000+ manufacturing drawings for sheet metal parts using laser cutting, forming, and welding.

• Produced 100+ engineering reports for internal and customer issues.

• Conducted 10+ ANSI/AMCA 210 fan performance tests to ensure quality and compliance.

                                                                                             2018-10 – 2022-01

METIZ Production

Industry: Prosthetics

Position: Engineering Department Lead (since 2020-08)

• Managed and mentored a multidisciplinary team of 5 engineers, fostering professional growth and team efficiency.

• Balanced new product development with support of high-mix, low-volume manufacturing.

• Streamlined communication between R&D, production, and quality assurance, reducing response time to incoming requests to <3 days.

• Coordinated engineering workflows, test planning, and equipment utilization, preventing production downtime.

• Delivered presentations to 10+ international partners, aiding in business development and technical sales support.

Position: Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Developed an advanced FEA method to evaluate stiffness and fatigue strength of carbon fiber prosthetic feet, cutting new product design time from 2 years to 1.

• Led design and implementation of 3 specialized test benches compliant with ISO 10328 and ISO 22675, enabling cyclic strength testing of prosthetic ankle-foot devices in aqueous environments.

• Designed 50+ jigs, fixtures, and tooling for polymer molding and polyurethane casting processes.

• Collaborated on 8 innovative patented products distributed to 30+ countries worldwide.

• Created 500+ technical documents, assembly procedures, inspection sheets, and work instructions.

 

2013-10 – 2018-10

National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

Industry: Heavy Engineering

Position: Research & Development Engineer

• Developed solid, mathematical, and finite element models for icebreaker and underwater vehicle hulls to support strength analysis (explosions, impact, fire) and dynamic fluid simulations with added mass.

• Contributed to a simulation-based training system for watercraft crews, including control logic and UI development.

• Spent 6 months on-site at an Indian shipyard as part of an international project to equip a training facility.

• Member of the award-winning team in an international competition on Arctic and offshore exploration.

• Prepared and delivered 50+ technical reports, internal presentations, and scientific papers.