I am a Senior Mechanical Engineer with 11 years of experience: 4 yrs. of Mechanical Engineering in the US and 7 yrs. of Mechanical and Testing Engineering in Russia. Currently, I work at OFI Testing Equipment Inc. My skills include: engineering HPHT vessels with Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD; Structural analysis (hand calculations and with ANSYS); GD&T; prototype testing; project and time management; locating and solving engineering problems.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
• 11 years of mechanical and testing engineering
*4 years of mechanical engineering in Houston, United States
*7 years in aerospace (mechanical and testing) engineering in Moscow, Russia
• Designing HTHP testing equipment for oilfield laboratories
• Running projects from concept to production
• Engineering support for existing line products (ECNs)
• Bilingual customer support
• Working with vendors and customers in Russia
• Satellites ground tests: telemetry data processing and analysis
• MS Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Bauman Moscow State Technical University
• Permanent Resident of the United States
KEY SKILLS:
• Good at locating and solving engineering problems
• Meeting customer needs with feasible engineering solutions within existing design concept
• Root cause analysis and Failure mode and effects analysis
• Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
• Design for manufacturing
• Project and time management, Phase–gate process
• Finite Element Analysis with ANSYS
• Drafting with Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD
• Microsoft Project, Dynamics CRM, Excel, PowerPoint, Word; Sage MAS 200
• Fluent Russian – excellent verbal and writing skills
• Flexible, easy to work with
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
OFI Testing Equipment, Inc.; Houston, Texas 2010 – currently
Senior (2013 – currently) Mechanical Engineer
Achievements
• Successfully completed 600°F Roller Oven project and phases concept through prototype of other projects
• Participated in opening company’s new “Core” product line; contributed to successful completion of projects: BLP-530 Gas Porosimeter, Reservoir Permeability Tester, Rock-Fluid Centrifuge
• Solved major problems with 1100 Viscometer, which prevented total recall of equipment from Russia
• Found root cause of series HTHP Consistometer cell fractures and proposed several solutions
• Developed inner design guidance for HTHP vessels consistent with ASME BPVC Section VIII code
• Implemented ANSYS Mechanical software for structural analysis
• Over 100 resolved ECNs and customer action cases in collaboration with Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Sales departments
Experience
• Running and participating in R&D projects at different phases (HTHP Rheometer, 600°F Roller Oven, Upgraded Model 1100 Viscometer, HTHP Consistometer, Electrical Resistivity Device and others)
• Structural and thermodynamic analyses (hand calculations and FEA) for multiple projects
• Product design certification
• Implementing GD&T for new and existing parts and drawings
• Sheet metal engineering: reagent and retort cases, other sheet metal parts and assemblies
• Bilingual technical support, remote and on-site: two business trips to Russia (Moscow, Surgut, Kogalym, Tyumen, Omsk); one trip to Bartlesville, Oklahoma
MIC “NPO Mashinostroyenia”, Moscow region, Russia 2002 – 2008
Team Lead / Testing Engineer / Analyst
• Coordinating a team of three engineers
• Ground tests of “Kondor-E” and “Baumanets” satellites
• Telemetry data processing and analysis for systems of: Power Generation, Thermal Control, On-board Measuring-and-Control Equipment, Synthetic Aperture Radar
• Working with “RNII KP” vendor on custom workplace and software; SOW, evaluating and making specific recommendations for improving of telemetry data processing software
• Maintaining telemetry parameters databases using custom software
• Successful mission to Kamchatka Region, Russia to assist with telemetry data analysis
Machinery Design Firm “MKB ISKRA”; Moscow, Russia 2001 – 2002
Design Engineer
• Designing of advanced ducted rocket
• AutoCAD drafting, BOM creating
Laboratory of Modeling of Advanced Systems, Department of Special Mechanical Engineering,
Bauman University; Moscow, Russia 1998 – 2000
Research Assistant
• Debugging and enhancements of finite-element software (in Fortran)
• Finite-element analysis of emergency ventilation impeller
• Research article writing assistance
EDUCATION:
Bauman Moscow State Technical University 1995 – 2001
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering. Thesis: Reusable Space Transport System