Vortecs Design

Experience

• Mechanical Design Engineer YASA · Full-time Nov 2016 – Aug 2020 3 yrs 9 mos Oxford, England, United Kingdom YASA – Mechanical Design Engineer November 2016 – September 2020
  A revolutionary electric motor company leading the way in light weight powerful motors for the hybridization and electrification of vehicles.
  Motor Design:
  Designed & developed motor components and sample assembly tooling, for B-sample motors.
  • Attended meetings with customers, suppliers and colleagues to discuss project requirements.
  
  • Analysed problems and offered mechanical solutions to component and motor level issues.
  
  • Prepared designs, calculations, sketches, diagrams and detailed instructions for the manufacture and assembly of motor components.
  
  Automation Design:
  
  Responsible for the design and implementation of assembly stations required for production of the next generation YASA motors.
  
  • Mechanical lead of autonomous motor testing station from concept through to completion.
  
  • Utilised standards (e.g. British Standards) to ensure functional solutions were implemented.
  
  • Carried out hand calculations and physical trials to determine the cooling requirements needed for the rotor cooling station.
• Mechanical Design Engineer Delphi Diesel Systems · Full-time Sep 2012 – Nov 2016 4 yrs 2 mos Oxford, England, United Kingdom Delphi Diesel Systems – Design Engineer September 2012 – November 2016
  A world leader in fuel injection systems for the commercial vehicle market. Promoting engineering excellence and innovation to a demanding automotive sector.
  
  • Responsible for concepts and detailed designs of hydraulic high-pressure pump components.
  • Packaged a new performance enhancement for the next generation pump.
  • Carried out structural analysis of highly stressed components using Ansys FEA software.
  • Created concept matrices to evaluate performance, cost and manufacturing criteria of pump.
  • Chaired formal design reviews to evaluate pump concepts and design solutions.
  • Generated, signed off and released robust, models, assemblies and technical documentation to enable manufacture of samples.