michael giragosian

senior mechanical engineer

About

Design & Development / Manufacturing / Testing A proficient mechanical engineer with 19 years of proven experience in design, development, manufacturing and testing of machinery within aerospace, defense and commercial industries. Demonstrated ability to simultaneously complete numerous difficult assignments under demanding conditions and time constraints. Known for people skills, integrity, initiative, resourcefulness, and accuracy. Strengths and area of expertise include: * Pro/Engineer (19 years), Pro/Intralink, Pro/Mechanica, Pro/Piping, Pro/Sheet Metal, Winchill, Product View, MathCAD. * ASME Y14.5m -1994, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Standards, NASA KSC Standards, Military Drawing Standards, Military Specifications, AISC steel manual 13th edition. * Hands-on experience with machine shop practices. * Designed mounting structure for fluid commodity hard line pipes and electrical lines capable of withstanding launch induced blast loads. Performed FEA, welding, and bolt sizing.

Country

united states

City

merritt island

Industry

mechanical or industrial engineering

Skill

engineering, pro engineer, finite element analysis, mechanical engineering, solidworks

Experience

mechanical engineer

eaton seo

1997-8 - 1998-3 · 8 mos

* Designed and supervised a team of design engineers on an electron shower gas panel and ultra-high purity facility lines delivering argon gas to a $2M ion implanter. * Design and supervised a team of design engineers to improve a nitrogen gas delivery system to ion implanter through conversion from Teflon lines to high purity stainless steel. Managed vendor relationships.

senior mechanical engineer

asrc aerospace

2008-2 - 2011-2 · 3 yrs 1 mo

senior mechanical engineer

drs tactical systems

2003-8 - 2008-2 · 4 yrs 7 mos

cost reduction analyst

pratt & whitney

1998-8 - 2000-4 · 1 yr 9 mos

Performed cost saving analysis that yielded over $9M cost savings of existing Pratt & Whitney small machine hardware and fasteners used on commercial and military jet engines through partnership with Free Markets Online (an online bidding service).

mechanical engineer

lockheed martin

1995-11 - 1997-4 · 1 yr 6 mos

* Assigned to Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System (ATARS) as part of a $40M project to re-engineer and redraw an electro-optical camera system used in F-18 aircraft. * Managed and supervised a team of mechanical design engineers to re-engineer existing drawings and designs for the remodeling of ATARS design package. Responsible for labor scheduling and overall project completion. * Analyzed printed circuit cards to ensure thermal stability, conformance to project standards, and efficiency of operation.

engineer mechanical

drs technologies rsta

2000-4 - 2003-8 · 3 yrs 5 mos

* Created concept design for new phase army helmet intended to carry integrated long wave, short wave, and visible IR cameras as well as a laser illuminator. Developed packaging of all devices contained within the helmet. * Lead mechanical engineer for Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystems (IBAS). Provided manufacturing solutions to existing design problems, designed multiple test fixtures, and supported machine shop with any fabrication issues. * Designed test station utilized for aligning high precision optical mirror contained within the IBAS unit. Test station requirements included vibration reduction and tight tolerances for proper alignment. * Designed, documented, and fabricated IBAS validation test station with holding fixture and duct system contained within an optimally sealed thermal chamber. * Administrator for Pro/Engineer, Pro/Intralink 3.4, and Windchill.