Adit Ajikumar

Mechanical Engineering Lead at Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX)
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Detroit, Michigan, United States, US
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Gujarati Professional working proficiency
  • Hindi Full professional proficiency
  • malyalam Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Airlines and Aviation
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Mechanical Engineering Lead
      • Sep 2020 - Present

    • Mechanical Engineer
      • Jan 2020 - Sep 2020

      o Managing a cross-functional team to develop and evaluate new aircraft systems or concepts. o Designing precision mechatronics assemblies for prototype aircrafts using DFM and DFA practices. o Verifying the structural integrity of design by exercising concepts of Finite Element Analysis and calculating stress or deformation.o Consistently demonstrated the ability to lead contractors, purchasing agents, and all manufacturing suppliers on all major and minor projects.o Verifying systems through test fixtures and other test aids needed to perform Design Verification and Life/Reliability tests.o Drafting engineering drawings using ASME-Y14.5 practices for our manufacturing suppliers. o Created actuation systems and mechanisms for the mechatronics system and verifying performance using simulations. o Designing and manufacturing electronics enclosures to house high power electrical components along with their actuation systems.

    • United States
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Research Assistant - Intelligent Material Handling Systems
      • Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

      o Leading Advanced R&D activities to design an Autonomous Material Handling Truck, by creating designs for structure and sensor housings o Identifying optimal location for sensor by creating mockups of sensor projections in CAD o Leading Advanced R&D activities to design an Autonomous Material Handling Truck, by creating designs for structure and sensor housings o Identifying optimal location for sensor by creating mockups of sensor projections in CAD

    • United States
    • Airlines and Aviation
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Mechanical Engineering Intern
      • Aug 2018 - Jun 2019

      o Led re-design project which achieved a prototype weight reduction of 20% without a reduction in strength.o Designed aircraft system and sub-system components in CAD, performed FEA analysis on components to verify the strength of the parts and manufactured parts by additive manufacturing process/CNC Milling.o Conceptualized airframe system by creating detailed hand sketches and seamlessly integrating system requirements from aerodynamics, propulsion, and avionics team.o Formulated the Bill of Materials and efficiently outlined the flow chart to complete assembly utilizing DFMA principles – reducing idle time losses.o Achieved weight reduction in the tail section of an aircraft by advanced composite layup techniques.o Mentored and assisted incoming interns to adapt to a startup environment by coaching on best practices within the field.

    • Germany
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Manufacturing Intern
      • Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

      o Accelerated production by remodeling the workspace and reducing bottlenecks.o Conducted time study and process mapping to investigate the loss in assembly time and to assist in increasing productivity, identified value-added, and non-value-added steps as well as potential improvement opportunities.o Monitored, segregated, and computed the loss of productivity in Excel and performed root cause analysis. o Accelerated production by remodeling the workspace and reducing bottlenecks.o Conducted time study and process mapping to investigate the loss in assembly time and to assist in increasing productivity, identified value-added, and non-value-added steps as well as potential improvement opportunities.o Monitored, segregated, and computed the loss of productivity in Excel and performed root cause analysis.

Education

  • Rochester Institute of Technology
    Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
    2017 - 2019
  • Indus University Ahmedabad
    Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
    2013 - 2017

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