Karla S.

Experience

• Owner, Lead Mechanical Design Engineer KSD Engineering · Self-employed Nov 2025 – Present 5 mos Nqweba, EC, South Africa Professional resource for any company department’s mechanical design and drafting requirements. We specialize in providing high-quality, "plug-and-play" engineering support for companies that require additional design capacity without the overhead of permanent staff expansion.
  
  With a decade of specialized experience in the South African manufacturing and automotive sectors, KSD Engineering offers a comprehensive service suite from initial concept to final project handover, including STEP files, full Design release packages, and detailed Engineering drawings and manufacturing drawings.
• Mechanical Design Engineer Apex Automation · Full-time May 2016 – Feb 2025 8 yrs 9 mos Gqeberha, EC, South Africa Designing automated bolting tools and bespoke machinery for the automotive industry. Large-scale conveyor system design and structural frame engineering.
• Mechincal Design Engineer Tenneco Automotive · Full-time Jan 2016 – Apr 2021 5 yrs 3 mos Gqeberha, EC, South Africa Handle any design requests and generate 3D models and 2D drawings, I mainly focused on Press tooling designs. We would receive a 3D model of a heatshield/ gasket and then I would design the tooling used to manufacture the said part. Being a manufacturing plant, I also design any repairs needed in the plant for presses, conveyers, frames etc.