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Chaitanya B.

Mechanical Design & CAE Engineer | CAD, CFD & FEA

Ahmedabad, India

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34,096 / 153,707

Skill pts: 5

ANSYS Fluent ANSYS Workbench Mechanical Engineer Siemens NX CAD/CAM Simulation

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About

I’m a Mechanical Engineering student with a hands-on approach to design, simulation, and problem-solving. I enjoy taking on challenging engineering problems, figuring out what works, and finding practical ways to turn ideas into working solutions. My experience spans CAD, CFD, FEA, UAVs, aerospace, robotics, and mechanical product development.

Experience

Mechanical Systems Development & CAE – VTOL UAV Rheinforge · Freelance Apr 2026 – Present 6 mos Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India • Reverse-engineered propeller geometry and built CFD studies to establish baseline aerodynamic behaviour.
2025
• Designed swashplate and bayonet-locking mechanisms using DFM/DFA; reduced part count and relaxed tolerances
enough to eliminate specialist assembly tooling.
• Used DFMEA to identify failure modes early and produced technical reports translating analysis into decisions for the
founding team.
Design Engineer AB six · Contract May 2025 – Oct 2025 5 mos Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India • Built a modular sensor-education robot with swappable sensor bays, treating manufacturability as a constraint from the
beginning.

Education

Pandit Deendayal Energy University B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, 9.41/10 2023 – 2027 (expected) Activities and Societies: SAE ASME IIW Technical manager at student formula team Mechanical Coordinator at Student satellite program

Other experience

Mechanical engineer of team for Gujcost Robofest 5.0 • Built the drone airframe around stiffness and aerodynamic requirements, then sized the flight controller, ESCs, motors
and battery from maneuvering and hover requirements; used PID tuning and harmonic notch filtering to manage frame
resonance.
Technical head at student formula team • Ledtechnical coordination and procurement/inventory management, driving subsystem designs toward SAE Supra
technical-inspection readiness,insisted on keeping designs simple for low cost machining reducing overall cost by 40
percent.
• Designed and manufactured an intake manifold through ANSYS Fluent → machining, improving airflow by 8% and
reducing manufacturing time by approximately one-third.
• The car failed technical inspection due to overlooked cockpit-safety, aesthetics and integration requirements despite
strong performance development; took ownership of the failure and performed root-cause analysis.
• Reworked assembly sequencing using DFA, conducted a post-manufacture motion/interference study, and converted
the findings into a handover framework for the succeeding team.
Mechanical Coordinator at student satellite program • Led a 7-member team, establishing hierarchy, work policy and workflow; managed technical decisions, budgeting,
procurement, inventory and administration.
• Took the structural subsystem from mission requirements to a pre-CDR design, coordinating structural, thermal and
deployment-mechanism development.
• Researched 30–40 papers and 27 standards before architecture selection; developed the structure in Al 6061-T6 and
prepared compliance documentation for ECSS-Q-ST-70-02C and ASTM E595.
• Led modal, random-vibration (Miles’ equation) and transient structural FEA in ANSYS Workbench for PSLV qualifi
cation; mentored junior members on research, design reasoning and engineering workflow.
• Produced manufacturing-ready Siemens NX1855 and SolidWorks drawings with adequate tolerances, taking the design
from analysis toward fabrication.