Gavindu91

Experience

• Design Engineer Southern Spars · Mar 2018 – Present 6 yrs 2 mos Colombo, Sri Lanka • Member of the Global Design Team of Southern Spars designing for manufacturing of composite rigging cables for racing yachts competing for international competitions including America's Cup and Volvo Ocean.
  • R&D and new product development of composite cables for both marine and non marine applications such as motorsport and aerospace industries.
  • Cable designs include solid carbon rigging , bundled carbon cables, and associated marine grade fittings and interfaces.
  • Design for Manufacturability (DFM).
  • Machine developments to mass produce newly introduced cables.
  • Optimization of existing machines to increase the productivity and quality of manufacturing.
• Mechanical Engineer LTL Holding(Pvt) Ltd · Jul 2015 – Feb 2018 2 yrs 7 mos Colombo, Sri Lanka • Designed fuel tanks and high pressure penstocks for thermal power and hydro power plants.
  • Project managed the mechanical aspects of construction projects of power generation and power transmission.
  • Oversaw and managed erection of mechanical structures associated with power projects.
• Research Assistant University of Bristol · Jun 2014 – Jun 2015 1 yrs Bristol, UK • Developed a nano positioning system for a scanning probe microscope featuring structural optimizations with electronic control to eliminate and control undesired vibrations and to improve faster scanning rates.
  • 3D modeling and performance based optimizations were carried out using Autodesk Inventor.