BIOGRAPHY ~ RICHARD CHARLES
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Education
B.S. Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University — Daytona Beach, FloridaAssociate of Arts & Associate of Science
AA and AS, completed before transferring to Embry-Riddle.
Joliet Junior College — Joliet, IllinoisInterests
Photography
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Experience
Propulsion Engineer
Lead Professional Band position trusted with workscoping CF34-8 and CFM56-7 engines for over a dozen different high-end customers. I conduct meetings with customers, stakeholders and executives to keep quality, cost and relationships managed properly and positively, and work directly with the shop floor to integrate hands-on solutions in real time and meet strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
GE Aerospace — Arkansas City, KansasDesign Engineer
Interpreted statements of work and prepared critical design reviews by modelling and designing tooling for aircraft engines. Once dimensions were locked in and the stress analysis and stack-ups were complete, I presented the preliminary design review and followed the tool through to production. Completed over a dozen projects for engines including the T901, PEx and F414, working mainly with GE Aviation on tooling design, stress analysis and presentations to module leaders and stakeholders.
Essig Research — Cincinnati, OhioLogistics Specialist
Routed stops, managed deliveries and provided top-tier support to members, using a wide range of systems including Oracle, OMS, Descartes and NPS.
Costco — Joliet, IllinoisFront End Team Member & Merchandiser
Stocked and maintained the appearance of the store, and worked the register handling transactions while engaging with customers daily.
Total Wine & More — Daytona Beach, FloridaCamp Counselor
Managed entire camps of young people aged 12 to 19 — escorting them to classrooms, flight areas and shops, handling discipline where needed, and both entertaining and teaching groups across a range of topics.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University — Daytona Beach, FloridaComputer Lab Clerk
Ran the internet computer centre, getting patrons onto the machines and helping with any problems they hit. Also built and maintained a server for the library's main floor for patrons to use.
Joliet Public Library — Joliet, IllinoisSales Representative
Sold Cutco cutlery direct to customers, handling the full conversation from first approach to close.
Vector Marketing (Cutco) — Chicago, IllinoisSkills
Engineering tools
MATLAB · Siemens NX · AutoCAD · Teamcenter
Used day to dayBusiness systems
Oracle · Polaris · Körber One · Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Word
Used day to dayCreative
Adobe Photoshop · Adobe Lightroom · Sony Vegas
Used day to dayStudied
CATIA · SolidWorks · ANSYS · NASTRAN · FEMAP · Simulink · STK · XFLR5 · Python · VBS · HTML · Blender
Coursework at Embry-RiddleHow I work
Team player, organised and adaptive. Comfortable presenting to module leaders, executives and stakeholders. Types 85+ WPM.
Juggling
Big juggling guy over here
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