Mehdi M. Motazedian
Houston,NJ
Summary
Over 33 years of experience in commercial aviation with a background in aircraft assembly and testing, production management, design engineering, Retrofit/Modification engineering, and Customer Support/Service engineering. Committed to high standards of customer service, enhancing client experiences. Adept at balancing multiple responsibilities while maintaining a strong work ethic.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Customer support/Service Engineer
Boeing Corporation
01.2013 - 01.2024
- Diagnosed and resolved complex mechanical and electrical flight control system issues, reducing aircraft downtime by effective troubleshooting techniques.
- Maintained detailed records of all maintenance actions, repairs, and flight data, ensuring all work complies with regulatory standards set by bodies like the FAA or EASA.
- Utilized engineering data, technical manuals, and drawings to develop repair schemes and support plans.
- Worked closely with maintenance teams, suppliers and design engineers to communicate system status, provided technical guidance to the operators.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve maintenance processes and implement preventative maintenance programs, enhancing overall aircraft reliability.
- Mentored and trained new hired engineers.
Senior design engineer Heritage 7 Series
Boeing Corporation
01.1997 - 01.2013
- Project Lead in Long Beach for Mechanical portion of the MDCD.
- Participated in design, validation and certification of new latch and lock system preventing vent door closer and fuselage pressurization, to comply with FAA and EASA newly adopted regulations.
- Lead a team of engineers in reviewing and approving of more than 100 drawings, including application of proper GD&T, selection of proper materials and process specifications per 777 program guidelines.
- Coordinated with other functional groups to obtain approval and release of drawings and parts list on time.
- Reviewed draft Design Requirements and Objectives (DR&O) for the program; made necessary recommendations and changes.
- Partnered in 777-BCF D1 layout process.
- Attended numerous meetings with other engineering departments to ensure changes required in fuselage structure are not affecting flight controls.
- Strategized in weekly meetings with Integration Visualization Team (IVT) to assure no interference between flight control cables and other systems or structures.
- Oversaw creation of 3D layouts of control cables routing through fuselage and newly designed monolithic machined floor beams.
Mechanical flight controls design engineer, modification engineer
Boeing Corporation
01.1989 - 01.2013
- Created numerous rigging instructions and functional testing of all flight controls including Landing Gears and Landing Gear Brake controls.
- Participated in MD-10 program flight test, provided trouble shooting techniques, and assisted flight test technicians in eliminating faults found during flight test.
- Created several service rework drawings and instructions for different modification projects.
- Remove repair and install wide range of aircraft equipment and systems.
- Revised many drawings to allow machining parts when castings not available, especially magnesium alloy castings.
- Member Swissair MD-11 accident investigation support team, investigating Swiss Air MD-11, flight 111, crashed on Sept 2nd, 1998.
- Member of NTSB accident investigation team into Emery Air DC-8 accident occurred In February 2001. Upon conclusion of the Investigation in 2003, provided design solutions to comply with the NTSB recommendations.
- Supported design office by providing expert solutions/recommendation for mechanical flight control issues.
- Responsible for reviewing and approving new drawings or drawing revisions.
- Created several new designs to solve issues related to mechanical flight controls such as control cable freeze protection, electric slat control systems, spoiler speed brake handle improvements.
- As a member of Boeing University, taught courses in mechanical flight controls.
Production manager
Boeing Corporation
01.1990 - 01.1997
- Lead a team of diverse technicians involved in installation/function testing of all flight control systems. Hydraulic piping installation and proof pressure testing. Landing Gear control installation and rigging. Main cargo doors rigging and function test.
- Extensively collaborated with all engineering groups, production control and quality assurance to improve quality and reduce span time.
- Chaired department’s corrective action center, significantly reduced scrap parts, improved quality of upstream installations.
- In their absence, represented senior management in daily status meetings.
- Used effective coaching and counselling technique to improve morale and productivity in unionized working environment.
- Represented department in biweekly meetings aimed at improving Designs for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA).
Education
Bachelor of Science - Aeronautics
Saint Louis University Parks College of Aeronautics
12.1990
Airframe and Power Plant Mechanic License (A&P) - undefined
Houston Community Collage/Rice Aviation
04.1989
Higher National Diploma (HND) - Math and Physics
Crawly College of Higher Education
Crawly, West Sussex, UK12.1981
Skills
- Design Approval Engineer
- Repair Approval Engineer
- Product Data Management
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
- CATIA V4
- CATIA V5
- ENOVIA
- Unigraphics
Personal Information
Title: Flight Control System Design and Analysis Engineer
Timeline
Senior Customer support/Service Engineer
Boeing Corporation
01.2013 - 01.2024
Senior design engineer Heritage 7 Series
Boeing Corporation
01.1997 - 01.2013
Production manager
Boeing Corporation
01.1990 - 01.1997
Mechanical flight controls design engineer, modification engineer
Boeing Corporation
01.1989 - 01.2013
Airframe and Power Plant Mechanic License (A&P) - undefined
Houston Community Collage/Rice Aviation
Higher National Diploma (HND) - Math and Physics
Crawly College of Higher Education
Bachelor of Science - Aeronautics
Saint Louis University Parks College of Aeronautics