Andrew Alarcon

About Andrew Alarcon

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering - University of California at Berkeley • M.S. in…

Experience

1. Dynamic Environments Analyst Iii

   Blue Origin

   Nov 2018 — Present

   Provide rocket component (avionics, fluids, mech sys, etc.) random vibration and shock environments for various stages of the mission. • Updating forcing functions, connections, and subsystems Wave6 SEA models followed by post-processing of results. • Data analysis of flight pressure transducers and accelerometers-pwelch filters, narrowband and octave band RMS processing, Hanning windows, PSD and SRS generation, SPL and OASPL calculations, etc. • Data collection during test firings of shock sources. • Troubleshoot shock and vibe testing-interface with test engineer, fixture design, stress analyst. • Wrote main script for automating most aspects of environments analysis. Used by all analysts. • Coordinate and review analyst work prior to release to internal customers.

Skills

• Ansys Apdl
• Aerospace
• Msc Marc Mentat 2007
• Finite Element Analysis
• Nx Unigraphics
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Testing
• Aero Streamlining
• Labview
• Fuel Cells
• Teamcenter
• Structures
• Engineering First Piece Review
• Ansys 11
• Failure Analysis
• Linear Algebra
• Cad
• Tolerance Analysis
• Simulations
• Seal Design
• Matlab
• Unigraphics
• Dfmea
• Ansys
• Thermal Analysis
• Composites
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Engineering
• Materials
• Fiber Volume Calculation
• Debian Linux
• Materials Science
• Spc
• Stress Analysis
• Material Science
• Abaqus
• Mechanical Testing
• Mechanics of Materials
• Manufacturing