Harold Benitez-Estelritz

About Harold Benitez-Estelritz

I am a hardworking, accomplished, and innovative Bilingual Engineer with 8 years of demonstrated history in providing senior leadership – to develop and mentor teams, introducing new programs, undertaking various aircraft structural analyses, and employing finite element models to effectively complying with regulatory, company, and federal standards.My degree in Mechanical Engineering, coupled with my certificates and my many years of comprehensive work, has ensured that I am not only capable to exhibiting extensive knowledge in numerous areas -structural engineering principles, team development, industry best practices, data analysis and various software – but utilizing those areas of expertise to: • Assist in the creation of VSM for the CSE Airfoils process. • Mentor +10 new hires • Achieve MFAs of 7 in several projects across multiple engine programs (F100, F135, A320, GP7K). • Pioneer engine hardware repair process in PWPR during initial maturity levels. Skilled at administering quality assurance, improving processes, influencing operational excellence, writing technical reports and documentation, and employing various technical and strategic methods to guide the successful development of analytical goals and objectives. Talented at delivering timely and cost-friendly innovative solutions through excellent communication, time management, and teamwork skills, to guarantee the achievement of company targeted goals and objectives.I possess a strong project and people management record with a focus on relationship building, organizational leadership and teamwork, critical and analytical thinking, and creative problem solving; capable of designing innovative technologies, assessing components, and analyzing systems with the intention of successfully initiating, executing, and completing all assigned tasks.

Experience

1. Principal Engineer

   Pratt & Whitney

   Jul 2023 — Present · US

   Cold Section Engineering (CSE) Structures F135 ECU Cases Team Lead at Pratt & Whitney. • Mentor new hires and practitioners in CSE processes and FE Modeling techniques. • Prepare memos and structural analysis summary presentations containing in full detail all the finite element model, analysis procedure, assumptions, results and recommendations. • Responsible for the structures requirements compliance of all serviceable and repairable limits on CSE cases hardware. • Structures engineering support to F135 Maintenance and Repair Operations (MRO), supporting West Palm Beach and Tinker AFB Depots in determine serviceability and repairability of damaged parts. • Assessment of structural compliance of engine hardware components such as: Rotors, Vanes, Cases, Supports, Bellcranks, Drive Links, Blades, and Bolted Flanges among others. • Perform Structural Analyses using finite element models such as: Low Cycle Fatigue, High Cycle Fatigue, Damage Tolerance, Resonance, and Blend Repairs, among others.

Education

• University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

  Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

  2005 — 2011

Skills

• Mechanical Engineering
• Teamwork
• Damage Tolerance
• English
• Nx 6
• Fatigue Analysis
• Android
• Pro/E
• Bearings
• Fe Analysis
• Microsoft Word
• Numerical Analysis
• Windows
• Bilingual
• Solidworks
• Project Management
• Siemens Nx
• Structural Analysis
• Fracture Mechanics
• Communication
• Proactive Self-Starter
• Analytical Skills
• Pro Engineer
• Commitment to Quality
• Ansys
• Nx 9
• Nx 11
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Engineering
• Bilingual Communications
• Aerospace
• Finite Element Analysis
• Matlab
• Modal Analysis
• Relationship Building
• Gears
• Spanish
• Unix