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 TERRY R. MAYES

425-478-9278
									terrymayes@yahoo.com

AIRFRAME
DESIGN ENGINEER 

QUALIFICATIONS

A highly
successful and well-regarded Design Engineer with more than 30 years of
comprehensive experience in leading multi-disciplined teams of engineers.
Strong expertise in integration, layout, conceptual and detail
design for structural and complex mechanical systems and components for
high-value products. Recognized for advanced levels of innovation used in
creating design solutions for new technologies, product
modifications, and special usage. An expert collaborator and
skilled in coordinating with allied design teams to resolve issues.
Serving as a resource for peers, exhibiting a work style recognized for
its eagerness to accept new challenges, flexibility and continuing
high-level productions and
follow-through.  

SPECIALTIES

Knowledge
of mechanical and structural design techniques, GD&T, product
configuration control and release methods, manufacturing processes and
procedures to develop mechanical/structural definitions of products using
computer-aided design tools: CATIA V5, 3DX, ENOVIA.
MBD, MBD, FTA,
GD&T

SUMMARY

AIRFRAME AND MECHANICAL
DESIGN AND SYSTEMS INTETGRATION

Bell Helicopter – FLRAA
Helicopter - Structures Design
Spirit Aero Systems – FLRAA
Helicopter - Structures Design
Bombardier Pegasus 7500 – Empennage
Structures Design
A321 Passenger to Freighter Conversion –
Empennage Primary structures design.
FARA RAIDER X –
Dynamic Systems, Main Gearbox. Gears, splines, shield
design.
MRJ100 Business Jet: Wing Primary Structures
design
A320 Passenger to Freighter Conversion: Empennage Primary
structures design
777-9 Folding Wing Tip: Liaison and Integration
support for Liebherr; actuation components.
777-9X Product
Development: Wing Primary Flight Controls, Spoiler Actuator
Integration
747-8: Wing High Lift, Inboard
Flap
787-9: Wing Fixed Trailing Edge, Tail Cone Maintenance
Platform
F-35 JSF: Empennage Fuel Floor, ECS, Systems
Brackets
767 Tanker: Refueling probe.
C-5:
Wing Flaps, Elevators and Slats re-loft and redesign  
F-16:
Empennage Sustaining
Sikorsky: Best practices, Process Flow
Improvement for engineering staff
747-910k ER: Empennage skin and
frame strengthening, Landing gear door re-design
RAH-66 Comanche
Attack Helicopter: Tail, Design of skin panel,
structures, ballistic test
panel.


COMUPUTER
EXPERIENCE

3DX Native: 3500 hrs. 3DX Web 400
hrs
CATIA V5: 40000 hrs., ENOVIA: 32000
hrs.
Relational Design: 50000 hrs.
Model
Based Definition (MBD): 2300 hrs.
Virtual
Lab: 1500 hrs.
CATIA V4: 30000
hrs.
PDM: 7500 hrs.
Microsoft Office,
Word, Excel, Access, Power
Point.






PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER
Contract to Bell
Helicopter 3255 Bell Flight Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76118
Aug
2024 – May 2025
ARMY FLRAA helicopter – Fuselage structures
Design. 3DX Native & Web

AIRFRAME DESIGN
ENGINEER
Contract to Spirit Aero Systems Inc, 3801 Oliver,
Wichita, KS 67210
Jan 2024 – 07/2024
ARMY FLRAA
helicopter – Fuselage structures Design. 3DX
Native


AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER
Contract to
Bombardier, 1 Learjet Way, Wichita, KS 67209
May 2023
– Jan 2024
PEGASUS GLOBAL 6000 Surveillance Aircraft –
Empennage Structures Design. Hydraulics tube routing brackets.


AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to SAFRAN
NAT, 415 Riverside Rd, Everett, WA 98201
Oct 2022
– Jan 2023
777 Interiors – Structures brackets and floor
panels. 

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to
Collins Aerospace, 11404, Commando Rd, Everett, WA
98204
Mar 2022 – Sept 2022
777 Interiors –
Cabinets, Lavatories, Lighting

AIRFRAME DESIGN
ENGINEER 
Contract to 3S ENGINEERING LLC, 9111 E Douglas Ave
#100, Wichita, KS 67207
Oct 2020 to NOV
2021
A321 Passenger to Freighter Conversion – Empennage Structures
design. On site liaison for buildup. CATIA
V5

DYNAMIC SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to Butler
Aerospace, 2 Trap Falls Road, 204, Shelton, Ct,
06484
Feb 2020 to Oct 2020
FARA RAIDER X - Main gearbox;
gear, spline, shield design, drawing and FTA. 
3DX

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER  
Contract to Triumph
Aerostructures, Arlington, TX
June 2019 to Jan
2020
MRJ100 REGIONAL JET: Empennage Primary and secondary
structures design and integration. 3DX

AIRFRAME DESIGN
ENGINEER  
Contract to Structural Integrity Engineering,
Chatsworth, CA							
Feb 2017 to May
2019
A320 Passenger to Freighter Conversion: Empennage Structures
design and integration. CATIA V5

INTEGRATION DESIGN
ENGINEER 
Contract to Liebherr Aerospace at Boeing Everett
WA								
Aug 2015 to Dec
2017
777-9 Folding Wing Tip – Integration of Liebherr provided
components - CATIA V5, ENOVIA

INVESTOR, OWNER
OPERATOR
Mayes Investments, Mukilteo, WA 98275
NOV
2013 – present
		Real Estate Investing –
Wholesaling, Lease Options, Buy and hold. 


AIRFRAME AND FLIGHT CONTROLS DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract
to Boeing Everett WA									
FEB 08
– NOV 2013
777-9X Product Development Empennage Primary Flight
Controls - CATIA V5, ENOVIA, VIRTUAL LAB, MBD
Trailing
Edge - Designed flap, spoiler and aileron supports.

ATE/CLEEN, Adaptive Trailing Edge - Designed Smart Metal
aileron linkage.
Pilot Controls – Created kinematic model
of system for loads extraction. Virtual Lab
747-8 High Lift Skew
Detection Installation – Design of supports, guards, Pulley
Bracket Installations.


AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER

Contract to Stork/Fokker, Boeing
Everett							
NOV 2006 - DEC
2007
747-8 Inboard Flap – Designed Inboard Flap to body
seal, Flap Cove Seals. CATIA V5, ENOVIA,
MBD


AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to
Caesco/KHI at Boeing, Everett
WA						
MAR 2006 - NOV 2006
787 Wing
Fixed Trailing Edge – Designed panel supports, flap seals and
intercostals. CATIA V5, ENOVIA, MBD

AIRFRAME
DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to D3 Technologies, Everett
WA						
APRIL 2005 - MAR 2006
F-35 JSF
Empennage: Designed structures machined frames. CATIA V5,
ENOVIA

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to
Northrop/Grumman, El Segundo
CA						
MAY 2004 - APR 2005
F35 JSF
Empennage: Design and integration of machined frames,
brackets. CATIA V5, PDM, PCS

AIRFRAME DESIGN
ENGINEER 
Vought Aircraft, Dallas
TX									
NOV 2003 - MAY
2004
767 Tanker: Refueling probe structures design and
integration. Skin panels. Catia V4
787: Empennage
Maintenance platform preliminary design and integration. CATIA V5,
ENOVIA

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to Vought
Aircraft, Dallas TX							
DEC 2002 -
NOV 2003
C-5 Wing: Redesign and integration of flaps,
elevators and slats. CATIA V5

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER

Contract to Lockheed/Martin Aircraft, Ft. Worth
TX					
MAY 2002 - DEC 2002
F-16 Empennage
sustaining: Interpreted customer specifications. CATIA
V5

DESIGN ENGINEER
Contract Sikorsky Helicopters,
Stratford CN						
APR 2002 - MAY
2002	
Created Best Practices Process Flow Improvement for
engineering staff. CATIA V5, VISIO 

AIRFRAME
DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to Boeing, Everett WA 
							
MAY 2000 - APR 2002
747-
910k ER Empennage: Section 46 skin and frame strengthening.
Design, integration water tank. CATIA V5
Landing gear door
redesign: Conceptual design, integration. CATIA
V5
Empennage Sect 42 Structures sustaining. CATIA V5


AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to Boeing Helicopters,
Ridley Park PA						
NOV 1999 - APR
2000
Comanche Attack helicopter: Detail design of tail skin
panels, spars, ribs, ballistic test panel. CATIA
V5

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to Raytheon
Aircraft, Wichita KS						
FEB 1999 - AUG
1999
Empennage Cabin and Baggage Door: Detail design and
installation of latch mechanism assembly. CATIA
V4

DESIGN ENGINEER
Contract to Boeing, Seattle WA
								
APR 1996 - DEC
1998
Wind Tunnel Model Design: Low speed and high-speed model
design, stereo-lithography. CATIA V4
Flight Test:
Detail design for installation and removal of sensors.  CATIA
V4
AWACS Mid-life upgrade: Design and installation of avionics
latch mechanism. CATIA V4



AIRFRAME
DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to Boeing, Wichita KS
								
NOV 1994 - APR
1996
737-700/800: Detail design of structures upper forward
body/cabin join area. CATIA V4

AIRFRAME DESIGN
ENGINEER 
Contract to Lockheed/Martin Aircraft, Ft.
Worth TX APR 1993 to NOV 1994
F-16 Empennage Structures
sustaining: Interpret customer specifications. CATIA
V4

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract to Boeing,
Seattle WA 								
OCT 1990 - APR 1993

777 Folding Wingtip: Conceptual design,
mechanical/hydraulic actuation and locking system. 
Wing Flap
and slat skew sensor system: Conceptual design skew sensing system.
CATIA V4

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Vought
Aircraft, Dallas TX - Industry Assist to Lockheed Aircraft
				
JUN 1989 - OCT 1990
A-12 Empennage:
Conceptual design of splice bulkhead. ECS integration. CATIA
V3, CADAM

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Vought
Aircraft, Dallas TX - Industry Assist to McDonnell Douglas, Long
Beach CA 	
SEPT 1986 - JUN 1989
C-17 Wing: Horizontal
stabilizer upper access door: Conceptual design access panels and
latches. CADD

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Contract
to E-Systems, Greenville TX
							
JUN 1985 - SEPT 1986
C-130
Empennage: Design of Avionics test rack design and Instrument
panel. 
Gulfstream GII:  of floor beam and seat track
modification. 

AIRFRAME DESIGN ENGINEER 
Vought
Aerospace, Dallas TX
									
JUN 1979 - SEPT
1985
B-2 Empennage: Conceptual design of large titanium
superplastic-formed panels and castings and forgings.
CADAM
747: Design of structures and Hypervelocity missile laser
test bench. Computer
Vision

EDUCATION

Automation Machine Training
Center
Computer Programming
Kansas City, Mo.
September 1972

Tarrant County College
Catia
v5
June 2003


Boeing
Catia v5 &
Enovia
December 2003

Northrop/Grumman
Catia
v5
December 2004