02 / Professional experience
Résumé
Nikolaos Ghelis
Career Objective
I am a 5th-year mechanical engineering student at UTS with a passion for the automotive industry. I believe my skills will help your company solidify its position in the market. I am seeking full-time employment, preferably 5 days a week. Additionally, I have an extensive set of skills consisting of both hands-on work including fabrication, wiring, welding and expertise in designing and testing parts.
Education
University of Technology Sydney
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering & Business Management.
Ultimo TAFE NSW
Certificate III in Light Vehicle Mechanical Technology AUR30620.
Relevant Skills
Practical / Hands-On
- Fabrication work
- Measuring, cutting, welding (aluminium & steel), drilling, spray painting.
- Experience working with tools and light machinery.
- 5+ years on the tools working on cars. From servicing & performance upgrades to time attack cars.
- Electrical
- Cutting, crimping, soldering, Standalone ECU & Interceptor installations, CAN bus systems & data acquisition / logging.
Software
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) - SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Inventor Professional, Shapr3D, Bambu Studio, Cura slicer.
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) - SimScale, Ansys and Fusion 360
- Photo & Video
- DaVinci Resolve Studio, Lightroom, Photoshop, Canva. Fluent in using DSLRs & full-frame cameras.
- Coding
- Hexadecimals & CAN bus data streams. Light experience with C++ and Arduinos
Core Skills
- Teamwork - Working with the team at Tunehouse to build various project cars, including providing on-track support.
- Responsibility – Was depended upon to finish certain projects at Tunehouse before set deadlines and entrusted with opening the shop every morning.
- Creativity – Had to come up with multiple solutions when trying to fit a turbo to a naturally aspirated vehicle with it in the end being successful.
Engineering Work Experience
Mechanical Engineering position, Marketing Manager & Apprentice
Tunehouse Pty Ltd.
- Designed and tested numerous custom parts for performance vehicles.
- Worked in a team to help build a race car for WTAC 2024, 2025 & 2026 (World Time Attack Challenge).
- Held accountable for booking in and serving customers daily.
- Responsible for managing social media & marketing.
Key Achievements
- Developed and built a turbo kit for the new GR86 / ZD8 BRZ, increasing vehicle power output by 120%. Successfully sold and fitted to a client's vehicle.
- Decoded the CAN bus system of a GR86, wired in and configured an external display with custom sensor inputs for crucial data acquisition during circuit racing.
- Successfully took Tunehouse Racing Pty Ltd’s Instagram views from 10k to 400k monthly views.
Relevant Experience
EMU Robotics Team UNSW
2018 – 2019- Helped build a fully functioning remote-controlled robot
- Part of a large team of students where we were all held accountable to complete our specified tasks by a deadline.
- Supported our team at a competition against other universities.
References
Available upon request.