Himanshu Daya

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Skills Overview

Himanshu is an experienced mechanical engineer with a background in high-performance motorsport and medical device development. Himanshu’s strong problem-solving ability, attention to detail, and hands-on experience allow him to develop robust, practical solutions in demanding environments. He enjoys working across disciplines and brings a thoughtful, quality-driven approach to engineering challenges where precision and reliability are critical.

FIXTURES & TOOLING – Himanshu has designed fixtures and tooling for both composite production and prototype testing environments. His jigging experience includes bonding large multi-piece composite structures to tight tolerances, as well as work on fairings, composite pressure vessels, and piping. He has also developed component-specific test rigs, proof-testing fixtures, rig adapters, and calibration equipment, ensuring accurate and reliable testing outcomes.
MECHANICAL DESIGN – Himanshu has a strong foundation in mechanical design, applying first principles and sound engineering calculations to develop effective solutions. This enables him to take projects from initial concept through to manufacturing and final delivery.
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE – Himanshu is comfortable on the workshop floor with practical experience using both manual and CNC 3 and 5-axis mills, CNC lathes, 3D printers, waterjet and laser cutters, as well as general workshop tools. This hands-on expertise allows him to create designs that are not only functional but optimised for manufacture and real-world use.
ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION – Himanshu is diligent in his ability to create engineering documentation. He has been involved in creating test protocols, test reports, conformance reports and also user manuals to meet both ISO standards as well as international country specific standards. Himanshu’s customer specific approach and attention to detail has allowed him to create documentation that can be easily understood in high pressure environments to achieve success.

Caliber Design has experience in the Biofuel industry

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PERSONAL STATEMENT

I am passionate about understanding how things work and love to problem solve, so mechanical engineering has been the perfect career pathway. My Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from University of Auckland has led me to working in a highly regulated medical industry as well as overseas in a Formula One team. This background has given me strong exposure to the full product development lifecycle as well as fast-paced production settings.

When I’m not at work I enjoy working on cars, and when that’s not an option – hiking.

Project Experience

FORMULA 1 RACE CAR FLOOR

I designed jigging to bond a multi-piece Formula 1 car floor to extremely tight tolerances, as it was an aerodynamically sensitive component. This project involved 3D modelling, creating engineering drawings, and supporting the composite production team with user manuals to guide jig assembly and highlight jig parts and locations for each bonding stage. The key challenge with this project was strategizing how to hold individual components accurately while minimising steps and jig parts, for a finished part measuring up to 2 meters wide and 3.5 meters long.

SINGLE USE BREATHING CIRCUIT

I contributed to the later phases of the product development cycle for a single-use breathing circuit, which connects a patient to a ventilator through a humidification system in a hospital setting. Working within a team, I conducted verification and validation testing, wrote conformance reports and user manuals, and carried out usability validation. I was also involved in releasing the product into production and ultimately to the market.

AUTOMATED SUSPENSION RIG

I conducted the mechanical design and actuator specification for an automated rig that replicates a suspension system, allowing manipulation of a wheel assembly. The project involved conceptual design, development of the suspension/rig components from first principles, engineering calculations, 3D modelling, and creation of engineering drawings.

REUSABLE BREATHING CIRCUIT

I am a co-patent holder of a multi-piece plastic injection-moulded water trap. My design tasks included 3D modelling in SolidWorks, creating 3D-printed prototypes, designing the injection mould tool, programming the cutting path in PowerMill and Mastercam, machining the tool, and producing injection-moulded prototypes for early testing. This work then progressed to scaling up a production tool with external suppliers to produce quantities for verification and validation testing.