About Me
Mechanical Engineer Who Ships Production Software
Samer Noufal
Design Automation Engineer
I am a mechanical engineer who writes production software. For eleven years I have worked inside a high-mix, engineer-to-order HVAC manufacturer — turning consultant submittals into manufacturable 3D models, leading the AHU design team, and building the tools the department now runs on.
That combination is the point. Software engineers rarely know why a panel gets reinforced or how a BOM has to reach the ERP; designers rarely ship a Windows Service. I do both, which is why the automation I build survives contact with the shop floor — assembly search used across a department, BOM data written straight into Epicor, G-code validated against tens of thousands of real production samples.
I work in design automation and CPQ for manufacturers: rules-driven models, drawings, DXF and BOMs generated from a sales input, instead of an engineer redrawing the same product with different numbers.
Experience
Eleven Years in One Factory
Long enough to learn why things are built the way they are — and to build the software that changes it.
Mechanical Design Engineer — AHU Team Lead
Petra Engineering Industries Co.
Design engineer at a high-mix, engineer-to-order HVAC manufacturer, turning 2D consultant submittals into manufacturable 3D air handling unit models. I lead the AHU design team and build the automation tools the department runs on every day.
- Lead the AHU design team — standards, design review, and training
- Built and deployed the department's internal tooling: assembly search, BOM-to-ERP transfer, parametric structure generation, CNC G-code, and sheet-metal nesting
- Automated the SolidWorks-to-ERP path so BOM data reaches production without manual re-entry
- Replaced manual CAD round-trips with parametric generators other departments now self-serve
Skills
What I Work With
A rare combination of manufacturing domain expertise and modern software engineering skills.
CAD & Manufacturing
Desktop & .NET
Web & Frontend
AI & Emerging
Tools & DevOps
Expertise
What I Do
End-to-end engineering software solutions — from desktop tools to browser-based 3D configurators.
CAD Automation
SolidWorks API integrations, automated drawing generation, BOM extraction, and batch processing tools that eliminate repetitive engineering tasks.
3D Product Configurators
Browser-based CPQ configurators with real-time 3D visualization, dynamic pricing, and spec generation for sales and manufacturing teams.
ERP & Data Integration
BOM data written straight into the ERP, assembly trees indexed and searchable — engineering and production reading from one source instead of re-keying.
Desktop Applications
Enterprise WPF desktop apps with MVVM architecture — data grids, tree views, document management, and engineering calculation tools.
Web Development
Full-stack web applications with Next.js, React, and TypeScript — dashboards, portals, and interactive tools optimized for performance.
Engineering Tools
Specialized calculation tools — G-code generators, sheet metal nesting, duct fabrication, pressure drop analysis, and HVAC sizing.
Explore My Work
Dive into the projects and demos that showcase what manufacturing software engineering looks like in practice.