About
Where ideas come to life — through real design, for real people.
I’m Selcuk Ozmumcu, an industrial designer with over two decades of experience transforming complex ideas into thoughtful, manufacturable realities — from UAV airframes and vehicle concepts to packaging, UI/UX, and consumer products.
My work bridges imagination and implementation. I specialize in Advanced Surface Modeling,
3D-CAD workflows, and cross-functional design leadership, ensuring that form, function, and manufacturability align from sketch to production.
Known for being self-directed and proactive, I often take full ownership of projects — whether leading a team or working solo. I move fast with clarity and initiative, especially when the stakes are high or the timeline is tight. This independent working style is grounded in a strong understanding of business needs, team dynamics, and strategic goals.
Whether I’m optimizing a UAV airframe, designing intuitive packaging, or teaching CAD modeling in a university setting, I follow one guiding principle: design should make sense, serve people, and endure.
Selected Highlights:
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Led the design of military-grade UAVs as VP of Design & Engineering at Challenger Aerospace (Nevada, USA)
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Designed mass-produced packaging for major industrial and personal care brands at Sarten Packaging
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Built real-time 3D simulations for defense systems with Infotron/Kaletron/Katron
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Consulted on aerospace, marine, and transportation design projects globally
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Taught Industrial Design and Class-A Surface Modeling at Yeditepe University
Beyond the Resume
What brings design to life — and keeps it alive — isn’t just tools or titles. It’s curiosity, persistence, and a genuine passion for making things work — and making them meaningful.
The photos below reflect that journey: building UAVs in garages, flying RC aircraft, joining early-morning test runs, sketching solar vehicles, and wrenching on engines with friends. These aren’t just snapshots — they’re moments that shaped how I think, how I design, and how I collaborate.
Whether I’m prototyping an airframe or restoring a scale model at night, design for me is never just a job. It’s how I explore, connect, and create.
Testimonials
Lucien Miller
Selcuk has been an incredible asset to the design team at ROV Systems. His skills in SolidWorks and his design abilities are some of the best
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I have ever seen. He works extremely well, with little to no supervision once he is tasked with a design project and produces exceptional results in a very short period of time. Selcuk is also very personable and works exceedingly well with other people. He is a great asset to any team that he is a part of. I highly recommend him for his CAD and design skills.
Lee Brooks
Selcuk is an exceptionally talented and hard-working individual, his attention to detail and ability to see a job through to completion are
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second to none. His knowledge and understanding of Solidworks enabled me to visualize projects quickly and efficiently, often we had to dumb down the image so that people understood it was a drawing! In addition to his technical skills, he is one of the nicest people you are likely to meet and nothing is too much trouble for him. I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending him – you will not be disappointed.
Keith McLellan
Selcuk Ozmumcu is an incredibly hard working, detail-oriented, intelligent and highly creative individual. His CAD work on company
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projects is extraordinary, especially when you consider how fast he works! He is definitely an asset to our business, and he is a highly valued and very well thought of partner and teammate.
Anyone who is lucky enough to have him working on a project can expect great quality and timely, responsive creativity. I am looking forward to a long and successful partnership with him in our organization!
Stephon Parsons
I have had the pleasure of working with Selcuk during 2013 and 2014 on several aspects of advanced UAS design and a complete ground
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tracking system using Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS. We have also worked together collaboratively on smaller component level projects. Technically and creatively, Selcuk surpasses in his ability to interpret the ideas of others and pays meticulous attention to every detail of 2D/3D CAD/CAE projects he is tasked with. Selcuk has demonstrated his considerable talent time and time again, producing exceptional results on every occasion; he ranks highly in his specialized field and along with his most likeable and co-operative personality, he is deserving of my highest recommendation. I very much look forward to his involvement in our future projects.
Dr. James D. Hammond
Selcuk is probably the fastest and most talented computer designer I have ever worked with. From just a verbally explained idea through to a
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hand drawing Selcuk can turn the concept into 3-D reality seemingly in the blink of an eye. With a particular lending towards aviation projects, Selcuk has a feel, and a natural understanding for complex aerodynamics turned into surface rendering that so far in my experience is unmatched. I’d recommend him all day every day.
Ian Hannah
Selcuk was always an excellent co worker, his design work was always the highest quality and his friendly hard working disposition always
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meant dealing with him was a pleasure.
Joe Brouwer
Selcuk is an incredibly creative Industrial Designer and by far one of the most prolific and skilled 3D CAD modelers.
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