Joseph — Sr. Manufacturing & Product Design Engineer
Joseph
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I've been working 'hand-in-hand' in the 2-D and 3-D CAD-CAM Industry using many, variuous CAD Software Packages just like CADkey, Pro-E, [now CREO] CADAM, CATIA, MasterCAM, 'Raster CAD' Drawing Software Pkg's, etc., [and many other CAD Programs too! Receiving Professional Training and work experience with the same, as well as a 'Professional User and an Administrative User Login' on various Computer Setups; both for a 2-D, 3-D CAD-CAM Professional User, [Engr'g - Mfr'g Design Eng'r] and as for a Personal Computer Owner for well over three (3) Decades now... -jbm
I've been working 'hand-in-hand' in the 2-D and 3-D CAD-CAM Industry using Software Packages just like AutoDesk Inventor, AutoCAD, etc., [and many other CAD Programs too! Receiving Professional Training and work experience with the same, as well as a 'Professional User and an Administrative User Login' on various Computer Setups; both for a 2-D, 3-D CAD-CAM Professional User, [Engr'g - Mfr'g Design Eng'r] and as for a Personal Computer Owner for well over three (3) Decades now... -jbm
I've been working 'hand-in-hand' in the 2-D and 3-D CAD-CAM Design - Mfr'g Industry using Software Packages just like SolidWorks [and many other CAD Programs too! Receiving Professional Training and work experience with the same, as well as a 'Professional User and an Administrative User Login' on various Computer Setups; both for a 2-D, 3-D CAD-CAM Professional User, [Engr'g - Mfr'g Design Eng'r] and as for a Personal Computer Owner for well over three (3) Decades now... -jbm
I've been working 'hand-in-hand' in the 2-D and 3-D CAD-CAM Industry using Software Packages just like UGII - NX, SoldEdge, etc., [and many other CAD Programs too! Receiving Professional Training and work experience with the same, as well as a 'Professional User and an Administrative User Login' on various Computer Setups; both for a 2-D, 3-D CAD-CAM Professional User, [Engr'g - Mfr'g Design Eng'r] and as for a Personal Computer Owner for well over three (3) Decades now... -jbm
I've been working 'hand-in-hand' in the 2-D and 3-D CAD-CAM Industry, including ePDM Software Packages just like SAP [and many other ePDM's too!; Receiving Professional Training and work experience with the same; as well as working as a 'Professional User and an Administrative User Login' on various Computer Setups; both for a 2-D, 3-D CAD-CAM Professional User, [Engr'g - Mfr'g Design Eng'r] and as for a Personal Computer Owner for well over three (3) Decades now... -jbm
About Me
• Save Client's time-money; honest, hard-working, smart, efficient, thorough, detail-oriented, making a difference, do work right the first time, every time, moving aggresively forward with all challenges;
• Solving, trouble-shooting difficult issues within Engr'g - Mfr'g Design endeavors, utilizing intuition, growing skillset and work experience, studying - applying current and new trends; providing solutions within Industry, teaming with other like-minded employees, organizations, leveraging and combining work experience, skills to consistantly and constantly (Continuous Improvements: C/I's) improve efficiencies and outputs, building my excellent professional reputation, pursuing a higher level of education, responsibilities seeking a higher level position: Sr. Project-Product Manager, (PMP) based upon my skills as a Sr. Design Engr'g experiences; within small, medium and large business organizations, leveraging and multiplying various win-win scenarios!
• Specialties: Contracts-Proposals, Negotiations, Technical Sales, PMP, SOW, C/I, CDR, PDR, Concepts, Engr’g & Mfr’g Processes, Planning, LSS, Kaisan, 5S, TQM, DFA-DFM, GMP, AS-9100 QMS, ISO-900X, DoD-100-1000 2-D Design Drft'g, 3-D Models, Assy's, Fabrications, Machining, Finishes, Tooling, Fixtures, Gages, Mechanical, Electro-Mech., Products, Die's, Electronic Packaging Designs, Commercial, DoD, DOE, Military, MilitarySpec's, Mentor, Engr'g - Mfr'g, ASME, ANSI GD&T, Civil, CommonLaw, Withholding, Income Taxes, Purchasing, Accounting, NONliability, Issue Resolutions.
• Skilled in various types of Analysis, (Tolerance, Root-Cause) RedX, Tolerance Stack-ups, Stress - Strain Hand Calc's, PFMEA's, Control Plans, PPAP’s, IQ’s, OQ’s, PQ’s, Initial Production, (LRIP - MRIP) CDR’s, PDR’s.
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Over 45 years of combined Tooling, Gage and Fixture Design Engineering experience in all phases of Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical NPI - Manufacturing Design Engineering; including Sr. level Design Engineering of A/C-D/C Power Control and Transmission Systems, Machines and Equipment, along with extensive skills and work experience Designing Production and specialized Manufacturing Equipment, including Test(ing), Q.C. Design-Build(s) utillizing with everything from Electronic, Electrical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic Schematics, and much more!
Over 45+ years of combined Sr. Level Engineering-Manufacturing Liason support(ing) Roles; collaberating throuighout the entire Client Companies Structure, including Management, R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Q.C., Sales and Marketing, Accounting and Project Management Teams and Departments.
Throughout my [45+ combined years] Career, I've helped lead several dozens of NPI R&D / Design - Build Projects, completing dozens of LSS Manufacturing Projects; successfully completing them on time and within Budget; often-times realizing for our Client Companies an ROI in the 'tens of thousands,' 'hundreds of thousands,' even up to millions, depending upon the R&D, NPI Engineering and LSS Manufacturing Project(s) Size(s) and Scope(s), as well as the Implementation of various Project(s) Efficiency enhancements! Lead LSS, Cont./Improvements, Kaisan efforts for many Clients outlined Above, including work in Critical Turbine Engine Rotating parts, components such as Blades, Vanes, Cans, Blisks, Discs, Engine Shafts, Bearings, Combustors, Gage/Fixture Designs. Lead PMP efforts on Client Projects; highly experienced working on complex Projects, involving sophisticated Product R&D, Conceptualization, Prototyping in Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical, [NPI/NPD/NPT|DFM/DFA/DFT] into Preliminary Release, LRIP, etc. High level experience on CAD Systems; 86k hours, [approx.] including Training Instructor of Clients/Employees on CAD, plus GD&T skills and knowledge, leading Efforts on Qualifying, procuring Suppliers, Tier I-III Vendors, Contract Vendors. Independently conduct(s) technical research, develop new methodologies, procedures for Client Projects, actively Research, promote new technologies, including R&D, Concept's, Product Layouts, Engineering –Manufacturing Initiatives, meet Client Objectives. Conservatively Estimate my Career ROI/Client(s) Earnings | LSS Manufacturing Savings to be at least $66MM.
Over 35 years of combined Design experience in all phases of Electro-Mechanical Design Engineering; including Sr. level Design Engineering of A/C-D/C Power Control and Transmission Systems, along with extensive skills and work experience with Electronic, Electrical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic Schematics, and much more!
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Work Experience(22)
Owner - Operator; I founded a 'Boutique' Engr'g - Mfr'g Design Engr'g firm supporting military, commercial aerospace, medical, nuclear, semi-conductor, civil, architectural, facilities, HVAC, cradle to grave Product Design - Mfr'g. R&D, Concepts, product releases, designbuild prototypes, products, rebuild, repair of tooling, aerospace parts, subassemblies, build, assembly, testing, repair of fixtures, jigs, gages, Mfr'g aids. • Engr'g - Mfr'g support of Turbine Engine product designs and Mfr'g including nozzles, combustors, shrouds, cases, blades-vanes, fan blades, bearing supports, compressor sections, gear trains, actuators, airfoils, rotors, housings, combustion chambers. • Design-build hardware & test equipment; gages, fixtures, assembly tooling for mechanical, electro-mechanical fabricated parts - assemblies. Create, review, approve specifications, processes, procedures, MRB-VSM responsibility. • Military-Aerospace Structures, R&D, electro-mechanical, electronics, electronics packaging, sheet-metal, die-castings, machinings, weldments, fabrications. PWB design-build; pick 'n place, wave soldering, conformal coating, testing, burn-ins. • Machine design stand alone systems, (auto., semi-auto.) pick-n-place, motion control, X-Y, gears, shafts, pulleys, bearings, PLC's, hydraulics-pneumatics, avionics, electro-optics, positioning systems, ruggedized hardware. • Tool Steels, Alum. & Steel Alloys, all coatings-finishes, NDT, plastics, composite materials, ultra-pure systems, all types of fabrication, welding, brazing, finishing, forming parts, Alum.-Zinc die-castings, sand castings, forgings, COT's parts. • Skilled in Analysis, (Root-Cause) Red-X, Tolerance Stack-ups, Stress - Strain Hand Calc's, PFMEA's, Control Plans, PPAP's, IQ's, OQ's, PQ's, Initial Production, (LRIP-MRIP) CDR's, PDR's, PMP, ePLM, ePDM & EMP. • Writing (Reports) Testing, Engr'g & Mfr'g Stds, Contracts, Quotes, Tech. Sales, Product Manuals, Training. Save Client's thousands; trouble-shooting mistakes, expectations fulfilled above - beyond!
Sr. Design Engr'g Specialist/Mfr'g Engr'g., from March 2022 – Present: Assist in all phases of Equipment Research, Design, Prototype, Mfr'g and Validation for Machine/Cell Production, including: Gage R&R's, Oper. Sht's, Tooling for Production, along with Manufacturing Engr'g of Products, Manufac-turing Kits and Testing of Instrumentation, etc. - in a DOE/FDA Regulated Mfr'g environment(s). (ANSI Y14.5 GD&T, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD 2021 - 2022, DataWorks, Master Control, Smartsheet, MS Office, Teams, some ANSYS - CFD exposure, etc.) with some recent SolidWorks 2021 usage as well. Work with PMP of Projects, processes, designing, manufacturing highly specialized machines, machinery, high-quality, top-level and sub-level assemblies, electrical, hydraulics, pneumatics, schematics, composites, injection molded parts, sheet metal parts, Sr. Level Checking of same, etc.
Sr. Manufacturing Design Engineer, Jan. 2021 – March 2021 Assisting with Mfr'g, W/I's, Production, Re-Design, Prototypes, Product Build, Facilities, R&D Engr'g efforts, Positively affecting Product - Mfr'g Cost Savings through the diligent practice of Continuous Improvements, (C/I's) Use ANSI Y-14.5 GD&T Processes, Procedures, upon Design-Mfr'g of Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical ESD/RFI Sen-sitive Electronics, Opto-Mechanical Systems, PWB's/PWA's, Circuits, Wiring Schematics, Wiring, Cable Harnesses, Connectors, Complex Industrial systems, plus Industry Std's including FDA Std's / ISO-13485, SolidWorks, etc
Sr. Validation-Verification Eng'r, May 2021 – Sept. 2021 Aid extensively all phases of Equipment Validation / Verification for Medical Device Production, incl.: FAT's, SAT's, VMP's, IQ, OQ, PQ, DoE, MDR's, DHF's, Process Maps, CAPA's, SPC's, PPAP's, APQP's, Method Sht's, Production Tool -ing, Mfr'g Engr'g of Medical Products, Test(ing) Kits, Instruments, etc. - within a FDA Regulated Mfr'g Environment. (ANSI Y14.5 GD&T, AutoCAD 2022, DataWorks, Master Control, Smartsheet, w/ recent SolidWorks 2021 usage, etc.)
Sr. Electro-Mechanical – Technical Lead, R&D – NPI, Design Checker, July 2019 – Nov. 2020 Responsible for Assisting in Product Conceptualization, R&D, full Design, Prototypes, Build & Engineering efforts Parts/Assembly Tooling, Gage & Testing Fixtures, Equipment for Defense Industry Instrumentation Qualifications positively affecting Product Cost Savings through the diligent practice of Continuous Improvements, (C/I's) while using ANSI Y-14.5 GD&T Processes, Procedures, upon the Design-Drafting of Mechanical Electro-Mechanical ESD/RFI Sensitive Electronics, Opto-Mechanical Sys's, PWB's/PWA's, Circuits, Wiring Schematics, Cables, Harnesses, Connectors, (2-D & 3D) 19" Rack & Panel Systems, many Industry Std's include IPC/WHMA-A-620A & B, etc. Military – Commercial Programs, using SolidWorks 2019/ePDM, T/c Programs, MS Office, Excel, Project; Con-ducted full, exacting in scope; Checking other Engineers Designs/Drawings of the same Products and Projects. Primary products include: Military based electronics, electrical systems for final testing of systems. Worked with PMP of Projects, processes, designing, manufacturing highly specialized machines, machinery, high-quality, top-level, and sub-level assemblies, electrical, hydraulics, pneumatics, schematics, composites, injection molded parts, sheet metal parts, etc
• Responsible for both Design & Analysis of Tooling issues for Machines used for: 'Medical Applications' (small parts) involving the break down and Testing of both Assemblies, Sub-Assemblies, Production of parts and evaluation of OEM Machines, down to the component parts for R&D, Pre-Production, and Testing of same. Working with OEM's and Tooling Supplier's and Ordering of same for usage in Production Tooling for high-quality, critical (hardware) parts and components for the 'Next Gen' Micro-Biological Testing and Sorting Units. (SolidWorks 2016, SAP, etc...) • Tooling, Mfr'g, Processes & Servicing of Test(ing) Units compromised of specialized Tooling, Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical parts and components to Test individual Processes; Continuous Improvements, (C/I's, DFM / DFA, LSS, Kaisen, Six-Sigma, IQ, OQ, PQ's, etc.) Projects for these parts, processes involving unique, highly complex Mfr'g Processes for high-level, FDA Approved production Units for the Medical Industry.
Responsible for Mfr'g Processing of highly-specialized Cutting Tools in ISO 13485 Certified Medical - & Aerospace Mfr'g Operations. • Production of Parts for Medical - Aerospace OEM's including: Stryker, Exactech, OMNI, (more) Surgery-critical hardware, sub-assemblies. • Tooling and Mfr'g Processing; Continuous Improvement, (C/I's) MRB, Kaisen, Six-Sigma, welding, exotic metals, materials, projects-processes involving exotic and difficult machining processes, some small, mid-level, larger Projects for Medical Surgeries, NPI/Tests, Aerospace machined cutters, tools, parts, components, assemblies, and more. • SolidWorks, CADkey, Infor. Visual ERP, VISI, some MasterCAM, product R&D, tooling, production, manage database EMP, PDM, PLM, MS Office, and more. • Worked on PPAP's, PFEMA's, Control Plans, LSS, IQ, OQ & PQ's, etc.
• Trained extensively on Client's SAP and TeamCenter programs, worked Projects related to all phases of engineering, manufacturing of SemiConductor OEM Equipment in a highly Regulated manufacturing environment. (NX 8.5, SAP, WindChill, TeamCenter) • Products Designed: Semi-Conductor OEM Wafer Production and Processing Equipment; a.) Design of Tooling for very precise alignment of sub-assemblies during OEM Wafer Processing Equipment Build and Re-Build Processes.
• Responsible for both Design & Analysis of Tooling issues for 'Medical Applications' (very small parts) Assemblies, Sub-Assemblies, Production of parts and evaluation of OEM component parts for Production, and Tooling Supplier's and Ordering of same for usage in Production Tooling for highquality, critical (hardware) parts and components for the 'Next Gen' Spinal and Vertebral Medical Products and Implants. (SolidWorks 2015, Siemens UG/NX 8.0) • Mfr'g, Processes & Servicing of Production Tooling/Processes; Continuous Improvements, (C/I's, DFM / DFA, LSS, Kaisen, Six-Sigma) Projects for these parts, processes involving unique Mfr'g Processes for high-level, FDA Approved production runs.
• Responsible for Analysis of Tooling issues for 'Military Vehicle' (very large) Assemblies, Sub-Assemblies, Production of parts and evaluation of OEM component parts, Supplier's and Ordering of same for usage in Production Tooling for high-quality, critical (hardware) parts and components for the 'Next Gen.' heavy duty Military Vehicle's. (SolidWorks 2014) • Mfr'g, Processes & Servicing of Production Tooling/Processes; Continuous Improvements, (C/I's, DFM / DFA, LSS, Kaisen, Six-Sigma) Projects for these parts, processes involving unique Mfr'g Processes for high-level production. • Contract extended to work on the Mechanical / Electro- Mechanical Product Design of SSC ('Ship to Shore Connector') Project for U.S. Navy: Sr. level Design & Drafting of Auxiliary Systems, parts and components.
• Responsible for tooling and processing analysis of automotive 'Next Gen.' vehicle braking parts, components and sub-assemblies; • Advise on Tooling, Manufacturing-Processing; all continuous improvements, (C/I's) using Red-X, (Pink-Y) Kaisen, Six-Sigma, exotic metals and materials, projects-processes involving Sheetmetal Forming and Excising Equipment such as Transfer Presses, all Processes involved from baseline to higher-level products. • Responsible for Data Analysis of OEE, PPAP, Tooling Efficiencies for Automotive parts Supplier producing high-quality, critical sheetmetal (hardware) parts.. • Projects involved with these parts include highly unique and specialized manufacturing processes for high-level production, all Analysis - Tracking of all Production Tooling downtime, assist in Charting, Reports and manage database using current EMP/ePDM/ePLM.
• Responsible part-processing of aerospace, aircraft engine, externals, tubes, turbine engine parts. • Processing OEM's & Tier 1 Vendor's, including P&WA, GE, Vericor, Sundstrand, RR flight-critical hardware; SolidWorks 10 - 13, NX, (UG). • Manufacturing-Processing; all continuous improvement, (C/I's) MRB, Kaisen, Six-Sigma, Welding, exotic metals & materials, projects-processes involving NDT, Chemicals, exotic Processes involved, higher-level projects. • SolidWorks 10 - 13, UGNX CAD/CAM, Production Tooling, manage database using the E2™ EMP/ePDM/ePLM.
• Responsible for all phases of test setup, management - reporting in NPI / cost-reduction Departments. • Primary product: Industrial circuit breakers, switch-gear and hardware for AC/ DC electrical trans-mission, supply, control and management technologies, in a Test(ing) Lab environment. (Pro-E) • Mechanical/Electro- Mechanical UL/IEEE/CE test processes, under G.E. management and engineering direction. • Involved in projects designing-manufacturing highly specialized machinesmachinery, high-level assemblies. Focusing on applications of both A.C. and D.C. Current as used in the Industrial / Energy (ACB) Product Line(s) working on the NPI Laboratory Testing of same in both the U.L. and IEEE Industry Standards Categories to Electrically Test and Analyze any 'issues' that may arise, the Mechanical / Electro-Mechanical Design and Re-Design of all Testing and Product Components as required to supersede (Pass) these Industry Standards for G.E. Designing new 'Kits' for use in the field to either 'Retro-Fit' or 'Improve' existing Industrial ACB units to increase Product performance and efficiencies for our Customers Worldwide...
Sr, level Mechanical/Electro-Mechanical, Tooling-Manufacturing Design Engineer: Assigned to MS2 Design-Drafting group responsible for designengineering and drafting of many Client Radar projects and other EMIRFI sensitive electronics system projects and managing all data with ProIntralink. Produced all 3-D Models, top-down assemblies, designs, drawings and assembly drawings, all parts with Pro-E from Senior Engineer's input. Accountable to follow Lockheed Martin modeling and design-drafting standards, material and finish selections as well as all parametric data management and setup within Pro-E for BOM and future Wind-Chill usage. Assisted in transition of Lockheed Martin employees in migration from Pro-E W-F 2.0 to Pro-E W-F 3.0, communicating with Pro-E Eng'rs in other Lockheed Martin locations for design assistance and drawing creations. Contributed in all phases: conceptualization, engr'g, design, build of prototypes and finalized products, for electronic packaging and all parts, assemblies, sub-assemblies including the trouble-shooting, analysis and support of product designs and complex systems. Help review engr'g-mfr'g specifications, processes, procedure for final design-drawing. Provide critical inputs through all stages of production, successful completion under strenuous time constraints.
Responsible for complete production path of parts and com-ponents from raw materials to finalized product produced to Vendor and Supplier specifications of Aerospace parts and components. Responsible for all mfr'g processes related to in-house projects producing Aerospace rotating components for various turbine engine manufacturers-OEM's, including MRB level responsibility. Processing all work and (CI) continuous improvement sustainability for all types of Aerospace components, metal and composite, including res-ponsibility for all mfr'g projects consisting of fabricated/machined parts; milled, forged, investment cast, rotors, com-pressor disks, impellers, hubs, disks, Hollow Fan blades, misc. turbine engine parts, shafts, rings, Curvic® couplings, deep-drilled holes, complex fir-tree Broach slots, internalexternal splines, all mfr'g tools/aids, fixtures, gages, jigs. Checking of all design-drawings, refined-perfected designs with suppliers/OEM's, taking necessary action for timely, high-quality project completion. Responsible to check all work on floor, coordinate projects with cross-functional teams supporting commercial (L/MRIP) production with critical path/baseline, Continuous Improvement, (CI) Kaisen, MRB responsibilities, processdevelopment issues, including advancement of new technologies. Responsible for all material and component data entry, BOM's /MOM's of parts and/or assemblies within the (Emcor) Vantage™ database and within the previous Oracle database, PMP, ePDM, ePLM and EMP experienced.
Responsibilities included 3-D Engr'g, design, modeling and 2-D drafting of all Tooling/Mfr'g aids designed in UniGraphics-II Version NX2 and also some work in Pro-E, Ver. 2000i2. Tooling Designs related to the Mfr'g and Production of product parts and assemblies required extremely tough Quality/ Mfr'g standards, tight tolerance controls, tolerance stack-ups, and root cause anaylsis work done due to the nature of the product's usage, i.e; Medical implants in-volved in Surgical procedures. This called for a higher level of respon-sibility in the designing of all Tooling and Mfr'g aids in relation to production and Q.C. issues being investigated and resolved. Tooling designs included fixtures, check-gages and Mfr'g aids, producing high quality parts in every phase of the Mfr'g process. Of particular importance to DePuy was a new Gage specifically designed by me to check the proper size and angle of their proprietary 'anchoring holes' cast into the parts, (these parts were investment castings) as it was a problem for them to consistently Gage these holes. -No 'off the shelf' Gages existed and no 'specials' were commercially avail-able for this situation, and my design task was very unique because it covered all of the 'problem issues' found in production and was a much more reliable Tool compared to the methods currently in use. I saved the company many, many hours of down-time, tens-of-thousands in lost work, the re-qualification of parts by FDA personell-regulations, as well as freeing up workers to do other tasks once my designs were successfully designed, built and applied...
Pratt & Whitney Aerospace, (2X's) from 04-03 - to 03-04 and from 11-04 to 04-05. Responsibility as a Sr. Tooling-Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical Project Design Engineer; Responsibilities included all Manufacturing/Tooling design concepts, designs and design-drafting of same. Further responsibilities included completion of all individual Projects on time within budgeted resources. Projects included design and re-design of Production Tooling and then all Repair-Rebuild Tooling and Manufacturing aids for mechanical, fabricated and machined parts from castings, forgings, billets and stock steel alloy sizes in Mechanical and Aerospace applications, on both Commercial and Military Projects. Responsible for 'true and precise' 3-D Modeling of parts using UGII CAD software. Other tasks included creation of all drawings within the design parameters set forth from P&WA's Design specifications and Engineering SOW's for current project. Also responsible for tolerance analysis for problem areas within several Tooling/Mfr'g production systems within turbine engine component and sub-assemblies production.
Responsibilities included all design concepts, proposal concepts and writingillustrating of same, including project scheduling, SOW's and estimates of time plus resources required for projected completion of proposed Client Projects. Responsibilities included completion of individual Client Projects on time and within budgeted resources, submitting of Client's weekly reports, with a daily personal interface over the phone. Participated in planning, quoting, SOW prep, CDR's, PDR's and proposal creation. Projects included mechanical, electro-mechanical, machined parts from castings, forgings, electrical components in mechanical and aerospace applications, commercial and military. Responsible design and checking for 'accurate' 3-D modeling of parts using Pro-E, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, UGII CAD software. Other tasks include creation of all design-drawings from parts in 3-D, Checking of designdrawings, all within design parameters set forth from Client's mechanical design specifications, and engr'g SOW for the Project. Also responsible for turbine engine parts layout, focusing on tolerance analysis for problem areas within several systems in Engines, and misc. design work on turbine engines. Visited, interfaced with Client's on Engr'g design level, (Sales-Proposals work) cultivating Client's for Lead/M's benefit and mutual growth. Trained further, learning more about design/mfr'g and DFA/DFM techniques to think outside the box creatively solving complex issues. Co-workers, management comments regarding performance include; 'energetic, courteous, helpful, creative, efficient, tireless, precise, timely, patient, committed, thorough, persistent, a team-player!
Design responsibilities included 2-D/3-D modeling of all mechanical, structural parts, (UGII v. 11.1-15) conceptualization and creation of design-dwgs, parts, assys for structural and armor (ballistic) plates that comprise the hull(s) of uniquely designed Military track vehicles. Projects worked on included the C2V and U2 Vehicle Programs, which were very large, extremely complex mechanical and electro-mechanical systems with complex sub-systems of pneumatics, hydraulics, electro-mechanical and mech-anical units for defensive systems, armament systems, fire control systems, electronic control systems, steering and power systems, drive train systems and components, including diesel engine. Checking of design-drawings, layoutdesign included a focus on tolerance analysis for tolerance stack-up issues related to manufacturing-production of the 'final-unit' welding, fixturing and final assembly. Utilized 3-D 'Master modeling' design and drafting techniques for 3-D modeling, assemblies, sub-assemblies as well as all 2-D drafting and used previously learned techniques to 'think outside the box' creatively to solve issues, boost output and increase over-all engr'g and design efficiencies.
Sr. level Contractor position. Design responsibilities assigned included responsibility Designing all Manufacturing-Tooling Design concepts, designs and design-drafting of same for Military Projects related to Fuzes, Missiles and Bombs for our Republics Defense. Further responsibilities included completion of individual Projects on time within budgeted resources, submitting of weekly reports. Projects included design and re-design of Production Tooling and all Repair-Rebuild Tooling and Manufacturing Aids for the Assembly and Machine Shop Fabricating of all mechanical, electro-mechanical fabricated and machined parts from Castings, Forgings and stock sizes of steel alloys in Mechanical and Aerospace applications, on both Commercial and Military Projects. Responsible for 'true and precise' 3-D Modeling of parts using UGII CAD software. Other tasks included creation of all drawings within the design parameters set forth from Textron's Design specifications and Engineering SOW's for current project. Also responsible for tolerance analysis for problem areas within several Tooling/Mfr'g production systems within Fuze and Missiles component, sub-assemblies production.
Responsible for all design-drafting consisting of all high-precision DieSets, Punches, dies, parts, components, sub-assemblies and assemblies, including coverage of all designs (DFA/DFM) for the precision Manufacturing of Integrated Curciut (I/C) packaging, especially the lead forming and excising of parts from the 'lead frames' and most all types of formed, punched, excised, machined, fabricated parts / assemblies to support same. I completed individual part analysis, part/assy tolerance stack-ups, GD&T tolerancing, Mfr'g assembly-line design and in plant layouts, familiar with ISO 9000 Engineering/ Manufacturing stds, all mfr'g and production tooling, gages and aids and pieceparts designs as required.
Education / Training / Certificates(11)
Attending Course work towards Earning my A.A/A.S.; ['WIP']
From the beginning of my Career [1978] I've Attended various Classes & Coursework related to Engr'g & Mfr'g Design work, including 'OJT' [while working F/T] this Includes, but not limited to the following: 1.) Several CAD-CAM Programs, DFM/DFA, ANSI, ASME, LSS, 5S's, 80/20, VSM, C/I Designs/PMP Stds., FAT's, SAT's, VMP's, IQ, OQ, PQ, DoE, MDR's, DHF's, PFEMA's, Process Maps, CAPA's, SPC's, PPAP's, APQP's, Gage R&R's, Stress-Strain, Fatigue Loading with 'Hand-Cals,' some previous exposure to CFD /ANSYS and much more. -jbm 2.) This also includes an Apprenticeship early on in: Agricultural, Diesel, Gasoline Engines, various Farm Implement(s) Equipment, Welding, Torch Cutting, Painting, Sand-Blasting, Drills - Reamers [Re] Sharpening, Refurbishing Equipment, ['R&R'] and much more; plus allot of 'hands-on' skills, learning additional work experiences. -jbm
And Manufacturing Design Engr'g, with Project Management skills. From the beginning of my Career [1978] I've Attended various Professional Certificates - Certification(s) Classes & Coursework related to Engr'g & Mfr'g CAD Program Design work, including 'OJT' [while working F/T] this Includes, but not limited to the following: 1.) Various CAD Programs giving me Professional Certificates - Certification(s), including Class Coursework(s), w/ some CAM Classes; including 2-D, 3-D CAD Training, Skills, Work [OJT] experience including: CADkey, AutoDesk Inventor, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Pro-E 2k/WF/CREO, (Pro-Cable/Sheet Metal, W/Chill-T/c) UGII/NX, SDRC I-deas, MentorGraphics, CADAM, CATIA Ver. 2-3, MasterCAM, 'Raster CAD' Dwg Pkg's, [DFT Skills, CFD/ANSYS: w/ SolidWorks, SDRC I-deas] (80k+ Prof. work hours combined) 2.) Certification(s) in the following: ANSI Y14.5 GD&T, Tol. Stack-up/Root Cause Analysis, SPC's, PDA's, CDA's, CTQ's, QMS, CAPA's, Reports, SOP's ISO Std's; ISO-9000/9001+, ISO-13485, MDR's, SAP, PMP, VSM, LSS, FMEA, APQP, PPAP, IQ, OQ, PQ, Agile, 5S, QC, Scrum, Pareto, SOP, QMS, CAPA's, Visio, DHF's, ASME Std's, MIL Spec. 100-1000, (Dft'g) AS-9100, MRB, IPC/WHMA-A-620A & B, 80/20 Basics, TeamCenter, (T/c) WindChill, (W/c) several ePDM's, Smartsheet, Industry wide Safety Standards, Sr. Engr'g Design Checking of Designs – Drawings, Kaisan, PMP Projects. -jbm
Planned Course work [approx. 30+ Credit hours TBD] towards Completing my A.A/A.S. and Earning my B.S. Degree; ['WIP']
On 05-2007 and 07-2007 I've completed Course work towards Earning my A.A/A.S.; ['WIP']
Attended and completed 18 Credit hours of Course work towards Earning my A.A/A.S.; ['WIP']
I Attended P/T from 04-1986 thru 12-1995; Completing Course work towards Earning my A.A/A.S., specializing in AutoCAD / CAM Studies; ['WIP']
I Completed Course work towards Earning my A.A/A.S.; ['WIP']
Completed Course work towards Earning my A.A/A.S.; ['WIP']
Attended: 1978 - 1981 Completed Course work towards Earning my A.A/A.S.; ['WIP']
Technically: I Studied EVERY Drafting and Design Course Offered in Jr. High, High School: Architectural Design, Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical, Design Engr'g, plus Mfr'g Engr'g as well. Along w/ taking Biology, Advanced Biology, Medical Technology [Bacteria, Viruses] and Chemistry Classes, finally Earning a position on the Principal's Honor Roll as a Sr. in H.S. [i.e.: only A's & B's] - I also was also a National Honor Society Member too! Plus I Scored in the 97% [Percentile] on the 'Natural Sciences' Category on my College SAT's, etc.
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