Matthew — Robot Programmer

Saline, Michigan / Huntsville Alabama Setting up and programming PLC systems Troubleshooting robotics systems Transferring my offline programs to the robotic lines for production, making edits to meet cycle times and reduce wasted motions. Transferred to Huntsville Alabama to help with more customers in the southern portion of the USA. Accomplishments Working with suppliers, to integrate new robotic systems. Learning new plc systems and troubleshooting methods. Traveling to new customers weekly.

TEMA - Saline, Michigan Running a robotic underbody line for all of our prototype vehicles in a mock production scenario.. Offline Robot programming AutoCad / design work Transferring my offline programs to the robotic lines for production, making edits to meet cycle times and reduce wasted motions. Trouble shooting Toyota PLC systems. Accomplishments Working with suppliers, to integrate new robotic systems into our building Learning all new Toyota specific applications and software.

Tier 1 automotive supplier – Lewisburg Tennessee Worked with Multimatic as a lead over robotics specializing in Yaskawa Motoman Robotics. Helping run automated production lines with over 101 robot arms. Troubleshooting robot controller issues and PLC systems Accomplishments Writing technical documents for the programming team. Using Notepad++ for viewing and making changes to programs

Started with Polaris as the first employee in the weld department at a new facility I was responsible for floor layout for our production facility, 36 cells in a streamline flow to allow full production of over 100 individually fully built vehicle frames a day. Setting up and conducting A-3 Root cause analysis meetings. Writing technical documents for the programming team. Along with interviewing and assisting in the hiring process of other programmers. Well versed in using Motosim EG-VRC 2015 offline programming to reduce cycle times, tooling clearances, and determine trouble spots before some new tooling is purchased. Support and maintain a LEAN manufacturing department/facility. Troubleshooting robot controller issues and PLC systems Accomplishments Submitting more than $50,000.00 a year in value improvements for our department. Proof of concept and full production of a custom built cell for the Huntsville location, I worked hand in hand with our weld engineers and managers to obtain and maintain the goals of this facility.

– Norfolk Virginia Structural welder on new construction and repair of U.S. Naval aircraft carriers and submarines. Robotic weld training from ABB Robotics programming with Rockwell PLC and Allen-Bradley automated software. Accomplishments Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) Flux core arc welding (FCAW) Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) Gas tig arc welding (GTAW)

A division of Colonna's Shipyard – Portsmouth Virginia Structural welder on new construction and repair of U.S. Naval aircraft carriers and submarines. Lead technician / welder. Teaching and helping entry level welders. New construction on 2 Barge's and 2 Cession's Accomplishments Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) Flux core arc welding (FCAW) Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) Gas tig arc welding (GTAW)