Paul — Automation Engineer
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40+ years designing and developing custom automation, production machinery and capital equipment. Experience includes high-speed assembly, material handling, conveyors, mechanisms, pneumatics, servo/precision motion, inspection and measurement systems, semiconductor equipment, medical-device automation, foundry machinery and web-processing equipment. Hands-on work from requirements and concept development through mechanical design, calculations, component selection, drawings and BOMs, design reviews, machine safety, build support, commissioning, troubleshooting and production improvement. Experienced working directly with customers, controls engineers, fabricators, suppliers and system integrators to take equipment from concept through successful operation.
Mechanical design of custom automation and capital equipment; assemblies, machine layouts, mechanisms, drawings, BOMs, GD&T, component selection and design reviews. SolidWorks PDM experience including implementation.
Hands-on PLC programming earlier in career plus extensive integration of Allen-Bradley-controlled machinery. Machine startup, commissioning, troubleshooting and multidisciplinary system integration.
Extensive pneumatic-system design and component selection for custom automation. Frequent preferred supplier on high-speed assembly equipment.
Hands-on Siemens PLC programming on industrial machinery, including foundry equipment; installation and commissioning experience in the U.S. and Europe.
Mechanical/system design experience with SuperTrak intelligent conveyor technology; designed the first SuperTrak-based system at ATS Chicago for automated syringe assembly.
About Me
I am a Professional Engineer and hands-on automation and machine-design engineer with 40+ years of experience developing custom machinery and capital equipment.
My work has ranged from high-speed medical-device assembly and semiconductor equipment to material handling, foundry machinery, battery manufacturing, web processing, inspection and analytical systems. I work from initial requirements and machine concepts through mechanical design, supplier coordination, build support, commissioning and troubleshooting.
I enjoy the difficult projects—the machine that still needs a concept, the design that needs an experienced review, or the equipment problem that needs to be understood and solved. I work comfortably with customers, machine builders, controls engineers, suppliers and manufacturing teams.
My goal is practical engineering: safe, buildable, maintainable equipment that works reliably in production.
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Extensive experience supporting custom automation and production machinery through build, startup, commissioning and operation. Troubleshoot mechanical, pneumatic, controls and system-integration problems; perform root-cause analysis; develop practical engineering corrections; and support safety, reliability, productivity and cycle-time improvements. Experience ranges from individual custom machines to large installed equipment fleets, including semiconductor equipment operating in Intel factories worldwide.
40+ years developing custom machinery and automation incorporating workholding, part location, assembly, processing and inspection fixtures. Experience includes high-speed automated assembly, medical-device manufacturing, material handling, semiconductor/PCB equipment and other production machinery. Design work includes concepts, mechanisms, component selection, pneumatics, sensors, tolerancing/GD&T, manufacturability, drawings, build support and troubleshooting.
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Custom machinery, mechanical design, automation, mechanisms, layouts, pneumatics, servo motion, GD&T, design reviews
40+ years capital equipment and automation; concept through commissioning and troubleshooting
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Extensive experience with custom automated assembly equipment, including multimillion-dollar high-speed medical-device systems operating at approximately three-second cycle times. Lead Mechanical Engineer on automated syringe assembly equipment at ATS/Sortimat, including the first system at the Chicago facility to use the SuperTrak servo conveyor platform. Experience includes machine concepts, mechanisms, fixtures, pneumatics, servo motion, material handling, sensors, component selection, design reviews, commissioning and troubleshooting.
Extensive experience developing custom automation and capital equipment from customer requirements and initial concepts through mechanical design, build, commissioning and production. Work includes machine architecture, layouts, mechanisms, calculations, component selection, pneumatics, servo motion, material handling, drawings, BOMs, design reviews, machine safety and supplier coordination. Equipment experience includes high-speed medical-device assembly, semiconductor/PCB manufacturing, foundry machinery, battery manufacturing, web processing, inspection/measurement and analytical systems.
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Why Choose Me
<p>I bring the combination of hands-on machine-design experience and senior-level engineering judgment that helps difficult automation projects move forward. I have designed and supported custom machinery from initial requirements and concepts through detailed design, build, commissioning, troubleshooting and production improvement.</p> <p>My background includes high-speed assembly, material handling, pneumatics, servo motion, semiconductor equipment, medical-device automation, inspection and analytical systems. I am comfortable working directly with customers, controls engineers, suppliers, fabricators and integrators.</p> <p>Most importantly, I understand that the goal is not simply to produce a good design—it is to deliver equipment that can be built, commissioned, maintained and made to work reliably in production.</p>
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Provide independent engineering and consulting services for custom automation, machinery and capital-equipment projects. Work directly with manufacturers, machine builders and integrators from requirements and concept development through mechanical design, supplier coordination, design review, build support, commissioning and troubleshooting. Develop machine concepts, layouts, mechanisms, calculations, component selections, BOMs, technical specifications and vendor packages. Experience includes high-speed assembly, material handling, pneumatics, servo/precision motion, inspection and measurement, analytical/sample-processing systems and thermal/mechanical equipment. Provide practical senior-level engineering support focused on getting equipment designed, built, commissioned and operating reliably in production.
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Executive MBA Program Full-time student while employed full-time
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What does Paul do?
- Paul is an Automation Engineer on Automate America, the global professional marketplace for skilled talent across industrial, commercial, and residential work.
- Where is Paul located?
- Paul is based in Atchison, Kansas.
- What does Paul specialize in?
- Paul works with Dassault Systemes, Allen Bradley / Rockwell, Festo, Machine Design / Mechanical Engineering and Siemens as an Automation Engineer on Automate America, the global professional marketplace for skilled talent across industrial, commercial, and residential work. Paul's skilled trades: Production Support and Fixtures.
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