Product Development Engineer Resume

SUMMARY

Hands - on R&D professional with extensive technical background in engineering, physics and chemistry and over 30 years of technical leadership experience in academia and industry, including medical devices, life science instrumentation, and semiconductors . Internationally recognized expert in non-thermal plasma applications. Resourceful problem solver with excellent technical, business and communication skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Product Development Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Project manager and technical lead on development of a new catheter with compliant balloon for visually guided endoscopic laser ablation system used in PVI procedures to treat atrial fibrillation
Organized design reviews, prepared documentation (ECNs, drawings, instructions, reports, test protocols, design history files, schedules), made technical and project presentations (monthly project reviews, weekly team meetings etc.)
Designed and tested (V&V) catheter sub-systems and components (including molded plastic parts, fluidics, imaging and optical components), performed and organized design verification tests, acted as advisor for junior engineers, supervised technicians (one direct report)

Engineering Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Implemented redesign and performance improvements of opto-mechanical zoom assembly and other components of stereoscopic imaging system for laparoscopic surgery
Stack-up tolerance analysis and component drawings of electronics cooling fan
Designed and implemented performance tests of cryofluid delivery catheters, conducted tests for evaluating and improving catheters, developed test fixtures and performed thermal tests on simulated tissue fixtures (simulated trachea and bronchial tree lumens)
To support V&V activities, designed and built test system (including mechanical and electrical subsystems with NI-cDAQ-9172 based controls) and cryogenic probes for evaluation of thermal and flow parameters of medical cryogenic equipment, 3D CAD design (SolidWorks), 3D-prototyping, drawings, reports and other documentation Prepared support documentation for catheters and test systems (DCOs, assemblies, parts, drawings and technical reports)
Designed opto-mechanical positioning mechanism for adjustment of optical sensor of an X-ray Imaging System (SolidWorks)
Prepared design documentation of PVD system (ECOs, drawings, interconnect diagrams and other documents - using SolidWorks, AutoCAD and Visio) for capital semiconductor equipment manufacturer

Confidential

Project Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

New Product Development - provided technical and project management support for Ozone Generation product line, including system design, testing, and reliability assessment
Thermal and stress FEA of mechanical and electro-mechanical components and assemblies (SolidWorks/Cosmos)
Performed theoretical and experimental investigation of ozone generation in DBD (dielectric barrier discharges) for semiconductor manufacturing, water purification and pharmaceutical industry
Directed Root Cause Analyses and Failure Investigations of ozone generators and components; worked on issues related to corrosion, brazing defects, and HV breakdown; coordinated SEM, EDS, ESCA, Auger and other chemical and metallurgical analysis of hardware components
Significantly improved Cpk of ozone cold plates through redesign of bonding surfaces, designed leak test fixtures, updated test procedures working closely with manufacturing and production departments