SUMMARY

• Over 21 years of experience in 2D/3D Mechanical Design.
• Several years of experience working with Manufacturing to generate assembly drawings for production runs in schematic and printed circuit board layout design.
• Experience working with manufacturing teams to design assembly aids and reduce assembly time in manufacturing areas and increase production throughout.
• Engage with sales team to generate quotes, drawings, and material for steel/stainless castings.
• Manage IT projects to update computer systems, networking appliance and cable infrastructure to mitigate data loss or other IT projects from any exposure incidents.
• Manage and create protocols for storing critical CAD Data and medical health data as an Analyst and Data Manager for medical and manufacturing facilities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Process and Design Engineer

Confidential - Novi, MI

Responsibilities:

• Report directly to CEO and Operations Manager on casting designs and ways to integrate gating and risering systems for metal flow, worked closely with Pattern Design and Manufacturing to ensure product integrity.
• Use Inventor CAD software to prepare 3D models for metal flow casting analysis using NovaFlow simulation.
• Work with Gating spreadsheet calculators used to calculate all key metrics needed to support liquid metal flow in mold.
• Import 3D CAD data into NovaFlow to simulate liquid metal flow, analyze shrink areas of simulated casting, and place risers at defect area locations to reduce scrap in production run.
• Scan, use Positive Material Identification (PMI) scan, photograph incoming parts from Customers or assign task to Quality to review incoming parts to scan.
• Travel to customer work sites with outside Sales to document parts to be scanned, analyze metal chemistry using Positive Material Identification (PMI) scanner, and photograph scanned parts for reference.
• Use Polyworks to clean, dimension, and obtain weight of scanned part data from customer work site.
• Engage with Sales Team to generate, review, create dimensional drawings, and prepare quotes for customers.
• Managed CAD data folders on network drive and revised or replaced internal or customer drawings.
• Managed, serviced, and Installed new software for desktop and laptops per departmental use and requirements.
• Work with outside IT resources to secure quotes for new equipment such as access points, switches, VoIP systems, and servers.
• Directed outside IT resources to install new equipment and updated cable infrastructure at Temperform.
• Add, remove users, and managed server and Azure Active directory to ensure data and intellectual property.

CAD Drafter

Confidential - Ann Arbor, MI

Responsibilities:

• Reported to Mechanical, Optical, and Electrical Engineering Managers to determine best possible layout solutions to integrate components for laser systems.
• Used Inventor CAD to design aluminum plates and panels enclosures for electrical and optical components.
• Designed mounting for optical components such as fiber, lens, mirrors, prisms, and gratings for laser systems.
• Designed laser controller system enclosures for electrical and optical components and user interface controls.
• Used sheet metal feature in Inventor CAD to design mount plates for printed circuit boards (PCB), and optical components for laser controller systems.
• Designed heatsinks and air or water systems for laser diode and critical components for cooling.
• Designed and generate drawings for wire harness assemblies for laser controller and laser systems.
• Joined design review meetings with Development and Manufacturing to discuss state of laser systems progress or changes to laser systems.
• Created assembly and sub-assembly models and drawings for laser and laser controller system components.
• Reported to Manufacturing Manager to reduce ECN’s from manufacturing and development teams. Helped to develop assembly aids for manufacturing to reduce assembly time of laser system components.
• Worked with Manufacturing team to review assembly and sub-assembly drawings and update drawings based on manufacturability concerns.
• Developed jigs and fixtures to assist manufacturing in the assembly and sub-assembly process of laser system components.

Data Management and Analyst Specialist

Confidential - Novi, MI

Responsibilities:

• Data Analysis Group reported to Data Manager daily on incoming medical data with process instructions to clean and review data from healthcare providers.
• Scrubbed incoming medical data per healthcare provider or internal process documents.
• Investigated healthcare provider member roster to members on scrubbed data to verify insurance identification information for members to claim medical benefits.
• Verified all member medical identification and health data to signed scantron completed by member.
• All verified medical data uploaded either to Healthcare provider website or FTP portal for medical benefit processing.
• Moved to Data management role to train new team members joining Data Integrity Group.
• Wrote, review incoming, or update process instruction documents from internal or Healthcare provider to distribute to all DIG team members.
• Used Excel to design analysis tools for new Healthcare provider data and DIG team use.
• Designed HL7 decryption tool using Excel to process and scrub data to be uploaded to secure web portal or FTP.

Printed Circuit Board Design/Consulting

Confidential, Grand Haven, MI

Responsibilities:

• Consulted with Lead Engineer on design and customer requirements, keep out areas, assembly integration with unit requiring PCB, and schematic integrity.
• Used OrCAD schematic software to add footprint data for importing into ORCAD PCB Design software.
• Designed footprints in OrCAD PCB design if electrical component not available in component library.
• Joined design review meeting with Lead Engineer on progress or changes submitted from supplier to printed circuit board.
• Met with manufacturing team to discuss panel array design, component replacement requirements per component placement equipment, and drawing and BOM revisions.

Mechanical/Schematic/Printed Circuit Board Designer

Confidential - Troy, MI

Responsibilities:

• Reported to Engineering director for upcoming projects from Electrical and Mechanical Engineering teams.
• Used AutoCAD software to create housings, panel arrays for printed circuit boards, and wire harness drawings.
• Revised and maintain all cad data and physical drawings and document ECN log.
• Used 3D CAD to generate housings for PCB components and assembly drawings.
• Used OrCAD schematic software to layout electrical components, wires, and add footprints for netlisting link from PCB layout library.
• Met with Manufacturing Engineers to create fixtures for assembly support and bed of nails fixtures for PCB testing.
• Laid out components and wire tracks using OrCAD PCB design software.
• Used design rule checks for PCB layout to meet or exceed customer’s or IPC requirements.