Sr. Equipment Engineer Resume
Santa Clara, CA
SUMMARY:
- Mechanical Engineer with experience in design and Robotic system integration. Skilled in CAD, Mechatronics and Robotics, able to help companies design and manufacture new products. Strengths include innovation and imagination, creative problem solving, synthesis, written and oral presentation. Experience in high volume manufacturing, rapid prototyping, machine shop practices.
- Co - designed and built fixturing supporting a critical new manufacturing process, getting the company
- Key contributor in startup company’s efforts to define and produce novel high efficiency motor products. Designed and built tooling for manufacturing and testing motor rotor components, did mechanical, electrical, sensor, and software integration of a robotic adhesive dispensing workcell.
- Received numerous Key Contributor awards in recognition of continuous software and hardware improvements to automated feeding of a disk sputter process that resulted in 30% increased throughput and $10M annual savings.
- Teamed with vendor and created a prototype state-of-the-art Class-10 cleanroom robotic disk transfer workcell that demonstrated 80% throughput improvement over legacy design.
- Partnered with the inventor of the AdeptOne robot to develop a prototype recirculating part feeder, which became the basis of the FlexFeeder product line.
- Supported and expanded software package “ Confidential ”, for comprehensive system configuration testing and robot calibration at the factory and in the field.
- Received TV, news magazine, and radio exposure of patented bicycle squirt gun invention. Annual presenter at Bay Area MakerFaire, showcasing an eclectic mix of invention, engineering, and artwork. Mentor of FIRST Robotics team at Notre Dame HS in San Jose. Member of the Tech Shop.
SKILLS:
Leadership: Managed software development team for 3 years. Mentored junior engineers and interns.
Communication: Excellent technical writing and verbal skills.
Software: 3D Modeling and drafting in Solidworks/PDM, Expert in multitasking RTOS for robot and digital I/O control (V+ on Adept controls), Software Development Toolkit, GUI’s in V+. Basic C programming on Arduinos.
Hardware: SCARA, articulated, and Cartesian robots. Adept MachineVision. Pneumatics and sensors (inductive, capacitive, reflective). Standard machine shop and rapid prototyping tools - laser cutter, 3D printer, water jetlathes, end mills
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Santa Clara, CA
Sr. Equipment Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for setting up a manufacturing line for medical instruments. Equipment selection and acquisition, including manual and automated presses, laser markers, and packaging equipment.
- Equipment design using SolidWorks.
Confidential, Fremont, CA
Sr. Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Teamed with CTO to create internal permanent magnet (IPM) rotor designs. Conceptualized an external IPM design, adding to company’s I.P. portfolio. Named as co-author of 3 patents.
- Created detailed designs of parts, assemblies, configurations, and drawings in Solidworks. Used GD&T.
- Responsible for leading the development of manual and automated motor rotor assembly processes and tooling.
- Designed and built numerous assembly jigs and test fixtures, performed destructive testing on motor rotors.
- Developed manufacturing process instructions, trained operators and technicians.
- Established relationships with new vendors and suppliers.
Confidential, Milpitas, CA
Staff Automation Engineer and Project Lead
Responsibilities:
- Lead Engineer for an advanced multi-robot disk transfer workcell project. Conceptualized workcell design with 3D CAD, wrote specifications, selected vendor, obtained $400K for 1st unit. Completed project within budget.
- Wrote software, developed end effectors and cell hardware for robotic system handling 50M parts per year.
- Increased the efficiency of robotic disk transfer processes, resulting in an increase in productivity of 30%.
Confidential, San Jose, CA
Sr. Mechatronics Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Designed a 3-axis micro-positioning robot for the Photonics industry using Solidworks.
Sr. Software Engineer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Wrote, maintained, and performed troubleshooting on all software used for product configuration testing.
Software Engineer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Performed software and hardware troubleshooting of newly manufactured robots, maintained SPEC utility.
Applications Engineer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Worked extensively in V+ and AIM, creating demonstrations involving robot motion, vision guidance and inspection, and interfacing to peripherals, resulting in increased sales. Taught V+ software programming.
