PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Mesa, AZ

Mechanical Designer

Responsibilities:

• Design components for medium and large caliber weapons using NX10 and NX11.
• Drafted and design components and incorporated GD&T to drawings and some stack - ups for fit and function.
• Design Lead on a project where I held meetings with designers and Project Engineers and Chief Engineers and Manufacturing for design reviews.
• Took part in engineering change meetings and designed models and drawings and incorporated changes.
• Created large assemblies and small to show fit and function and created Bill of materials.

Confidential, Hunt Valley, MD

Senior Cad Designer

Responsibilities:

• Design tool fixtures for the entire upper half of the unmanned aircraft and design electrical boxes for unmanned Watercraft vehicle. Designed sub-assemblies that interface with the main assembly and created drawings using GD&T for fit and function for all components and assemblies in NX 10. Materials used: Aluminum Alloy, Stainless steel, Resin, Carbon epoxy. Design vacuum formed components. Interfaced with manufacturing on processes and operations to develop the fixture and made modifications based on those processes.
• Packaged entire fixture in real-estate provided. Interacted with management in the finality of the project and released components and assemblies through matrix and met all deadlines. Work with a team to accomplish the tasked at hand.

Confidential, Warsaw, IN

Sr Cad Designer

Responsibilities:

• Remediated drawings, models, of medical devices. Headed a team of senior designers creating over 45 drawings for worst case scenarios with stack up calculations and meeting tough deadlines. Evaluated designs for fit and function created 2-D and 3-D deliverables for brand managers and marketing. Created models and drawings that comply with Quality Systems Regulations. Reviewed existing design history files on marketed legacy products, and assessed if the legacy product design/development documentation was in compliance with regulations and standards for FDA

Confidential, Vero Beach, FL

Structural Designer

Responsibilities:

• Design and detail wing structural configurations for the Airframe group. Detailed and designed aluminum-alloy components and Stainless steel such as: Roller flaps, Splices upper, lower, outbound, inbound, Skin flaps, Bracket drives, Channel edges Aft and fwd, Splice aft edges. Rib flaps nose brackets, Rib flaps aft brackets, Rib plates inbound and outbound, Angle splice spars. Panel stiffeners, Access panel to the fuel area, Large Doublers (wing span), Fairing straps, Clips, Spar structures, Structural assembly flaps, Flap assemblies, Spar assemblies.
• Worked in the fuselage department creating assemblies, detailing and changing frame structures. I distributed work to designers on projects and monitored the work to completion.
• Mentored a few designers on their designs and gave advice on best practices and the proper use of GD&T as well as Team Center. I interacted with other departments concerning designs: Systems, Manufacturing, Stress and appropriately incorporated changes as needed.

Confidential, Gainesville, VA

Mechanical Designer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and created models and drawings for Boeing and Raytheon: rocket booster cases, nozzle injectors, aft seals, fwd seal, igniter injectors, O-rings, machined cases, brackets, retainer inserts, grain assemblies, flight weight booster cases, heavy weight boosters cases, insulated port covers, interstage units, insulated interstage assemblies, fairing for gas generators, IA & OC boosters, nut plungers, seal vales, split ring nozzles, transport carts and designed tooling components and fixtures for all sorts of applications.

Confidential, Fort Wayne, IN

Designer

Responsibilities:

• Designing in the body group on military projects, lead designer over Fire suppression, HVAC unit, Doors and components, transparent armor and mirrors. Provided drawings (in NX4/NX7.5) and documentation to the government and created ENC's. On the commercial side I designed heavy duty and medium truck installations in the suspension group.
• Created large assemblies layouts to show fit function of components. Head six major programs for the new emissions 2010.
• Ordered part to meet deadlines for retro fit of vehicles for 2010.
• Mentored some employees in other groups on unigraphics on understanding how to the system works in data retrieving from CDMS also in Pharos.
• Set up evaluations on suspension springs to evaluate bushing endurance.
• Created springs and air suspension assemblies for 2007 and 2010 projects. Created steering layouts for the steering group.
• Designed reinforcement brackets for truck frames. Released parts through Team Center.

Confidential, Mount Vernon, OH

Designer

Responsibilities:

• Design fuel systems using NX2 for gas turbine engines in the Fuel Lube & Start department.
• Processed documents for formal release of designs.
• Trained employees’ on Iman. Trained other employees in the compressor department on sketch designs of compressors.
• Team Center released models and drawings.
• Routed wiring installations that fed into high and low pressure Transmitters; tubing into electrical Junctions boxes; piping from engine to customer connections.
• Interfaced with the Methods department and created Builds of Materials.

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Designer

Responsibilities:

• Design commercial and military gas turbine engines for GE using NX2. Mentor checkers and designers on IMAN and Unigraphics related applications.
• Supported management in getting new hires acclimated to their jobs.
• Kept documentation of government specification and standards for designs on aircraft engine projects.
• Created drawing in ICDS, Utilize Vismock up program design components for instrumentation, Created telemetry for military programs.
• Design components to GE specifications and created assemblies and layouts to analyze clearances for fit and functionality. Interface with engineers and managers on engines programs that need to be updated as well as meeting deadlines for aircraft designs.

Confidential, Lansing, MI

Location Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Supervise Quality Inspectors and Project Coordinators for inspections of General Motors parts, Nissan parts, Toyota and Mercedes.
• Design work instructions to meet the objective criteria established.
• Develop set ups to perform Inspections.
• Interface with management to discuss objectives and communicate with suppliers and Reps Concerning their products progress of conforming and nonconforming material.
• Traveled to other states to helping other branches on processes and procedures.
• Trained Location Supervisors on being effective leaders and managers.
• Read blue prints to verifying dimensions and stack ups with engineers in order to validate fit and function of parts.

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

Designer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the Advanced Engineering Dept. (Lithium Battery System)
• Design and detailed Confidential parts using Unigraphics ver.16 to 18. and NX Created layout assembly drawings, developed products from start to finished, incorporated new ideas into existing ideas, headed a major project.
• Design cases for lithium batteries, designed terminals, support plates, ferrite cores, circuit boards, electronic.
• Worked along with manufacturing and tooling to develop drawings to show the assembly process.
• Design battery cell holders and battery pallets. Worked with the Chief Engineer on a major project. Worked with Mechanical Engineers, Product Engineers and Electrical Engineers as a team. Developed proof of concept layouts for customers, interfaced with customers and

Confidential, Lansing, MI

Designer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with a Design team that headed a major CGS to UG conversion project for GM Modified GM parts using free form feature, rear panels, and front bumpers Door panels, created drawings, traveled to GM Tech center in Warren MI Assisted in supervisory operations: interview potential candidates for employment, administered design test for new designers.

Confidential, Grand Rapids, MI

Designer Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Designed and detailed GM parts: brackets, transmission mounts Hydro mounts, conventional mounts, seals, bolts.
• FEA on parts to show stressed areas Detailed Ford parts using S.D.R.C.