• Custom metal fabrication design with Laser cutting, machining, welding and coating• SolidWorks and AutoCAD drafting with detailed process instructions• Use of weld-symbols, GD&T, consideration for all machining tolerances for proper fit• Worked with Sales and outside architects to Created 3D data for proposals• Created bill of materials and costing information in SysPro ERP software• Worked with manufacturing staff and external installers to create work instructions• Demonstrated ability to source new software and learn and implement its use independently

Solidworks and Autocad design, production planning, high speed machining programming cad/cam. purchasing materials, sub contracting production work, cost reduction, participating in iso documentation and regulation, supervising shop floor staff and assigning production and work orders.

• 6 month contract position• Worked in the R&D engineering group developing mechanical solutions for large antenna products for military and civil aerospace customers• Designed custom antenna mounting systems to meet customer loading specifications• Created AutoCAD drawings for purchasing quotes and internal prototypes• Personally fabricated prototype components using mill, lathe, and common shop tools• Worked in a federal controlled goods environment with needed fed. government security clearance

• Designed custom architectural windows and doors for high value residential and commercial projects.• Used advanced SolidWorks design tables to quickly and accurately create new parts and assemblies.• Created SolidWorks and AutoCAD drawings used to program 3 and 5-axis CNC milling machines.• Worked with architect’s layout drawings to create custom solutions for each project.• Created accurate bill of material for all components and ordered required hardware from suppliers.

• Championed production start up of $1,000,000+ 4-axis BLM Adige robotic tube laser reporting to the company’s President and Operations Manager. • Responsibilities included attending programmer training, training operators, liaising with technical support to solve CAD/CAM issues, completing capability studies of the new machine, and creating new design innovations using the laser’s unique capabilities to reduce labor, assembly and welding time.• Process experience with automated turret punching, robotic brake press and sheet laser cutting• Used SolidWorks to design scientific laboratory equipment using mild and stainless steel sheet and tubing. Products included: vacuum pump cabinets, vibration tables, optima tables, hydraulic lift tables, forensic cabinets, police evidence lockers and more.• Customers included NASA advanced propulsion laboratory, Harvard, Yale, Canadian Universities

• Created Rapid Prototypes using the Dimension 1200es using FDM ABS material to prove design concepts for injection molded plastic and steel parts and assemblies.• Designing consumer products primarily related to mid to high end seating systems for an ISO 9001 company. Primary design work was on complex seating mechanisms, arm assemblies, and related hardware made from stamped steel and injection molded plastic.• 2D and 3D design using SolidWorks including complex surfacing and considerations for moldability• Worked directly with sales and resellers to create relevant products focused on current market trends• Reverse engineered products using conventional metrology equipment and the FaroArm portable CMM with laser scanner for accurate 3D model creation• Liaised with all shop floor departments including R&D, assembly, welding, tool room (mould and die) to insure seamless production startup. Implemented a new intensive-use line of office chair mechanisms for heavy duty, long life applications. Independently designed product in SolidWorks and worked with shop floor to ensure manufacturing was implemented smoothly. 25% of sales were expected to switch to intensive-use Designed a new 3-axis office chair arm assembly with 15% fewer parts than the competitor eliminating costly insert molding and using integrated plastic living springs. Investigated using low cost injection molded rubber rather than expanded foam to reduce material cost and cycle time