Andrew Jacobs Email & Phone Number

Fort Wayne, In, Us

• (Formerly Johnson & Johnson DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction)• Principal Engineer and technical leader over a team of bioengineers, development engineers, mechanical design engineers, designers, and co-op students on Emphasys Femoral Solutions new product development project. Primary responsibility for the development of the femoral stem implants while supporting the femoral surgical instrument development. Includes coordinating cross-functional, multi-site teams in activities such as VOC research, scope, and requirements definition, risk management, concept generation, design, testing, Design History File ownership and closure, and product market launch. Also includes interaction with other teams, interaction with surgeon consultants, and overall responsibility for technical content. • Partnering with universities to define key research activities and managing progress with partner institutions• Led a team to update design and process risk management documentation for legacy metal on metal hip products. Responsible for team selection, scope definition, facilitating multi-site team meetings and reporting to steering team. Resulted in completion of team goals ahead of schedule.• Mentor to both new college hire and more experienced engineers• Campus recruiting lead for Purdue University (both co-op and full-time hires)

• 13 years experience as author of 500+ detailed reviews and news article posts on new, novel, and interesting (i.e. cool and fun) consumer technology products. Reviews include detailed product photographs. • For my portfolio of work, please visit: https://the-gadgeteer.com/author/andy-jacobs/

Columnist and author of articles on events and other topics of interest in the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese of the Catholic Church.

West Lafayette, In, Us

Given multiple presentations as a guest speaker in two Mechanical Engineering courses:• ME199: How Stuff Works - An explanation of how a total joint replacement system works and what a mechanical engineer does in the orthopaedic medical device field.• ME290: Sophomore Professional Seminar - An explanation of what a mechanical engineer does in the orthopaedic medical device field and career insights, tips, and recommendations.

New London, Ct, Us

• Wrote copy and content across a wide range of topics for multiple clients, many of whom have invited me to multiple projects. • Specialized in writing content for blogs, but have also wrote content and copy for web pages, articles, landing pages, social media ads, social media posts, product descriptions, service descriptions, ebooks, emails, bios, sales emails, sales letters, and tag lines. • Also proofreading, content rewriting, and minor edits to existing content and copy.• For a partial portfolio of my work, please visit: https://flocksy.com/profiles/23538

Raynham, Ma, Us

• Performed Voice of Customer and other stakeholder needs investigations on next generation hip project• Provide technical expertise on total hip design and products to various functional groups• Member of design controls initiative to create WW Risk Management procedure based on ISO 14971 • Supervised 2 project engineers• Led the recruitment of new project engineer and senior project engineer including search, interviewing and selection process• Coordinated and completed Design History File documentation and provided material for US FDA 510(k) and international EU BSi Design Dossier (CE mark) regulatory submissions for ReClaim Revision Hip project• Member of Patent Review Board, evaluating new potential intellectual property• Team leader of New College Hire team recruiting to Purdue University• Featured in DePuy's "Real Life Tested" campaign (see reallifetested.com)

Raynham, Ma, Us

• Project Manager of revision implants and instruments portions of Attune Knee system- Performed initial project planning activities, coordinating surgeon communications and initial Voice of Customer activities- Managed the design & development phase of the project, leading a multi-functional Project Core Team

Raynham, Ma, Us

• Project leader/development engineer for Pinnacle Constrained Acetabular Liner development project from design verification/validation phase through transfer to manufacturing and providing info for submission of 510(k) to FDA• Assisted with project management and coordination of acetabular resurfacing project for the US• Authored design verification test protocol/report template that has become the formal version in use by all development teams• Supervised and provided work direction to Hip Development co-ops and interns

Raynham, Ma, Us

• Project leader/development engineer for knee articular cartilage repair implant project, led activities in support of IDE submission to FDA for clinical study, including: - Procurement of specialized implant materials and components - Supervised implant performance testing plans and builds - Coordinated and procured surgical arthroscopic instruments for testing - Defined product specifications

Raynham, Ma, Us

• Project leader/development engineer of knee articular cartilage focal lesion defect repair resorbable implant project. • Facilitated weekly project core team meetings, • Oversaw development activities including defining customer requirements and design inputs/outputs, following Design Control procedures, etc), maintaining project timelines, design of surgical instruments, identification of raw material suppliers and arranging surgeon evaluations of prototype product. • Provided support to OrthoBiologics Group in Raynham, MA for canine acetabular osteolysis study. • Supervised development of canine acetabular implant, creation of prototypes and supporting surgeon evaluations

Raynham, Ma, Us

• Supported Summit Cemented femoral stem development project as team leader/development engineer through transition into manufacturing and US/Worldwide product launch• Lead efforts in manufacturing/raw material cost reductions• Coordinated product studies to collect information in support of marketing activities• Supported marketing/sales efforts (attendance/participation in product launch meetings, sales training, etc) and surgeon/OR visits

Raynham, Ma, Us

• Project leader/engineer of Summit Cemented femoral stem development project:- Coordinated project activities, facilitated weekly project core team meetings and maintained project timelines- Oversaw development activities including design inputs/outputs, design verification/validation testing, design risk management/DFMEA, etc- Ensured compliance with Design Controls procedures - Resulted in on-time launch of 13 sizes of cemented femoral implants, X-ray templates and sales samples• Project leader/development engineer for Excel Fracture Size 1 stem, an extension to an existing product line. • Base business support for several hip stem product lines:- Responded to technical questions from sales reps/surgeons- Reviewed/approved manufacturing deviations and changes to specifications- Provided technical support at surgeon/sales education events

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Project leader/development engineer of cardiovascular project to develop new advanced technology capacitor for use in implantable defibrillator (ICD) application. Responsibilities included:- Ownership of overall project plan and schedule, facilitated weekly project core team meetings, setting and maintaining project time lines and updates to management- Oversaw development activities (following Design Controls procedures, product verification/validation testing, design inputs/outputs, etc)- Mechanical design of capacitor including Pro/Engineer CAD design of parts and assemblies (e.g. casing, feedthroughs, leads, connector, anode/cathode stack, etc)- Worked with development team and raw material suppliers create product and raw material specifications- Provided work direction/supervision to CAD designers- Partnered with manufacturing to build prototype capacitors for analysis and testing- Inventor on four issued patents associated with implantable defibrillator capacitor design

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Worked closely with manufacturing and marketing teams to provide technical support for existing products• Redesigned existing components and electro-mechanical assemblies for improved manufacturability and lower cost• Pro/ENGINEER CAD design of new components and assemblies

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Evaluated alternative raw materials and new components• Performance testing of electro-mechanical devices, particularly industrial gas valves and actuators

Boston, Ma, Us

• Four rotational work terms through different engineering departments providing varied experiences:- Hermetic/Compressor Motor Engineering - Administrator of prototype/sample motor database; communicated with sample motor build shop and tracked documentation changes to specifications- HVAC/Fan Motor Engineering - Application design of sample/prototype motors per costumer specifications, communication with sample manufacturing facility- Materials & Process Engineering - Worked with suppliers to track manufacturing outputs, identified and contacted potential lower-priced part suppliers- DC Electric Vehicle Motors Advanced Manufacturing - Spent 5 weeks in Monterrey, Mexico assisting in setup of manufacturing line and wrote manufacturing process instructions for use by production operators