Created a new Set of X-Ray acetates for 13 size hip stems, at 4 magnifications, plus 4 charted coversheets using Siemens NX12. Along with making revisions to new hip stem system.

•Participate in weekly Gauge Design Engineering Departmental staff meetings.•Fulfill Gauge Design Engineering requests from initial request to completion.•Design three dimensional models, assemblies and drawings of special gauges using master modeling techniques within Unigraphics NX software. All models and prints must meet ASME Y 14.5 and Zimmer Biomet standards.•Serve as GD&T expert through personal application, training and support of other Gauge Designers and departments.•Give technical training and support to other Gauge Designers and departments.•Check and approve other Gauge Design Engineer's work.•Review and disposition Initial Gauge Rejection Notifications per ZWI 43.311.•Support Quality in determining risk to product and/or gauge usability during Gauge Rejection Notifications, after gauges have been in production per ZWI 43.311.•Support Development, Quality and Manufacturing by attending print review, FCA and FCP meetings as required.•Initiate and approve change requests in the CMS system.•Complete all training requirements by the due dates specified.

• Trident Design History File (DHF) Remediation – Designer role • Communicate daily with three to four Team Leads, attend update, technical, and review meetings• Evaluating DHF change logs, adding Overall Assessments, Validation and Verification (V&V) summary, and Gap log• Reviewing past revisions and determining if adequate V&V, and Functional Relationship Analysis (FRA)

• Developing solutions for agricultrual, and industrial vehicle restraint systems• SolidWorks 3D Model and 2D drawing creation of buckles, retractors, covers, and tongues• Printing rapid prototypes on a SLA printer for evaluation.• Creating multiple configurations of from similar parts to improve model continuity

• Developing vehicle design solutions for special purpose vehicles, and automotive aftermarket.• 3D Model and 2D drawing creation of Refuse vehicle with multiple chassis’s and options• Bill of Material (BOM) interrogation and interpretation• Preparing information packages and presentations to support and document the design cycleStarted May 12, 2012, laid off August 10, 2012 - low workload

Temporarily coordinating all new product development, including thermoforming different polymer sheet material, Die Cutting, and RF welding. This is for mostly medical packaging, serving customers worldwide. Barger Packaging is a subsidiarity of Placon.

Concurrent product development design and manufacturing engineering services for the Michiana area. Offering Value Analysis / Value Engineering services. Helping manufacturers develop future process goals. Implementing 5S practices.Also using FISH Philosophy to increase employee morale.A new relationship with C3Pr Consulting at Innovation Park at Notre Dame. Assisting with CAD design using Solidworks for a company called F Cubed. Very exciting to design a small part for a platform that is on the cusp of changing the medical diagnostic field as well as the food- and water-quality industries.

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Contracted to TruMatch - Depuy in Warsaw, IN as a Design Checker prior to rapid manufacturing patient specific cutting guides for total knee replacement surgery. Used Unigraphics NX6 & Teamcenter 2007 extensively.

Majority of time was spent costing towable RV chassis.This was a consulting contract or indefinite length and scope.

New job, new business. Can't talk a whole lot about it quite yet, but this is going to be good.

Designing complete customer specific orders for retail walk-in trucks. Serving as the dealer stock design expert. Using Unigraphics NX5. Lean Engineering team member. Use of J.D. Edwards Enterprise One ERP software, and able to operate paperless. Communicating with sales, project managers, supervisors, and directors by email, phone, and face to face. Performing periodic presentations for complex designs, and major chassis change adaptations. Focusing in an open office area on tasks. Sporadically completing Engineering Change Requests in short amounts of time, while completing main projects by their due dates.

Full-time temporary contractor. Drafting, and revising Utilimaster product drawings for the Customer Support Option Engineering team. Using SolidWorks 2006.

Full-time Mechanical Engineering Designer. Design of machinery products for commercial manufacturing of vinyl and aluminum products, such as fence. Using primarily Alibre 3D Design. Also using SolidWorks 2003 for referencing old projects, as well as designing new parts from old geometry. Along with using AutoCAD 2003 to layout concepts, and floor plans for customers. Responsible for CAD software management. Also responsible for CAD software training, and CAD standards training and enforcement.

I started this sole proprietorship business during this time period when the job market was slow. I provided in home computer tutoring, upgrades, and light repair for several people in the town of North Manchester. I charged a fourth of the price of companies like Geek Squad. I made just enough money to survive, but I made quite a few friends. I enjoyed the business, and I probably could have done more with it, but I like designing much more.

Full-time temporary contractor. Organized and wrote for lock-out tag-out project of 1000+ pieces of equipment, using MS Word, Visio, and proprietary software to work with industrial PDA’s for maintenance.

Full-Time General Engineer. Design of tooling and fixtures for high-speed aluminum machining using AutoCAD 13. 2000 and 2002. Along with overseeing the repair, maintenance, and implementation of a Mitutoyo CMM machine. Plus the programming for new parts, designing of multi-piece universal fixtures, and training of quality personnel for the daily operations. In addition to some PPAP recording, and a member of the Continuous Improvement Committee. Along with some photography, graphic design using Corel Graphics Suite 7, and resident technology advisory.

Full-time Tool Design Engineer. Using AutoCAD 13, 2000, 2002, and Pro-Engineer V18, and 2000i, plus Intralink. Designing tooling for tube-end-forming machines. Assisting Machine Designers with the detailing of machine components. Revising all development tooling prints, and sending them to customers worldwide. The recommendation of Internet use to reduce costs, especially with the shipment of prints. Helping in creating a company presence on the World Wide Web by aiding in photography, and graphic design using Corel Graphics Suite 7. The implementation of the conversion of the Machine Owner Manuals from large 3" binders full of information and photo prints to files on compact discs.