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Serve as foremost contact point for multiple clients. Compile and maintain project requirements, plans, and monitor key deliverables. Use APQP processes to develop FMEAs, schedules and associated documents that incorporate customer specifications and lessons learned. Coordinate with Purchasing and Manufacturing Departments to create purchasing plans and manufacturing fixtures. Monitor and report on product and tooling costs; schedule milestones, track development progress, assess test status… Show more Serve as foremost contact point for multiple clients. Compile and maintain project requirements, plans, and monitor key deliverables. Use APQP processes to develop FMEAs, schedules and associated documents that incorporate customer specifications and lessons learned. Coordinate with Purchasing and Manufacturing Departments to create purchasing plans and manufacturing fixtures. Monitor and report on product and tooling costs; schedule milestones, track development progress, assess test status, and complete funding and invoices in a timely manner.* Managing multiple projects simultaneously while offering engineering support as required* Directed the design and delivery of the largest control interface the company has produced to date, including the resolution of a legacy performance problem that allowed future endeavors to succeed. Additional projects with this customer followed due to initial success.* Managed a customer-designed project and completed the work in 33% less time that a competitor could not complete.* Identified inefficiencies in various engineering processes and created solutions, including reducing pcb development time by 90% and eliminating errors. Show less

Served as Lead Mechanical Engineer and Mechanical Project Manager for medical devices. Supervised and evaluated performance of technical professionals. Directed design changes, led design reviews, coordinated quotes and purchased material. Created and executed test plans; placed heavy emphasis on traceability to requirements and changed risk impact to achieve medical approvals. Offered weekly status reports to upper management.* Directed the mechanical completion of the smallest and… Show more Served as Lead Mechanical Engineer and Mechanical Project Manager for medical devices. Supervised and evaluated performance of technical professionals. Directed design changes, led design reviews, coordinated quotes and purchased material. Created and executed test plans; placed heavy emphasis on traceability to requirements and changed risk impact to achieve medical approvals. Offered weekly status reports to upper management.* Directed the mechanical completion of the smallest and lightest full-featured defibrillator currently on the market ** Solved ingress protection failures; existing gasket design was expensive and ineffective ** Utilized suppliers from Motorola to develop a design that was simpler and more efficient* Managed the completion of the smallest and lightest full-featured monitor available, including solving how to manufacture assembly processes in a creative manner** The airflow tubing for the blood pressure pump was difficult to install due to the limited space; evaluated the system and recognized that the tubing was actually not required ** Resulted in cost savings as well as improved manufacturability Show less

Guided efforts of small project teams, several of which were based overseas. Provided monthly project presentations to upper management that included status updates and risk charts. Developed cost reductions that exceeded goals.* Oversaw the design of a cost-reduced Power Amplifier including the introduction of a radical cable design to exceed savings goal; changed legacy design to include disruptive airflow to increase cooling* Directed the development of a tower-top Power Amplifier… Show more Guided efforts of small project teams, several of which were based overseas. Provided monthly project presentations to upper management that included status updates and risk charts. Developed cost reductions that exceeded goals.* Oversaw the design of a cost-reduced Power Amplifier including the introduction of a radical cable design to exceed savings goal; changed legacy design to include disruptive airflow to increase cooling* Directed the development of a tower-top Power Amplifier including primary surge, power conversion, and free convection-cooled duplexer utilizing an India-based development team * Supervised the design of a digital card cage, including a backplane layout that was constrained by specialized requirements and utilized a China-based development team Show less

Supervising and provided performance/design evaluations for technical professionals. Continuous experience in the areas of Customer Support, Marketing, Sales, ISO, and vendor issues. Developed cost reductions and design changes for primary products. Wrote installation manuals for primary products.* Coordinated the mechanical layout, design and modification of industrial battery tray, rack and cabinet systems that earned two patents; included human factors and aesthetics* Recognized… Show more Supervising and provided performance/design evaluations for technical professionals. Continuous experience in the areas of Customer Support, Marketing, Sales, ISO, and vendor issues. Developed cost reductions and design changes for primary products. Wrote installation manuals for primary products.* Coordinated the mechanical layout, design and modification of industrial battery tray, rack and cabinet systems that earned two patents; included human factors and aesthetics* Recognized that engineering time was not being utilized effectively ** Developed large software application for field use; yielded turn-around time reduction from days to minutes; allowed Field Engineer to design and print a system at the customer’s site; allowed Engineers to work on new designs rather than provide support* Wrote Access applications for field and internal use ** Improved sizing efficiencies from days to minutes; program calculated results for numerous battery types, as opposed to manually looking up individual battery performance data and performing tedious hand calculations; asked to do this after the success of the large-scale project, and continued support as external vendor after leaving ** Created BOM generation program to increase efficiency and eliminate errors; allowed Engineers to work on new designs rather than provide support.* Directed and implemented CAD system change from AutoCAD to Pro-EUS Patent 6,120,934US Patent 6,638,660 Show less

* Develop and coordinate the layout, design, and modification (including human factors) of cockpit door jambs, floor and wall mounted stowage units, class dividers, miscellaneous support units and coatrooms. * Experience with vendors to resolve changes and review of vendor data to determine product acceptability. Knowledge of sheet metal and sandwich panel design.