Darin Thompson Email & Phone Number

Monroe, Nc, Us

•Lead Advanced development team / Coordinate efforts with Corporate R&D labs.•Utilize Internal and external resources to reach goals•Forecast & Manage budgetary spend for the Advanced Development Team & Projects•Work with and develop technology partnerships.•System Architect / Engineer for the Vision C5 Facepiece platform •Technical Lead for New Technology Introduction and Intellectual Property generation and evaluation.•Validate concepts with Customers (Internal and External) and reduce risk for NPI team.•Intellectual Property generation (10 issued patents and 90 applications currently in process)•Develop Technology Road Maps

Monroe, Nc, Us

• Forecast & Manage budgetary spend for the APR / Communications R & D group.• Manage thirteen direct reports located in the US / UK and external engineering resources (Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical, Acoustic, Programmers (Embedded, App, iOS, Windows), testing and Certification) to meet design requirements and project timing.• Participate in internal technology summits to discuss new technologies and define company roadmaps.• Drove significant investment to increase lab capabilities: P25 Radio network, LRPL chamber, Radiant heat test panel, Hemi-Anechoic chamber/Acoustic Equipment (HATS, STI & PESQ), Taber abrader/Light, and Facepiece washer and dryer.• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to collect valuable VOC/VOB, create Product Road Maps and develop product / project specifications. Once defined I create technical and test specifications. • Research, develop and maintain engineering and technology partnerships.• A member of the Tyco Growth Initiative to develop new technology: Firefighter of the Future. Manager and lead engineer for the development of the Scott Sight System (Thermal in mask).• Manage the development of Full-Facepiece, Halfmask & PAPR Respiritory Protection products and Communication products.•Architect and Manager or the Vision C5 facepiece platform.•Managed the development of the AVIVA half mask product. • Managed the development of the Duroflow PAPR product.• Managed the development and launch of the AV3000 HT facepiece. • Architect and Manager of the EPIC 3 communication system. Product meets 2013 NFPA standards, is intrinsically safe and is IP66/67 rated. Utilizing project to obtain DFSS Black Belt Certification.• Participate in NFPA technical committees (1981, 1801, 1802 & 1982) to assist development of the standards • Utilize Agile product development

Monroe, Nc, Us

• Lead Engineer and Project Manager for the EPIC 3 Communications product line. • Worked with Marketing to Architect the system. • Utilizing the EPIC 3 project for DFSS Black Belt Certification.• Utilized Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks and ProE Creo2 CAD software.

Monroe, Nc, Us

• R & D - Detection Solutions Group: • Lead Engineer for development of the Eagle Attack Thermal Imaging Camera.• Team member working on the Eagle 320 & Eagle 320 TIC with Pak Tracker• Team member developing the SEMS II tracking system. • Team member developing Communication devices for the Firefighting Industry (EPIC & EPIC RI)• Team member on fixed and portable gas & flame detectors projects.• Utilize Autodesk Inventor and SolidWorks CAD software.

• Reinvented the engineering department and led the company’s transformation from being “shop run” to become an engineering driven company. • Developed standards to increase engineering and tool room’s productivity. Implemented processes to eliminate paper prints on the shop floor (utilizing CAD/CAM only). • Managed three in house designers and all outsourced engineering services. Supported two manufacturing facilities and multiple external manufacturing partners.• Collaborated with customers to create concepts and manufacturable part designs while concurrently designing and building plastic injection molds for the automotive industry. (Tier II supplier to Ford, Jeep, Chrysler/Dodge, Honda, and Mercedes). Example products: driver and passenger air bag covers, claddings/hubs, dishwasher spray arm/delivery tube, air intake components and gears.• Mold designs included Servo controls, PLC controls, hydraulic/pneumatic systems, automatic dating systems and various mechanical actions (Lifters, side actions, rack and pinion, two-stage ejector systems). • Plastics Processing: Injection molding, 2 shot, over-molding, Insert molding, Blow molding & Thermoforming.• Utilized SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Surfcam, & Cimatron CAD/CAM Software.

• Assisted part and product development while designing prototype and production plastic injection molds for consumer markets (Bosch/Dremel, Liqui-box, Eaton, Master Molded Products).• Managed Engineering projects, assisted mold quotation and purchased mold components/materials.• Created 3D CAD / Utilized CAM for toolpath generation for high speed milling of steel and carbon. • Tooling designs included collapsible cores, hand load inserts and MUD units.• Utilized SolidWorks, AutoCAD and Surfcam CAD/CAM Software.

• Managed reverse engineering projects • Designed die cast tooling. (Aftermarket Toyota 4 cylinder head & water pump/timing chain cover)• Utilized AutoCAD, SolidWorks and Surfcam CAD/CAM software.

• Designed and built plastic injection molds for the Consumer product markets. (Motorola, Fellowes, Suncast, WCI/Frigidaire, Black and Decker, Ryobi, Bissell, GE Fanuc, Molex, Tripp Lite, and Riddell)• Managed/Led design projects for internal and outsourced engineering and manufacturing services. • Transformed company to state of the art Engineering and manufacturing facility by implementing and utilizing 3D CAD/CAM/DNC systems.• Developed custom post processors to translate generic machine code to controller specific G & M code.• Created CNC tool paths for CNC machines (CAM) and utilized conversational & G-code programming.• Utilized CMM and laser point cloud data to reverse engineer part and mold data. • Trained/mentored shop employees in CNC/CAM programming. • Performed time studies to reduce various operations times throughout the facility. • Utilized ProE, AutoCAD, ProManufacture and Surfcam CAD/CAM systems

• Designed parts and assemblies of valves and gas/oil burners for industry. Launched: OVENPAK II. • Created engineering and manufacturing drawings for machining, sand casting, and sheet metal stamping.

Westminster, Colorado, Us

• Detailed changes to components of Vacuum Forming equipment. • Sponsor of College Senior Research Project I and II (1991-1992). Found sponsor, identified problem in their manufacturing facility, researched solutions, and resolved the issues. Presented the findings / resolution to my sponsor and gave presentation at a regional SPE monthly meeting.

Bs, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Plastics

As, Manufacturing Design, Cad

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