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Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Oberlin, Ohio, Us

Engineering manager leading mechanical team to design a permanent, implantable, neurostimulator.• Directed all aspects of the effort from concept through design transfer to production with a manufacturing team and many internal suppliers at remote locations• Delivered complete design documentation package (specifications, drawings, FMEA, risk assessment, inspection procedures)• Design requirements included hermetic packaging, heat management of extremely compact electronics, bio-compatible materials selection, electrical connector design, and multiple laser welding processes.• Performed hands-on design engineering and analysis tasks, as an individual contributor, to keep schedules on track and to overcome challenging technical hurdles• Authored design verification test procedures and reports for FDA and CE regulatory approval• Familiar with ISO regulations, design control requirements for medical devices• Process development for manufacturing involving numerous "new technology" component manufacturing processes• Introduced advanced tolerancing methods to enable highly compact designs• Substantial contribution to the organizations intellectual property portfolio

Frisco, Tx, Us

Performed a wide variety of duties to establish a product development system in a new start-up company and then proceeded to manage and contribute technically to numerous successful product designs• Managed engineering designs from concept through prototyping, to production and verification testing for numerous medical device products• Obtained funding for medical device research projects by authoring multiple NIH Phase I and II grant proposals• Prepared many detailed cost and schedule estimates for new R&D, and contract engineering projects• Consulted with physician inventors to develop new, novel medical device design concepts• Planned and executed proof of feasibility, cadaver, and animal lab studies with physicians to evaluate product ideas• Managed model/machine shop operations• Supervised and performed SolidWorks CAD design, Finite Element Analysis and tolerance analysis• Experienced in the specification of a wide range of materials, and manufacturing processes• Worked with a team to produce a complete quality management document system

Mentor, Oh, Us

• Coordinated multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers to design "next generation" fully automated, Class I, liquid chemical cleaning and sterilization system for endoscopes and reusable surgical tools• Effort included plumbing system design, pumps, sensors (flow, fill level, pressure...), nozzle design, and chemical release mechanisms

Strongsville, Oh, Us

• Primary responsibility was new product technology development• Developed thick film printing process for the production of high efficiency LCD display back lights• Designed optical system for light sources to power fiber optic lighting panels• Generated significant portion of intellectual property that later sold to Global Lighting Technologies for approximately $12M

• Designed and tested night vision crew station lighting for military aircraft, and ground vehicles• Designed exterior lighting for commercial and military aircraft• Worked closely with manufacturing team to transfer products into production• Responsible for servo mounted, helicopter searchlight manufacturing rework