Douglas S.

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Lead Mechanical Product Design Engineer @ Fluidity Technologies, Inc.
Douglas S.'s Location
Houston, Texas, United States, United States
About Douglas S.

In depth experience in Consumer Product Design of high-volume electronics in a Senior Management & Lead Design Engineer position. Extensive business travel & living in Asia, China. DFM for plastic injection, metal & ceramic injection (MIM, CIM) die casting, sheet metal, metal coatings and machined components. Sheet Metal Chassis enclosure design with EMI shielding. Mobile Phones & Accessories, Laptop Computers, Inkjet Printer mechanism & Digital Camera design. Extensive knowledge in managing manufacturing vendors throughout S.E. Asia & China. Supply chain setup and C/M selection. Managing EVT, DVT and PVT builds through release. Qualifying high volume lines for PCBA, plastic injection part production lines. Proficient in GD&T, ISO 9001 & ISO 13485 Medical/FDA/Toy Safety Compliance Certification, NSF/ANSI 61 Food Certification.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ0M_IEdzYM

Douglas S.'s Current Company Details
Fluidity Technologies, Inc.

Fluidity Technologies, Inc.

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Lead Mechanical Product Design Engineer
Douglas S. Work Experience Details
  • Fluidity Technologies, Inc.
    Lead Mechanical Engineer
    Fluidity Technologies, Inc. Aug 2020 - Present
    Houston, Texas, Us
    Design of handheld Joystick Drone controllers. Plastic injection molding design and E/M packaging. Design of manned 2-person drone. Battery mounting, fuselage design, aerodynamics of wings and lift. Junctions for Carbon Fiber skeleton. Material selection. Mechanism design for wrist mounted stick controller arm clamp. Bearings, gears, rotating arms. Managed Tooling and Mold houses in China. DFM of projects and First article inspection. Sourcing offshore C/M’s and supply chain of chip sets & components for mechanical and PCBA design. https://fluidity.tech/ https://www.star8green.com.au/aerial-e-vehicles/
  • Whirlwind Fx
    Vice President Engineering & Manufacturing / Lead Product Design Engineer
    Whirlwind Fx Jan 2019 - Apr 2020
    Burlingame, Ca, Us
    Vice President Product Design & Manufacturing of video Gaming accessories. Environmental Simulator's, High End Gaming Keyboards & LED lighting experience for the Gaming market. In charge of all manufacturing throughout China including selection of vendors and supply chain. Optimizing injection mold fabrication, maintenance and assembly lines. Sourcing components, raw material, SMT and DIP Solder lines including total box build assembly houses for production of companies products. Extensive trips throughout China managing C/M's and supply chain vendors. With a high level of understanding Asian business culture. www.whirlwindfx.com
  • Pdm Design And Manufacturing
    Director Mechanical Engineering
    Pdm Design And Manufacturing Mar 2016 - Jan 2019
    • Design Consumer Electronic Products from home appliances, mobile phone accessories, Children’s educational toys and Life Science medical devises.• Design of Robotic Smoothie Drink Kiosk to NSF Certification Compliance.• Plastic housings, sheet metal enclosure, heat spreader plates & heatsinks.• Plastic injection tooling design and complex CAD surfacing. Sheet metal and magnesium molded optical chassis design. Tooling management with emphasis on simplification in molding.• DFM for manufacturing from ID through Production.• Set up of supply chain, fabrication vendors and C/M’s throughout China for companies engineering & manufacturing. Responsible for all tooling and setup of Production Line. Manage ODM Engineering Design Team in China & sourcing components.• Design for DFM & DFx Consumer Electronic Children’s Learning Toys.• Building vendor relationships with manufacturing partners and the day-to-day operations for supply of finished goods. Extensive Understanding of How to Business in Asia & China.• Multi-national compliance certification. ISO 9001 & ISO 13485 including Toy Safety compliance• Packaging including Artwork Design and fabrication die cut patterns.• Logistics, Fulfillment & Palatalization shipping anywhere in the world.• Administrate Arena Engineering Data base system for Document Control.• Extensive experience in China manufacturing and understanding of Asian business culture.
  • Focus Product Design, Inc.
    Director Mechanical Engineering
    Focus Product Design, Inc. Feb 2015 - Mar 2016
    Menlo Park, Ca, Us
    Built & managed the mechanical engineering dept. Sourcing new Asian molders and CM's. Lead the Design of Consumer & Medical devices. Product Design of hand held blood plasma reader, cosmetic hair crimping tools. Medical Methadone dispenser. Ceramic injection CIM, and technical glassware products. 3D print prototyping plastics parts for DVT.
  • Drobo, Inc.
    Lead Mechanical Design Engineer / Contract
    Drobo, Inc. Sep 2014 - Feb 2015
    Sunnyvale, California, Us
    Design and DFM plastic enclosures for tooling with vendors in China. Redesign as issues arouse. Design of large capacity Raid storage systems designing for modularity and commonality of parts.
  • Jiangsu Hengtai Electronics And Plastic Co., Ltd / Bvi Group (Pty) Limited
    Senior Director Engineering & Manufacturing
    Jiangsu Hengtai Electronics And Plastic Co., Ltd / Bvi Group (Pty) Limited Apr 2010 - Sep 2014
    Bringing Western engineering companies together with Asian manufacturing. Sourcing for Product Design, Manufacturing, and Turn Key CM's. Plastic Injection molding & tooling, PCB design and manufacturing, Sheet metal design of electronic & telecom chassis. Specializing in Design & Manufacturing solutions. Built and directed a team of 35 Engineers designing consumer electronic devices predominately for the Asian & European market. Mobiles phones & laptop computers to electric toothbrushes and LCD flat screens TV's. In-house design support for DFM of customers engineering requirement's. Turnkey engineering solutions from ID concepts through Mechanical Engineering & Product Design through Manufacturing. Optimizing injection mold machining & fabrication.
  • Taseon, Inc. / China Mobile Telecom
    Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing Manager
    Taseon, Inc. / China Mobile Telecom Dec 2007 - Apr 2010
    Built Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing group including document control. Designed fiber optic telecom chassis and modules. Lead Engineer of design and all manufacturing. Sheet metal chassis and injection molded bezels. Custom fiber optic connector design. Sourcing mechanical and electrical components throughout China and qualifying new vendors. Management and training of CM’s production line.
  • Elo Touch Solutions
    Senior Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineer
    Elo Touch Solutions Apr 2005 - Dec 2007
    Knoxville, Tn, Us
    Design of touch screen POS monitors. Injection molded, die cast and sheet metal chassis parts. Oversee molding and tooling issues in China. Extensive travel in China to CM’s and Molders. Shock and Vibration package testing.
  • Auspex Systems
    Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
    Auspex Systems May 2001 - Mar 2005
    Design of 19” rack mounted sheet metal chassis and modules. EMI shielding, plastic bezels, keyboards & electronic packaging. Thermal analysis & PCB mechanical layout. Managed Overseas manufacturer’s in Telecom Chassis builds.
  • Ericsson Digital Services
    Director Engineering & Manufacturing / Lead Product Design Engineer
    Ericsson Digital Services Oct 1999 - Apr 2001
    Kista, Stockholm, Se
    Industrial & Mechanical Design development of handheld Bluetooth gaming console. Managed CM’s, Plastic molders & supply chain vendors throughout Asia. An Ericsson Mobile Company.
  • Apple Computer
    Lead Mechanical Engineer
    Apple Computer Mar 1993 - Oct 1999
    Cupertino, California, Us
    Leading product design of laptops, printers, the handheld Newton and digital cameras with Kodak. Liaison with ID group modeling complex free form surfaces for DFM. EMI shielding, sheet metal chassis design, plastic injected mold design.
  • Ideo
    Lead Product Design Engineer
    Ideo Feb 1990 - Mar 1993
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Consumer Electronics Product Designer. Plastic part design for Microsoft handheld remote control with silicone rubber keypads with insert metal dome. CAD ID Surfacing and plastic part design for Regina vacuums. Complex free form surfacing for Industrial Design. Rotating mechanisms, Laboratory blood plasma pump design. SLA and silicone rubber molds.

Douglas S. Education Details

  • San José State University
    San José State University
    Mechanical Engineering

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Douglas S. attended San José State University.

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