Jonathan Falcon Email & Phone Number

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Tarpon Springs, FL

Provided design & support of machinery and piece part fabrication. Created drawings & documentation for individual components & assemblies. Purchased commercial components for machine projects.Tracked progress of machined parts on a per project basis. Communicated with both customers & outside vendors.

Clearwate, FL

• Designed electronic packaging, weld fixtures & gear assembly fixtures.
• Designed Gigabit Ethernet switch packaging. Taking into account PCB layout, component thermal properties and component/connector interference.
• Created PCB control drawings, including keep in/out areas & connector locations.
• Designed gear assembly weld fixtures, including means to precisely locate multiple gears.

Clearwater, FL

• Provided mechanical design support for missile warning systems, including the design & testing of sensors & parts. Work effectively with other disciplines providing mechanical design support, as well as design.
• Created 3D CAD models & detailed drawings, using Pro/E & other cad programs.
• Designed test fixtures for sensor testing & qualification.
• Executed engineering change orders & provide peer checking on detailed drawings.
• Conducted testing on incoming optical filters on spectrophotometer.
• Operated & serviced 3D printer. Providing design validation prior to manufacture.

South Pasadena, FL

• Senior Mechanical Patent Researcher/Analyst Performed accelerated exam, validity, freedom-to-operate, infringement, patentability (novelty), state of the art and collection searches for organizations like Caterpillar.
• Analyzed inventions and deduced novel aspects of inventions.
• Kept current on the state of the art of new technologies and concepts through constant research of technical journals, publications, bulletins, trade web forums and other research literature.
• Communicated with clients to gain additional information used to develop search methodologies
• Located patent results and non-patent technical literature used to formulate search reports.
• Developed a comprehensive knowledge of United States Patent Office (USPTO) class/subclass designations.

Miami, FL

• Worked on worldwide implementation of a totally redesigned continuous chain char broiler.
• Gained insight using thermodynamics and machine design applications.
• Ran testing on CFM of broiler hoods at Pacific Gas & Electric.
• Tested NOx and VOC levels emitted from broiler catalyst, designed to control smoke and emissions output, at Center for Environmental Research & Technology in CA.
• Reprogrammed broiler power settings to utilize heat emitted from catalyst, providing savings in energy usage.
• Interfaced with Burger King Personnel and Executive management of companies, who manufactured supporting broiler devices & parts, on how to operate and program the broiler.