Gary Jorgensen Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Co

Responsible for ensuring the successful and cost-efficient migration of all signs and displays from conceptual rendering to low cost, producible hardware designs.Design & modeling of products and fixtures for in-house production.Managed building construction & site installation of Patriot 5’ x 10’ CNC router table.Generate g-code files for CNC router in order to create sign quotes & facilitate sign panel production fabrication.Test, troubleshoot & characterize High Voltage (15kV) Neon/Argon circuits and Low Voltage (12Vdc) LED circuits, determine power loads and generate power estimates.Propose engineering input and solutions for prototype unit build issues prior to customer delivery and production approval.Manage product life-cycle for new and existing product designs.Create standards, procedures and engineering worksheets - convert undocumented knowledge to functional standards and checklists.Create all SolidWorks CAD files and engineering drawing packages.Manage CAD system, data, documentation & maintenance of design engineering standards and practices.Fabricate, assemble, troubleshoot and test prototype product hardware.

Westminster, Co

Instructor for a beginner & intermediate level SolidWorks CAD class. The intermediate class having the goal of preparing students with prior basic knowledge of SolidWorks to take the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exam as their final exam. Additionally, students will gain valuable skills, practical knowledge and an understanding of how to use this powerful engineering tool as they pursue a career in the hardware design field.

Westminster, Co Campus

SOLIDWORKS/MECHANICAL - CAD 255 (Fall 2012)INTERMEDIATE SOLIDWORKS w/ CSWA Certificate - CAD 275 (Spring 2013)

Boulder, Co

Developed and worked with suppliers to produce indoor and outdoor base station enclosure designs.As lone Mechanical Design Engineer, designed customer site solutions, typically with very short schedule constraints.Acted as liaison between project office and engineers as well as with suppliers and customers, ensuring smooth communication and coordination.Accepted role of local System Administrator / Key-user for Pro Engineer MCAD system. Involved in successful large scale data migration (6 month duration) of legacy MCAD files to newer Windchill database management system in Sweden.Traveled to customer sites to assemble and install site solutions, consistently meeting tight deadlines.Worked closely with PWB designers, ensuring seamless and accurate transfer of data between MCAD and ECAD design environments.Supported project management with design task estimates, enabling realistic project milestones.Traveled to, collaborated with and trained personnel at factories in Sweden and China, leading to consistent procedures and processes.Served as lead Mechanical Hardware Architect for team that developed and produced a portable RBS for military and disaster relief operations. Complied with strict regulations.Engineered and assembled large phone test cabinet, testing push to talk transition for a tier one provider.Designed RF and digital housings and assemblies, both indoor and outdoor.

Boulder, Co

Developed various mechanical designs for 1st generation CDMA telecommunications equipment.Designed Main and Remote base station assemblies, demonstrating the commercial viability of CDMA.Worked closely with suppliers and industrial design firm to engineer, design, develop and produce complex shaped structural foam sun shields and large investment cast housings for both remote and main base station units.

Louisville, Co

Lead Mechanical Designer, involved from concept through production to general availability of the Timberline Tape Storage Cabinet, an extremely successful tape drive product.Completed regular on-going GD&T Training courses (Recommended for GD&T Instructor).Engineered various high volume sheet metal and machined part designs, developed a family of modular structural foam door insert panels, worked with suppliers and industrial design firm to migrate costly/unreliable molded door concept to low cost, highly producible sheet metal doorsDesigned test fixtures for tape path ceramic guide placement.Member of mechanical design team for small form factor coaxial tape drive.Awarded United States Patent D349279 for Tape Drive Cabinet Design (1994).

San Diego, Ca

Lead designer and drafter for various air and liquid cooled electronic enclosures also designed printed circuit modules for military electronics and avionics applications.Secured DOD SECRET Clearance.

Non Degree Seeking, Mathematics

INTERMEDIATE SOLIDWORKS w/ CSWA Certificate (CAD 275) - Grade A/4.00 SOLIDWORKS/MECHANICAL - CAD 255 (Fall 2012) College Algebra.

Engineering