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West Palm Beach, Fl, Us

West Palm Beach, Fl, Us

Senior consultant to industry specializing in mechanical engineering of machinery and mechanisms.

Orlando, Florida, Us

Chief Mechanical Engineer responsible for establishment of mechanical engineering group supporting high performance amusement rides for major theme parks world wide.

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Ten years diverse responsibilities as Staff Mechanical Engineer in support of concept, design, analysis, and manufacturing of Underwater Vehicles.• SME and lead for Pro/Engineer (Creo Parametric) and Windchill MCAD/MCAE/PDM tools• Co-recipient of corporate 2012 Advanced Manufacturing competition • Project Lead Engineer, Chief Technologist, and EPM for $3 mil IRAD/CRAD program for aluminum casting large vehicle main structural hull.• Co-Lead Investigator of congressional critical systems review for Remote Multi Mission Vehicle (RMMV)• Project Lead Engineer for initial limited rate production $10 mil vehicles. • Project Lead Engineer for various classified deep water system performance upgrades.• New Business technical team member• Lockheed Martin ASME liaison

Conklin, Ny, Us

A principal associate involved in the establishment and commissioning of a new site for advanced research and development. Specified and procured site equipment for computing, prototype fabrication shop, and assembly tools and test equipment.Performed strategic performance analysis, application configuration, alternative concepts, and cost optimization of a multi degree of freedom Cartesian robotic platform. Developed family of servo theta axes based on computer optimization for weight, speed, cost, and precision. Increased marketability and performance.Instrumental in establishing new business opportunities with a major industrial customer. Provided strategic guidance and experience for customization, adaptation, and supporting equipment associated with strategic new market initiative. Additionally, provided technical guidance and material standards for CAD/CAE software tools adopted for corporate wide usage.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Performed responsibilities under corporate charter to develop strategic automated manufacturing equipment spanning product lines, worldwide. Provided successful solutions for new product launches as well as existing manufacturing lines. First fully automated manufacturing and distribution lines for a family of cellular phones and automotive engine sensors.Responsibilities included mechanical engineering associated with conception, design, analysis, specification, fabrication, integration, and commissioning. Performed activities at all levels, proposal schedule and cost estimation, product development concurrent engineering, CAD modeling, analytical modeling, production drawings, fluid power schematics, interface control drawings, vendor qualification, fabrication, and assembly support, commissioning, performance characterization, user documentation, installation support, enhancement, intellectual property identification and control. Performed cell level and production line layouts.Automation equipment included robotic flexible manufacturing cells, material feed systems, integrated inspection and test equipment, packaging and distribution cells. Servo controlled indexed web handling. Liquid processing system with thermally heated, vacuum evacuated, vessels for de gassing. Thermal chambers for in line testing. Fabrication and assembly technologies included, through hole and surface mount automated processes using reflow soldering, wire feed soldering, wave soldering, eutectic bonding, under fill and encapsulation for discrete analog and semi conductor components, RF devices, LED and LCDs. Semi conductor die ejection. Final assembly by snapping, fastening, bonding, and welding.Managed up to 10 mechanical engineers, designers, and co-operative students. Staffed positions assigned and prioritized resources using project-planning tools during record $15 million revenue year. Established and maintained processes and standards locally and for worldwide expansion.

Performed responsibilities as a senior mechanical engineer in the conception, proposing, design, analysis, integration, fabrication and commissioning of automated equipment of electronic manufacturing. Assisted the transition of customer base and establishment of new organization assembled from closure of WT Automation Inc. Assisted in the development of a flexible multi servo axes robotic platform for light assembly and dispensing applications. Developed screw driving robotic work cell for automotive ECU assembly. Developed custom robotic manufacturing cells for computer hard drive assembly, and surface mount processing. Developed optical inspection equipment for high speed, hard automation manufacturing of pcb edge connectors.

Performed responsibilities as a senior mechanical engineer in the conception, proposing, design, analysis, integration, fabrication and commissioning of automated equipment of electronic manufacturing. Processes included through hole assembly of axial components, wave soldering, tinning of components and vapor cleaning, light mechanical assembly, laser and printed component marking, pcb depanelization, surface mount thermo compression bonding, and optical and functional testing.Activities included conception, proposing, design, analysis, specification, fabrication, integration, and commissioning. Performed CAD modeling, analytical modeling, production and interface control drawing creation, vendor qualification, fabrication and assembly support, commissioning, and user documentation. Designed robotic cell structural support, guarding, enclosures, interface and custom tooling for end of arm and integrated hardware.

Responsibilities as a research engineer included research, design, testing, and analysis of transient combustion processes. Department of Defense projects included parameterizing a surface to air solid rocket motor igniter system, muzzle flash of an airborne counter measures, and artillery propellant testing. Design activities included the design of instrumented low and high pressure combustion chambers, and high pressure hydraulic generation system. Test and data acquisition equipment consisted of fast response thermocouples, piezo quartz transducers, strain gauges, digital oscilloscope, and high speed film. Analysis activities included thermodynamic and fluid dynamic computer modeling using custom Fortran programming on a PC. Project responsibilities included final report generation and presentation.