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Gastonia, Nc, Us

Rowley Company Gastonia, NC Senior Product Development Engineer Jul. 2015-Present• Facilitate global project launches from product design through production.• Design and prototype custom products to customer, industry, and company standards.• Redesign new and current components to reduce component cost and assembly time.• Develop product concepts from customers and marketing into executable product.• Conduct product testing, failure analysis, simulations and product validation.• Ensures the timely execution of engineering project documentation.• Manage, schedule, and support design centering activities during the ramping phase of new products.• SOILDWORKS PDM Administrator.

Chandler, Arizona, Us

• Manage global metal fabricators, plastic & rubber molding vendors, and textile suppliers.• Design custom mechanical telecommunication test equipment.• Prototype, test, and validate mechanical design to industry & customer specifications. • Generate component models, assemblies, design studies, bill of materials and prints using Pro-E.• Design components utilizing industry specifications such as IP-54, UL, EN, CE & RoHS.• Provide hands on support with product integration, manufacturing issues, and quality issues.• Redesign new and current production components to reduce component cost and assembly time.

Salem, Virginia, Us

• Managed: Contractors, production technicians and vendor.• Supervised SolidWorks modeling standards to insure data base integrity. • Managed the product transition of new products to manufacturing and vendors.• Generated 3D solid models, assemblies, components, and prints using SolidWorks.• Designed components utilizing industry specifications such as UL, CE, NEMA & RoHS.• Designed complex electronic enclosures to customer and industry standards.

• Developed lightweight night vision systems used on the electronic battlefield.• Implemented opto-mechanical and system level tolerance analysis for night vision components.• Coordinated design reviews for internal and external customers.• Applied geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to component design to reduce cost and improve component consistency.• Designed components utilizing military specifications and corporate design criteria.• Managed the secure translation of emails, engineering documentation, and drawing files to suppliers while meeting the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

• Managed the product development for multiple turbochargers and related components.• Responsible for the layout and design of new product per customer requirements.• Initiated and coordinated critical design changes with customers, manufacturing and engineering. • Maintained key design features across product lines to reduce manufacturing cost.• Managed: Contractors, global vendors, local vendors and customer related projects.• Responsible for secure translation of engineering files to customers and suppliers.• Performed engineering calculations and dimensional analysis while applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

• Created executive office furniture using Pro-Engineer.• Managed customer relations with on site presentations by showing detailed office layouts.• Communicated directly with sales department to ensure manufacturability and cost objectives.• Produced high quality working drawings for fabrication and assembly.• Managed multiple bills of materials related to product release for production.• Implemented the Pro-Engineer assembly library, which reduced engineering cost, improved quality and reduced overall project completion dates.• Managed Pro-Engineering modeling standards to insure Pro-E Intralink data base integrity.

• Determined and managed specific requirements of manufacturing operations in order to specify equipment, fixturing, and process parameters, collaborated on design with suppliers to fulfill equipment and fixturing requirements.• Designed and created detailed drawings of fixtures, tooling, gauging, etc. using Pro-Engineer.• Evaluated and investigated design change request from internal and external sources.• Managed the programming department for computer numerical control lathes, mills, and plasma cutting system.• Initiated and coordinated cost estimates, capacity analysis, product flow analysis, and quality and waste studies for capital expenditure requests and prepared manufacturing documentation.• Utilized Six Sigma and statistical tools to solve quality, manufacturing and engineering problems.• Explained and enforced safety and environmental regulations, by periodically reviewing manufacturing, and preventive maintenance documents to ensure safety compliance.

• Participated in new product introduction design reviews to verify design for manufacturability as well as validate estimates, tooling requirements, and confirm required employee skills.• Developed and monitored labor standards by performing motion and time studies.• Designed layout of facilities to provide maximum possible operating efficiency.• Developed and implemented work instructions, procedures and training programs.• Expedited operations that delayed and altered schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.• Developed and managed the Occupational Safety and Environmental program.• Conducted annual performance reviews of manufacturing support groups and the associated employee’s development plans.

B.S., Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering

A.A.S., Drafting And Design