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Boxborough, MA, US

Burlington, Massachusetts, US

• Originated and managed Engineering Drafting and Documentation Team of eight Mechanical and Electrical Designer Drafters for the generation of a production level quality technical data package for a complex.

Burlington, Massachusetts, US

• Chosen by Management to lead, develop, and implement Drawing/Drafting Standards and follow-on design/drawing configuration control and release process within the SolidWorks CAD Project Data Management (PDM) system. o.

Burlington, Massachusetts, US

• Lobbied Senior Management and successfully planned and coordinated training for Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing per ASME Y14.5 – 2009. Contracted outside training service Tec-Ease and performed a comprehensive.
• SolidWorks PDM (Standard) Administrator. Managed daily PDM activities for department: adding users and setting appropriate permissions, workflows, project folders, and user groups. Collaborated with Manufacturing and.
• Engineering representative for Company Software Planning and Implementation Team reporting directly to the VP of Information Technology. Part of steering committee evaluating and planning future SolidWorks CAD revision.

Burlington, Massachusetts, US

• Initiated a “Drawing Release Tracking Matrix” to monitor and report the status of drawing release through the PDM/PLM systems. “Tracking Matrix” was a valuable resource utilized by Senior Management as a metric to.
• Part of Senior Management Team providing daily program status, setting priorities, balancing resources, and responding to project needs. Regularly supporting design reviews, program status meetings, contributor to cost.
• Considered the “troubleshooter” for problematic parts which are experiencing large part rejection or holding up delivery. Providing “hands-on” engineering support, working on-site with Suppliers and Contract.
• Over thirty years of practical experience with Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing per ANSI/ASME Y14.5 – 1982, 1994, 2009. Company lead for GD&T, setting usage guidelines to ensure drawings convey full design.

Burlington, Massachusetts, US

• Productionized a prototype aluminum machined sandcasting frame for a 3D metal printer which had many quality and production issues. Working closely with suppliers, modified problematic design features, developed.
• Mechanical Project Engineer for an automated electro-mechanical cross-linking curing oven for a 3D Metal Printer. Oven’s components consisted of machined aluminum and steel parts, sheet metal, aluminum castings.

• Technical and project engineering leader for two Impella Heart Pump systems’ product enhancement programs. Independently planning and assigning identified deliverables among team members to achieve project objectives.

• Mechanical Product Engineering Director for flywheel energy storage systems. Responsible for supervising and tracking the design activities of three Mechanical Design Drafters and two Mechanical Engineers. Coordinating.

• Engineering Manager for mechanical design and integration activities for a complex electro-mechanical flywheel energy storage system. Developed design/drafting protocols and managed drafting department of 3 design.
• Developed / Implemented / Controlled Project Data Management (PDM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) System. PDM/PLM managed complex products over their lifecycle, defined workflows for review and approval of.
• Cognizant Mechanical Engineer responsible for a complex power storage/generation flywheel assembly. Effort included the integration of mechanical and electrical subassemblies originating from Beacon and outside.

Haslet, Texas, US

• Combination Project Test Engineer / Manager for the F-18 E/F Electro-Hydraulic Valve Test Station (EHVTS); a complex computerized electro-hydraulic test stand ($.5 million per stand with a 15 month build cycle) which.
• Contract Reviewer: review / provide input for all Customer submitted RFP's (Request for Proposal). Served as proposal leader for a requirements change proposal submitted to Boeing, valued over $300K

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Provided direct engineering support to General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, MA.
• Senior Mechanical Engineer providing design engineering support for the hot section of the M1A2 Abrams Tank gas turbine engine. Generated layouts of engine cross-sections to ensures fits and tolerances, performed.
• Project Manager maintaining / tracking cost and schedule of six Belcan engineering support contracts with GE Aircraft Engines. Activities include generating statements of work and proposals, approval of invoices, and.

• Mechanical Project Engineer for high-speed rotation flywheel energy storage system. Responsible for coordinating the design activities of a cross-functional team; interfacing with subsystem engineers and suppliers to.
• Mechanical Design Engineer for structural aluminum castings/machinings. Utilized concurrent engineering design practices with manufacturing and casting/machine suppliers to minimize development time while optimizing.

Haslet, Texas, US

• Selected by Senior Management as Engineering Task Manager/Project Engineer to lead a multi-million dollar integration program of a “smart weapon” system into another company’s missile platform. Collaborated with two.
• Proposal Leader for Container Design/Qualification proposal. Primary technical contributor generating proposal’s technical write-up section. Generated all estimates that encompassed mechanical engineering, material.

Haslet, Texas, US

• Mechanical Designer for complex “smart weapon” sensor package. Utilizing Unigraphics II parametric modeling/drafting CAD software, designed sensor transducer assembly that consisted of optics with laser.
• Led mechanical design effort in the design/fabrication of an inertially stable airborne test bed that was mounted to a Bell Huey helicopter. Utilizing CADAM Solid Modeling, performed mass property analysis and.

Haslet, Texas, US

• Assigned to a Producibility Enhancement/Cost Reduction Program. Produced layouts of conceptual improvements of existing mechanical designs utilizing IBM CADAM, fabricated engineering models of each concept, and.
• Part of team to review and update customer mechanical component/assembly drawing package to ensure compliance to GD&T per ANSI Y14.5-1982. Review identified potential assembly interferences and eliminated drawing.
• Cited by VP Engineering for engineering proposal effort that successfully contributed in the awarding of a $6 million engineering services contract.
• Material Review Board Engineer facilitating the acceptance of non-conforming hardware by Airforce Representatives. Submitted technical reports documenting engineering justification for acceptance and recommendations.
• Represented engineering in mechanical retrofit of a missile system’s fuzing shelf. Developed detailed procedures and designed tooling. Personally performed retrofit on-site in Germany, four weeks ahead of schedule.
• Conducted over 100 failure analyses of a subcontractor supplied complex electro-mechanical device:-directed cause/effect analysis-initiated corrective action-instituted design changes-documented findingsCited for.