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Slatington, Pa, Us

Slatington, Pa, Us

Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Us

Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Us

• Manage a team of engineers to coordinate efforts on active projects, prototype development, and project proposals• Utilize strategic initiatives to improve business practices and create better cohesion between intercompany divisions• Created tools, documents, and processes contributing to an efficiency increase of 15% for the layout and costing of projects and communication to customers and sales teams

Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Us

• Develop material handling systems with costs ranging from less than $100,000 to multimillion dollar projects for the purpose of transporting and sorting product, integrating belted, modular and roller conveyors along with bombay, tilt-tray, and shoe sorters• Design, build, and validate material handling prototypes and systems, including but not limited to printer applicator systems, modular sortation systems, scan tunnels, and mobile equipment skids• Produce design drawings utilizing 2D and 3D modeling for material handling systems, sheet metal components, structural supports, and miscellaneous project-specific parts• Assist sales team in developing conceptual layouts and pricing for ROM or fixed pricing proposals• Conduct site visits for purposes not limited to, project surveys, pre-proposal walk-throughs, system installations, and customer meetings• Collaborate with vendors to develop solutions for active projects and future integrations to better suit customers and create marketability for the demands of current social and economic conditions

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Us

• Engineer and design machines and mechanical devices utilizing engineering principles, the specification of desired components, and 3D design techniques and practices• Model, build, and perform testing of prototypes and modified product designs for design validation and new product development• Coordinate efforts with sales engineering managers, manufacturing managers and sales and marketing teams to effectively implement design changes and transition new and existing products through their respective lifecycles• Utilize product sales information and competitor product research to fill voids and engineer products to better suit customer needs• Revise designs based on customer and manufacturing feedback to better increase product manufacturability and profitability• Employ sheet metal design principles to construct sheet metal components and assemblies and create corresponding CNC punch programs for manufacturing• Create, revise, and manage user manuals, operational and upgrade guides, and manufacturing assembly instructions• Compose mechanical drawings of designed parts, assemblies, and fixtures used through the manufacturing process• Integrate consumer requirements with current products to construct custom equipment for use in customer processes• Enforce design characteristics based on existing company standards, desired product cost, tooling, and manufacturing limitations• Combine mechanical and electrical designs simultaneously to develop new products and design changes within budgeted time constraints

• Manage and aid project managers in the organization of project specifics including, but not limited to transmittals, document and drawing lists, proposal reviews, quote procurement, and task distribution• Internally collaborate with fellow designers and engineers of varying disciplines to achieve optimal design and safety objectives while satisfying all necessary design constraints• Communicate and work jointly with customers, associate engineers, and vendors to achieve project synergy and produce all required project deliverables• Produce drawings, 3D models, and documentation of design work including, but not limited to process flow sheets, small to large structural designs, mechanical general arrangements, dust collection and air routing design plans, and material transport and housing vessels, gates and chutes• Design and produce layouts of process systems of equipment including, but not limited to mills, dust collectors, conveyors, material screens, bins and silos, and miscellaneous mechanical and electromechanical devices • Determine design validations through existing design standards and practices, simulations, calculations, and computer aided 2D and 3D design techniques• Conduct field measuring, surveying, and off-site data collection for the purpose of existing design validations and proposals of the addition, relocation, and retrofitting of mechanical and structural equipment and designs• Experience modifying existing conveyor, machine, bulk material processing, dust collection, mechanical, and structural designs to be upgraded, expanded, or modified to suit customer and industry needs, standards and safety practices• Review and analyze equipment, process, P&ID, and manufacturing drawings and materials to ensure compliance with all design, safety, and necessary engineering requirements• Contribute engineering and design knowledge towards project goals and constraints across multiple projects occurring simultaneously

Easton, Pa, Us

• Created a manual of measurement procedures for injection molded and thermoformed parts with the use of a CMM and measurement analysis software for a first piece inspection process• Analyzed part drawings for critical dimensions jointly with fellow engineers and designers• Performed quality assurance tasks with the use of an optical CMM, manual measurement tools, and an optical comparator to test and document injection and blow-molded parts and components for deviations created during the manufacturing process• Compiled test results to provide a statistical analysis based on existing manufacturing parameters and techniques, as well as trial runs of components based on varying machinery and materials to develop solutions to manufacturing inconsistencies• Aided in the design of laboratory and factory used fixtures and components based on injection molded parts and products, as well as, experimentally determined geometric constraints• Assisted engineers with green belt projects focused on characterizing and reducing defects based on the hierarchy of materials, molds, machines, etc. during the production process