Michael Dillman Email & Phone Number

Avon Lake, Ohio, Us

• Communicate clearly to team members, delegating tasks and ensuring understanding of project priorities and deliverables.• Ensure all team members routinely update project management database.• Represent the organization professionally by networking at tradeshows, sales meetings, and other media events. • Act as engineering SME for legal on IP related issues, including invention disclosures and patent development.• Engineer and evaluate solutions through CAD development and FEA multi-physics analysis.• Utilize Digimat and Molflow to generate project reviews to ensure customer specified performance characteristics are realized.• Travel with team members to customer manufacturing locations to validate part design feasibility, tool development, and manufacturing conditions for the application.• Develop and manage material databases required for accurate simulations.

Avon Lake, Ohio, Us

• Engineer and evaluate solutions through CAD development and FEA multi-physics analysis• Lead product FEA reviews to ensure customer specified performance characteristics are realized• Utilize Digimat and Molflow to confirm proper polymer material formulation is identified to meet customer product requirements• Manage projects interacting with customers, industrial designers and various Business Units in both North America and Europe• Communicate and travel with team members to customer manufacturing locations to validate part design feasibility, tool development, and manufacturing conditions for the application• Develop and manage material database required for accurate simulations

Delanco, New Jersey, Us

• Responsible for product design, project management, and manufacturing synchronization• Design mechanical systems to meet and exceed industry ASTM / BIFMA testing standards• Evaluate and inspect project suppliers for production methods and quality procedures• Design for manufacturability, utilizing in house manufacturing techniques when possible• Research industry trends to identify new technologies to implement for design and fabrication• Design plastic components and assess injection molding suppliers for project production• Collaborate with industrial designers to bring a stylistic idea / concept to commercialization• Apply lean principles to identify areas of improvement for efficiency and cost savings• Fabricate prototypes and working models for hands on testing• Program product configurations and data into the company ERP system

Easton, Pa, Us

• Responsible for the development and commercialization of products utilizing advanced materials (thermoplastics, thermosets, composites, coatings, metallic alloys, etc.)• Technical knowledge in polymer processing, plastic part design and applications (injection molding, extrusion, Moldflow)• Knowledge of material, mechanical, and chemical analysis (FTIR, DMA, DSC, TGA, Tensile)• Facilitated a multidepartment team in the test and validation of non­metallic sub­assemblies and products through design reviews• Formulation of new polymers for the oil and gas market to meet customer's specifications• Participated in supplier selection (internal or external), review of detailed cost estimates• Experience with coating specification, selection, and evaluation for chemical and exterior applications

Easton, Pa, Us

•Design new generation tools for the global market utilizing 3D CAD modeling, FEA, and engineering analysis•Generate and interpret mechanical design specifications and system requirements•Lead technical design projects•Responsible for entire product life cycle•Guide design engineering in the generation of machine layout and 3D drawings•Actively participate in new product development teams•Schedule and manage project work in the engineering lab•Identify and collaborate with external suppliers•Communicate with project teams and management to provide project updates and design reviews

Easton, Pa, Us

•Provide engineering consulting support to the NA / EMEA-I sales organizations and customers•Lead product performance investigations both with returned components and at customer field installations•Conduct training sessions with new employees, sales personnel, and customers to educate them on the features and benefits of products and services via presentations and hands-on demonstrations•Provide technical expertise in departmental meetings serving as an internal resource on product performance, transforming customer requirements into practical solutions •Identify new product opportunities by gathering market information to qualify new product development•Participate in product development core teams alongside the quality, regulatory, CPS, marketing, and development groups to identify problems and develop effective solutions•Travel to customer locations to discuss new project proposals and develop specialized solutions utilizing Victaulic products

Great Meadows, New Jersey, Us

•Assembled, disassembled, and reverse engineered Microwave Disinfection Units•Fabricated and modified components to fit various applications•Coordinated with clients detailing on-site requirements•Performed maintenance and service operations on shredders, motors, and drive assemblies•Solved assembly issues using creative methods•Utilized CAD software to create and modify part drawings•Executed daily tasks in a contaminated environment (medical waste)

Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen, De

•Researched various automotive topics for completive market studies•Designed new automotive features for the American market•Fabricated parts and accessories for concept vehicles•Presented valuable themes for new design direction•Translated documents from German to English and vice versa•Gained valuable knowledge of the Automotive Industry

•Utilized various machines (i.e. Milling, Lathe, Screw Machines, Laser Marker)•Learned and performed CNC programming•Accurately measured and recorded various dimensions of high precision parts (medical implants) using an optical comparator and CMM•Proficient at blueprint and schematic reading•Gained machining knowledge that can be applied in other positions

Master’S Degree, Polymer Science And Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering, German