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Elgin, Illinois, United States

Carpentersville, Il

Coordinate Engineering , Quality, Sales & Manufacturing efforts to design, test & release products to Production.- Established the design concepts and developed performance specifications for products to meet customer goals- Provided product and tooling cost estimates for quotations to customers- Defined and maintained project schedules and milestones to meet customer goals- Coordinated activities affecting internal departments, vendors, and customers required to achieve project schedules, milestones and goals- Provided technical guidance to support staff (i.e.- Engineers, Designers, Drafters, and Technicians) to layout and complete designs of product assemblies, subassemblies, and detailed piece parts- Prepared & reviewed drawings, BOM’s, ECN’s, and all other documents required for new/changed product assemblies and components- Supported Production and Quality in solving design and process related issues on existing products

Spring Grove, Il

Supported products in production; integrated existing products from acquisitions; served as back-up resident engineer.- Reduced production costs by $ .25 Million/year by redesigning existing product components & assembly methods- Ensured product quality by functioning as back-up resident engineer, determining disposition of factory part/assembly rejects & vendor part defects- Directed Engineering team in the integration of the newly acquired Grässlin product line into existing company structure- Increased factory yield by resolving design/process/documentation issues found during production

Arlington Heights, Il

Designed, verified, documented, tested and qualified Mechanical components of Base Transceiver Stations. - Directed RoHS compliance conversion of product mechanics - Exceeded project goals by releasing product to production two weeks early and under budget, with staff reductions and a six week program schedule pull-in; coordinated design and qualification activities for the entire product with off-site contractors and contract manufacturers- Achieved Six Sigma design quality by performing system-wide tolerance analyses and modifying tolerance schemes on part prints- Achieved product certification by writing test plans and reports, directing and conducting system level tests including: environmental, acoustic, seismic, shipping/packaging, ALT, HALT- Designed various mechanical components of products including die cast housings, injection molded plastics, sheet metal parts, cosmetics, EMI shielding, connector schemes, printed circuit boards, cabling- Ensured adequate cooling of printed circuit boards by conducting thermal analyses, selection and testing of fans for system cooling, conducting airflow and thermal testing

Arlington Heights, Il

Designed, documented, tested and qualified Mechanical components of Base Transceiver Stations.- Architected mechanical layout of printed circuit board designs- Designed die cast metal housings for printed circuit boards to provide for EMI shielding- Ensured adequate cooling of printed circuit boards by conducting thermal analyses, airflow testing and thermal testing- Attained product certification in the areas of acoustic and shipping/transportation by writing test plans, conducting tests, and writing test reports - Achieved Six Sigma design quality by conducting tolerance analyses and modifying tolerance schemes on part prints- Coordinated qualification efforts for multiple modules within a product by generating prints for release to vendors, creating and loading bills of materials, evaluating materials reports, analyzing dimensional data and part samples.

Arlington Heights, Il

Supported project teams to ensure on-time release of products for Production. - Architected system level interconnect thru mechanical layout of printed circuit boards- Ensured compliance to design requirements by verifying design constraints- Documented designs by creating prints for release to Motorola's factory and it's vendors- Improved manufacturability of products thru redesign of existing brackets and creation of assembly fixtures for use in Motorola's factory

Piscataway, Nj

Supported the Mechanical Engineering team in various aspects of manufacturing.- Assisted in the creation and modification of architectural plans for new production lines - Architected flow diagrams of future production and testing lines - Designed 3D tooling models based on hand sketches of manufacturing components

Piscataway, Nj

Supported senior staff to maintain and upgrade network hardware and software across the entire network.- Managed physical access to remote sites by updating key sets and controlling access to facility keys- Improved network performance thru configuration of IP/IPX/Appletalk gateways (Cisco routers & switches)- Assisted in the installation of new equipment by physically wiring and configuring new items- Troubleshot network problems ranging from user errors to widespread power outages- Performed hardware and software maintenance on network equipment