Mike J. Kinney Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

I am using SolidWorks at Zoetis to update various vaccine delivery solutions for the poultry hatchery.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Used SolidWorks and engineering expertise to refine 5-liter pharmaceutical centrifuge. Updated prints and assemblies for dimensions, fits, materials, and tolerances. Ensured precise mechanisms were properly engaged at 12,000-rpm rotational speed and were adequately disengaged for material removal and part cleaning.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Designed electromechanical bike lock mechanism and curvaceous plastic enclosure for the PCB card, battery, sensor, solenoid, cables, and bike lock mechanism. Worked closely with the customer to ensure covers, U-Lock mechanism, sensors, and bike mounting functioned properly. Wrote test plans, found test facility, designed force/vibration fixtures and.

Cary, NC

Negotiated purchase of workstation, and SolidWorks licensing / support. Configured workstation, added software and established vault to protect released prints on server.Created sheet metal parts and assemblies of PF5000 power supply using SolidWorks for repeatable, efficient purchasing and production.Conducted tolerance analysis to remove interferences on.

Merck In Durham, NC

Implemented preventive maintenance program on 197 pumps at Merck VMF by capturing monthly pump vibration signatures and scheduled pump replacements that avoided significant production impacts. Designed custom 50L and 100L agitator lifts using SolidWorks to access gaskets beneath the 50L and 100L tanks for quicker, safer and repeatable gasket replacements.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Designed a cost reduced Airbus 380 hydraulic motor from a cross section sketch using SolidWorks. Incorporated motor brushes, PCB, fasteners and torsion springs into multifunctional plastics to apply the optimum brush force at the start and the end of life conditions. Integrated O-rings and Loctite adhesive to properly seal the submerged motor to mitigate.

Apex, NC

Wrote test procedures, purchased test equipment, calibrated test equipment and wrote test reports to show MediTek's EN 81-40 chairlifts were safety compliant to ASME A18.1 safety standards.Changed sheet metal parts and welded assemblies to achieve ASME A18 safety compliance by covering exposed electronics and gears that resulted in lower costs.Invented.

Apex, NC

Used ProEngineer Creo to design a one-drawer wide medical cart that attached onto the three-drawer wide medical cabinet to provide additional medical dispensing capabilities. Cleverly designed three-drawer wide lever into one-drawer width cart so key lock/unlock torque, motor and sensors were the same for both medical carts along with improved quality..

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Changed two sketches into SolidWorks Carolina Unmanned Vehicle with welded sheet metal assemblies for cabinets, ladders, exhaust fumes and tailgate to comply with military requirements. This surveillance vehicle operated by two soldiers replaced six engineers within an 18-wheel vehicle. Helped build prototype in Durham, NC that was driven to Raleigh. It.

Fuquay-Varina, NC

Resolved production issues on Deere equipment such as welding fixtures, proper pedal movement, tubing routing and others.

Morrisville, NC

Implemented engineering solutions to production issues such as welding fixtures, proper pedal movement, tubing routing interferences and others.

Wilson, NC

Hired as “key characteristics engineer” that resulted in Kidde winning a Boeing 787 award for ensuring potential design and production failures were lowered to an acceptable risk through numerous design and production improvements.Expanded engineering expertise with military and commercial aviation customers approving test procedures, test, reliability.

Sanford, NC

Senior design engineer of first USA plastic throttle body with Chrysler requiring thorough qualification of innovative product. Increased first time production throughput from 78% to 92%. Used design of experiments to determine how to spray DAG adhesive onto throttle body to reduce idle airflow by 75%. Used several design of experiments to improve.

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Worked full time at IBM as mechanical design engineer.Engineering analysis and design of experiments achieve.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Blue Band for 2 years. Acacia fraternity. ASME treasurer.3.5 GPA. Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma honor societies.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering