Rob Ehret Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

CNC routing | Design | Fabrication

San Francisco Bay Area

• Programming 4 and 5-axis CNC equipment in a custom, low volume/high volume job shop. Complex surface modeling and reverse engineering of intricate shapes. Machining in a range of materials including aluminum, plastics, Renshape and wood. • Responsible for the entire product lifecycle, from inception to completion, including material procurement, fixture design, CAD modeling, CAM programming, tooling setup. Work closely with customers to define part specs, tolerances, and completion… Show more • Programming 4 and 5-axis CNC equipment in a custom, low volume/high volume job shop. Complex surface modeling and reverse engineering of intricate shapes. Machining in a range of materials including aluminum, plastics, Renshape and wood. • Responsible for the entire product lifecycle, from inception to completion, including material procurement, fixture design, CAD modeling, CAM programming, tooling setup. Work closely with customers to define part specs, tolerances, and completion dates. • Developed and implemented efficient shop quoting and estimating procedures that factored cycle time, programming time, labor, and other overhead costs, while ensuring a healthy profit margin.• Setup and integration of 5-axis CNC into production.• Complete redesign of company website in ASP.NET. Responsible for creating the entire website including layout, graphics, photos, videos, server side code, content, email/domain forwarding, and Google Analytics. Created company database and internal web application for parts and project management.. Show less

Troutman, Nc

• Applications engineering for potential and new customers purchasing 3, 4, and 5-axis CNC equipment. Responsibilities included cycle time estimates, part fixturing, part programming, customer demonstrations and initial machine run-offs. Worked with customers to meet their goals and manage expectations for new CNC implementation.• Developed fixturing and machining processes for a wide variety of products and materials such as polycarbonate aircraft windshields, Renshape and aluminum… Show more • Applications engineering for potential and new customers purchasing 3, 4, and 5-axis CNC equipment. Responsibilities included cycle time estimates, part fixturing, part programming, customer demonstrations and initial machine run-offs. Worked with customers to meet their goals and manage expectations for new CNC implementation.• Developed fixturing and machining processes for a wide variety of products and materials such as polycarbonate aircraft windshields, Renshape and aluminum molds, carbon fiber fairings, curved plywood laminates for the snowboard and skateboard industry, laminated aircraft propellers and sheet aluminum for the aerospace industry.• Installed and setup new CNC equipment on site at the customer’s facility during 2 to 5 day installation periods. Responsible for hands-on machine setup, calibration and initialization, including troubleshooting any mechanical or electrical issues that occurred during shipping or placement. Trained customers on CNC operation and general applications, ensuring that they were able to get into production quickly.• Responsible for creating and maintaining MasterCAM post processors, including 5-axis post processors. Trained CNC customers in MasterCAM during 3 to 5 day classes. Topics up to and including surface machining and 5-axis programming.• Part of the product engineering and design team for new CNC models utilizing Autodesk Inventor and ANSYS. Created and manipulated large assemblies. CAD manager for engineering drawings, infrastructure, and software maintenance. • Implemented part numbering database system for engineering data using SQL Server with an ASP.NET front-end and third party ActiveX control. Allowed non-engineering personnel to view read only copies of engineering drawings via web browser to facilitate drawing review, mark-up and revision. Show less