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Phoenix, Arizona Area

Drive new business growth within innovative engineering and technology firm. Multidisciplinary programs require both technical and non-technical communication to simultaneously represent engineering and business teams. Continuous and careful management of client relationships for the purpose of strategic alignment and partnerships, initiating long-term growth for Optimal Design. • Oversee and responsible for full technical sales cycle including lead generation, proposal writing, team collaboration, and account/client management throughout project. • Experience selling end-to-end product development and engineering services, including electrical engineering, RF/antenna design, firmware/software development, mechanical engineering, and industrial design. • Utilize cross-functional team leadership skills during projects to uphold continuity, generate continued flow of business, and maintain open and reliable communication between client and team. • Integral part of business expansion team, successful in generating new accounts leading to a 6X increase in head count (and still growing!). • Search for, identify, and acquire key stakeholders and strategic partners, building a portfolio of programs through a network of alliances full of household brands.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Direct design tasks and support major milestones for global projects powering Boeing 787, Airbus A350 and A380 for component level and sub-system assembly level structures including bearing supports, seal housings, and compressor casings, interfacing daily with Global Partners.• Other responsibilities include leading design activities of main structures, sumps and seal assemblies for bearing supports powering Embraer ERJ 145 as well as domestic and international military turbofan and turboprop engine variants of C-130, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, V-22 Osprey and others.• Developed component and assembly risk assessments using Design/Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (D/PFMEA), Failure Mode Effects and Critical Analysis (FMECA), and Feature Verification and Risk Audit (FVRA) integrated with Dimensional Characteristics Matrix (DCM). • Completed DfX events at suppliers for redesigns and evaluation of large castings, forgings and fabricated assemblies detailing new welds, modified inspection requirements, near-net forgings, redefined GD&T, and improved feature definition affecting aero/performance, stress, materials and overall cost and weight.• Regularly use robust design tools for concept development and down select, coupled with preliminary analysis using ANSYS Workbench considering the effects of thermal cycles, centrifugal and mechanical loading based on various flight cycles.• Perform tolerance stack analyses for clearance, interference, radial and axial limits based on minimum/maximum conditions of components and assemblies for properly designed fits at varying temperature gradients.• Support Modeling and Stress Engineers in developing component definition for new product introduction, cost reduction activities, part redesign, and preparation for rig and engine validation testing.

Stratford, Ct

• Responsible for improved manufacturability of airframe components and assemblies on Black Hawk and Sea Hawk helicopters and their derivatives, including Final Assembly, Major Assembly and Sub-Assembly levels using Catia V4 & V5, and MatrixOne, supporting shop floor and off-site suppliers.• Support research, design and development of propulsion components (e.g. titanium Firewall, titanium parts, heat-resistant fasteners, etc.) and generate complete 2-D layout drawings and 3-D solid models for new parts and their configurations.• General duties include: global suppliers technical support, generate drawings and interpretation specifications such as Engineering Changes (EC), Engineering Orders (EO), Minor Engineering Orders (MEO), Parts List Changes (PL), Electronic Bill of Materials (BOMs) and interface with production/suppliers for engineering manufacturability and technical support.• Responsible for creating Preliminary Design/Basic Data packages that will be used to initiate detail design, develop layouts, and interpret and apply GD&T.• Provide solutions to a variety of supplier problems through extensive planning, research, and data collection.• Responsible for providing engineering design support of manufacturing during detail part fabrication and installation working with legacy data (e.g. mylars, 2-D CAD).