ROGER R. KERN

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Scotts Valley, CA 95066

831-***-**** abg3s8@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

SUMMARY: Broadbased experience in mechanical design and testing with a

focused understanding of the business aspects of technology,

and with

expertise in the area of cost effective design.

QUALIFICATIONS:

*Proficient in CAD : Pro/E for 15 years, Wildfire5-Creo

Elements, Pro/Intralink,

Pro/Mechanica(FEA), Solidworks and Autocad Inventor.

*Proficient in Document Control including Oracle and SAP use,

BOMs, ECOs, MRB,

Tolerance Stack Analysis, GD&T, and Product Lifecycle for

ISO9001.

*Experienced in creating 2D Drawings with associated

dimensions and notes.

*Proficient in materials processing including sheet metal,

forging, diecast,

plastic extrusion, injection and foam molding for fast

turn around.

*Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point, and Adobe Acrobat

software.

*Experienced in design and testing to obtain Agency approvals to

include

UL, TUV, FCC, and CE for electronics packaging.

*Project design leadership experience.

*Familiar with FDA requirements for Medical Devices and Instruments.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

KLA-Tencor (Milpitas, Ca.)-Sen Mech Engr

2011-2012 (Contractor)

*Design of air diffuser and dust control parts for wafer

handling robot enclosure.

EVAOS CORP. (Santa Clara, Ca) - Sen Mech Engineer

2010-2011 (Contractor)

*Design of mounts and electronic enclosures for hybrid

electric vehicle.

BAE SYSTEMS (Santa Clara, Ca) -Sen Mech Engineer

2007-2010 (Direct)

*Design of flow circuitry and equipment choice for hydraulically

driven cooling

fan for 600 HP diesel engine on offroad prototype tracked vehicle.

*Design of sheet metal reservoir tanks and air ducting for electronic

packaging.

*Conducted root cause analysis of power pack and chassis field

problems to improve

vehicle reliability.

BD BIOSCIENCES (San Jose, Ca) -Sen Mech Engineer 2006-

2007 (Contractor)

*Design of test tube sampling device for laser powered fluid flow

cytometer.

*Development and testing of pneumatic powered sample delivery

system.

*Design of sheet metal housings to contain electronics, compressors

and pumps.

AVIZA TECHNOLOGY(Scotts Valley,Ca)-Sen Mech Engineer 2005

(Contractor)

*Design of Chemical Delivery manifold and Gas Box Circuits

DIONEX CORP. (Sunnyvale, Ca) -Sen Mech Engineer

2004-2005 (Contractor)

*Design of seals and insulators for heated chamber on Liquid

Chromatograph.

*Led Vendor selection and management for rapid "turn around"

to support Pilot build.

THERMO ELECTRON (San Jose, Ca)

2004 (Contractor)

*Redesign of Enclosure and Circuitry for update of Liquid

Chromatograph.

*Redesign of automated syringe for Liquid Chromatograph

Instrument.

AVIZA TECHNOLOGY(Formerly ASML) (Scotts Valley,Ca) 2003

to 2004

*Design of heated gas delivery system for Chemical Vapor

Deposition module

on Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication tool.

APPLIED MATERIALS (Santa Clara, Ca) -Sen Mech Engineer 1999

to 2002

*Design of sensor and alarm system for Dielectric Deposition

Wafer Tool.

*Design and Component selection for Vacuum Chamber and Slit Valves.

*Design of gas and liquid delivery and control systems.

*Designed sheet metal enclosure and circuitry for Flat Panel

Display control module.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:

TOPAZ TECHNOLOGY (CALCOMP Subsidiary) (Mountainview,Ca)

*Designed product improvements and enhancements on large

format

ink-jet printers including injection molded plastics and

elastomers.

*Design of alignment fixtures to improve functional quality

of printers

which were being assembled at a contract manufacturing

facility.

SIEMENS PYRAMID CORP., (San Jose, Ca)

Project Engineer

*Design of Chassis and Skin Panels(sheet metal and plastic) for

Computer Servers and Routers to ensure compliance with EMC (both

FCC and VDE) requirements.

*Responsible for packaging and shock protection of the hard

drives.

*Performed thermal analysis of cardcages and peripherals to

determine

fan selection and duct requirements thru use of Flotherm

simulation.

*Conducted shock, vibration and environmental design

verification

tests on computer and peripheral packages.

*Design of latching system to permit convenient stacking and

align-

ment of computer modules for more efficient use of data

center floorspace.

*Performed FEA on server chassis using Pro/Mechanica to

design structural

backbone to withstand loads of multi-layer configurations

and harsh environment.

EDUCATION: M.B.A., Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich.

B.S.M.E., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,

PA

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