Paul R. Ambler

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Londonderry, NH 03053

Home Phone: 603-***-****

Cell Phone: 603-***-****

acdzyb@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary: A senior level mechanical design engineer with over 20 years of engineering experience in

commercial, industrial, medical and consumer level products. Proven skills in leading

engineering teams and coordinating concept development with extended project partners

and customers. Familiar with machining, casting, plastics, sheetmetal & weldments as well

as a wide range of regulatory specifications.

Experience: Lead Mechanical Engineer – DEKA Research & Development (2010 – 2014)

• Led mechanical engineering team consisting of 4 – 9 people in the development of

medical and non-medical devices. Worked with project management to interview and build

the mechanical engineering team.

• Responsible for system top level mechanical architecture, modular design

concepts, overall system mechanical BOM and cost for device including over 800 different

components.

• Developed innovative and patentable solutions for complex design and operational

challenges related to various medical and non-medical applications. Created extensive P &

ID layouts for fluid-based systems. Specified and designed pumps, valves, compressors

and fans.

• Traveled to Ghana, Africa for 6 weeks to support field trial installation, maintenance

and training with local resources. During trips to Ghana, learned the local language “Twi”

and used it to coordinate local resources.

• Traveled to Dongguan, China for 10 weeks to support the manufacture of revised-

design prototypes. During trips to China, began to learn Mandarin to support role as lead

technical adviser during the prototype build.

• Provided design direction for stamped metal, machined metal, cast metal and

injection molded thermoplastics for production level manufacturing. Introduced structural

foam (RIM, LIM) and spray foam insulation as options for cost effective production

manufacturing.

• Consulted with engineering teams from large appliance manufacturers to develop

new concepts for cost reduction based on annual volumes.

• Performed and coordinated FEA simulations on mechanical components under

several force loads as well as GD & T analysis to assure proper performance and cost

effectiveness prior to releasing tooling.

• Responsible for the procurement and qualification of 65 injection mold tools and

over 50 assembly fixtures in overseas facilities.

• Researched and introduced innovative thermoplastics to meet customer

requirements, machine application requirements and cost effectiveness.

• Researched and implemented requirements from ASME, UL, CE, NSF-52, NSF-61

& NSF-62 as well as IEC-61010-1, REACH and WEEE for all mechanical components in the

system. Additionally researched requirements for IP-X3 & IP-54.

• Researched and implemented AAMI water quality standards and IEC60101-1

requirements for use with another water purifier application.

• Supervised and directed the work efforts of between 4 and 9 people (typically 6) to

design an innovative water purifier for extended field trials in Paraguay, Mexico and South

Africa as well as a consequential redesign based on the learnings from those field trials.

• Worked as the lead technical resource with development partner responsible for

training partner staff, explaining the technology and designs and working through partner

requirements.

Mechanical Engineer – ENCON Evaporators (2007 – 2010)

• Performed and managed technical reviews of all components for evaporation

systems as well as managed the required analysis of these various components.

• Performed engineering and design of energy efficient waste water evaporation

equipment using sound engineering principles and Autodesk Inventor. Created and

maintained commercial line of P & ID layouts as well as line-wide piping size specifications

and piping layouts.

• Traveled to remote customer facilities in U.S. and Mexico to provide on-site start-

up, maintenance and operational training for industrial evaporation systems.

• Develop patentable methods for managing water treatment through innovation,

calculation and Taguchi-method experimentation.

• Engineer and design accurate hydraulic systems for use with various pump,

compressor and fan technologies.

• Develop and maintain required hydraulic specifications for centrifugal, flexible

impeller, gear and air-diaphragm pump systems (flow, duty head, NPSHr, etc…) based on

custom fluid characteristics (density, viscosity, etc…) as well as engineering and design

modification to use the closest possible performance curves available.

• Engineered specific heat exchanger calculations required to maintain a heat

balance under specific reduction ratios with specific fluid characteristics (thermal

conductivity, specific heat, viscosity and density). These calculations could then be used to

determine the most cost-effective design requirements for shell & tube and plate & frame

heat exchangers as well as verify and validate the recommended designs from the heat

exchanger suppliers.

• Develop numerous Excel-based spreadsheets for other engineering staff to

accurately design waste water evaporation equipment using a static set of design principles

for use with custom waste streams and reduction ratios.

• Create and manage thousands of custom and purchased 3D models reflecting

accurate detail and mechanical properties for simulation and analysis using Autodesk

Inventor and Vault.

• Develop and support deliverable documentation for step-by-step production

fabrication and assembly, as well as supplier fabrication.

• Communicate with suppliers to determine the most cost-effective means of

applying their products into the waste-water treatment systems.

• Use Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) software to create and control

component-level detail for purchasing, production and accounting.

• Managed entire assembly of custom industrial equipment from design through

manufacturing, acting as manufacturing engineer to answer questions and revise designs

based on the expertise of the production staff to reduce costs and improve products.

Project Engineer - Eastprint Incorporated (1994 – 2007)

• Management of up to 20 concurrent, custom electronic assemblies from the order stage

through to shipment.

• Reduced global corporate cost of business through creation and maintenance of custom

databases for company-wide information management. These databases were designed

around the corporate MRP system and controlled Quality Assurance, ECO management,

Sales Order/Quoting and Documentation Management.

• Responsible for the creation and maintenance of the engineering department’s procedural

documentation. This documentation is the primary basis for all training.

• Provide a standard project schedule with cost analysis as well as provide complete design

support for each custom product.

• Design support provided using both AutoCAD and Pro/Engineer (versions 9 - Wildfire 3).

• Senior CAD manager for AutoCAD, Pro/Engineer Wildfire and Protel 99 SE responsible for

the direction, training and support for the company's CAD system.

Education: Associates of Science in Electrical Engineering (ASEE)

Merrimack College (1993 – 1999)

Associates of Science in Mechanical Drafting Technology (ASMDT)

Wentworth Institute (1987 – 1989)

PTC Creo 2 Cabling Training

Visible Edge (2012)

PTC Pro/Engineer Sheetmetal Training

Rand Worldwide (1998)

PTC Pro/Engineer Surfacing Training

Rand Worldwide (1998)

Languages: Fluent in Spanish, spoken and reading, some writing

Beginner conversational Mandarin

Software Expertise: Creo-Pro/Engineer, Solidworks and Autodesk Inventor.

Windows platforms (all client and server systems since 1996)

Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2007 including Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook &

Publisher

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003

Microsoft Visual Basic 6/2000/2003

Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2003

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