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Engineer Mechanical

Location:
Stanwood, WA, 98292
Salary:
90,000
Posted:
August 21, 2014

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Norman Tolchin

**** ********* **.

Camano Island, WA 98282

425-***-****

Email acfixj@r.postjobfree.com

Liaison Engineering Project Management

Budgeting & Top Down Design Creo 2.0,

Mechanical Scheduling Layouts, Schematics, Wildfire 2-5

Engineering Technology & Details Windchill 10.0

Electrical Products Detail Parts, Library PDMLink,

(Cable/Harness) R&D, Testing Parts Intralink

Manufacturing Prototype Sub-Assemblies Teamcenter

Technology Development Large Complex CATIA V4,

Engineering CAD Data Exchange Assemblies SolidWorks

(ManTech) Document Management Sheet Metal, Plastics AutoCAD 2010, LLD

Electronic &

Packaging Factory/Office/Lab Composite Structures MS Windows &

Tooling Engineering Layout Cradle to Grave Office

Purchasing ASME Y14.5 - GD&T VISIO

Facilities

Engineering

My success over more than three decades is based on my liaison skills with

all involved departments, management, customers, and vendors, regardless of

the products. By assessing needs and challenges with effective

communication, I ensure comprehensive solutions to meet everyone's goals in

a timely and cost beneficial manner.

My experience includes design engineering, R&D, testing, and prototype

development, project management, and CAD data exchange. I am an expert

with Wildfire, Creo 2, and WindChill PDMLink. My experience also includes

material fabrication, plastic injection molding and aluminum dies casting.

For over three decades, I brought in my projects on time and on budget, or

ahead of schedule and under budget, using out of the box thinking. I was

recognized for my effective and innovative problem solutions operating in

high pressure, short lead-time, results oriented environment. I have

demonstrated a broad range of capabilities by performing in a variety of

positions within a wide field of companies, most of which created and

manufactured products that were new to me.

COST, TIME AND RESOURCE SAVINGS: Please see page 5 for examples.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

DRAFTER - Wildfire 5.0, Creo 2.0,PDMLink, Teamcenter MICROSOFT

WDS, XBOX Sensor Group Redmond, Washington Nov., 2012 - June, 2014

(contract)

Drafting and design utilizing Wildfire 5, CREO 2.0

. Created and modified detailed plastic parts, sheet metal parts

including part creation, sub-assemblies and skeletons.

. Created new drawings and updated existing drawings, including new

General, Projected, Partial, Section, Exploded, Detail Views and

Family Tables.

. Created new Start Parts and associated drawings.

. Updated tolerances and specifications on drawings.

. As a Teamcenter power user, used Teamcenter for BOMs and document

creation and retrieval.

. Provided expertise in checking existing and creating new drawings, go

to person for drawings and CREO 2.0 knowledge.

. Heavy experience using all parts of CREO 2.0 including creating new

geometry utilizing Freestyle.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER/DESIGNER - Pro-E, ProE Diagram, Wildfire 5.0 PACCAR

CORP

Heavy Truck Manufacturer Kirkland, Washington March- Aug., 2012

(contract)

. Created new schematic diagrams for the service department, for the new

KW NGP (T680) truck.

. All work using ProE Diagram and Wildfire 5.0. Implemented ECN's and

ECO's for harness group.

. Released new ECN's, ECO's and new schematic drawings through PACCAR's

release system into Windchill 10.

ENGINEER - ProE, Wildfire 5.0 INTEL CORPORATION

DuPont, Washington Feb.-Dec., 2011 -2011 (contract)

. R&D for The Visual Testing Group (VTG) producing bench test fixtures

for internal and OEM customers.

. Designed in ProE parts, sub-assemblies then package into final

assemblies.

. Created and packaged components for new circuit board.

. Designed new mechanical concept for fixtures that will be use to

interface existing and new products with existing customers PCB test

boards.

. Create and modify all required drawings to support new projects.

. Created FMEA analysis to document possible failures that can occur.

Included in this documentation was suggested corrective action and

suggested design changes.

. Created design validation documentation that would be used for

validation testing.

. Validate by testing all prototype components for accuracy of

fabrication through cycle life testing.

ENGINEER - Wildfire 5.0 KORRY ELECTRONICS COMPANY

Everett, Washington 2009 -2010 (contract)

R&D Display Group - new US Army Vehicle Dashboard Display Program:

. Extensively redesigned ProE models to decrease material of machining

assemblies.

. Created and packaged connectors and components for new circuit board.

. Electronic Package of new circuit board assemblies into the upper

level assemblies, providing standoff locations and depths, then

modeled standoff locations into the machining assemblies.

. Created and assembled all harnesses, using Pro-Harness, including

interconnects with the vehicle's existing harnesses.

. All modeling completed in only three weeks in ProE.

Discreet Engineering Group:

. New AIRBUS Knobs program:

o Created all models and drawings in ProE, working closely with

Manufacturing, Tooling and Purchasing

. Sustaining Manufacturing: Created and implemented ECO's (Engineering

Change Orders).

o Created new ITAR and EAR formats for ProE drawings to be used by

entire company.

o Provided CAD support for older CADKEY drawings and models, plus

updates of non-cad drawings.

. MJET and EMBRARE's new business jet overhead cockpit control and

display panels:

o Created control modules to fit within limited space of overhead

panels, using true "Top down Design" in order to allow future

modifications by updating skeleton only.

. EUROCOPTER program:

o Created new models and drawings for proposal.

ENGINEER - ProE, Wildfire 2.0 L3, COLEMAN AEROSPACE CORP.

Orlando, Florida 2009 (contract)

. Electronic Packager: Created new and modified existing cable drawings

in Wildfire 3.

. Created new Notice of Revisions (NOR), preliminary parts list (PPL),

installation drawings and pictorial layouts.

. Created new models, cable assemblies, component parts and library

components in Pro-Engineer.

DESIGNER - Pro-Engineer, Wildfire 3.0 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.

(Land Systems Division) Woodbridge, Virginia 2005 - 2009

(contract)

. Electronic Packager - U.S. Marine Corps and other countries Light

Armor Vehicle (LAV) :

o Created new and modified existing wire harnesses

o Created new electrical schematics in Routing System Designer

(RSD), wire harness assemblies, library parts, connector parts,

assemblies, manufacturing models and associated drawings.

o Performed Engineering Change Orders to existing models and

drawings.

o Extensive experience creating new and modifying existing cable

drawings.

o Created new Notice of Revisions (NOR), preliminary parts list

(PPL), installation drawings, pictorial layouts, new models, cable

assemblies, component parts and library components.

. Electronics Packager - U.S. Marine Corp Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle

(EFV).

o Team leader for Vetronics Harness Group:

o Trained new hires in Pro-Engineer and Pro-Harness Module.

o Liaison coordinator between Hull Structures, Electrical Power,

Systems Integration, and Line Replaceable Units to develop

requirements for new electronics racks.

o Created new concept for rerouting of harnesses, supporting

brackets and fixturing.

o Working closely with the Suspension Group, reworked the design to

accommodate new routings for communication and electrical power

harnesses.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER/DESIGNER - Pro-Engineer PACCAR CORP

Heavy Truck Manufacturer Kirkland, Washington 2005-2005

(contract)

. As part of the Engine Group, designed new configurations for power

plants for both Kenworth and Peterbilt Trucks.

. All designs used top down design employing skeletons and nodes.

DESIGNER - Pro-Engineer, SDP CATERPILLAR, INC.

Motor Graters Peoria, Illinois 2003 - 2005 (contract)

Electronic Packager:

. Using Pro-Engineer 2002, created new parts, assemblies and drawings,

and performed engineering changes to existing models.

. Using Caterpillar's new cabling module software (SDP) for Pro-

Engineer, created and maintained diagrams, harnesses, cables, flatten

models, plus associated drawings for new motor graders.

. "Logical Reference" as well as other electrical modules used

extensively to route wires into cable bundles, and cable bundles into

harnesses.

. Created new release documentation, rolled the revisions, and

electronically submitted the new documentation to Caterpillar, Inc.

release system using Teamcenter (PDM).

DRAFTER - AutoCAD 2002i Land Desktop W & H PACIFIC

Land Development Group Bothell, Washington 2003 (contract)

For The Mountain Star Project (largest private land development project in

Washington State's history):

. Created new exhibits using model space and view ports for setbacks,

storm drains, sewer drawings and road right-of-ways, plus individual

exhibits for each lot.

DESIGNER/DRAFTER - AutoCAD, ProE, Agile, Corel MICROSOFT

Engineering Hardware Group Redmond, Washington 2001 (contract)

For computer peripherals:

. Created and modified detailed plastic parts including part creation,

sub-assemblies, and final assemblies, multi-sheet drawings with

extensive detail views and section cuts.

. Using Pro-Engineer placed components on PCB's, and placed PCB's in

final assemblies.

. Translated AutoCAD DXF drawings to Pro-Engineer. Proficient using

Agile, Corel, and MS Office.

. CAD-support designer for 25 engineers from multiple departments.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER/DESIGNER - Pro-Engineer PACCAR CORP

Heavy Truck Manufacturer Kirkland, Washington 2000-2001 (contract)

For new Power Distribution Box:

. Designed new components, interfaced with vendors and factory

personnel.

. Responsible for new wiring layout and harness routing for cab and

truck.

. Created and maintained schematics in Pro-Diagram.

. Worked on the race truck for Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER - Pro-Engineer MEDTRONICS PHYSIO-CONTROLS

Medical Devices

Redmond, Washington 2000 (contract)

. Lead ME for design and development of new bench-test fixture to debug

the "Life Pack 20", a new state of the art defibrillator system:

o Incorporated the requirements of three different engineering

disciplines that previously required their own separate testing

apparatus.

o My innovative concept allowed Engineering Test, Software Test,

Board Repair, and Production to all perform separate or

simultaneous testing of components, or entire system; and provided

easy access to components, simple connections, and safety against

shock hazards.

o The entire fixture was only 22 inches square by 8 inches high.

o Focal point for all electronic packaging.

o Supported legal by creating patent drawings and documentation.

. Sole drafter for New Product Engineering,

. Provided manufacturing instructions to Production for Continuous Flow

Manufacturing Process (CFM):

. Supported over-flow for all other departments within the company.

DESIGNER/DRAFTER - Pro-E, AutoCAD, IronCAD PLEXUS, formerly SEAMED

Medical Device Engineering & Manufacturing Bothell, Washington 1998-

2000 (contract)

For FDA-approved medical devices that utilized Continuous Flow

Manufacturing Process (CFM):

. Researched and implemented Engineering and Manufacturing requirements.

. Designed and maintained documentation for complex plastic molded parts

and assemblies.

. Created isometric exploded pictorials with section cuts and extensive

details, circuit board assemblies, electrical schematics, PCB

assemblies, label artwork and associated drawings.

. Designed and created graphics, banners, labels, posters, Word

documents, and customer presentations.

. Designed and modeled components and large assemblies in Pro-Engineer.

. Primary design/drafting and documentation support for Sustaining

Manufacturing.

. Sole designer/drafter for all of Sustaining Manufacturing electronic

packaging.

. Utilized PDM for all Pro-Engineer work.

. Designed plastic injection molded components, face plates, sheet metal

components and structures.

. Productions problem solver for what did not work or could not be

manufactured to new packaging requirements.

. Created all art work and warning labels.

. Event planner: Major part in planning and execution of company picnic

saving $700 over previous year, while providing better food plus added

features, i.e., entertainment, catered latte stand, and ice cream

stand.

TOOLING ENGINEER/DESIGNER/DRAFTER HEATH TECHNICA, formerly HEXCELL

Aircraft Structures Manufacturer - AutoCAD, CADRA and CATIA Kent,

Washington 1997-1998 (contract)

. Liaison to Shop Floor, Tooling, and Tool Manufacturing.

. Maintained and updated paper and CAD tool drawings.

. Designed new tooling fixtures that were used on the shop floor for the

manufacturing of aircraft components.

. Tooling liaison for the entire factory working with composite, sheet

metal and ceramics.

DESIGNER/DRAFTER - AutoCAD CELLPRO

Biomedical Developer & Manufacturer Bothell, Washington 1996-1997

(contract)

. Created and maintained drawings for cables, packaging, pictorial,

part, and assembly.

. Created and maintained facility layout and A&E drawings for Cleanroom,

and Biotech Manufacturing.

. Part of two person team supporting all R&D and Production.

. Created all design/drafting documentation generated by the entire

company.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER/DESIGNER - CATIA V3 FREIGHTLINER CORP

Heavy Truck Manufacturer Portland, Oregon 1994-1995 (contract)

. Brake Suspension Group (everything below the rails of the truck):

o Responsible for designing brake systems components, suspension

mounting hardware and incorporating vendor components into BSG

existing assemblies.

o Responsible for the design and implementation of new suspension

systems for the Freightliner P2 trucks.

o Created new and integrated existing designs for suspension

mounting brackets to frame rails.

. Manufacturing Support:

o Provided technical support to the factory for manufacturing

problems.

o Provided training and technical support in CATIA to shop

personnel.

DESIGNER/DRAFTER - CADAM ALLIED SIGNAL CORP.

Car & Truck Brake Manufacturer South Bend, Indiana 1993-1994

(contract)

DESIGNER/DRAFTER - CATIA V3 BOEING Commercial Aircraft 777

Aircraft Manufacturer Redmond, Washington 1992 (contract)

Designer/Drafter for Center Body Fuselage Group:

. Designed and created component drawings, using Boeing's new submittal

software for checking in models and drawings and the new Fly-Thru

System.

. Designed and located brackets for fastening harnesses, hydraulic lines

and control cables for Center Body Fuselage Structure.

DIRECT ENGINEERING POSITIONS:

. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. Fort Worth, Texas 1984-1991

. NORTHROP CORP. El Segundo, California 1982-1984

Examples of my COST, TIME AND RESOURCE SAVINGS:

NORTHROP CORPORATION

Project Lead and budget manager for all phases of $28 million budget to

automate, modernize and improve productivity of F-18 composite

manufacturing center:

. Coordinated development and installation of new technologies with

internal departments, plus liaison to outside vendors.

. All projects completed on time, and under or on budget.

o Project Lead for creation, design and construction of "Factory of

the Future" robotic composite manufacturing facility, a multi-year

project with capital asset budget of over $20 million.

. Rearranging an existing factory facility to improve production

flow and free up required space:

. 10,000 square feet for the new "Factory of the Future" which

included a self-contained mini-computer center with clean

power and raised floor ventilation, plus new locations for

air and electrical lines, cable and wire-ways, substation

modifications, and power distribution system.

. 10,000 additional square feet for the supporting

manufacturing.

. Wrote specs, managed vendors and supervised installation.

o Lead Project Engineer for the design, construction and

implementation of a new state of the art automated real-time-x-ray

system, which held and positioned parts for non-film x-ray.

Designed new building within manufacturing facility.

o Lead project engineer for the design of fixturing used to hold

composite structures for the first production deliverable Automated

Ultrasonic Scanning System (AUSS I). This inspection system

consisted of large carts on tracks and mated up to a multi-axes

parts positioner. The carts had multiple interchangeable holding

fixtures sized to hold an entire aircraft wing skin or as small as

hand held components.

. Saved $2.5 million on my first day.

GENERAL DYNAMICS

Due to my successes above, I was asked to take over for another Factory of

the Future project with problems. Following my successes and

accomplishments here, I was asked to take over various other problem

projects:

. Lead Engineer for Factory of the Future:

o Renegotiated lead vendor's contract and changed their scope of

work, plus assisted them in obtaining necessary financial help.

o Resolved major software issues involving multiple vendors, and

brought project online.

o Created an additional 140,000 square feet factory floor space by

rearranging existing bays.

o Completed on time and on budget.

. World War II Cavity Presses, a multi-million dollar project to upgrade

and modernize.

o As liaison with various departments, determined and implemented

requirements, plus added clean power for controllers and computers.

o Completed on time and on budget.

. Inspection systems for new materials and components being fabricated in a

high production environment for fighter aircraft

o As Manufacturing Technology Engineer in Non-Destructive Evaluation

Group in support of QA Department:

. Developed new inspection systems, including concept and design

of multi-axis, contour-following ultrasonic inspection device

for large and small complex structures, reducing inspection man-

hours by 70%.

. Documented new QA procedures, trained shop floor personnel, and

supported personnel to maintain highest level of proficiency.

. 2nd Shift Tool Design for A-12 program:

o As Lead liaison for Tool Design Support, initiated and implemented

Total Quality Management program in less than four months, which

resulted in:

. 2nd shift out producing first shift with less than half the

personnel of first shift.

. Less than 3% squawks, previously more than 400% of first shift.

. Improved morale and inter-departmental communications

(previously no cooperation among the various departments) by

becoming coordinator and focal point for Tool Design, Planning,

Tool Manufacturing, NC Tooling, and Engineering,

. 2nd shift gained new reputation as the go-to people to solve any

problem.

. Conceptualized and designed modification of existing composite

spar-tooling fixture that had been red tagged, saving $800,000

and one man-year in manufacturing.

VARIOUS EMPLOYERS/DEPARTMENTS

. Because of my successes and accomplishments, my consultation has been

requested for traditional problem solving and out of the box creative

solutions.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Geography Major California State University Northridge, California

AA, Dean's Honor List Santa Monica College Santa Monica California

Pro-Engineer, beginning and advanced North Seattle Community College

Seattle, Washington

Technical Writing General Dynamics Fort Worth, Texas

Competent Toastmaster General Dynamics Fort Worth, Texas[pic]

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