John Soto

***** **** ***** #*** ? Canyon Country, CA 91387

661-***-**** ? acn0yo@r.postjobfree.com

A mechanical designer with more than 20 years' experience in managing

design and drafting departments for military aircraft and vehicles,

aerospace and commercial global manufacturers. Key roles include:

Team Leader Successfully launched technical drawings, including prototype and

production designs and specifications for a solar power system and

a hydraulic tracking system.

Provided continuous support for manufacturing, the supply chain,

field installation and commissioning of products.

Managed documentation among the design, engineering and

manufacturing functions.

Project Successfully managed large domestic and international projects

Manager while meeting aggressive and critical deadlines.

Mechanical Designed tooling, jigs and fixtures, test equipment, automated

Designer assemblies, mechanical parts, and a print head for 3-D printers.

A natural leader who excels at multitasking and works well with diverse

groups of engineers, designers, draftsmen and document professionals.

Outstanding skills in SolidWorks & Modeling, Excel, Word, AUTOCAD.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hydra Electric, Burbank, California 2012-2014

Design/Drafting, Document Control Supervisor

Managed the Mechanical Designing and Drafting Departments for a

manufacturer of 2,000 pressure, hydraulic, fuel, temperature, air,

and vacuum switches as well as transducer sensors used in commercial

and military aircraft and vehicles. Key customers included Boeing,

Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed, GE Aviation, Parker Hannifin, all U.S.

military forces, NATO countries and Israeli manufacturers.

. In addition to being the lead designer, supervised three

draftsmen, three designers and one associate engineer. All work

met Mil Specs ANSI 14.5 and ITAR as well as the ISO 9000 series.

. Managed the Documentation Control Department with a staff of two,

controlling all customer and company engineering drawings and

documentation.

. Created large and complex assembly drawings for manufacturing and

testing.

. Produced mechanical drawings for sheet metal fabrications,

electrical schematics for PC boards, tooling and assembly

processes.

. Managed engineering change requests including drawings and

documentation.

Amonix, Seal Beach, California 2009-2012

Senior Lead Mechanical Designer

Managed the Mechanical Design Team consisting of four designers and

three engineers in the preparation of manufacturing drawings and

specifications for a manufacturer of a turnkey solar power system

that met ASME standards.

. Worked closely with vendors and subcontractors in defining product

specifications and testing first sample deliveries for compliance.

The company subcontracted more than 70% of its proprietary system.

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Amonix, Continued

. Produced large and complex assembly drawings using Solidworks

software following design best practices. Some assemblies consist

of several thousand parts.

. Implemented Enterprise Product Data Management (EPDM) workflow

design/redesign and the New Vault Transition document system.

. Provided root cause analysis for modeling and EPDM vault issues as

a result of engineering change orders; the solar system was in its

early design/fabrication state.

. Documented, trained, and monitored design solutions, ensuring

continued use of design best practices.

. Produced mechanical, electrical, tooling and assembly drawings as

well as schematics and sheet metal fabrication designs.

. Led a team of 14 professionals consisting of designers, drafters,

engineers, planners and logistics staff in completing the entire

power plant's transition from a prototype to production. This

entailed producing more than 3,000 drawings in 30 days.

Engineering and production drawings were completed on schedule.

. Collaborated with Supply Chain and Manufacturing Departments to

ensure engineering drawings were consistently on time resulting in

optimal component and assembly costs with on-time delivery.

. Provided daily and weekly project status reports to management.

Gentherm (formerly Amerigon Corporation), ZT Plus Contractor, Azusa,

California 2009-2010

Mechanical Designer Contract Position

Produced mechanical drawings and sheet metal fabrications for a

manufacturer supplying high quality thermal comfort products to the

automotive and commercial markets. Primary design software was

SolidWorks V.9 and V.10.

. Re-designed and modified enclosures for material handling of

chemical products used in manufacturing.

. Assisted the Research & Development Department by designing and

machining prototype tooling used in manufacturing and assembly

operations.

Koso M-Mac International, Inc., Contractor, Lancaster, California 2008-

2009

Mechanical Designer/Assistant Engineer Contract Position

Provided designs and engineering drawings for a test fixture used in

the production of hydraulic manifolds for a manufacturer of

hydraulic actuator systems employed in modular linear actuators.

Design all drawings with Auto-Cad 2006 and SolidWorks V.9.

. Specifically designed M15 and M20 hydraulic actuators for Lockheed

Martin target systems.

Quallion LLC, Sylmar, California 2006-2008

Design/Draftsman/Solidworks Administrator

Provided battery cell enclosure tool fixture designs, engineering

support, and lab test fixture drawings for a leading Li-ion custom

battery manufacturer. Preferred drafting software: SolidWorks V.7

and V.8 as well as PDMWorks Vault.

. Participated in technical meetings lead engineer, the director of

engineering and the military client; took notes of all

specifications and produced initial drawings for battery covers.

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Moog Inc., Chatsworth, California Contract Position 2004-2005

Tool Designer

Provided tooling fixtures design and engineering support for a

worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision motion

control products and systems.

. Designed lab test fixtures on Mothra and Godzilla Defense

Department programs using the Unigraphics System software UG/XP

Version 18, I-Man Version 7.0, and AUTO CAD 14.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

SolidWorks 2011, V.7 through V.14 with EPDM (5600+ hrs. advanced solid

modeling and EPDM)

AUTOCAD Version 14, AUTOCAD Version 12 Light, AUTOCAD 2000 & 2000i, Auto

Desk Architectural V.3.3 2002 CAD System

CAD V.5 System and 3D Wire-Frame

UG solids modeling, Intergraph CAD System

MEDUSA CAD System

CADDS 5, V10

Agile & Epicor Data software

Standards:ISO 9000 & 9001, ASME, ANSI

EDUCATION

Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California

Engineering Technology - Mechanical & Design Courses

Mission College, San Fernando, California

Engineering Technology - Mechanical & Design Courses

CONTINUING EDUCATION & TRAINING

SolidWorks: 8400 of Solidworks experience with certifications on the

following: Advance Solid Modeling, Solid modeling

EPDM: 5,500 Hours PDM Group, 3600 Hours EPDM

Agile: 2,500 Hours, Integrating SolidWorks into Agile

Adept: 3500 Hours, Integrating SolidWorks & Auto-Cad EO's into Adept

Languages: Fluent in Spanish

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