John F. Milwee

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Palatine, IL 60067

224-***-**** ~ acpkmo@r.postjobfree.com ~ LinkedIn URL:

www.linkedin.com/in/jfmilwee

SUMMARY

Senior Mechanical Engineer adept with designing various components,

mechanisms and complex assemblies to meet severe environmental

requirements. Talented in designing, modeling, detailing, checking and

reviewing designs for efficiency and manufacturability. Experienced in

problem solving. Expertise in:

* Design Engineering * Hardware * Castings, Mechanisms

* Metrology

* Productivity Improvement * Quality Engineering * Configuration

Management * Gauging

TECHNICAL SKILLS

* 3D CAD: SolidWorks (2014) and Pro/E (Wildfire 4.0) Sheet metal and

Pro/Cable * MS Office * Drawings and Work Documents

* GD&T to ANSI Y14.5M * CMM Inspection * SPC Charting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ARxIUM Corp.- AutoMed Technologies, Buffalo Grove, IL 2013 to April 2015

Firm supplies leading equipment for drug management in the pharmacy

industry.

Contributed to a talented team of engineers to employ cost reductions,

design improvements and update technical documentation to the latest

detailed production procedures on MedSelect products. Worked with

SolidWorks 2013 and 2014, PDM 2014 and MS Office suite. Extensive work

documenting work instructions (assembly and test) and also engineering

change orders.

Electro-Motive Diesels, LaGrange, IL 2011 to 2013

Firm is a world leader in freight locomotives.

Design Checker (contracting with Sterling Engineering, Elmhurst, IL)

Responsible for reviewing all design and drafting elements for technical

drawing prior to final engineering review on all commodities within the

locomotive. Complete documentation delivered in drawing packages.

Goodrich ISR Systems, Barrington, IL 2000 to 2011

Firm supplies by design, build, test reconnaissance systems for U.S.

defense and other countries in the free world.

(Goodrich obtained Recon/Optical, Inc. CAI Division: 2008)

Mechanical Engineer, Sr. (transitioned from Supplier Quality Engineer)

2000 to 2011

Responsible for design, detail, reviews, defect dispositions, production

and supplier interfacing to expedite production schedules and respond to

design issues with immediate corrective action.

. Designed and fully detailed >100 assemblies and components to support

Stabilized Imaging Units (SIU) programs; Wide Area Persistent

Surveillance System (WAPSS), Shared Reconnaissance Pod (SHARP) to

achieve design requirements.

. Designed long life focal plane shutter mechanism used on all dual-band

SIU's to beyond efficiency and reliability requirements. See U.S.

Patent 6,510,282 B1.

. Proficient user of Pro/Engineer and MS Office software and in

utilizing the sheet metal module for designing sheet metal parts.

Designed >250 parts and assemblies with successful production.

. Created hundreds of drawings to ASME Y14.100M and used 2D drawings of

legacy products in creating alternate designs, i.e. Harris tooling,

Lockheed Pod components, new Yoke Resolver.

. Managed electrical and fiber optic wiring by designing components for

ARMS using Pro/Cable tool, produced without failure and defects.

. Designed and detailed essential inspection, test and integration

tooling used on 12 programs.

. Expert in GD & T terminology, ASME Y14.5M, and works well with

designers to communicate drawing issues found during checking and have

taken action to resolve issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Cont.)

Recon/Optical, Inc. CAI Division, Barrington, IL

1980 to 1999

Firm supplied reconnaissance/tactical and sighting/fire control systems for

many countries in the free world.

Supplier Quality Engineer (transitioned from Project Quality Assurance

Engineer) 1997 to 1999

Overhauled supplier certification program, ranking performance, tracked

defects and coordinated corrective actions. Maintained high quality

results from suppliers to meet cost and schedule budgets for three

consecutive years. Developed and maintained inspection data for a quality

reporting system, used to reduce cost of quality by production department

through internal corrective actions.

. Successfully designed, procured and applied all GD&T functional

gauging and Go-NoGo gauges to 5 programs.

. Managed and updated supplier and Quality systems to meet ISO-9000 and

met Boeing Quality System D1-9000.

. Primary company engineer to interface with all suppliers. Maintained

and developed new relationships with more than 40 suppliers.

. Determined dispositions for defective material as primary responsible

mechanical engineer while working with all disciplines of engineering.

Project Quality Assurance Engineer 1986 to

1997

Managed quality program for all sighting systems and a few TAC-Recce

programs while tracking defects and corrective actions which delivered on

time and to specifications.

. Wrote more than 100 complex mechanical inspection procedures while

working and training mechanical inspectors for layout and special

inspections including full layouts of complex housings, bodies, cams,

gears, raw castings, foils, sheet metals, commercial and military

hardware.

. Developed database for product failure reports (end item defects)

which lead to average 80% reduction in repeat defects over 3 years.

. Determined dispositions for defective material as primary responsible

mechanical engineer while working with all disciplines of engineering.

. Managed SPC charts for higher volume production programs including M1

Tank Periscopes which improved assembly process by 50-70%.

. Supported auditing of Quality system to MIL-Q-9858.

Education ~ Training

BS in Mechanical Engineering ~ Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, IL

Society of Manufacturing Engineers ~ Geometric Dimensioning and Practical

Functional Gauging courses; Lowell Foster and in-house training.

PTC Corp. ~ Pro/Engineer training, Wildfire 2.0 and 4.0 versions part and

assembly modeling; drawing creation.

Routed Design Solutions ~ Pro/Cable modeling in Wildfire 4.0

AutoCAD ~ Course for introduction for 2D drawings, AutoCAD 2000.

ISO 9000 Auditor Training ~ Perry Johnson, Inc.

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