Ermanno Petocchi

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Blackstone, MA 01504

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acv8j0@r.postjobfree.com

MECHANICAL DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

Extensive experience developing machines and components as well as new molded plastic designs, within organizations ranging from small privately owned companies to global Fortune 500. Managed all facets of design from concept to market. Recognized strengths include problem solving and creativity. Successfully organized and led teams acknowledged for solving complex technical problems, for benchmarking competitive products, and for creating innovative and highly marketable product designs.

Awarded 9 patents, with 3 patents pending.

Delivered a wide variety of designs including paper feeder designs for printers/copier and a complete drive subsystem to production and market.

Received multiple awards including Special Merit Award for developing a low cost tensioner, a Special Contribution Award for directing a shipping test, and a Team Excellence Award for leadership in benchmarking the competition.

Technical skills include: SolidWorks, GD&T, Creo Parametric, NX-8.5, Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Lean Development, VA/VE, IDEAS CAD.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SIEMENS Tarrytown, NY

Sr. Product Engineer May 2014- July2016

Developer and manufacturer of blood analyzers and instruments for medical analysis.

Developed, designed and improved mechanisms in a new product for the medical analysis environment.

Developed strategies for scavenging condensate and implementing positioning mechanisms in an analyzer.

Designed the fixture and generated the testing protocol for testing plastic material to replace ball bearings.

Developed solutions to performance issues as well as design modifications to enhance manufacturability.

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES Lincoln, RI

Product Design Engineer –Development 2011-2013

Developer and manufacturer of bar code printing systems.

Delivered solutions to issues in printers such as electrostatic discharge and a systematic failure of the media door switch.

Delivered the plastic design and prototype for standard and extended life battery for the pocket printer.

Defined the critical parameters of print head pressure and torque demand for high print quality in a new printer.

Developed and directed the test to define the factors influencing noise level in the proposed printer.

Generated the protocol and directed the testing of the impact of Health Care Cleaners on the housing materials of printers.

EASTMAN KODAK CORPORATION Dayton, OH

Product Design Engineer –Development 2010-2011

Developer and manufacturer of ink jet printing systems.

Developed and designed structural systems to integrate proprietary technology into industrial printing presses.

Designed and delivered the multi head scanner used in the development of a new high speed roll printer.

WAUSAU PAPER CORPORATION Harrodsburg, KY

Senior Product Development Engineer – Hardware 2008-2010

Converter and manufacturer of paper towel, tissue, soap and dispensing systems for the “away-from-home” market.

Led the creation and development of a new product line for the Towel and Tissue division.

Using Solid Works designed a pleated paper towel plastic dispenser that would fit within the confinement of a folded towel holder and would dispense, at the wave of the hand, a metered pleated towel substrate.

Filed 3 patents, 2 for new dispenser designs and 1 for a new paper format product.

Maintained and enhanced the intellectual property of the Harrodsburg division.

LEXMARK CORPORATION Lexington, KY

Mechanical Engineer – Hardware Development 2005-2008

Manufacturer of printers and inks for professional and personal use.

Implemented designs, in plastic, that significantly enhanced monochrome division products.

Directed overseas partners and vendors as well as local prototype shops.

Defined product performance problems and developed innovative solutions including changes to the paper path that eliminated jamming of certain paper sizes.

Resolved production problems by the redesign of the rear access door that resulted in a simplified and less expensive tool.

Collaborated with and directed oversea partners and manufacturing suppliers in delivering enhancements to the design of desktop printers that resulted in a more reliable and manufacturable printer.

GYRICON LLC Ann Arbor, MI

Mechanical Engineer – Product Development 2004-2005

Developer and manufacturer of Smart PaperTM pricing-sign systems for retail stores.

Designed and coordinated the manufacture of testing fixtures.

Developed new solutions to existing design implementation problems and researched new technologies for product enhancements.

Collaborated with and managed multiple vendors achieving desired product enhancements and reducing costs.

XEROX CORPORATION Rochester, NY

Mechanical Engineer – Subsystem Engineer/Team Leader 1987-2002

Manufacturer of copiers, printers and inks for office use.

Directed the Drive Team and the drive’s assembly vendor in the Extended Enterprise project. Achieved a production assembly that met all the subsystem’s critical parameters and cost targets.

Led the first engineering team at Xerox to do a benchmarking evaluation on competitive products, resulting in reduced design cycle and a design that outperformed the competition.

Managed the feeder design team in the delivery of a new design of paper feeders allowing a new architecture in a mid-volume copying machine. This new design maintained the critical parameters required to meet the Function, Features, Price and Quality of the machine.

Designed and implemented a customer replaceable feeder unit that lowered the feeder maintenance cost to the customer. This design incorporated a semi-active retard clutch so unique that it merited a patent.

Took ownership of the development of a paper drawer design that eliminated costly and unreliable electrical devices in the drawer. This design was so innovative that it was patented.

Managed the Decurler Team in the delivery of a production subsystem design resulting in a lower shut down rate for the machine. Successfully selected and directed vendors reducing manufacturing cost and delivery.

Took ownership of a cost-down task resulting in a 40% cost reduction of a production drive subsystem. Engaged a new, overseas production vendor, guiding this vendor in the development of robust manufacturing processes.

Led a cross-functional team through testing, redesign and acquisition of a decurling kit for the Duplex Module. The project reduced the jamming rate of sheets in the paper path by 30%.

Designed and coordinated the manufacture of the frame and drives for the document handler of the Xerox 5100 machine.

EDUCATION

BSME, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

AASME, University of Maine, Orono, ME

TECHNICAL TRAINING

Robust design

Quality and reliability strategies

Benchmarking

Planning for project management

UMC management process

Concurrent Engineering

Mechanical Advantage

Triz

GD&T

SolidWorks

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