Ross J. Thompson

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Professional Engineering Services

ANALYSIS SIMULATION TESTING TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

Professional provider of advanced mechanical engineering services principally for electronics packaging and technology product development. Ability to rapidly visualize, assess, validate, fabricate and test improvements to existing products leveraging new/emerging technologies as well as conceptualize new original products by applying mature existing technologies in new and innovative ways.

Professional Experience

Intelligent Product Solutions (IPS) Oct 2015 – Mar 2016

Position: Senior Development Engineer (Contractor)

Description of Work

Electronics packaging and mechanical engineering of residential air filtration/cleaning product application. Design involved analysis and selection of appropriate air mover to meet pressure drop/flow rate requirements imposed by filtration while maintaining minimal acoustic noise levels. Device provides particulate filtration, VOC removal, and elimination of disease pathogens by UV radiation.

Coordinated production and provided vendor support for proto-type fabrication. Performed testing and validation of proto-type.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (HC DX) Oct 2013 – Sep 2015

Position: Senior Staff Engineer (Contractor), Tarrytown, NY

Major Accomplishments

Designed horizontal conveyor for positioning robotic gripper. Gripper/horizontal conveyor provided “autoloading” function to insert and remove reagent packs from storage compartment. Design required extensive horizontal range on cantilevered support while maintaining minimal deflection under influence of eccentric dynamic loads.

Designed and implemented a passive method for maintaining a minimum of 70%RH for the environment inside a partially vented temperature-controlled storage compartment.

Multiple examples where design of part required modification and/or redesign for adaption to new fabrication method or process.

Intelligent Product Solutions (IPS) Feb 2013 – Mar 2013

Position: Mechanical Engineer (Contractor), client location: Valhalla, NY

Major Accomplishments:

Made improvements to and collaborated in design of a mechanical agitation system for shelves containing beverage flavorant cartridges. Design required that the mechanism be assembled and serviceable from the front, have a 0.5-inch amplitude of motion in the horizontal plane at 2-Hz and provide adequate support for the width of the shelf and weight distribution of fully and/or partially filled cartridges.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

Attended meetings and represented IPS as member of dosing team for beverage dispenser project. Collaborated with other subject matter expert contractors on various technology issues. Participated in design reviews. Assisted in drafting documentation organization structure and creating P&ID for two competing designs.

Smiths Detection Jun 2011 – Apr 2012

Position: Mechanical Engineer (Contractor), Danbury, CT

Major Accomplishments:

Designed a compact and reliable linearly actuated shuttle mechanism to move optical elements between two operational positions. Shuttle allowed optical interrogation of samples in two different presentation modes.

Developed proto-type “smart bumper” design to improve shock resistance and resilience of hand-held chemical identification device. Design demonstrated substantial improvement over conventional “cushion” bumpers reducing peak shock intensity by 50% for a 3-foot drop onto concrete while maintaining functionality and external aesthetics.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

Development and engineering support of portable chemical identification and analysis device for first responders. Device utilizes a miniaturized interferometer to assess an unknown sample which can then be compared with a database library for identification. Duties included mechanical design, thermal and structural analysis, DFM/A, and optimization of component arrangement to achieve minimal space and mass requirements.

Hughes Network Systems, LLC May 2007- Apr 2011

Position: Principal Engineer, Mechanical Design Group, Germantown, MD

Major Accomplishments:

Designed Ku-band “all-in-one” radio for international satellite telecomm market. Adapted design of microwave transmit-receive interface assembly (TRIA) to best leverage specific fabrication process capabilities for die-cast aluminum. Simplified assembly and reduced cost of previous modular radio design by 15%.

Designed secondary gateway transceiver rack (GTR) for satellite-based telecomm alternative to local land-line infrastructure. Gateway is a focal point that provides link between terrestrial PSTN and signal processing for satellite uplink/downlink. First gateway rack to utilize advanced telecommunications architecture (ATCA) modular blade chasses to support custom signal processing boards.

Designed a DC power distribution sub-panel to address “sneak current” vulnerability in redundantly powered chasses in order to pass agency safety certification requirements. Although the problem was identified late in project, the sub-panel design eliminated the vulnerability and allowed the rack to attain agency safety certification without slipping schedule.

Drafted patent application describing a process for bonding large area, fragile, high-power-dissipating components to conductive substrates using a nano-engineered material. Process improved bonding yield, eliminated voids, and improved component thermal management resulting in improved reliability.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

Created mechanical and physical designs for satellite telecommunications hardware ranging from components and functional elements up to system level. Provided CAD modeling, thermal and stress analysis, materials engineering, generation/control (ECN) of drawings. Performed site inspections of prospective vendors and assessed production readiness and level of process capabilities and quality. Mentored junior mechanical engineering staff.

Gennum Corporation Oct 2003 - Feb 2005

Position: Consultant, Optoelectronic Product Development, Burlington, ON

Major Accomplishments:

Advisor to senior management on optoelectronic technology and product development.

Performed critical assessment of available integration/manufacturing/testing process capabilities, both internal and out-sourced and identified synergies between proposed and existing products.

Collaborated with UK-based amplifier design team to optimize electrical performance of integrated assembly.

Drafted procurement specifications for critical components and identified prospective suppliers.

Created conceptual design approach, developed 3D CAD models and both fixture and apparatus designs to facilitate both wafer-level assembly and wafer-level testing.

Drafted reliability qualification plan.

Initiated advanced optoelectronic product development at SiGe Semiconductor. Development program was later transferred with sale of SiGe fiber optics products business to Gennum Corp.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

Conducted a comprehensive concept feasibility study for an advanced optoelectronic product. Acted as subject matter technology expert on packaging of optoelectronics/fiber-optics.

Tyco Electronics Jul 2000 - Jun 2003

Lucent Technologies Sep 1996 - Jul 2000

AT&T Bell Laboratories May 1985 - Sep 1996

Areas of Expertise

Highly developed problem-solving ability including theoretical analysis, simulation/modeling, and optimization through the use of both analytical and numerical solution techniques.

Knowledgeable in inter-disciplinary aspects in electronics packaging including electrical, RF/microwave, optics, and materials compatibility as well as mechanical disciplines of mechanics and heat transfer.

Expertise in improving thermal management of electronic packaging and improving reliability through the extensive use of thermal analysis and accurate simulation. Familiarity with use and application of FloTHERM® 3D CFD and thermal modeling program.

Proficiency with development of parametric solid models via Pro/ENGINEER® 3D MCAD (Wildfire 4.0+), SolidWorks 2010-2016 Premium/Professional, and NX 8.5/TC 9.1. In addition to 3D model creation, can produce detailed drawings (drafting) with tolerancing appropriate for specific production processes, e.g. sheet metal, metal die-casting, injection molding, 3D printing.

Proficient in GD&T dimensioning (ASME Y15.4M – 1994, Y15.4 – 2009).

Extensive experience with design validation and qualification testing methodology including mechanical shock and vibration, thermal shock and temperature cycling of packaged devices, components, elements and systems.

Skilled in the use of project planning and tracking tools (MS Project) and use of “Theory of Constraints” methodology for reducing manufacturing and/or development intervals.

Expertise in stress analysis and proficiency in the use of commercial finite-element analysis (FEA) programs including Pro/MECHANICA, SolidWorks Simulation and ANSYS programs.

Experienced in failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) in design and process applications.

Technical leadership and project team management abilities with excellent communication skills. Collaborative team player having had responsibility for specific tasks and deliverables, drafting/tracking project plans, writing proposals, supporting business case preparation, and interfacing with vendors/suppliers and customers. Leadership in cross-functional and multiple technical discipline NPI design and development teams of up to six people.

Expertise in DFM/A, quality function deployment (QFD) methodologies. Familiarity with theory and application of Six Sigma with “Green Belt” certification, statistical process control (SPC) and design of experiment (DOE) methodologies.

Professional Affiliations

Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Education

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ph.D. – Mechanical Engineering 1985

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

M.S. – Nuclear Engineering 1982

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

B.S. -- Mechanical Engineering 1975

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