Engineer Design
Resume:
MATTHEW THOMPSON, P.Eng.
Toronto, Ontario, M1J 1K2
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PROFILE
A mechanical engineer with extensive experience in design and fabrication. Innovative and resourceful in developing
new ideas, problem solving, and team focus. Primary goals associated with every project or duties are capitalising on
productivity, performance improvements, and cost reduction.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2010 – Present
SQUALUS REFLECTIVES, Toronto
Design/Applications Engineer
Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Define and develop required processes for a successful product creation.
- Identify and evaluate potential suppliers.
- Negotiate lead times with suppliers in order to shorten the delivery schedules to the customers.
- Coordinate the flow of purchase components between suppliers.
- Design and develop prototypes for customer evaluation.
- Acquire supplier quotations and provide customers with our quotations.
Accomplishments:
- Assisted prime supplier in production problem resolutions.
Increased the prime supplier’s capabilities during some problem resolutions.
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- Provided the customers with advice in regards to their designs.
Created sample designs based on various customers’ expectations and preferences.
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2008 – 2008
SANMINA ENCLOSURES SYSTEMS DIV., Scarborough
Mechanical Design Engineer (Contract)
Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Provided sheet metal design and DFM services for a new customer of Sa nmina.
Accomplishments:
- Assisted the current design team in reducing the significant overload to successfully bring the department back
on schedule.
- Made recommendations of status assessment and scheduling to the new Design Manager.
- Provided assistance to another program manager on tooling design for their latest customer.
- Was consistently ahead of schedule for the project enclosure modules I was responsible for.
2007 – 2008
INTERTEK, Mississauga
Quality Management Consultant (Contract)
Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Performed integral part of product evaluation for merchandise produced in the Far East.
- Established the Acceptance Criteria as a basis for the various types of inspections for the various families of
products that are under the automotive category.
Provided consultation to the Far East Assessment team and the client’s Category Management team.
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Accomplishments:
- Assessed reported defects, determined root causes, and advised the client and their suppliers of changes to their
processes that would result in a solution and a prevention of reoccurrence.
- Devised testing methods to simulate possible foreseeable use or conditions exposure to the products.
- Determined acceptable performance parameters as a basis for the Acceptance Criteria.
- Advised Quality Management team during process creation and improvement.
MATTHEW THOMPSON
2000 – 2007
SANMINA ENCLOSURES SYSTEMS DIV., Scarborough
Project Engineer
Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
Overall responsibility for customer’s product lines; ensuring specifications, configurations, and schedules are
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met or exceeded.
- Investigated production issues, provided timely resolutions, and requalification if necessary.
- Project lead for high profile NPI programs.
- Provided technical support to the Estimation and Program Manageme nt teams for new project acceptance and
quotation phase.
- Defined Bill of Materials and database routers for production sequences.
Accomplishments:
- Provided customer with feedback on North American sourced components as a replacement for the European
sourced components.
- Provided concurrent engineering services to the customers and our out of province design division.
- Would review the customer’s files of their new products, determine suitability for our manufacturing
processes, and recommend changes to reduce fabrication and/or assembly times and costs.
- Coordinated the production schedules between the various departments to ensure a smooth flow of the WIP
components for extremely time sensitive projects.
- Evaluated nonconforming components to determine the viab ility of rework; or scrap.
Design/Manufacturing Engineer
Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Using ProEngineer, defined and detailed electronic enclosure assemblies, components, and jigs.
- Performed DFM procedures to reduce development time and costs.
- Managed projects from the conceptual to the pre-production stages.
- Continuous involvement with international customers and suppliers.
Accomplishments:
- Primary engineer for the introduction of a new electronic enclosure for a new European customer.
Completed this new customer’s design in addition to performing the DFM procedures within the stated time.
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Designed field retro-fixable components addressing a customer’s immediate concerns.
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- Designed an enclosure with accommodations for system expansion with current as well as previous generation
enclosures.
- Completed customer design and rapid implementation of mock-up and prototype of an enclosure for a new
generation cellular network.
- Resolved technical issues presented by the various departments.
CELESTICA INTERNATIONAL, Richmond Hill 1998 - 2000
Mechanical Design Engineer
Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Designed housing and mechanical subassemblies for large volumes of electronic modules utilising
ProEngineer.
- Managed projects from the conceptual to the prototype stages.
Accomplishments:
Using dimensional stack-ups, reduced the overall profile of a converter module to conform with the customer’s
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guidelines.
- Evaluated the cost reduction and assembly consideration for replacing the thermagon board with an aluminum
plate.
- Modeled and created drawings of parts and assemblies using ProEngineer.
- Coordinated the components spatial requirements with the Electrical Engineers.
MATTHEW THOMPSON
ALLIEDSIGNAL AEROSPACE CANADA, Mississauga 1996 - 1998
Mechanical Design Engineer
Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Designed mechanical hardware layout for electronic assemblies using ProEngineer.
Accomplishments:
- Designed assembly arrangement for circuit cards and other components.
- Designed mechanical components as support for these assemblies.
- Confirmed interface compatibility of redesigned modules with existing housing.
- Assembled first-off prototypes modules.
- Selected materials for performance and compatibility to the operational environment.
EDUCATION
Mechanical Engineering, B.Eng., McMast er University
Economics (evening course, University of Toronto)
Accounting (evening course, University of Toronto)
Java Programming (evening course, University of Toronto)
French Levels 1 to 5 (Centennial College)
Fundamentals of Project Management (Centennial College)
Small Engine Repair (Centennial College)
Six Sigma Green Belt(OptionTrian)
PMP Prep course (OptionTrain)
OTHER SKILLS
ProEngineer Wildfire, solid modeling (3D CAD)
ProSheetmetal Wildfire, sheet metal modeling (3D CAD)
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Microsoft Office
CorelDraw
HTML programming
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