Engineer Design

MARK A. SPARKMAN

P.O. BOX ***

AURORA, MO. *****

E-MAIL **********@*******.***

PHONE 636-***-**** or 417-***-****

EDUCATION AND TRAINING BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Southwest Missouri State University

Major...Industrial Technology

Minor...Industrial Management

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Aug 8, ’11-Oct 25, '11 Piper Aircraft Vero Beach, FL.

Title: Tooling Engineer…contractor

Responsible for conducting design reviews of all tool designs received

from outside vendors. (Hydroform form blocks, press brake form dies,

weld fixtures, saw fixtures, drill jigs) Also served as tooling liaison

to outside vendors. Utilized UG NX5, Teamcenter.

Nov 10,’08-Mar 12,’09 B/E Aerospace – Flight Structures Inc. Marysville, WA.

Title: Tool Designer Engineer...contractor

Responsible for design of drill plates and various locating fixtures for door

panels and mating interior structures for passenger and cargo jets.

Utilized UG NX5, Teamcenter.

July 14,'08- Oct. 1, '08 Eclipse Aviation Albuquerque, N.M.

Title: Tool Design Engineer...contractor

Responsible for design of tooling for the Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet, including

hoist tools, locating fixtures, handling fixtures/line dollies, and drill fixtures.

Utilized UG NX5, Teamcenter.

Nov. 26, '07-July '08 Boeing Co. St. Louis, MO.

Title: Tool Design Engineer...contractor

Responsible for providing liaison and tool design for both U.S. and Korean F-15

programs, also for T-45 trainer program. Job duties include redesign and design

modification of existing repair equipment tools and alignment kit tooling to meet

customer requirements.

Other responsibilities…worked as the tool design point of contact for verification

of all F-15 tooling trial installations and dispositions. Utilized Unigraphics NX 4,

Teamcenter.

May 2007-Aug 2007 Adam Aircraft Corporation Englewood, Co.

Title: Senior Tool Design Engineer

Responsible for assigning job duties to four tool design engineers, maintaining

records of expected completion dates, advice on design, weekly reports of work

completed. Designed mechanized 48" roll-over fixture for the composite wing of the

A500 twin boom aircraft. Utilized Solid Edge software.

Sept. 2003-May 2007 Sino-Swearingen Aircraft Co. Martinsburg, WV

Title: Lead Design Engineer

Design of tooling for the SJ30-2 business jet. This tooling includes assembly jigs

and fixtures for fwd, mid, aft fuselage, wings and empennage, drill plates, locating

fixtures, contour check tools, work stands, master gages, hoist tools, and bench

assembly fixtures. Responsible for design of final mate fixture (mating of fwd, mid,

aft fuselage), design of tooling for installation of vertical stabilizer into

aft fuselage, structure/airframe for engineering modification. Heavily involved

with analysis of laser shoot point data and graphic representation of that data.

Responsible for assigning job duties to five tool design engineers, maintaining

records of expected completion dates, advice on design, weekly reports of work

completed.

Responsible for interviewing and recommendation for hiring of new tool design

employees.

Extensive interface with outside vendors for tooling (model transfer, liaison,

scope of work, completion dates. Utilized U.G. V18 thru NX 3

Oct. 2002-July 2003 G.E. Aircraft Engines, Madisonville, KY

Title: Senior Design Engineer..working at G.E. Aircraft Engines in Kentucky

as an on-site contractor. Designed modular type tooling for jet aircraft engine

components(hangars, shrouds, turbine rotors, nozzles, vanes) incorporating

extensive use of wire EDM technology. This type of tooling included multiple

station grind fixtures, EDM fixtures, gages, inspection tools, turn fixtures,

EDM seal slot fixtures, NC milling and lathe fixtures, and drill fixtures. The

majority of these tools incorporated hydraulic work piece clamping and part

location repeatability within .0002”. Responsible for design of all mechanical

hardware related to tooling, follow-up verification of functionality,

documentation and drawings as required, and manufacturing support.

Utilized U.G. V17 thru V18, IMAN

Sept. 1996-Dec. 2001 Wainwright Industries, St. Peters, MO.

Title: Senior Design Engineer...designed a variety of tools for Boeing, G.E.

Aircraft Engines, in-house tooling with complex mechanisms and components.

Designed modular type tooling for jet aircraft engine components

(hangars, shrouds, turbine rotors, nozzles, vanes) incorporating extensive use of wire

EDM technology. This type of tooling included multiple station grind fixtures, EDM

fixtures, gages, inspection tools, turn fixtures, EDM seal slot fixtures, NC milling and

lathe fixtures, and drill fixtures. The majority of these tools incorporated hydraulic

work piece clamping and part location repeatability within .0002”. Responsible for

design of all mechanical hardware related to tooling, follow-up verification of

functionality, documentation and drawings as required, and manufacturing support.

Utilized U.G. V14 thru V16

Feb. 1996-Sept. 1996 BioMerieux Vitek, St. Louis, Mo.

Title: Design Engineer..working as a contract engineer.

Designed plastic components and mechanisms for the medical industry.

Utilized U.G. V15

1995-Feb. 1996 Electromotive-Division of GM, La Grange, IL.

Title: Designer..working as a contract engineer employed by Sterling

Engineering. Worked as part of a team designing the front end of locomotives.

Utilized U.G. V10

1985-1995 McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, MO.

Title: Senior Design Engineer..designed tooling for F-15, F-18, AV-8B Harrier,

A-12, and C-17 programs. This tooling included composite tooling, assembly

jigs for structural components of wings, fuselage, etc., various form dies that

produced panels and skins, compression mold dies, hot form dies, weld

fixtures, drill templates, super-plastic form diffusion bond dies and injection

molds that formed small components of the cockpit structure.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

26 years experience in the design of tooling and components used in the

aerospace industry and other manufacturing industries.

24 years experience using CADCAM systems...CADD...4 YEARS

UNIGRAPHICS...19 years V.9 THRU NX 5

Experienced with TEAMCENTER, IMAN

Proficient in U.G. 3D solid modeling, drafting, use of assembly structure, master model approach,

freeform features, parametric modeling, GDT, verification of form, fit, and function using Unigraphics.

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

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