Engineer Mechanical

WILLIAM DOSS III

** *. ********** **., *******, WA 98104

206-***-****; abh8y7@r.postjobfree.com

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PROFILE

** ***** ********** ** ** engineer utilizing extensive analytical tools.

Coordinated shop personnel, technicians, engineers, scientists, managers,

and customers. Versatile: proven capable of adapting and learning quickly

in a changing environment. Broad educational and practical (machine shop

and AutoCAD) background. Managed various projects from conception through

completion for government and private customers in both research and

production environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS MANAGERIAL SKILLS

Machine, mechanism design Supervision and team building

Automation (servo and pneum. Defined tasks to meet project

controls) goals

Product design Product design

Opto-mechanical design Budgeted tasks

10 yrs. + AutoCAD exp. Assigned personnel to tasks

Solidworks training Technical writing

Marine engineering Data interpretation and

presentation

Hands-on machine shop skills MS Office skills

EXPERIENCE

5/09-5/10 Temp, Fox Valley Staffing, Menasha, WI

Temporary placement including drafting, data entry, warehouse, customer

service, machine operator, food processing and general labor.

5/06-3/09 Self-employed

Owner/operator of med.-sized dairy farm, New Holstein, WI

6/98-3/06 Project Engineer, Tacan Corp., Carlsbad, CA

Designed all mechanical aspects of two new products: an optical probe used

to monitor the temperature of silicon chips during processing; and a

finished package (sheet metal, plastics, and printing) for fiber-optic

couplers that can be used industry-wide.

Designed numerous mechanisms in support of a DARPA (Defense Advanced

Research Projects Agency) contract to automate the manufacture of fiber-

optic couplers. Projects included pneumatic and servo design.

4/94-4/98 Project Engineer, Kohler General Corp., Sheboygan Falls, WI

Mechanical design for machines used in the woodworking industry. Designed

weldments, screws, brackets, gear systems, cams and levers.

Managed $350k rebuild of a door sizing system consisting of two multi-task

machines at right angles and an automatic material transfer system between

them. Maintained computerized bill-of-material data, supervised shop

personnel.

6/88-2/94 Project Engineer, Honeywell, San Diego, CA

Managed contract with the Office of Naval Research. Designed a unique

undersea instrument from conceptual layout to prototype and testing.

Researched materials that would not corrode at sea. Designed electronic

housings with view ports that were watertight and successfully relayed data

from 150m deep. Wrote C programs for the hardware that collected the data.

Designed numerous mechanisms, mounts and machines for use in other programs

dealing with optical systems. Evaluated and modified positioning systems

(ball screw, rail, rotary) and specified servo-control systems (controller,

drive, and motors). Responsible for overall product design: vibration

isolation, silk screening, component packaging, mechanics, and molded

parts.

1/87-3/88 Mechanical Engineer, HGM Medical Lasers, San Diego, CA

Utilized PC-based CAD system to design or modify numerous medical devices

used with an argon-ion laser. Designed lens mounting hardware, optical

shutters, optical delivery systems, and a thermocouple controlled feedback

system for a cardiac catheter.

83-86 Machinist's Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of

Electrical Eng.,

Built projects for graduate students and professors. Experience with

numerous machine tools.

EDUCATION

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.S. Applied Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

PUBLICATIONS

William Doss and Willard Wells, "Undersea Compound Radiometer,"Applied

Optics 31, 4268-74 (1992).

W.B. Doss and W.H. Wells, "Radiometer for light in the sea, "in Ocean

Optics X, R.W. Spinrad, ed., Proc, Soc. Phot-Opt Instrum. Eng. 1302, 363-

372 (1990).

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