Engineer Mechanical
Resume:
Gerardo A. Samaniego C rdenas
Cerrada Marina Vallarta 340 Int. 175
Col. Santa Margarita
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
+52-33-105*-**** (office)
+521-***-**** 2882 (cel)
*******.*********-********@***********-***********.***
OBJETIVE: Lead Mechanical design/engineering position.
SUMMARY:
- Two years of international experience in the automotive industry as a
Lead Mechanical Engineer for Continental Automotive (Auburn Hills, MI, USA)
- More than ten years of automotive experience as Mechanical Design
Coordinator, Lead Mechanical Engineer, Sr. Design Engineer and Production
Engineering Specialist in companies such as Continental, Delphi and Denso.
- Familiar with automotive cosmetic/interior part designs for Chrysler and
Nisssan OEMs.
- Basic Japanese by Instituto Fuji de la lengua japonesa
- Development of plastic and metal components.
- ASME Y14.5 and GD&T advanced knowledge.
- Proficient with parametric design (Unigraphics, Pro-E Wildfire, Catia V5)
and analysis (Moldflow, ANSYS)
- Proficient in statistical quality tools (SPC,Cp, Cpk, Gauge R&R)
- Proficient with Advance assembly analysis (Stack up and Statistical
tolerancing).
PERSONAL:
Born: December 25th, 1976
Place: Guasave, Sinaloa, M xico.
Marital Status: Married
EDUCATION:
- Master in Science Manufacturing Systems (Product Design), May 2001
Instituto Tecnol gico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM
Monterrey)
www.mty.itesm.mx
- Industrial Mechanical Engineer, BS June 1998
Instituto Tecnol gico de Sonora (ITSON)
www.itson.mx
EXPERIENCE:
. Mechanical Engineering Coordinator, June 2009 to date
CONTINENTAL Automotive Development Center- Guadalajara, Jalisco,
Mexico
Product: Instrument Cluster
- Contribute to the design and development of business solutions that
conform to our technical/support and meet the customer requirements
- Manage internal resources to accomplish engineering project of various
sizes and scopes
- Develop and implement process, procedures and standards that manage
the lifecycle of the mechanical design of the product
- Technical coaching to the Mechanical engineering team members
- Perform design reviews for new products and engineering changes
- Cost reduction initiatives for current mechanical designs.
- RFQ estimation, analysis and documentation.
. Lead Mechanical Engineer, December 2005 to June 2009
CONTINENTAL Automotive Development Center (Former SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE,
Auburn Hills, MI, USA 2008-2009; Mexico 2005-2007)
Product: Instrument Cluster
- Analyze customer requirements; develop mechanical concepts based on the
customer specifications.
- Discuss those concepts with the customer as well as internal groups.
- Perform mechanical design reviews.
- Develop mechanical designs according to Continental
standards/guidelines.
- Initiate design verification testing.
- Work closely with the electrical engineer for integration and trouble-
shooting of prototypes and samples as well as the PCB Layouter.
- Take the lead during mechanical DFMEA's.
- Coordinate sample builds of mechanical assemblies in the development
phase.
- Present mechanical designs professionally to our customers.
- Detailed mechanical product design and documentation - ASME Y14.5
Standards and GD&T
- Maintenance of product documentation and Engineering Changes processes.
- Analyzing the effect of proposed changes for proper fit and/or
interference problems in the assemblies (stack-up worst-case studies &
statistical tolerance analysis).
- Follow up prototype builds for new product versions.
- Plastic part supplier direct contact and ISTR/PPAP releases.
- BOM generation and maintenance.
- Manufacturing support (mass production products)
- Review & approve tooling changes quotations for engineering changes.
- 3D modeling (UG NX4, Pro-E wildfire & CATIA V5)
. Sr. Design Engineer, May 2001 to November 2005
DELPHI Automotive Systems Technical Center, Mexico Technical Center, Cd.
Ju rez, CH
Product: Fuel Modules
- Supports the department by creating mechanical designs for new plastic,
sheet metal parts as well as subassemblies & assemblies using CAD and
CAE systems (Unigraphics, Moldflow, Design Space).
- Prototype, tooling & production integration support.
- Detailed mechanical product design and documentation - ASME Y14.5
Standards
- Thermal Analysis, Structural Analysis, Design for Manufacturing &
Assembly.
- Maintenance of product documentation and Engineering Changes processes.
- Analyzing the effect of proposed changes for proper fit and/or
interference problems (stack-up worst-case studies & statistical
tolerance analysis).
- GD&T implementation on engineering drawings
- Knowledge of design engineering, test processes and manufacturing
processes.
- Reverse engineering & competency projects.
- On going cost reduction and manufacturing improvement support.
- BOM generation & maintenance.
- Direct customer contact for engineering changes (GM & Harley Davidson)
- 3D modeling (UG V16, V18, NX, NX2)
. Production Engineer Specialist, Sep 1998 to Aug 1999
DENSO de M xico, Monterrey, N.L.
Product: Idle Speed Control Valves
- Lead process and continuous improvement initiatives through the use
of quality tools & structured problem solving methods (SPC, Capability
Studies, Cause-effect, Pareto, Histograms).
- Follow up engineering changes (machining program updates)
- Perform industrial engineering tasks related to product and process
time standards, production, manpower planning and layout designing for
transferred product lines.
- Lead engineering needs for production department (machining &
assembly process)
- Machining tools evaluation and approvals.
CURSES TAKEN:
- Coaching & Management - by American Management Association
- GD&T Fundamentals and Advanced
- Automotive Plastic Part Design - by Paul A. Trees
- Statistical Tolerancing
- Stack-up & Design for Manufacturing
- Pro-E wildfire (4 years of experience)
- CATIA V5 (2 years of experience)
- Unigraphics NX2, NX4 (4 year of experience)
- SAP- PDM
LANGUAJES:
- Spanish (native language)
- English (IELTS Band 6). Feb 2010.
- Basic Japanese (currently studying)
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