Engineer Mechanical
Resume:
Joel Mechelke
West Lakeland, MN 55082
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Creative Mechanical Designer with over 30 years of experience with custom tooling
The last 12 years in product design in the medical device industry.
Summary of Qualifications
Over 22 years Tool Design experience with Injection Molding, Blow Molding,
Two Shot Molding, Aluminum Die Cast and plastic part design.
12 years experience in small retail and service business
ProEngineer user for 15 years
Broad knowledge of various manufacturing methods and technologies
International team player
Professional Experience
LifeScan Inc. Research and Development of Medical Devices 3/1998 to 12/2008
4500 Park Glen Rd. Mpls, MN
Mechanical Engineer Design and document prototype medical devices used to extract
body fluids for measuring glucose.
Use of Pro-Engineer to solid model devices and required hardware.
Traveled to Scotland to interface with other team members on new collection design.
Work with outside vendors developing custom extraction hardware.
Interface with international team in providing documents required for human clinical.
Document build instructions and purchase supplies as needed to run clinicals.
Maintain and repair equipment as required to accomplish builds.
Provided mechanical support and training for offsite human clinical.
Imation Corp. Medical Imaging Division 1/1997 to 3/1998
Volt Services assignment
Mechanical Product Designer of 8100 Dryview Laser Imager.
Member of Film Transport Sub-Team, Converting parts designed for machining to Injection
molded models. Design and document custom power supply. Document product design
using Pro-E and Sherpa PDM.
Ariens Corp. Brillion WI Industrial Landscaping equipment 6/1996 to 11/1996
Techniforce of Milwaukee assignment
Product Designer of Control Panel for Battery Propelled Lawn Mower and Snow
Blower. Created custom Pro-E UDF library for electrical connectors used in
Wire harness diagrams this greatly improved their speed to document.
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Empak Corp. Chanhassen MN Custom Plastic Molder 7/1995 to 6/1996
Product Designer of Semi Conductor Processing Containers and shipping containers.
Bottle Blow molding design using Pro-E.
Phillips PlasticCorp. Hudson WI Custom Plastic Molder 10/1994 -7/1995
Mold Designer CAD-KEY Converting 3-d wireframes to 2-d Detail Mold Designs
Empak Corp. Chanhassen MN Custom Plastic Molder 7/1993-10/1994
Mold Designer using Pro-E to split part geometry and detail components.
Constructing a true 3-D Model of entire Mold and components.
Stillwater Blueprint and Engineering, Stillwater MN 10/1981-7/1993
Owner and Tool/ Product Designer. Contract Design of Tooling and products for various
Industries. Managed and performed Reprographics retail and services.
UFE Inc. Stillwater Custom Plastic Molder 9/1974 - 10/1981
Project Engineer of Injection molds from customer print to first production run.
Staff Engineer for research and development of Mold Construction and Gear Technology.
Traveled to both GM and Ford Motor Companies while on new automotive gear projects.
Onan Corp. Maker of Industrial Engines and Standby Generators 10/1971 - 9/1974
Tool Designer and NC Programmer for construction of Industrial Engines and Electric
Standby Generators.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Design Technology: St. Paul Technical College
Refrigeration and Basic Electricity St. Paul Technical College
General studies: Lakewood Community College
Advance Surface training: Pro-E software
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