Engineer Design

LARRY DURHAM

**** ********** ****, ******* *****, NC 27107

Home 336-***-**** Cell 336-***-****

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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

An accomplished Design Engineer with broad experience in all areas of

product development.

? New Product Development ? Sheet Metal Design ? Gas and Electric

Appliances

? Medium Voltage ? Circuit Breakers ? Agency Certification

Switchgear Testing

? Wire Harnesses ? Injection Molded Part ? Pro/E and Autodesk

Design Inventor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TYCO ELECTONICS, Winston Salem, NC 2006-2009

Development Engineer

Designed and developed UL 1077 recognized supplementary circuit breakers.

. Awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,488,913 for DIN rail mounted circuit

breaker.

. Designed new circuit breaker to meet UL 1500 ignition protection

requirements.

. Designed new remotely tripped circuit breaker.

. Designed new lockout device for existing circuit breaker products.

. Redesigned existing product to meet IEC 60934 spacing requirements at

277 and 480 volts.

. Provided engineering support for circuit breaker plants in Mexico and

China.

. Advised field sales force on technical issues.

. Created bills of material and product release documentation for new

circuit breakers.

. Performed UL and other listing agency testing of circuit breakers.

. Created 3D engineering drawings using Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.

EFFIKAL INTERNATIONAL, Orion, MI 2003-2006

Project Engineer

Designed and developed ANSI Z21.66 automatic vent dampers for use on gas

appliances.

. Designed 24 volt and Millivolt damper systems for use on gas boilers

and water heaters.

. Provided engineering support for barometric damper products used on

oil fired appliances.

. Designed automatic flue dampers and combustion air dampers for use

with fireplaces.

. Programmed Trumpf L2530 numerically controlled laser machine to make

sheet metal parts.

. Developed document control procedure to meet ISO 9000 requirements.

. Maintained UL and CSA listing files, Bills of Material and

Engineering Change files.

. Wrote product instruction manuals and provided technical support to

customers.

. Created 3D engineering drawings using Autodesk Inventor.

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WHIRLPOOL, La Vergne, TN (PDS Technical Services) 2002-2003

Contract Engineer

Provided engineering support for air purifier manufacturing plant.

. Rebuilt and maintained air purifier test laboratory per ANSI/AHAM AC-

1.

. Worked with vendors to develop new HEPA filters.

. Acted as liaison between product engineering and production on air

purifier issues.

SQUARE D, Smyrna, TN 1998-2001

Mechanical Designer

Designed medium voltage metal enclosed switchgear based upon customer

specifications.

. Maintained a 98% on time release to manufacturing.

. Designed sheet metal parts, insulating barriers, and formed

electrical bussing.

. Developed Square D standard meter bay for Pacific Gas and Electric.

. Created engineering drawings using Prime Medusa.

FRIGIDAIRE HOT PRODUCTS, Springfield, TN 1987-1998

Product Engineer, 1995-1998

Designed and developed new range products to improve assembly,

marketability, quality, function, performance and reliability while meeting

cost objectives.

. Coordinated drafting, purchasing, manufacturing, scheduling and other

departments during the initial production run of new products.

. Reviewed testing of new products to insure they met agency and

quality requirements.

. Planned and approved work done by Model Shop, Laboratory, Drafting,

Reliability and Home Economics personnel.

Electric Component Design Engineer, 1987-1995

Designed the electrical control systems for all gas and electric ranges

made by Frigidaire.

. Designed wiring harnesses and wiring diagrams for all electric and

gas ranges.

. Reduced wiring cost of all electric ranges by over one dollar per

range.

. Converted all wire harness and wiring diagram drawings from paper to

Autodesk Generic CAD.

. Developed standardized wiring symbols for all divisions of the

Frigidaire Company.

. Identified and formulated solutions to design and

manufacturing/assembly problems.

. Acted as liaison between design engineering and production on

electrical wiring issues.

FRANCE, Division of Scott Fetzer, Fairview, TN 1985-

1987

Senior Engineer

Designed clock operated switches, appliance controls and AC synchronous

timer motors.

. Developed gear trains for timer applications.

. Designed injection molded and powder metal gears.

. Designed permanent magnet synchronous motors for use in timers.

. Awarded U.S. Patent No. 4789761 for appliance timer motor design.

. Managed the France Motor Group consisting of two design engineers, a

design drafter, a detail drafter and two laboratory technicians.

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SIEMINS-ALLIS, INC., Wilmington, NC 1982-1985

Project Engineer

. Designed UL 489 listed molded case circuit breakers and ground fault

circuit interrupters.

. Designed shunt trip circuit breakers for use in gas stations.

. Designed thermostatic bimetals, compression molded plastic parts and

electrical components.

. Performed UL and other listing agency testing of circuit breakers.

ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY, Lebanon, TN 1980-1982

Product Design Engineer

Designed appliance controls, timer motors, and spring driven clockwork

devices.

. Developed gear trains for timer applications.

. Designed an electro-mechanical proportional control for microwave

defrost cycle.

PRECISION TUBULAR HEATER CORPORATION, Franklin, TN 1979-1980

Design Engineer

Designed tubular heating elements for small cord connected electric

appliances.

EDUCATION

B.S., Industrial Technology, Middle Tennessee State University,

Murfreesboro, TN

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