Engineer Design

RICHARD HUSTON

West Haven, CT ***** Cell: 203-***-****

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Desired position(s): Mechanical - Product / Process Development Engineer

ULTRAPRECISION DESIGN & MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING

INDUSTRIES:

Aerospace, Automotive, Diesel, Machine Tools, Carbide Cutting Tools, Farm &

construction Equipment, Medical Implants, Missile Gyroscopes, Hydraulics,

LED's, Optics, Automated Semiconductor chip processing, Ceramics &

Electronics/Solar cell materials / wafer fabrication, Titanium & Stainless

Steel Medical orthopedic implants.

Hands on BSME, Results oriented people person, Technically savvy, Quick

Learner with Tenacity & Attention to Detail, Design & Process Intuitive,

Bottom Line Resourceful with proven & documented track record of product &

process innovation with companies from 15 to 10,000 employees, $ 8 million

to $ 8 billion annual revenues.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Atlantic Inertial Systems, newly acquired Div of Goodrich Aerospace,

Cheshire, CT 2009 to March 31, 2010

Miniature spinning mass gyroscopes found in most military missile and

aircraft weapons stabilization systems.

Sr Manufacturing Engineer

Process optimization & clean room support of internal assembly

controls, procedures & vendor quality responsibility for two product

lines

Provide company-wide fixture & assembly tooling liaison support &

schedule tracking. Design Review.

ASML Lithography, Optics Division, Wilton, CT 2006 - 2009

World's largest machine builder for Ultra precision optical systems for

memory & computer chip imaging lithography.

Process/Equipment Engineer Process, tooling and quality

improvements, for Optics Division production

. Documented and presented to management my idea to save $500,000

annually in LEAN labor and materials in my first year with the

company! Implemented these changes in production.

. New Equipment Justification & planning for in new equipment

investments for my department including 2 state-of-the-art CNC Milling

machines, gaging, diamond wiresaw for thin slicing optics materials.

. Design of Fixturings, diamond machine tooling design/analysis &

procurement.

. Developed vacuum lifter for 125 lb cap. precision polished glass

components with powered tilt, lift, rotate.

. Standardized on Mastercam platform for CNC tool paths and program

verification for all machines in department.

. Participated in 2 Lean Kaizen Teams, incl. classroom and production

use with significant cost savings.

. Unigraphics NX Solid modeling & AutoCAD experience. LEAN, SPC, and

Gage studies.

GTI Technologies, Semiconductor Machine Div Shelton, CT

2001 - 2006

Technical Applications Engineer for CNC grinding & Diamond wire

slicing machines.

. Computer controlled machines for tool sharpening. Multi-

wire slicing of ceramics, crystal slicing

. Capital project planning from specification, justification

(Cost of Ownership studies), installation & customer

. Fixture & Process, Application analysis, from Concept to

Sales, and install incl. Customer Training. Technical

. support, prototype production and documentation.

. Robot safety and customer machine training at several state-

of-the-art clean room facilities

at IBM, Intel, Micron Technology (Same employer as 1994

-1998 see below, 9 yrs. total)

Eldorado Tool & Machine, Div of Litton Industries, Milford, CT

2000 - 2001

Chief Tooling Engineer for New Product development, overall

design & test, drawing control resp.for primary tooling

line.

Introduced several new products and devised, purchased or

implemented the manufacturing methods to make them.

Design and support of tooling for turbine engines, medical

implants, aircraft airframe holemaking tooling, hydraulics,

heat exchangers, Auto & Diesel engine tooling, New product

design / technical customer support

(Same employer 1982 - 1994 see below, 12 yrs total)

Eldorado (continued) Div of Litton Industries, Milford, CT

Project Accomplishments/Highlights

Received "Certificate of Appreciation", from the customer, for confined

space cutters for use on carbon composite tail section of a Stealth

Aircraft.

Expertise in precision hole making processes and production tooling.

Assisted Boeing Aircraft MR&D department on-site with 747 Jumbo Jet Wing

Bolt hole production quality.

Reduced fixturing and setups by nearly 50% on Flexible Machining Systems

for next generation Titanium Aircraft high pressure actuators for a major

manufacturer.

Based on performance testing and on-site observations, increased tool life

on production crankshaft line for Chrysler and Ford engines by 400% over

the competition. As a result, my company became the preferred supplier

resulting in more than $ 248,000 in repeat orders in the first year alone.

Established first company Metallurgical inspection lab for product raw

materials with 35% improvement in vendor incoming quality, virtually

eliminating customer returned goods for materials related issues.

Authored Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Technical Paper and

published several articles on process improvement and tooling optimization

for Manufacturing Trade magazines. Presented paper at SME Conference

http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/get-item.pl?TQ95PUB13&2&SME

Edgetek Machine Corp, Meriden, CT

1998 -

2000

Applications Engineer

(CBN and Diamond) Superabrasive machines & tooling for

high speed machining of Titanium, Inconel, Stainless

Steel,

High pressure CNC drilling of Jet and Land based turbine

engine components, incl. blades, rotors, and turbine

shafts.

. High Speed form grinding of Jet engine blades, vanes &

nozzles. Automatic Load/Unload, Missile fin machining,

. Gear & Transmission components. Machining of exotic

aerospace materials, Application analysis, Time & process

studies,

form tooling design, custom machine proposals. High

pressure jet cleaning for extending cutter life up to 20

times.

GTI Technologies, Machine Div. Shelton, CT

1994 - 1998

Technical Applications Support

. Computer controlled Part Grinding (CNC), Application

analysis, Fixture Design concepts.

Capital Equipment Machine Proposals, Process studies.

Automatic processing systems for semiconductor wafers.

. Medical implant machining. Computer controlled machines for

tool sharpening.

Eldorado Tool & Machine, Div of Litton Industries, Milford, CT

1982 - 1994

Chief Engineer / Product Development Manager, reporting to

President (1988 - 1994)

NEW & existing Tool products design & testing /

support

. Tooling design for Auto and diesel manufacturers. $ 7

million product line. Customer: Honda, Boeing, Northrop

. Six (6) years, as Chief Engineer / Tool Products

Development Manager with complete responsibility

for all technical product aspects from raw material

testing, specification, design for manufacturing

methods, quality standards to production testing with a

heavy concentration in new product development.

. Heavy experience with machining of difficult aircraft,

medical implant devices, gas & turbine engine components.

. Developed several new products and helped create

manufacturing methods & procedures for their introduction.

Positions held incl: Chief Engineer, CAD technician, R & D

technician, Applications technician, Apprentice.

Union / Butterfield, Div of Litton Industries, Athol, MA

1981 - 1982

Apprentice, Tool Design/Tool Maker Co-Op Program Completed

2000 hour program in Metal Cutting tool design &

manufacture.

EDUCATION

1991 University of New Haven, Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical

Engineering.

Courses included: Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Heat Transfer,

Biotechnology course, Strength of Materials,

Metallurgy, Welding Metallurgy

2000 Fairfield University, Strategic Management of Technology (one

course), part of MSMOT program, (Management of Technology).

40 hr. AutoCAD training-1989, 40 hour Fanuc CNC Part Programming-1992, 40

hr. Supervisory skills course - 1988

1997 SEMI Course on Semiconductor Processing Technology.

1998 (RIT) Short Course completed on IC Processing: Hands on Fabrication

of Semiconductor devices from CAD design to micro-lithography, build and

test.

2006 Japanese conversational language course, ? (Taught myself

to read hiragana/katakana symbols)

2007 ASML Course "Intro" to Optics for non-Scientists, ASML Mechatronics

Design course

2007 Unigraphics NX 80 hour course

MEDICAL PRODUCTS & RELATED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Extensive experience in process & quality improvements

(incl. LEAN methodologies)

through use of leading edge processes and tooling incl. new

product design.

Equally at home on the production floor or behind a CAD

workstation.

Guided Kaizen / LEAN group project that documented a total

group savings of $ 600,000 annually in projected

savings in labor & materials.

. Excellent written and verbal communication with all levels of

production and management.

. Hands-on attitude that motivates others by example.

. Previous engineering and production supervisory experience.

. Extensive experience with computer controlled machining and processing

systems. Excellent hands-on machining skills. In depth knowledge of

cutting tool design, use, performance analysis, & enhancements.

. Implemented Mastercam and CNC Verification software platforms.

. Previous experience with precision grinding, drilling, and machining of

Orthopedic Medical Implants incl: Tibial and Femoral SS Leg Implants

for broken legs, Hip & Bone Reamers, Hip Joints, Pins

. Semiconductor Applications: LED substrate slicing, Silicon and Gallium

Arsenide Wafer Grinding

(thinning), Ingot Slicing (for production of Silicon, GaAs,

Quartz and other Semiconductor Wafers),

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE

. BSME with intensive manufacturing experience including technical process

& precision tooling

solutions, working directly with aerospace companies such as Boeing,

Northrop, Moog Aerospace, Lockheed,

Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and GE, Solar and Williams Int'l Gas Turbine.

. Received "Certificate of Appreciation", from the customer, for confined

space assembly tooling used on carbon composite tail section of a Stealth

Aircraft.

. Expertise in precision hole making processes and production tooling.

Assisted Boeing Aircraft MR&D department on-site with 747 Jumbo Jet Wing

Bolt hole production quality.

. Special skills in state of the art techniques for jet turbine, blade,

vane and nozzle manufacturing.

(Including high speed form grinding and drilling of high temperature

alloy materials including inconels,

titanium and Carbon composites).

. Reduced fixturing and setups by nearly 50% on Flexible Machining Systems

for next generation

Titanium Aircraft actuators for a major manufacturer.

. Fatigue life study of aircraft tubing parts with different surface

finishes and coatings.

. Previous experience in Metallurgical Lab, with steel & powder metal

materials analysis.

EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SKILLS

Experience with AutoCAD, Unigraphics Excel Design

Spreadsheets, M/S Word and

Powerpoint Software, CNC machine programming & ANSYS Stress

Analysis exposure.

. Developed over 50 proposals for Capital Equipment Projects for the U.S.

Government, and the who's who of corporate America based on detailed

customer Specifications for automatic machining systems for auto, jet

turbine, and computer components.

. Published several articles on process improvement and tooling

optimization for Manufacturing Trade magazines. Presented paper at SME

Advanced Manufacturing Conference

STRENGTHS

. New Product Development & testing, Customer focused design initiatives

and precision results.

. Design using Unigraphics NX Solid Modeling & AutoCAD, GD&T, ANSI

Y14.5, methods & fixturing.

. Manufacturing Tooling & Process Optimization - Aerospace turbine

metals, Advanced electronics materials - Carbide & Diamond tooling

design, Tooling performance analysis & troubleshooting, Operating

conditions, Hands on Practical & Theoretical experience incl, LEAN

implementation, Value Stream Mapping / 6S+, SPC, Machining / Shaping

of Mankind's most difficult metal and non-metal materials with ease.

. Capital Machine Projects, start to finish - CNC, CAD/CAM, PLC,

Robots, Automation planning and production issues, Safety, Equipment

Specifications, Supplier Partnerships, International experience.

. Business savvy with Inside & Outside Technical Sales Experience with

Carbide Tooling & Machines, Tool & Machine Quotations/Costing/Pricing

systems, Customer Machine Specifications Review, Safety & Compliance

Review and Formal Response, Commercial & Extra cost item pricing.

. ISO Quality TQM experience in a World Class, Ultraprecision Production

environment, Metrology, CMM, Gage studies, Root Cause & Corrective

Actions, Material Review Board, DN's & MN's using SAP.

BUSINESS STRENGTHS

. Intensive experience with capital equipment and tooling purchases both

as a vendor and as a customer.

. Able to negotiate with an "insiders" perspective.

. Fifteen years business experience with vendors and customers from

around the globe including Japan, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden,

Russia, China, Mexico and Canada, the Netherlands.

. Can speak and understand some Spanish and Japanese.

Rick earned his BSME from the University of New Haven and has worked on

everything from Ford, GM, Honda and Pratt & Whitney engine parts to Boeing

747's, solar cells, and computer chips for Intel and IBM. In this capacity,

he has traveled to 8 countries and 41 states in the USA.

Rick lives with his wife, 18 year old daughter who aspires to become a

surgeon, a 15 year old son who will most likely become a video game

designer, and a Golden Retriever in West Haven. He enjoys: photography,

skiing, snorkeling, and working on his classic truck. Starting in June

2010, half of his annual household electricity needs will come from 18 roof

mounted Solar PV panels.

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