Resume For Andrew J. Camarda

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Palm Coast, Florida, 32137

Phone Contact : 386-***-****

Cell Phone : 386-***-****

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Work Experience

American Access Technologies Inc, Keystone Heights, Florida, 2004 to

Present

I am currently working as the Chief Design Engineer and Project Engineer

and occasional Trumpf 3050 Laser Machine programmer of in house

communication related products, and other related customer based products,

in this Job Shop. My responsibilities involve working with sketches,

customer ideas, reverse engineering samples for production runs, and

assisting other engineers for there designs and eventual fabrication needs.

Complex Sheet Metal Assemblies, Support Frame Assemblies, Prototyping, and

packaging many different types of electronics are also part of my

expertise. I am responsible for the development of comprehensive shop floor

drawings for all the manufacturing levels ranging from the initial design

of 3d models for the Sheet Metal, and CNC milling machine programmers to

use in their CAM software, Hardware installation, Forming operations,

Welding, Finishing Spec's, Assembly, and everything in between. Computer

Aid Design Software used is Pro-e Wildfire 4.0, and Autocad. I work

exclusively and Assist Sales engineers to develop proposals, new designs

and also am involved in product development meetings on a daily to weekly

basis, depending on priorities. I introduce newly developed products to the

United Laboratories for product approval, and am familiar with Listing, and

Multilisting UL rated parts and assemblies into the system. I review shop

routers and improve manufacturing and engineering processes such as weld

procedures and engineering workflow. I am responsible for our document

control drawing database including any and all ECN's, ECR's and RN's that

need to be incorporated into the system, and all of the new and old product

line projects that are introduced per customer request. Have been through

many ISO Design Review Audits and am familiar with the documentation and

requirements needed to qualify with ISO related regulations. I have

developed projects and packaged electronics for many high end companies

such as Tyco Electronics, Leviton, Cisco Systems, Hubbell, Panduit,

Commscope/Systimax, Johnson & Johnson, Chatsworth Products Inc., Xirrus,

and Comcast. I am a Lean Manufacturing engineer with many years of shop

floor experience which has transposed into precise DFSS and detailed

engineering skills on a professional level.

Products Support Inc. Jessup, Md., 1986 to 2004

Holding the title of a Process/Manufacturing Engineer, and working in a Job

Shop, I deal with many types of manufacturing and engineering challenges.

My main job description is Planning Procedures for the Sheet Metal, and the

Machining Dept. and creating the most efficient and cost effective job flow

through the shop utilizing Micro Shop, our accounting system, to make

routers that I send to the floor. I am also responsible for the Welding and

the Assembly Departments flow as well. My estimators design the essential

flow of a job, and I incorporate the procedures in the process. Using

Autocad, and the earlier versions of Pro-e and up to the Wildfire Version

as a main source of modeling and design, I create Machined, and Sheet Metal

Parts for Manufacturing and Fabrication. I program, and maintain the flow

for two Trumpf Punch Press machines. I use Merry Mechanization as a C.A.M.

package for posting the G-Code for fabrication on the floor. Before the

purchase of Trumpf, model 500 machines, I also maintained, Operated and

eventually programmed Amada machines with GE, and Fanuc controllers. We

also have a Variety of Vertical and Horizontal Milling machines in which I

have designed many Jigs, and Fixtures and assisted Machine Shop Programmers

in creating Solid Geometry for customers and converting files to .igs,

.stp, and Dxf files for their usage in the C.A.M. software they use. More

recently I have designed a 22 Slot, Card Cage Assembly for Cisco in which

we are awaiting a large contract for. It consist of almost all sheet metal

parts in a riveted and screw fastener type assembly with many type of press

in hardware locations. Drawings are created by myself and scanned into a

server for re-printing on repeat orders. I work directly with engineers on

a daily basis from companies such as E-Systems, D.O.D., Naval Sea Systems,

Comtek, Corvis, Naval Air Systems Command, Honeywell, Optinel, Comsat,

Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, just to name a few that are part of our

database of customers. I am familiar with Government procedures and the

processes and structure for Government manufacturing. I have reverse

engineered many a part and assembly and have applied it to Pro-e for the

manufacturing process.

Washington Aluminum, Catonsville, Md.

At this job I was a 2nd Class Sheet Metal Mechanic, and responsibilities

involved fitting and constructing various close tolerance parts per

supplied drawings. I mostly worked with custom extrusions, angle, and sheet

metal that formed various structures. Mechanics handled almost all

operations from start to finish except for shearing and forming, and had a

welder assigned to them.

A.J. Sackett & Sons, Baltimore, Md.

Started as a helper, and worked up to become a Fitter/Welder.

Responsibilities here

involved the building and constructing of various types of farm related

machinery and

equipment such as conveyors, elevators, thatchers, hoppers, etc.. Also at

this job the fitters handled all operations from start to finish, which

included the welding aspect of

assembly. Type of welding performed was Stick, and Mig Welding.

United States Marine Corp

Duties: Assigned to the National Security Agency as a Marine Guard for the

N.S.A. complex. Communications Equipment Management, Supply Management,

Mail Room Clerk. I was granted a Secret Clearance by the C.I.D. for a tour

at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade Maryland.

Education

I have achieved my Six Sigma Green Belt Certification and currently

practicing the methodology at my current work environment. I am Currently

enrolled and in the process in achieving my Six Sigma Black Belt and

Project Management Certification.

I completed 2 course study modules for Pro-e with involved the Introduction

to Pro-e, and Sheet Metal Design.

I attended and completed a 2 year course at Data Processing Institute in

Baltimore Maryland. At this Technical school the course studies were

Computer Programming and Systems Operations And Maintenance. Languages

studied were COBOL, RPGII, and Assembler ( ALC ). The System used was a

Burroughs B1905 series Mainframe. Graduated with a 90% average and received

a certificate of completion.

I attended a 4 month course while in the armed forces on Marine Corp

Integrated Maintenance Management Systems ( MIMMS ). This involved the

updating of inventoried communication equipment through a networking

system.

I am a High School graduate and attended Comsewogue H.S. in Long Island New

York

where I am originally from.

Qualifications

Included in my experience in engineering management I have worked with and

solved many problems associated in the manufacturing environment as a team

player and also as an individual. I have managed hundreds of different

projects ranging from customer conceptual design prototypes to high volume

production runs, with involvement of all manufacturing, and fabrication

operations from the receiving of certified materials to all phases of

fabricating methods, to the shipping of the product to the customer. My

responsibilities include the Lean Manufacturing Methods of today's

standards to the practice of Six Sigma Methodologies. Holding titles of

Design Engineer, Process Engineer, Project Engineer, I have been

responsible for the success of many workers in their completion of a

Quality made part. I demand feedback from shop floor personnel for any

project with discrepancies, and am open minded to arguments and ideas in

creating a better product.

References

Joe Gorman Products Support Inc.

410-***-****

Howard Lingg, American Access Technologies Inc.

352-***-****

Merle Hall Products Support Inc.

410-***-****

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