Engineer Mechanical

William (Bill) E. Gadau

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Spokane, WA 99224

509-***-**** mobile

*******@*******.***

Objective

• Obtain a position that can utilize broad experience in product design, manufacturing process,

Asian supply chain, and or government projects.

Experience

• Self starter working with no immediate supervision.

• Lone Mechanical Engineer on projects collaborating with as many as 5 RF and Electrical

Engineers across the country developing systems for delivery to departments of the D.O.D.

• Responsible for the completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling

guidelines.

• Exercise mechanical authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of

engineering projects.

• Team oriented, dogged pursuit of collaborative connections with cross functional team to pursue

the highest quality design.

• Collaborate with team of Asian engineers to reach design milestones on budget and on time.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Pro/Engineer, Pro/MECHANICA 3D modeling, drawings, assemblies, structural analysis.

• SolidWorks 3D modeling, drawings, assemblies.

• CF Design thermal analysis.

• Design for Die Casting, Injection Molding, 2-shot Molding, Compression Molding, Thixo-

Molding, Sheet Metal, CNC Machining.

• Design for sealing electronic enclosures against water and dust intrusion.

• Design for shock and vibration protection of electronic components.

• Design for RF/EMI shielding techniques for integration into electronic systems.

• Experience with DFM, and sustaining engineering creating new manufacturing processes to

improve product quality and reliability.

Work History

Trident Systems, Inc. Mechanical Engineer 8/2008–10/2009

Spokane, WA

• Produced robust electronic enclosures and peripherals to be used by various departments of the

D.O.D.

• Located in Spokane collaborated continually with corporate headquarters in Fairfax, VA on

government contracts.

• Commitment to get it right the first time, schedules often dictated first CNC prototypes were

delivered to the customer.

• Designs meet and exceed MIL-810-F. Some products designed to perform in temperatures below

thermal minimums of most electronic components.

General Dynamics Itronix Mechanical Design Engineer 3/2003–8/2009

Spokane, WA Mechanical Engineer, Sustaining 5/2002–3/2003

Mechanical Engineering Lab 5/2001–5/2002

• Designs meet or exceed MIL-810-F standards for drop, rain, humidity, temperature, and

vibration. Vehicle-mounted products meet ASTM transportation guidelines.

• Designed on flagship product teams for XR-1, and GD8000 rugged laptops last 3 years at the job.

• Collaborated effectively amongst cross functional teams including Electrical, Software, Quality

Assurance, Test, Manufacturing, Agency, Service, and Purchasing.

• Completed a broad range of designs varying from mechanical design on PC boards, thermal

solutions for Intel chipsets and other thermal problem areas, shock and vibration isolation of

sensitive components like hard drives, detailed RF designs for coaxial routing and mechanical RF

system design meeting a variety of FCC and radio certification requirements and EMI shielding.

• Product design from industrial design concept to production release.

Horizon Airlines Ramp/Passenger Service/Cargo/Operations 8/1990-5/2001

Spokane, WA

• Operations – Responsible for the safe, on time departure of flights. Manifesting cargo and

baggage loads, calculating weight and balance of the aircraft per passenger and cargo loads

ensuring aircraft was within C.G. limitations. Reading and interpreting aviation weather to

forecast irregular operations and prepare the station in advance. Operating as the hub of all

station communications and delegating operation sensitive tasks.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

o Gonzaga University May 2002

Other

• Government Clearance – Secret as it pertained to my need to know while performing my job

duties at Trident Systems, Inc.

• Patent application in process for a Cam Latch design for a laptop while at General Dynamics

Itronix. P/N 20090256364A1

• 7+ years experience with solid modeling software. 6 years with Pro/Engineer and 1.5 years

most recently with SolidWorks.

• MRP, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point.

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