Engineer Mechanical
Resume:
RESUME
Mechanical Engineer / Mechanical Designer
Charles Nyquist
Longwood, Florida 32779
abnpfu@r.postjobfree.com
Qualifications:
** ***** ** *********ng and design experience including structural design, electro-mechanical
packaging, machine design, inspection fixture and tool design. Experience includes
supervision of a tool and fixture design group and group lead on various missile programs and
product development programs.
• Design of welded, riveted and screwed assemblies.
• Electro-mechanical packaging.
• Tooling, environmental and inspection fixture design.
• Plastic, silicone and metal parts design.
• Extensive Pro Engineer including: Pro/E wildfire 2.0, Pro Piping, Pro Sheetmetal and
PTC Interlink. Large assemblies, complex plastic, silicone and mechanical parts.
• Extensive use of ASME Y14.5-1994 (ANSI Y14.5M).
• Simple stress analysis.
• Complex tolerance stack-up analysis.
• Flight hardware and ground support design.
• Preparation of Mil-Spec engineering drawings and documentation.
• Product development and prototyping.
• Presentation at Preliminary Design Reviews and Critical Design Reviews.
• New Business development support.
Security Clearance:
Secret, Active
Education:
1977 graduate, Texas State Technical Institute, Waco Texas, AAS Mechanical Design
1977 graduate, Texas State Technical Institute, Waco Texas, AAS Design Drafting Technology
Additional Tools:
• Currently own and operate 4 laser engraver / cutters. Used to produce design
prototypes. 100 watt 24 x 36 work surface.
• Currently own and operate a CNC mill for rapid prototyping.
• Generate all CNC G-code using Mech3 machining software.
Charles Nyquist
abnpfu@r.postjobfree.com
CAD Experience:
Pro/E and Wildfire 2.0 – User since 1994
Solidworks – User since 2001
CADAM – User since 1979
CADRA – User since 1989
Corel Draw
Work Experience:
1993 to Present – L-3 Communications, Coleman Aerospace, Orlando Florida
-Lead Mechanical Engineer responsible for design and development of mechanical parts and
assemblies, component selection and packaging, cable routing, acceptance test plans,
environmental testing and system requirements. Current projects involve the development of a
security device for the Department of Homeland Security, the development of a device to
monitor train wheel bearing environments and a system to reduce coal dust pollution during
coal transportation in open railcars. All systems were designed to withstand high vibration and
shock environments as well as extreme temperature cycles.
-Group Engineer for the Guidance Section of the LRALT Cobra Dane target missile.
Responsible for scheduling work assignments of mechanical engineers working on the GCU
section, layout of the structure and flight components using Pro/E, directing engineering staff in
the creation of engineering drawings, creating top level assemblies and BOM’s.
-Responsible for the structural design, component packaging and documentation of various
missile structures, fixtures and support equipment for the HERA, SRALT and LRALT target
missiles.
I was also responsible for presenting at Preliminary Design Reviews (PRD), Critical Design
Reviews (CDR) and System Requirement Reviews (SRR).
1990 to 1993 – (Contract) Litton Laser Systems, Orlando Florida
Tool Engineer / Designer responsible for the design and documentation of tools used to
support laser production. Design of environmental fixtures, optical alignment fixtures,
inspection fixtures, tooling and work holders.
1988-1990 – (Contract) Martin Marietta Corporation, Orlando Florida
Design and layout of various electronic “black” boxes. Design of plastic injection molded
components, drawn aluminum components, aluminum machining, and electronic packaging.
1985-1988 – Martin Marietta Corporation, Orlando Florida
Senior Mechanical Designer responsible for design and documentation of various sections of
the Pershing II missile system and support equipment.
1980-1985 – Motorola Integrated Circuits Group, Austin Texas
Group supervisor for tool and inspection fixture design and documentation.
1977-1980 – Westinghouse Electric Co., Round Rock Texas
Mechanical Designer/Drafter responsible for the documentation of large industrial motors.
Created welded and riveted assemblies, castings, machining and sheet metal drawings.
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