Engineer Mechanical

RESUME

WALTER TAM

***** ** *** ***,

Camas, WA *8607

Tel: 360-***-****

Email address: abntg8@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/wtam88

CAREER OBJECTIVE: with 30+ years mechanical design experiences of electro

mechanical products, I am pursuing a senior position with awarding

challenges

EDUCATION and

TRAINING:

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Management with Arizona

College of Engineering (Tucson, Arizona)

Mechanical Engineering Course, MHTI (H.K) equivalent to the British

Columbia Institute of Technology (BC, Canada)

Pro-Engineer wildfire 4.0 with Advanced Part design & Assembly

Pro-Surface, Pro-drawing, Intralink, PDM link, MS products, Agile, Paint

IBM Lotus Notes 7, GD&T ASME Y14.5-1994, Autocad, hand drafting

Plastic part design training by Glenn Beal, BCID

EXPERIENCE:

Logitech Inc.

2005 to Mechanical Engineer (Vancouver, USA)

present

Mechanical design and development for BT dongle, sub-woofer, control box, Ipod

speaker, USB cable, custom USB connector, TPE/PU over molding trouble shooting

Design review with cross functional teams, marketing, EVT, DVT with PQA group

Create FDM prototypes for design and function evaluation

Create BOM, ECO with Agile, drawing support with GD&T for the ME group

RFQ for new project, tooling scheduling, project management

Overseeing Asia manufacturing, witness injection molding test, trouble shooting and

re-design on site, elaborate design issues with China contract manufacturer.

I re-designed the G-35 gaming headset sliding mechanism, spring detent; put the

product back on track, created snap feature for port tube assembly, spring feature for

BT button, detent feature for sliding 3.5mm stereo plug to fit all Ipods

Assist in sourcing with China vendors, cost improve and shorten lead time

Translate assembly instruction from Chinese to English

I can serve as a bridge between America and Asia

Mycanh Design house

2003 to Consultant (Ho chi minh City, VIETNAM)

2005

Supervise contract workers on site

Discussion on design with clients and contractors

Executive lounge design for shoe factory

Gained experiences in sourcing and negotiation skills

Established a good relationship with vendors.

Polycom Canada Ltd

1998 to Mechanical Engineer (Vancouver BC, CANADA)

2003

Responsible mechanical design for VOIP phones with PCBa assembly with Pro-E

Scheduling and progress control of tooling, involve in early stage tooling design

Debugging and trouble shooting in design, injection molding and manufacturing

Witness pilot run and mold testing in Penang, Malaysia

I invented and developed a new wall mount bracket fits all sizes wall plates

Create sheet metal cover for EMC, ESD protection for RF components on board

Mechanical Manager dba COMMUNICATION SYS. INC. (N. Van BC, CANADA)

1995 to

1998

I redesigned Smartalk NRG mechanism with Pro-E surfaces for DFMA

I created an ergonomic with good acoustic handset in Pro-E

Managed vendors in China and Malaysia for tooling quote, quality, schedule,

production issues

Responsible for packaging design with cardboard for Green environment

ADVANCED GRAVIS

1994 to Sr. Mechanical Designer (Burnaby BC, CANADA)

1995

Advanced Gravis is a leading designer and manufacturer of high quality ente rtainment

devices for personal computers including joysticks, PC game pad etc.

Tooling follow up, liaisons with mold maker including off-shore manufacturing in

China, trouble shooting for production and moldings.

I designed Talon handle with scanned data, Pro-e surface, PCBa assembly with tight

tolerance micro switches, buttons

Design and create cluster buttons in one unit with suspension webs for DFMA

The Engineering Manager of Advanced Gravis told the VP: “This gentleman (me) you

must see”.

XINEX LABS INC.

1992 to Mechanical Designer (Annacis Island BC, CANADA)

1993

The Mindset telephone is programmable with DSP, Voice, Fax, Data, computer

I re-designed the LCD bezel mechanism for DFMA, cost improve

I assisted in component sourcing, evaluation, liaison with Asia vendors

Scheduling for injection molding, progress control, trouble shooting of plastic parts

Technician to Manager-Mechanical Engineering Electronics industry (HONG KONG)

1971 to

1992

I start my career with United Far East Electronics Co. Ltd in 1971-76 as a technician

I am a Mechanical Manager in 1982-84 for Elec&Eltek, leading a group of 6 engineers

Joined U.D.I. (an Eisenberg, Austria company) in 1985 as China trade engineer,

install and test run the twin-screw extrusion (Cincinnati Milacron) at a PVC profile

factory in Shanghai for a month

Design sprinkler system for Suncast, USA

Design and develop 46/49 cordless phone, wall mount, trim line and feature phones

On job training for Manager with Hong Kong Management Association

I was a Principle Mechanical Engineer with Musical Electronics Ltd, design and

develop first CD/cassette/radio boom box, joint design with Tohei (a Japan company)

I relocated to Vancouver BC, Canada in 1992 with my family from Hong Kong, China

BILINGUAL: English, Chinese Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese (read, write, speak)

WORKING VISA: H-1B, TN, willing to pay the visa fee and relocate at my own expenses

The followings products were designed with Pro-Engineer, Pro-surface:

VoIP phone 2001

Gaming headset 2009 BT Dongo 2007

PTC Awarded finalist

Please forward my resume to anyone you know that is fit, thanks

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