Engineer Quality

Byron G. Harrower

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Marysville, W A 98270 Cell (425) 582 - 3121

Solid Works / AutoCAD 3D Engineer / Drafter / Quality / CMM

A 14 year experienced senior Solid Works, AutoCAD Design / Drafter, with successful proven track record

resulting from 14 years CAD experience in Medical, Aerospace / Defense, Automotive and Consumer related

products. Experience includes many years in Quality with OGP Smart-Scope, Optical Comparator, and CMM

equipment, Surface Analyzer, CAD Operation and Programming. My career path extends to product design and

development using Solid W orks, AutoCAD 3D / 2D software, and Catia V5 knowledge. Strong business ethics,

with self starting, results driven team player, capable of meeting and, or, exceeding business / customer demands

and requirements. Provides “out the box” progressive alternative thought process ideas to improve / enhance, and

perfect new and or existing products for ease of manufacturing process.

Supports engineering, manufacturing and quality departments with any ECO or jig / fixture modifications, to

ensure documentation and procedures are current with part / fixture blueprints. Designs and develops aerospace

component CNC and Manual Drill / Assembly jigs or fixtures, and Machining practices of jig or fixture clamp down

locations (ensures clamp locations and jig brackets are kept clear of minimized machine / cutter paths .

Experienced quality engineer, familiar with working knowledge of ISO 9001 / ISO 13485 procedures and

standards. I have experience formulating and implementing Quality engineering documents, data sheets, visual

aid designs and drawings, to support world class manufacturing and technologically advanced process

capabilities. Problem solving skills, combined with long term objective thinking approaches to complex and

demanding challenges. Supports business customer product demands, and specifications through critical design

parameters and processes, while maintaining on-time, and budgeted demands for project delivery schedules.

Professional Experience

Accra Manufacturing, Bothell WA Contract 2013

Senior Solid Works Support Engineer.

Designed and developed drill fixtures, jigs, tooling fixtures, 3D and 2D drafting and drawing using Solid Works.

Worked with machinists to develop and design simplified work piece fixtures and jigs, to support ease of

manufacturing for the CNC machining department, and manufacturing departments.

Facilitate working procedural improvements. Designed aircraft under-carriage support system and machined

components and assemblies.

MedLab Products, San Diego CA 2008 - 2013

Senior Solid Works / Operations Manager/ CMM / AutoCAD / Production.

Duties and responsibilities: Manage Quality control department, along with Design and Production departments.

Supports and helps program equipment and machinery for inspection and manufacturing capabilities. Maintains

measuring all machinery and equipment in perfect working condition, manages measuring equipment recalls and

re-calibration, oversees accuracy of documentation and conformance. Designs advanced machine automation

equipment, products, mold-tooling components using Solid Works / Auto Cad. Design and Develop new existing

products for Aerospace, Automotive, Machinery, Assembly Fixtures and Jigs, Metal / Plastic components, Medical

Device / Disposable products. Identify key manufacturing objectives, design product components. Aerospace

interior / exterior components, Instrument face panels and component products designed to high tolerances,

GD&T / ANSI and catalog and resources to support machine and equipment designs. Ensure product designs

meet manufacturing standards and ANSI / GD&T tolerances and AS9100 QMS standards, with cGMP practices.

Design electrical component layouts and CNC instrument display products. Drafting of electrical schematics and

printed Circuit Boards (PCB) to specific detailed designs and layouts. Design customer conceptual products and

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components with cost benefits and ease of manufacturing / productivity to ensure competitive nature of industry.

Managed Plastic Injection Molding and Quality departments (3 years experience), plan production schedules,

oversee materials and equipment purchasing to ensure all production commitments are met on a timely or just in

time (JIT) basis. Design Engineering schematics and work orders as necessary to support manufacturing, while

reducing process rejects, and scrap. Achieved improved revenue and profits by 18% resulting in additional

company revenues of $494,000, realizing new increased profit margin by $113,620.

Custom 2D & 3D CAD Engineered Medical / Aerospace product design and development services.

Aerospace instrument component design of plastic products, Bill of Material (BOM) fire proof rated r esin

choices, surface finishes, engineered products of critical maximum strength for manufacturing.

Product Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (FMEA) / Design Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (DFMEA).

Managed quality/production teams, including molding engineers, process technicians, operators, logistics and

senior manufacturing staff effectively, while promoting loyalty, team building commitments to company goals.

Design concepts to completed projects for automation, includes internal components and auxiliary drive

motors / reduction gearbox and motors (per specifics of equipment or machinery requirements), planetary

gears, drive belts, sprockets and chain drive systems. Design special filter cutting rollers, bearing housings,

internal working components, housing, and adjustable Cams, Bearing Blocks, Slide Guide Bars, Lubrication

channels and outboard grease fittings.

Responsible for purchasing of special and standard industry components from catalog and online resources.

3D and 2D Surface Profilometer, Optical Interferometer, Spectrometer and Densitometry equipment.

Mitutoyo Video CMM, OGP SmartScope, Microscopes, Optical Comparators, Surface Analyzer, Measuring

Tools, Gage Blocks, Pin Gages, Indicator Gauges, Digital Electronic Micrometers and Calipers.

Automation and Robotic machinery and engineered support equipment products for high speed manufacturing

of plastics, metals and composite fabric for filtration and separation products as used in the Medical industries.

Measure product dimensions based on blueprint standards both for and to customer specifications.

Jig and Fixture and tooling designs for the Medical / Automotive / Aerospace industries.

Plastic Injection Molding Production & Manufacturing Engineering, design engineered blueprints and Quality

Inspection Visual Aids & Charts. Inspection details and documentation per customer requirements and unique

or custom specifications to ISO 9000 / 9001 standards.

Manage production shifts and quality control inspectors and employees of plastic injection molding facility.

Schedule production and supervisors for 3 shift schedule, and production forecast planning, resin inventories.

Prepare detailed production and scrap / reject reports, shift efficiency, product output, quality reports, using

Pareto charts for CEO / President and Senior Executive Management.

Instrumental in effective leadership management, supporting and advising / instructing quality, production,

assemblers, operators and company employees / supervisors on managing JIT / Kaizen lean manufacturing &

world class quality control manufacturing methods, along with leadership meetings and data reviews.

The Boeing Company (CDG), San Diego CA 2007 - 2008

Design Drafter Illustration Engineer

Experienced Solid Works AutoCAD Design Drafting Engineer. Responsibilities included designing aircraft interior

components, mechanical components, electrical PCB layouts of Poseidon aircraft for Defense and Patrol /

Intelligence gathering and monitoring. Perform Illustration and Manuals for Defense aircraft systems, plan and

design detailed instructions and engineering blueprints to support Engineering and Manufacturing as necessary.

Achieved successful project completion ahead of projected time frames, resulting in additional available labor

hours for Boeing projects to begin ahead of schedule. Improved company department revenues and profits by

consistently completing given projects a minimum of 17%, and up to as much as 25% in labor hours scheduled for

each project.

Detailed designing of Boeing 737, 747 and P-8A aircraft component part designs and illustration manuals,

support documentation and data documentation.

Engineering, design and process Bill of Materials (BOM’s), document Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s) .

Solid Works and AutoCAD 3D & 2D software for design graphics illustration and engineering designs / layout.

Systematic approach to organized multiple component assembly strategic material planning, and layouts.

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Professional approach to intricate design and quality details, process oriented designs, experienced with fast

paced environments and critical deadlines dictated by customer requirements for market and supply chain.

Prepare and develop service, operating manual / bulletins using Excel / Word / PowerPoint / Solid Works /

AutoCAD illustrative design procedures/practices.

Perform 3D CAD layout and overlays for precision fitment and product accuracy of assembly components and

supporting features.

Design mechanical testing jigs and fixtures for product testing, failure modes, effects and analysis (FMEA)

including areas of possible fracture, fatigue or stress related design flaws within component or project designs.

Engineering detailed blueprints, schematics using geometric tolerances (GD&T) for fully executed precise

interference, press fit, clearance fits to conform to exacting standards of world class products.

Ensures all blueprints, designs and layouts are accurate within specified tolerances stack ups are within

allowable parameters.

Geometric calculations and tolerances per GD&T standards and ANSI / ASME Y14.5 and AS 9100 quality

standards for Aerospace, Space and Defense.

Advanced Computer literacy and experience, including Microsoft Office products, Excel, Word, Power Point,

Microsoft Office Project. Complete understanding of office equipment such as: Copiers, Printer, Scanning,

Fax, Telephone systems, Photographic usage of digital camera / macro photography, data / portable storage

equipment, file backups.

Ridgeline Engineering – San Diego, CA 2006 – 2007

Solid W orks Designer / Drafter Engineer.

Experienced senior CAD Design Drafting Engineer in Solid W orks, AutoCAD software programs. Responsible for

designing retractable, ramp and electrical components and layout of unmanned tracking, intelligence gathering

camera system for defense aircraft monitoring and drone aircraft systems. Design conceptual products and

components with ease of manufacturing and productivity for maximum cost reductions possible and improved

revenue / profit generation.

Achieved cost savings by eliminating excessive unnecessary components and inherent product design flaws,

by pro-active analysis and reviews of corrective actions, recommend changes at company design meetings,

directly resulting in $64K annual cost savings, reduction in direct labor costs. Streamline of component using

advanced technology improved company revenue and profits by an additional $23.5K annually.

Directly responsible in designing a complex yet reliable camera mounting and frame allowing easy access for

maintenance and functionality, improving the original concept, that would have been difficult to access the

multiple stage mirrors, camera systems for service and lubrication. This resulted in some $47 K savings,

preventing a possible design flaw inherent in original customer’s conceptual designs.

Drawings, Part, Assemblies, Prototype Designs, Layouts, and RFR’s. AutoCAD Designer Electrical

Schematics, Panel Layouts, Fully Dimensioned Engineering / Quality Blueprints, GD&T, ANSI Tolerances and

specifications.

Precision Measuring and project CAD overlays for precise accuracy of components and supporting structures

using mechanical testing fixtures to test for product failure and fatigue areas within project designs.

Engineering detailed blueprints, schematics and geometric tolerances used extensively during design phase

and tolerance criteria for perfect fits and movable joint tolerances and lubrication ways.

Computer advanced experience, including Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Power Point, Microsoft Project,

including general copier, printer, fax, telephone, digital camera / macro photography, data / portable storage

equipment.

SolidWorks CAD designs for prototype machinery and equipment for various applications, including a Static

Attitude Tester for Magnecomp, and the Retractable Camera Ramp for MTC Technologies’ Airborne Security

Monitoring Systems (ASMS) – Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

Utilizing AutoCAD software for electrical cabinet and storage panel layouts, component positioning, wiring

diagrams.

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NCIM - Rancho Cordova, CA 2003 - 2005

Quality Engineer / CMM Video & Touch Probe programmer / operator.

Responsibilities included setup, programming, operation, and part measurements for the Quality control and

Assurance departments. Mitutoyo QV Video / Touch probe Co-ordinate measuring and Video measuring machine

used exclusively for customer quality generated reports for product accuracy, and conformance to ANSI and

customer critical dimensions using tight Geometric tolerances and SPC / Histogram / Pareto charts and Data

logging. OGP Smartscope, Microscope and Comparator operation.

Started career at NCIM as production technician / machine operator, advancing to Quality Engineer /

CMM, Mitutoyo Video Scope Operator / Programmer to improve company products for quality

conformance to customer quality standards and expectations.

Quality Engineer design and Develop ISO 9001 – 2000 procedures and documentation, manufacturing

processes, procedures, engineering work instructions for production and quality inspectors.

“QV Basic” software programming of Mitutoyo High speed video camera and touch probe measurements,

inspection CV data of job lots, using computed data generated from the QV basic software.

Compile Excel spreadsheets with captured data from CMM and Video Scope measurements.

Improved program original from Mitutoyo technicians to achieve a direct 38% cycle time improvement by

cycling the machine travel paths, generating shorter paths to workpiece, and modifying the speed and

clearance parameters to be optimum for maximum performance, resulting in a $27 per hour savings to the

customer, while increasing available hours for measurements of other critical products.

Quality Control Department with First Article and Dimensional Inspection Measurements, inspection

standards to QS 9000 (Automotive) and ISO 9001-2000 quality systems and procedures. Measure and

inspect using Geometric tolerances. Data Collection formatted to Excel Spreadsheet for Data Analysis,

Bar Graph presentation, Data Storage.

Customer service and liaison concerning product data and manufacturing processes including Design of

Experiments (DoE), product Failure Modes Effects and Analysis (FMEA) and Design Failure Modes

Effects and Analysis (DFMEA).

Quality Inspection of customer products, Customer representation and product information analysis,

production consistency and Statistical SPC production control using captured machine and Historical

product data to control product quality and conformance to customer’s requirements.

Experienced engineer with measurement instruments, Digital calipers, micrometers, height gages, block

gages, pin gages, dial indicators, surface gages, profilometers, texture a nalyzers, surf cam surface

analyzers.

Education / Special Courses.

Education. Graduated from Oak Ridge High School with 4.0 GPA (2001)

California County Fair – Awarded 1st Place (CAD Design of Mechanical Robot)

California State Fair – Awarded Honorable Mention 4th Place for AutoCAD Designed Engineering

Drawing.

Additional credits College experience towards 4 year degree.

Advanced 3D Solid Works, AutoCAD Design and Drafting

Mechanical Engineering Design Experience.

Plastic Injection Molded New Product Design & Development Experience.

Interests and Hobbies.

Civilian flying and training – Partial training towards Private Pilot License.

Automotive and Car Enthusiast, classic and modern vehicles.

Design and Manufacturing of specialized custom products.

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