Design Engineer
Resume:
Thomas S. Clayton
Valencia, CA **355 661-***-**** (home)
**************@*********.***
EXPERIENCE:
Advanced Bionics, Valencia, CA
ATE design engineer
Develop test fixtures for cochlear implants using solidworks in both
English and metric formats.
Using various material, plastics, Cres and aluminum parts/assemblies. Hands
on test and procurement of
fixtures in lab and in production floor.
Rocketdyne Pratt/Whitney Chatworth, CA
7/2012 to 10/2012
Designer
Design detail rocket valves and assemblies for J-2X update. Using Pro-E
wildfire 4. Release via EO process
With windchill and EMPS plm software. Update and release existing parts
via EO in pro-E via Intralink.
Com-Dev El Segundo
4/2012 to 6/2012
Designer
Short stent designing wave guide components for spacecraft. Boeing and NGC.
Using pro-E wildfire 4 . As sub contractor to satellite manufacturers the
scope was changed and all contractors
Were let go.
XYRATEX Valencia, CA
12/2011 to 3/2012
Designer
Design and detail parts and assemblies for hard drive manufacturing
equipment ie.Seagate and western Digital.
Using Solidworks 2011 PDM and SAP for procurement and data handling system.
Sheet metal, machined parts
and subassemblies /welded assemblies. BOM input and procurement data
formatted to SAP.
ITT Aerospace Castaic, CA 2/2011 to
10/2011
Designer
Design and detail sensors, valves and pumps using Pro-E wildfire 4/5.
Develop parts for seat actuators new product line
using solidworks and inventor into Pro-E. ECO existing products program
and factory support of production issues. Some
use of catia for interface to Boeing and Airbus.
Northrop Grumman, San Diego CA 12/09 to 7/10
Design Engineer/mfg support
Design support for Global hawk upgrade of BACN, UAV.
Cable assembly design and manufacturing support of, test and integration
phases of harness build.
Project Management support of power system. Parts procurement, tracking and
assembly kitting of harnesses planning
Manufacturing support .Prepared SAP input data MRP along with BOM input
and control.
Status reports and meeting with other Grumman divisions
Design and document using SolidWorks and Catia V5. PDM for release and ECNs
Multiple configurations using design tables for assemblies and tabulated
parts
Bombardier Pro-E wildfire 3/4 conversions to SolidWorks 2010, import and
redrawing of assemblies.
Worked is SIL with test and integration of harness assemblies on mock up
Crane Aerospace, Burbank, CA 2/07 to 11/08
Designer/ Mfg support
Design and detail aircraft braking systems for Boeing and Airbus, and
various other aircraft companies.
Packaging ABS, and tire pressure monitoring systems, valves and brake
manifolds using SolidWorks 2007/2009 & PDM, machined and castings. Use of
catia V5 for interface to Boeing and Airbus for actuators, pumps and lines
installations.
Developed molded wheel assembly for fly by wire for 787 and all ECO
document and model updates to qual parts. Designs released thru Oracle and
PDM. Teamcenter as well.
Also developed some designs with PL Porter work for seat mechanisms also
in designed and documented using SolidWorks 2007-2009, UG NX3/4 and Catia
V5.
Swales /ATK, Pasadena CA 7/06 to 11/06
Designer/Engineer
Designed and detail machined and composite parts for Athlete project. Test
bed for lunar station.
Update to engineer requirements lightning of design, and add inserts.
DFM redesign of parts and remove complicated machining, developed more
flight like design.
Using SolidWorks 2004-2006 & PDM. (teamcenter) in support of JPL projects.
Some use of 2004/2005 on Aquarius moon rover.
Teledyne Controls, Los Angeles, CA 2/06 to 7/06
Design Engineer
Design and detail of avionic boxes for commercial airlines and airframe
manufactures.
Used current AutoCad MDT and Inventor 9. develop test set equipment for ATE
and ATP.
Griftown Enterprises, Valencia, CA 11/05 to 1/06
Designer
Design and develop small humvee R&D vehicle for General Dynamics, using
AutoCad MDT inventor 9 and some SolidWorks of machined parts and castings.
Short term design project. Some inventor conversion.
Boeing Space & Communications, El Segundo, CA 9/04 to 11/05
Design Consultant
Design and develop GSE equipment for satellite factory Operations. Such
items as:
Tooling fixtures, and packaging of spacecraft for transportation and
assembly.
Using autocad MDT with some interface of Pro-E, & Intralink PDM Sherba and
Teamcenter Training and use of Catia v5. For support equipment Design for
integration of structures and various assembly steps.
Routing of microwave waveguide and cable harness using various cad tools.
JPL NASA, Pasadena, CA 3/01 to 9/04
Design Engineer
Design and documented various flight parts for MER, MRO, SIM flight
projects and tooling as well as rack and panel design of ground support
equipment for tracking at DSN sites. Documents release through teamcenter.
Parts designed in accordance with JPL, IPC and mil specs.
Material selection based on requirements for stress and thermal conditions.
Machined, composite and castings developed in UG for structures.
Some use of protel and p-cad for PCB design in test board and completion to
flight board configurations.
Various flight programs design and documentation using SolidWorks 2001-2004
AutoCad 2002/2004 and MDT 6-8 with some Inventor experience. Some use of
UG NX3-4. Trained in UG18, home training on NX2/3.
All design and documentation to ASME Y14.5 and Mil- STD-100 .
Boeing/Hughes Space & Communications, El Segundo, CA 4/99 to 3/01
Design Consultant
Design various microwave parts, substrates, and Tooling using AutoCad 14
and 2000 to ANSI-Y-14.5 in both 2-d and 3-d modes. Learned MDT and Protel
circuit design for K-band slices.
Design of flight hardware using Cadds5 integration and design of blankets
on various birds. Structure design
of composite panels with heat pipes and component mounting inserts.
Flight integration of hardware on factory floor. Barriers control heat/cold
in and out of spacecraft. ESD, RF, thermal and micrometeorties.
Spectrolab/ Boeing, Sylmar, CA 9/98 to 4/99
Design Consultant
Design of various piece parts, solar panels, solar cells, tooling fixtures
and schematic diagrams for production of Si and Ga cells. Tooling and
manufacturing aids developed using autocad .
Using autocad 14 and CADKEY6 to ANSI-Y-14.5 in both 2-d and 3-d modes. Dwgs
and ECN development..
Hughes Space and Communication, El Segundo, CA 2/95 to 8/98
Design Engineer
Design light weight composite structures, machined parts, cables,
harnesses, and panels, along with cam files FACMS and gerber data, step and
iges files for data for translation utilizing Cadds 5 explicit and
parametric 3-d modelers.
Also parametric assembly tool to create assembly and installation drawings,
worked in structures, and buss packaging developed panel layouts of 601/702
product lines. Used Sherpa release system later smarteam and teamcenter.
Design of solar array panels and structures, with full design to release
documentation.
Using CV and AutoCad 14 in design and documentation.
JPL-NASA, Pasadena, CA 10/94 to 2/95
Design Specialist
Electro-mechanical design, using Cadds 5 parametric solids and wire frame
to design piece parts and machine shop N/C data bases and documentation for
fabrication.
Mars Pathfinder project. First mars rover.
Structural conceptions and flight design/documentation.
HUGHES AIRCRAFT, El Segundo, CA (became Boeing) 11/93 to 10/94
Designer
Design circuit boards HV discrete type and substrate packaging of twta
epcs, dlas, and other modules.
Also limited use of protel software for PCB development, design detail
using Cadds5 and AutoCad for packaging of substrates and MIMIC.
LOGITECH/GAZELLE GRAPHICS 8/93 to 11/93
PWB Design Consultant
Design and document printed circuit boards, SMT type high-density multi-
layer, using Tango PCB,ORCAD and
AutoCad software. Some mechanical packaging of PMA PDA systems complete
design support from EE to fabrication.
Interfacing with vendors, and develop test engineering and checkout.
ITT GILFILLAN 10/82 to 7/93
Senior Design Supervisor
Supervised all printed circuit board design and development to full
military standards.
Developed and wrote project bids/schedules budgets. With a staff of 4 to 16
team members.
Directed acquisition of computer system, installation and set-up of CADD
4X/5 theda system.
Designed and generated complex multi-layer PC boards designs and RF board-
layouts, and MMIC board,
substrates and thick film design and package to specifications.
Also design simple sheet metal and casting parts. Rack and panel packaging
of shipboard equipment.
Support and participated in CCB, MRB and vendor cert.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS 1977-1979
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
PIERCE COLLEGE 1972 - 1974
Major: Engineering AA degree
Supplemental Training from Hughes/Boeing:
. Autocad 14/2000-5, MDT update 2004-2006, Pro-E 2.0
. Computervision 5, ISO 9000 EDMS or PDM
. Parametric and CAMU training DFM for design/mfg basic Catia V5
. ESD training and High Bay Cert ISO9000.
Supplemental Training from ITT:
. Computervision 4X and 5 UNIX base
. Employee Motivation/Administration Training
. Employee Affirmative Action Training
. Manufacturing Requirement Planning (MRP2)
. Total Quality Management (TQM) Training
. ANSI-Y-14.5m 1982 training GMT update to
. ASME 1994 and 1998 at (JPL) 2004
Supplemental Training from JPL/NASA
Solidworks 2001-2005, Unigraphics NX 2 NX 3
Teamcenter PLM system and GDT ANSY 14.5
Personal Training:
. Training AUTOCAD Revision 14 up thru MDT 2005/6, 2010
. Inventor 8 and 9.
. UG18 / NX2 and Catia training courses from COC. Used at JPL NX3 and 4
from Crane
. Plus basic PC programs and usage of Microsoft
. Office software. NT,2000 and XP operating systems. Now current to win7
32/64 bit
. SolidWorks training 2001 to 2004 at JPL with ISO9000/90001
. Additional training 2006-2009 at Swales and Crane
. Home training in UG NX3 and Catia V5 rev18.
. Recent training on Pro-E 4.0 and 5 Wildfire
COMPUTER SKILLS
. SolidWorks versions 2011 and PDM 10,000 hrs
. All Microsoft Office Applications
. AutoCad 2010 8000hrs various versions
. Catia V5 3000 hrs
. ComputerVision Cadds 5 8000hrs
. Unigraphics NX3 1500 hrs
. Mechanical Desktop 4000 hrs
. Pro-E Wildfire 4/5 4000 hrs windchill/CREO
. Tele-conferencing
. Internet meetings
. Teamcenter and other PDM PLS systems
. Protel and Pcad pwb design
. SAP basic from Northrop Gruman
. Pro E intralink PLM
SUMMARYOF QUALIFICATIONS
. As a professional I have had the good fortune of working in many
disciplines within the engineering profession. That experience
includes most variations in documentation systems and production
methods. My familiarity with automated design/drafting reaches back to
the beginning of this technology. I have superior comprehension of
specifications and standards.
. Machined parts
. Tolerance studies
. Stack ups
. Materials
. Structures and castings
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