Engineer Project Manager

DENNIS C. CAPLES

***** ******** *** *****

Las Vegas, NV. 89166

Phone: 702-***-****

E-mail: ******@****.***

Summary:

15+ years using CAD, both Solid Works and Unigraphics. Degreed Electrical Engineer. Designed Medical devices, heart catheters, hand held communication devices for unmanned aircraft and military programs. Design of Automotive Door and Door Systems. All Projects required design for manufacturing knowledge related to each technology type. Sealing (IP-series) practices, EMI shielding. Selected components “off the shelf” when available and invented new components as required. Performed electrical and mechanical packing and tolerance stack ups using 3D models. All design programs consisted of a concept phase, a design phase, prototype phase with a review phase after each phase. When a program made it to production, pilot and final production phases were added. Work Experience, References and Prototype Examples of work for Review Available on request

Education:

Solid Works training, Irvine, Ca.

Injection Mold Design, San Diego, CA.

Automotive Door Design/CAD-CGS-UG, GM Design Center Flint, MI.

BSEE, I.T.T., Buena Park, CA.

Skills:

3D CAD Design using SOLID WORKS 2016 (2017 at home office), UNIGRAPHICS, MECHANICAL DESIGN, INJECTION MOLDING, EXTRUSIONS, SHEET METAL STAMPING, DIE CUTTING, SEALING EXPERT, EMI SHIELDING EXPERT, AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, AVIONICS

Experience:

Job Title: Sr. Lead Engineer

Employer: Sierra Pacific Innovations Corp., A.K.A. “SPI”

Dates: March 2016 till February 23rd, 2017 due to lay off, lack of sales

Duties: Solid Works (2016) 3D CAD Design and Packaging of Night Vision “IR” Cameras for Military and Border Patrol Agency deployments. In charge of production of multiple device lines and repair depot. Consult for all Electrical and Mechanical issues for testing and development of all product lines. New Product Development, Final Device contained machined aluminum, Stainless steel sheet metal. Also, 2 ABS plastic parts were injection molded and the other was 3D printed, also in ABS. Device was IP67.

Job Title: Accident Investigation Electrical Consultant

Employer: American Bio Engineers, A.K.A. “ABE”

Dates: 11/15 to 02/16

Duties: Consult for electrical testing and development. Investigate vehicles involved in accidents and calculate Delta-V post-accident.

Job Title: Design Engineer

Employer: Ideal Solutions YNID (Startup Company)

Dates: 02/14 to 02/15

Duties: Solid Works 2014. Design of a mating connector and cable based on electrical and mechanical requirements. All metal components were stamped sheet metal pins while all plastic parts were injection molded nylon using aluminum prototype tools. Device rated for IP67.

Job Title: Sr. Design Engineer

Employer: BioSense Webster Inc.

Dates: 6/09 to 02/14

Duties: Solid Works 2014. Design thru production of heart Catheter and cable devices for both Ablation and Therapeutic uses. Developed company’s 3D data base in Solid Works. I was granted 4 patents. Handles were injection molded. The long catheter shaft part was 8 polypropylene plastic lines heat welded in a semi injection mold machine. Most metal parts were sheet metal stamped while other components were wire wound. Device rated IPXX-NO BLOOD.

Job Title: Sr. Design Engineer/Project Manager

Employer: Omnica, Irvine, CA

Dates: 4/01 to 8/08

Duties: Solid Works Design concept to prototype of military, medical, and security devices. Project Manager on several programs. Responsible for enclosure design, packaging, component tolerance stack ups, connector selection, and wire harness schemes, circuit and PCB layouts. Purchasing and tracking of internal components using Solid Works, DXP and Excel. Created 7 Military communication devices hand held and subsystem for UATV and JDAM applications. Created security devices, locking wheel device for shopping carts and external lighting for home use. Ablation catheter for brain surgery. Developed custom connector designs on multiple projects. Created parts and sub system designs as needed for any project whither I was in charge of program or not. All metal parts were either machined, extruded, or sheet metal stamped. All plastic parts were either machined, injection molded, 3D printed, urethane cast or roto-molded. Most devices were IP67 and often EMI shielded for ingress and egress frequencies.

Job Title: Program Manager

Employer: C. Brewer, Anaheim, CA.

Dates: 9/00 to 4/01

Duties: Technical management of plastic injection molded parts for medical and commercial accounts. Reviewed client CAD files for geometrical integrity compared to production tooling. Tool review and modification to maintain customer tolerances and QC requirements. Generate tolerance reports and scientific reviews of geometry consistency. Quoted new tool developments for clients. Company only made steel injection tool molds and plastic injection molded parts. Parts often were sonically welded.

Job Title: Design Engineer 2

Employer: General Motors, Flint, MI

Dates: 7/94 to 9/00

Duties: CAD Designer, drawing generation, and project manager of car doors and sub-systems using Unigraphics and CGS. Advanced surfacing and component packaging of systems and subsystems of all Luxury car designs by GM including door opening to body for the model years 94 thru 2002. All my design work here was Stamped Sheet metal .8mm thickness for car doors or extruded urethane used for seals.

Job Title: Electrical Engineer, Avionics

Employer: Global-Wulfsburg Systems, Irvine, Ca.

Dates: 10/87 to 11/93

Duties: Evaluate new and existing circuit and PCB designs. Track recurring system faults. Redesign circuit layouts and recommend new components. Designs were submitted to FAA (on site) for flight management and navigational avionics boxes for corporate jet class aircraft. Also, in charge of AOGs.

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