Eric E. Boal
**** ******* ** ■ Mishawaka, IN. ***44 ■ 574-***-****
*******@*****.***
Objective: Seeking an Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering position. I am looking to leverage my engineering knowledge, hard working attitude, fast learning pace and love of everything engineering to add value to your company.
Technical Summary
Engineering Project Management
Basic 3D modeling using Creo
Product and Packaging Design and Testing
Design creation process and documentation control
Lab testing and reporting
Completed Whirlpool’s Lean Operational Excellence Black Belt Course. (A3/5 why, 6 sigma, IC)
Design of Experiments and Component of Variation training
Experiment and Process Analysis using JMP 11
Use of google documents suite and basic scripts
Microsoft office programs(word, excel, powerpiont, ...ect)
Vendor interaction and communicating with suppliers
Passport and approved to travel internationally
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, IL December 2012
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Relevant Coursework: Aircraft Design, Spacecraft Design, and Spacecraft Dynamics, Compressible Flow, Mechanics of Solids II, Mechanics of Aerostructures, Engineering Materials and Design, and Applied Thermodynamics.
Professional Experience
Whirlpool Benton Harbor, MI Mar 2016 - Present
Packaging Engineer (Product Development Engineering Associate as of Jan 2017)
Work in product development of initiative new to the world products as part of the Wlabs Team
Product and team message include at the following webstie: https://wlabsinnovations.com
Development and maintaining of component designs including manufacturing prints and graphics
Creating whole product and consumable packaging solutions as well as structural internal product components
Source packaging components and ensuring product/component meets process approval requirements
Collaborating internationally with cross-functional teams to development all packaging sourcing/requirements
Working in and Maintaining Components in a multiple level B.O.M.
Whirlpool Stevensville, MI Jan 2014 - Mar 2016
Lab Engineer
Development and maintaining of testing standards and processes.
Test to Learn product instrumentation and experimentation(pressure film, accelerometers, etc)
Re-certification process for ISTA testing standards and coordination of lab maintenance
Understand and lead team to meet internal and international testing standards.
Otterbase (contract for Whirlpool) Stevensville, MI Jul 2013 - Jan 2014
Lab Technician
Tested packaged products to the Whirlpool internal test standards and the ISTA standards(licensed forktruck driver)
Evaluated testing results and compiled information in lab reports
Products tested ranged from stand mixers to Commercial 60lb load washers
FedEx Mishawaka, IN Summer 2012
Package Handler
Unloading trucks, scanning and tagging unloaded packages
Scanned and loaded packages for the delivery vans
Professional Transportation Inc. Elkhart, IN Summer 2011
Driver
Drove a van for the transportation of Northfolk Southern railroad employees.
This entailed driving to and from rail yards and rail sidings throughout the northern IN, southern MI, Western OH, and Eastern IL area
AM General Mishawaka, IN Summer 2008
Sub-Assembly
brake line assembly for different variations of truck setups in a timely manner for the main assembly line
Boal Sanitation Service South Bend, IN Mar 2004 Aug 2011
General Employee
Family owned and operated septic service
Responsible for billing, customers calls, office records, and other office related work
Worked on site which included but not limited to septic system cleaning and repair, indoor/outdoor plumbing, cement work, system diagnostic and problem solving
References available by email upon request