Engineer Manufacturing

Xiaotong Zhang

Add: ***A Ridgefield Cir, Clinton MA 01510 Tel: 508-***-**** E-mail: ********.*****@*******.*** OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a Manufacturing / Mechanical / Quality Engineer position, utilizing my mechanical design, quality control and manufacturing process experience.

EDUCATION:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA, U.S. Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering, GPA: 3.53/4.0 May 2015 Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT), Wuhan, China Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering & Automation, GPA: 3.3/4.0 June 2012 Related Courses:

Lean Manufacturing, Design for Manufacturability, Mechanical CAD/CAM, Productivity Management, Manufacturing Process & Fixture Design, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, SKILLS:

Ability: Mechanical Design, Manufacturing process design, Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturability Evaluation Applications: Solidworks, MS office, Creo3.0, AutoCAD, MasterCAM, Matlab, Foreign language: Chinese (Native)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mechanical Engineer, Mascon Inc, Woburn, MA Feb 2016 - PRESENT

- Source OEM parts for customer. Review customer designs, quality requirements and other technical documents. Deliver those information to global sourcing team and supported them to provide timely and competitive quote.

- Inspect samples and prepare First Article Inspection (FAI) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) documents for customer approval.

- Oversee inspector performing inspection for mass production parts (over 300 PNs). Initiate Non Conform Report to SQEs and liaison with vendors on corrective actions and improvements. Manufacturing Engineer Intern, ETM Manufacturing CO., Littleton, MA Nov 2014 – Feb 2015

- Analyzed the productivity and efficiency of each machine center and operator. Generate the Value Stream Mapping to evaluate the cycle time and provide improvement suggestions.

- Attended continuous Lean manufacturing program, applied Kaizen, 5S and other Lean methods to control the wastes. Planned 5S programs of all departments in the shop, took pictures to standardize the layouts.

- Assisted the Production Manager to analyze the cost of the shop, including the labor and material costs and made the budget of the coming year.

Summer Intern, Manufacturing Dept., Weichai Power CO., LTD, Weifang, China May - Aug 2014

- Consulted with customers to confirm the order details and provide technical support.

- Assisted manufacturing engineers to change parameters of Euro IV and Euro V engine accessories for setup.

- Created new CAD files for customized parts.

- Made the manufacturing process procedures.

Project Engineer, Hengan NDT Engineering Company, LTD, Weifang, China Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

- Passed the exam to get certificated as a 2nd Level Non-destructive Testing (NDT) Engineer of radiographic inspection.

- Lead a team of 5 to complete the pipe detection project. Manufacturing Engineer Intern, YTO Group CO., LTD, Luoyang, China Oct 2011

- Analyzed processes of tractor manufacturing and assembling.

- Provided productivities improving solutions, using Lean Manufacturer methods.

- Completed the project Manufacture a gearbox cover using CAD&CAM and produced the gearbox cover sample by CNC machining center. Designed the processes for mass production. Summer intern, Technology Center, Weichai Power CO.,LTD, Weifang, China Jul - Aug 2009

- On duty of engine testing, collected and transferred experiment data.

- Drew the 2D engineering blueprints for parts and file them. PROJECTS:

Group Project: Optical 3D Surface Measurement, CHSLT, WPI Oct 2014 – Dec 2014 Set up the experiment in Center for Holographic Studies and Laser micro-mechatronics. Utilized fringe projection to scan the surface of a skull. Collected the image using single camera and transferred the image into points cloud data and rebuild the surface in CAD system. Research: 3D Printing With Mixed Materials, WPI Feb 2014 - May 2014 Summarized current metal additive manufacturing (3D printing) methods. Defined difficulties of applying two metal materials. Compared the properties of Cu-Ni alloy and Cu-Ni mixed printed material. Researched on the microstructure of the materials. Looked forward to possible improvement and application of metal 3D printing. Group Project: Skateboard Manufacturing Process Improvement, WPI Jan 2014 - May 2014 Worked in a team of 4 to improve the skateboard manufacturing process. Improved the productivity by using vacuum bags to decrease curing time as technic optimizing. Rearranged floor plan, researched on the cycle time waste using Value Stream Mapping and applied Lean Manufacturing to decrease the cycle time by 37%. Independent Project: Design of a Comprehensive Measuring Tool, WHUT, China Feb 2012 - Jun 2012 Analyzed the features of the given part, a car safety belt rewind mountain frame, which has both the geometric tolerance and related tolerance requirement. Designed a measuring tool. Designed the parameters, materials and tolerances of eight non-standard parts and do 3D modeling in Solidworks. Documented blueprints and design instruction.

Independent Project: Produce a Gearbox Cover Using CAD&CAM, WHUT, China Sep - Oct 2011 Established 3D model of the given specified cover of reduction gearbox using Solidworks. Designed the manufacturing processes including steps from casting to finish milling and planned the order according to the mechanical features. Defined the machining tools, toolpath and machining parameters. Simulated the milling process using MasterCAM and revised the auto-generated CNC program. Imported the program to CNC machining center and simulated.

ACTIVITIES:

Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA), Secretary, Sep 2013- Mar 2015 Organized Mid-Autumn Festival Gala and Spring Festival Gala. Table Tennis Club, Vice President, WHUT Sep 2008-May 2011 Organized Freshmen Table Tennis Tournament.

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