ROBERT J. MACK
**** **** *** *, *******, WA ***** (H) 414-***-**** ******.*.****@*******.***
US Citizenship and ability to obtain security clearance
Value Proposition
Bring a refined and proven product / manufacturing principal design engineer into your organization who understands how to grow, innovate, and change products to create a profitable product line. As a technically-skilled leader, my vast expertise allows for a hands-on approach to problem-solving and design, promoting the process of research and development of precision engineering products from inception through final production. If you are looking for a highly engaged, passionate, team-orientated senior engineer with a vast technical skill set, look no further.
Professional Summary
Vast background within in a fast-paced engineering environment as a principal design engineer in product engineering. Strong and established track record (>15 years) of achieving exceptional results in 1) Using current CAD and analysis technology to create highly innovative products and machines. 2) Functioning as a project manager creating timelines and resource layouts 3) Creating requirements, DFMEA, Test Requests 4) Highly effective customer interface skills 5) Able to manage and lead teams of engineers
Skills
Experiences
Senior Manager of Product Engineering 04/2006 to Present
Johnson Controls Inc – Glendale, WI
Associated Skills: Management of a large team of regional and global engineers to
produce new Lithium-Ion and Lead Acid Battery products for the automotive market.
Utilizing CAD and Analysis tools to create battery systems including connectors, relays, fuses, capacitors, resistors, stand offs, wire harnesses, and flex circuits along with full assemblies, drawings, and BOMs that meet customer requirements
Utilizing CAD and Analysis tools to create fixtures, molds, plastics, machines, and test equipment
Utilizing Solid works and CATIA CAD software.
Run solid works simulation premium to run vibration, stress, shock, CFD, and thermal analysis.
Utilizing VOC per the aftermarket, to create the right products to create larger
revenue and producing low cost solutions to produce higher profit margin.
Possessing diverse manufacturing background experience per small batch and large scale production.
Possessing VBA programming skills to automate processes.
Reduce engineering costs, errors, and time to market by fostering a "working together" team mentality with the electrical, mechanical, and software departments.
Managing 19 direct report engineers and 1 administrative assistant in new product
development and manufacturing of battery system products, plastics, machines, electronic packaging, mechatronics, and fixtures. This includes mechanical-electrical-chemical engineers.
Creating an efficient engineering structure and useable processes to increase team efficiency.
Lead Product Design Engineer 03/2000 to 04/2006
Borg Warner Automotive – Auburn Hills, MI and Sallisaw, OK
Associated Skills: Budget Allocation, Resource Allocation, Quoting, Product Launch,
Product Quality, Project Time lines, Complex Die Casting Design, GD&T, Assembly
Stacks, SDRC Ideas, Unigraphics, AutoCAD, CATIA V5, Autodesk Inventor, Solid Works, ProE Wildfire 2.0, Engine Packaging, Production Quality, Air Testing, Oil Testing, Product Specifications, Prototype design, Production design, 3D Modeling, 2D print creation, Revision process, DV Testing, PV Testing, TS and QS training, Microsoft Project Word PowerPoint, Gerotor Design, Product Presentations, Metaphase Data Transfer, Customer Relations, Supplier Involvement, Quoting, APQP, MSA, DFMEA, FEA Analysis, CFD Analysis, performance testing, and PPAP.
Lead engineer within the Engine Oil and Transfer Case Pump groups.
Providing prototype to production design, engineering, and testing.
Working with Automotive OE customers such as Ford, BMW, and FCA.
Senior Machine Engineer 01/1999 to 03/2000
Creative Technologies – Southfield, MI
Associated Skills: Mechanical Desktop, AutoCAD, Component Libraries, Customer interface, welding callouts
Special Machines Design and Engineering. Created automated CV joint assembly equipment using air cylinders, steel frame construction, V-block fixturing
Senior Mechanical/Electrical Engineer 10/1997 to 12/1998
IE&E Industries – Ferndale, MI
Associated Skills: GD&T, Assembly Stacks, SDRC Ideas, ProE, Solid Works, Unigraphics, AutoCAD, CATIA, Autodesk Mechanical Desktop, 3D Modeling, 2D print creation, Microsoft Project Word PowerPoint, Machine Presentations, Customer Relations, Quoting, PCB Layout, PCAD, Tango, Electronic Packaging, KIOSK Design, Electronic
prototyping, and CMM reverse engineering, sheet metal design.
PCB Layout, Electronic Packaging, Design of touch screen kiosks, electronic devices, and Reverse Engineering with CMM
Robotics Pumping Systems Engineer 09/1996 to 10/1997
Johnstone Pump Company- Troy, MI
Associated Skills: GD&T, Assembly Stacks, AutoCAD, CATIA, Autodesk Mechanical Desktop, 3D Modeling, 2D print creation, Microsoft Project Word PowerPoint, Machine Presentations, Customer Relations, Quoting, Robot tooling, 55 Gallon drum over-head pumps, Adhesive and mastic use, schematic layout, and CAD system database.
Robot Tooling, Adhesive and Paint Pump Systems, and Fixture Design that was used to apply door panel adhesive.
CAD Designer 10/1995 to 09/1996
Lunar Production Company – Roseville, MI
Associated skills: Autodesk Mechanical Desktop, BOM and change control
Automated Welding Equipment and Die Design. This included the design of large progression dies to stamp catalytic converter casings and welding equipment to weld door panels together
Education
Master's Degree: Engineering Management
Milwaukee School of Engineering - Milwaukee, WI
Master's Degree: Financial Analysis
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Milwaukee, WI
Bachelors of Science: Mechanical Engineering
Wayne State University - Detroit, Michigan
Associates Degree: Computer Aided Design
Schoolcraft College - Livonia, MI
Associates Degree: Computer Aided Manufacturing
Schoolcraft College - Livonia, MI
Associates Degree: Quality Management
Schoolcraft College - Livonia, MI
Other educational background: Electronics, Microcontroller programming C++, PLC ladder logic, HTML5 programming, Hands on Mig and Arc Welding, VBA Programming, CFD and Stress Analysis, Metallurgy - heat treating of steel