Mechanical Engineer Design

KRZYSZTOF GRZYB

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OBJECTIVE:

A challenging position with a progressive organization capitalizing on the ability to contribute to innovative mechanical engineering and design initiatives.

SUMMARY:

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with 27 years of domain experience in Automotive (FIAT), Heavy equipment (Hoist Lift-truck Company), Automation Equipment and Military/Medical Industry.

22 years of experience on Pro/E (v. 18 up to CREO 2.0) and its various modules; CREO (Pro-E) -Mechanism, CREO Cable Routing, CREO-Animation; Stress/Thermal analysis using CREO Simulate; Product database management WindChill 10.0; 3 years of exp on Algor and 1 years of exp on ANSYS.

Well-versed with New Product design & development of entire vehicles; experience in traction, ergonomic & stylist design for Off-road vehicles.

Extensive Project management experience - concept evaluation, design engineering, documentation, prototyping, manufacturing & assembling process, parts manufacturing, testing & final production engineering; handled cross-functional teams (up to 14 people).

Ability to handle design calculations, dimensioning & tolerancing without supervision; clear and concise leader and motivator to monitor and participate in projects from conception to implementation.

Knowledge of manufacturing (sheet metal, stamping, plastic injection parts, machined parts, aluminum casts, stainless steel, welding process), CNC (operations, set-up & G-Code programming) and manufacturing quality aspects - Value Engineering, GD&T (ASME-Y-14.5).

Extensive hands-on with projects involving concept generation, design development, cost estimation, design detailing, creating formal documentation, testing and other engineering tasks.

Work experience in a variety of automotive & heavy equipment applications – Lift-trucks steer axles, chassis, counterweight, masts, attachments, cab and control. Strong fixture design knowledge (chassis – welding rotary fixture, steering system – welding stationary fixture).

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Pro/Engineer (over 26,000 hrs), CREO/ Pro-Intralink 3.4 (over 10,000 hrs), Windchill (5,000 hrs)

CREO modules: parts, advance assembly, detailing with GD&T, Sheet Metal, Surfacing, CREO-Mechanism, CREO Cable Routing, CREO-Animation; Stress/Thermal analysis using CREO Simulate.

Algor, ANSYS v.18, CAD Animation

ASME Y14.5M (Dimensioning & Tolerancing national standards)

AutoCAD R.13 & CAD Key 7.0, Visual Basic 4.0, MathCAD

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Chemring Energetic Devices, Downers Grove IL Aug ‘15 – Present

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Design and create 3D model using CREO. Generate detailed drawings applying correct dimensional tolerances and GD&T

Develop technical documentation including assembly and test procedures, SOW’s and BOM’s

Conduct stress and thermal analysis using FEA software and utilizing classical methods

Lead internal and customer driven technical meetings regarding Design Reviews

Support legacy production jobs though disposition of nonconforming hardware, update build documentation, supporting product improvement initiatives and assisting in failure investigations

Control Solutions LLC, Aurora IL Dec ‘08 – Aug ‘15

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Design, model and simulate electromechanical systems for military and medical applications.

Responsible for customer working relationship, exchange technical and CAD data.

Provide all required calculations and design analyze for customer reviews. (kinematics, dynamics stress and/or thermal analyze using ProE applications like Pro-Mechanism or Pro-Mechanica).

Support sales department providing technical information, presentations and CAD animations.

Prepare internal SOW for new project. Provide preliminary cost and schedule to create customer new product proposal.

Supervise; CAD documentations, BOM create, prototype assembly, test equipment design and fixture design.

Lead designer for military application products; BAE PDS, Navistar 3 vehicles PDS and Ambulance platform, Force Protection PDS, OGPK Finger Actuator, OGPK Thumb Actuator, Spotlight.

Responsible for Boat Light Mechanical Design, Swim platform prototype hydraulic lifting system, Gun elevator redesign, Cleopatra Turret test/show Stand.

Chamberlain, Elmhurst IL May ‘05 – Dec ‘08

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Responsible for new product (garage door openers) development. Duties include concept evaluation, design engineering, prototyping, testing & final production engineering.

CAD System – Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 with Intralink 3.4.

Mechanical engineer in “Sidewinder” project team - a new generation opener for Liftmaster and Home Depot. (over 100K/year)

Preparing design of mechanical parts – sheet metal, stamping plastic injection parts and machined parts; created full mechanical documentation: drawings with GD&T and BOM in data base.

Ordering parts and supervising engineering assembly process and coordinate engineering tests.

Coordinate with international vendors to create machine tools for mass production.

Prepare and supervise “pilot building”; responsible for analyzing and signing CPAPs.

Carleton Life Support Systems Inc., Davenport IA ‘04 – ‘05

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Designed, modified & evaluated products and projects (On-Board Oxygen Generating Systems); responsible for developing new products, tests, and equipment.

Prepared design specifications, analysis and recommendations for approval, supervised day-to-day operations for completion of specific projects. CAD System - Pro/E “Wild Fire” with Intralink 3.4.

Responsible for redesigning subassembly in F-5 oxygen regulator, designing new OBOGS heat exchanger for Sikorsky; this involved thermodynamic calculations, stress analysis, aluminum machined parts, aluminum casts, stainless steel parts – using MatchCAD, Pro-E and Pro-Mechanica.

Hoist Liftruck Manufacturing Inc., Bedford Park IL ‘95 – ‘04

Chief Engineer / Product Design Mechanical Engineer

Researched, designed & developed a new line of liftrucks; worked with Pro/E applications in Windows NT environment; managed all project facets including product design, bill of material creation & final production process.

Lead designer for the Counter Balance Series of Liftrucks.

Involved in custom design of different type of attachments (billet grabs, aprons with side shift fork positioners, mono mast, 2 stage masts, 3 stage masts, FFL mast and HiVis mast) for all range truck capacity.

Designed & managed the entire project of Titan series (8 models):

Designed shape (style) of truck (hand sketches followed by 3D modeling in Pro/Surface), responsible for traction, capacity and stress calculation, design whole chassis with integrated oil tank, design iron cast counterweight, design steer axle, design fiber glass seat frame, design tilt steer column with instruments dashboard (plastic parts – vacuum formed), cooperate with ZF company to create custom drive axle, manage mast design, analyze visibility and ergonomic issues. All control design (hydraulic control valve handles, inching pedal, brake pedal, gas pedal, park brake handle and linkage). Hydraulic routing. Responsible for prototype parts manufacturing. Supervise all welding process and prototype assembly process. Responsible and manage prototype testing and design changing. Create different models with different capacity. Create BOM each models. Created and manage Titan series parts book.

Redesigning all FKS series trucks (13 models) – same responsibility like in Titan series project except cooperate with ZF Company.

Designed electric stand-up truck using some Titan parts. Responsible for capacity and stress calculations. Design all controls (steering system with following cable) and 2 positions hydraulic controls. Design all chassis with integrated oil tank. Design welded lead filled counter weight. Design 2-stage mast with SSFP apron and top clamp for GM press facility.

Redesigned & recalculated pneumatic CLARK truck to P-Series Hoist Liftruck; responsible for re-design of chassis and iron cast counter weight (style, shape and manufacturability); created 6 different models based on capacity. Responsible for BOM, technical documentation and Parts Book creating. Supervise all prototype manufacturing and assembling process.

Applications used: Pro-E modeling, Pro-E assembly, Pro-E detailing, Pro-E sheet metal, Pro-E surfacing, Pro-Mechanism, Pro-Mechanica, MathCAD, Visual Basic, MS Excel and MS Access.

M & R Printing Equipment Company, Glen Ellyn Illinois ‘91 – ‘95

Project Design Mechanical Engineer

Utilized CADKey applications to design and develop high-speed automated silk screening OEM equipment; created product designs, established process routings and managed projects from conception to completion.

Successfully designed and created the Conquest UV print/cure system.

Responsible for calculations & design of 6 colors & 6 UV dryers with vacuum rotary table screen printing press.

Designed main column, bearing system & drive subassembly as well as vacuum system in rotary table.

Designed rotary table with 14 pallets and fork positioning system, printing heads (tool free maintenance) and UV-dryer heads (tool free maintenance).

Responsible for BOM, drawings, prototype build and prototype testing.

Acme Industries Inc., Des Plaines IL ‘90 – ‘91

CNC Machine Operator/Set-up Specialist/Programmer

Performed heavy milling of various metals on 3 & 4 axis machines including Mori-Seiki, Oya and Kuraki. Set-up and programmed in Fanuc Control 6 - 11.

Responsible for set-up machine and tools for milling parts (customers: Caterpillar, US-Locomotive, GE …)

FIAT Automotive Research and Development, Bielsko-Biala Poland ‘87 – ‘89

Mechanical Design Engineer

Responsible for designing subassemblies such as plastic gas tank, front door hinges and rear wipers mechanism.

Most design work was done on board with pencil and later AutoCAD v.9.

EDUCATION:

Technical University Of Lodz, Bielsko-Biala Poland ‘87

MS in Mechanical Engineering

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