Mechanical Engineer Design

Cellular 815-***-****

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Shorewood, Ill 60404

Ruben Badillo

Objective To work for a competitive and reputable organization

that will utilize my experience and academic

background in Mechanical Engineering and Architecture,

allow for growth and expression of innovative ideas

within the company, and ensure top quality designs and

products are produced.

Education Robert Morris College

Associates in Applied Science

Mechanical Engineering Technology

Kennedy Western University

Bachelor in Science

Mechanical Engineering

Present University of Phoenix

Bachelor in SB/GBM

Business/Global Business Management

Work Experience 03/2012 - Present Peerless-AV

Aurora, IL

Mechanical Design Engineer

Part of the Standard Product Design Team

New standard product design and development.

Implementation of design tollgate processes.

Initiating and processing of Engineering/Document

Change Orders.

Modification of existing parts utilizing Solidworks

2012 per submitted change orders.

Design of audio/visual mounts for consumer and

industrial applications

Design of aluminum cast products, sheet metal parts,

and plastic components and enclosures.

Design of plastic, machined, cast, and sheet metal

parts per customer specification and conceptual white

paper designs

Modification of existing product line for cost

reductions

Part of white paper, conceptualization, and ideation

meetings

Costing for overall product design

DFM - Design for manufacturability

DFA - Design for assembly

Purchasing of prototype parts and fabrication of

prototype assemblies

First article Inspection of supplier parts.

Assembly and prototype of design concepts

Acceptance or rejection of supplier parts.

Review and approval of manufacturing assembly fixtures

Design of welded components per design specification

UL Testing and design validation.

Review and/or design approval for supplier sheet metal

and cast die tool design and layout.

Assist tool room and manufacturing in troubleshooting

product and progressive and cast die issues.

Four Design patents pending

One Utility patent pending

04/2008 - 3/2012 Culligan International

Rosemont, IL

Mechanical Engineer III

Part of the New Product Development team within R&D.

New product design and development.

Initiating and processing of Engineering/Document

Change Orders.

Modification of existing parts utilizing Solidworks

2012 per submitted DCO.

Design of valves and pipe routing for water

purification systems

Design of water purification systems (reverse osmosis,

softeners, filters)

Design of the electronic enclosure and wire routing

for water purification systems

Specification, design and fabrication of cable

assemblies

Electronic PCB bread boarding

Design of the plumbing for water purification systems

utilizing various plumbing components and materials

Design of plastic, machined, and sheet metal parts per

specification and white paper designs

Modification of existing product line for cost

reductions

Part of white paper, conceptualization, and ideation

meetings

Costing for overall product design

Design for manufacturability

Purchasing of prototype parts and fabrication of

prototype valve assemblies and electronic control

boxes

First article Inspection of supplier parts.

Acceptance or rejection of supplier parts.

Initiated supplier corrective action requests

Coordination with China suppliers on sourced and

manufactured parts

Design and fabrication of test fixtures

Design of welded components per design specification

Testing and design validation.

11/2005 - 03/2008 Ashland Hardware

Rockford, IL

Mechanical Design Engineer

Initiating and processing of Engineering Change

Orders.

Modification of existing parts utilizing Solidworks

2006 per submitted ECO's.

Design of Ashland Hardware customer/client specific

parts, assemblies, and drawings.

Design of plastic, die casted, and sheet metal parts

per specification and white paper designs.

Modification of existing sheet metal, plastic, and die

casted parts and assemblies per request.

Part of white paper, conceptualization, and ideation

meetings.

Costing of materials and parts for quotation and

production tooling.

Design for manufacturability.

Plastic and Die Cast tool review and approval.

Worked in conjunction with Ashland Hardware's Mexico

faculty for the on time arrival, completion and

delivery of finished goods.

New product design and development.

Design, documentation, and implementation of piece

part inspection gauges and devices.

First article Inspection of supplier parts.

Acceptance or rejection of supplier parts.

Initiated SCAR (supplier corrective action requests)

Patent pending on an interlocking system

Patent pending on a universal latching system

8/2005 - 1/2006 Siemens Hoffman Estates, IL

Mechanical Engineer

Contract for CDI business unit.

Part of Siemens Nuclear Medicine Division.

In charge of documenting product life cycle per ISO

standards and departmental processes.

Test and verification of FMECA derived requirements.

Trace ability of high level to low level

documentation.

Organize and schedule various groups to review and

approve product documentation.

Writing installation documentation for service

installation teams and manufacturing personnel.

Streamlining existing documentation procedures and

implementing new tools for use in the documentation

process.

Revamping of engineering departmental procedures to

coincide with documentation streamlining.

Training existing mechanical engineering team on use

of tools and processes.

9/2003 - 7/2004 Kimball International Jasper, IN

Product Engineer

Liaison between Philips Electronics design center in

Knoxville, TN and Kimball International's Juarez,

Mexico and Santa Claus, Indiana manufacturing

facility.

Part of Philips Development and Design team for

projection television cabinetry.

Design of projection televisions utilizing Pro-e

software R. 2001 with PDM 3.3

Design of custom cabinetry and TV stands utilizing

IDEAS R10 with teamcenter.

Design of the projection television wooden cabinet

enclosures from concept, to manufacturing, to

completion.

Scheduling of materials, prototypes, prototype trial

runs and data between Philips and other Kimball

business units.

Prototype build and inspection.

First article inspection of cabinetry submitted by

Kimball business units to Philips.

PFMEA process development for Kimball/fLexceL business

units.

Develop timelines and plan for implementation of

corrective actions between Kimball International and

Philips.

Verify test data (drop test, dust test, vibration,

shock, etc.), report results and offer alternative

solutions to mechanical failure issues.

Part of bi-weekly cost reduction aim and drive

meetings.

Sourcing of parts/components for alternative

solutions/cost downs.

Proposal and implementation of alternative/economical

manufacturing methods.

Participate in Kaizan event

Design of custom television stands

7/2003 - 9/2003 Maclean Power Franklin Park, IL

Mechanical Engineer/Drafter

Contract for Espo Engineering.

Conversion of high voltage power connectors from Acad

to Solidworks.

Creating mechanical layouts and prints for converted

drawings.

Dimensional verification of cast parts from

manufacturing facility.

Reverse Engineering of existing cast

connectors/couplers.

3/2002 - 3/2003 AMCO Engineering Schiller Park, IL

Mechanical Engineer

Design of sheet metal rack enclosed utilizing

Solidworks 2001 Plus software while adhering to EIA

industry standards.

Fabrication of sample/prototype sheet metal components

utilizing drill presses, hand breaks, band saws, etc.

Design of aluminum hybrid fixtures for use in mig and

tig welding and spot welding procedures.

Preliminary manufacturing routing of components on

manufacturing floor utilizing Simex software.

Creation of assembly drawings and bills of materials

within Solidworks and in the MRP Simex system.

Design of cabling channels for use within the rack

enclosures.

Structure and design of AMCO Engineering Solidworks

electronic data file storage and directory

structure..

Design and fabrication of aluminum rack and desktop

equipment.

Design of aluminum extrusions for use in aluminum rack

and desktop equipment.

6/2001 - 10/2001 S&C Electric Chicago, IL

Mechanical Engineer

Contract for Aerotek Engineering.

Design of high voltage switching enclosures ranging

from 2KV to 25KV.

Design of sheet metal enclosures, casted parts, and

creation of flat sheet metal patterns utilizing Solid

Edge v9 software.

Use of Smart Team product data management software for

revision history of designed parts.

Creation of sub-assembly and overall assembly drawings

for design verification and integrity.

Creation of individual piece part components and

prints for design feasibility of the metal enclosure

design.

Approval and submittal of engineering change notices.

Revision control of piece parts and conversion of

existing piece parts from micrographics to solidedge.

Project management and coordination of design.

5/2001 - 6/2001 Navistar Melrose Park, IL

Architectural Space Planner

Contract for Aerotek Engineering.

Measuring of existing floor plan structure and

existing furniture.

Conversion of existing preliminary floor plan to

Autocad 2001 software.

Modification to existing electronic layout of the

factory floor plan to accommodate new and improved

work flow processes.

5/2001 - 6/2001 Switchboard Apparatus Broadview, IL

Mechanical Engineer

Contract for ESPO Engineering.

Design of new high voltage metal enclosures utilizing

solidworks 2001.

Reverse engineering of pre-existing metal cabinets and

conversion to solidworks 3D database.

Initialized and standardized the design process and

library structure for use by the engineering staff.

Creation of common library parts for general use of

the engineering department.

Comparison evaluation of Solidworks vs. Inventor 4

software for permanent use/purchase within the

company.

Design of simple components and sheet metal parts

utilizing Autodesk Inventor 4.

Creation of assemblies, sub-assemblies and drawings to

verify pre-existing design integrity.

Creation of BOM's for documentation and shop floor

assembly.

Design for manufacturability of high voltage metal

enclosures.

5/2000 - 5/2001 Double Time Corp. Elmhurst, IL

Senior Mechanical/Project Engineer

Design of cellular phone accessories utilizing a

variety of plastics and polymer blends utilizing

Pro-Engineer 2000i software.

Design of component library and implementation of

electromechanical components utilizing Pro-E software.

Project coordination of outside consultants,

industrial designers, and PCB designers involved in

the different stages of the design.

Cost analysis and forecast of design from concept,

tooling, to fulfillment of product.

Creation of assemblies for design verification and

implementation of product bills of material utilizing

Pro-E software.

Creation of stereolithographies and short run rubber

molds of conceptual/preliminary designs for design

proofing and trade shows.

Part of the engineering team involved in designing and

implementing a design procedure for part numbering

schemes, company design standards,

marketing/engineering product definition.

Implemented the design of electromechanical components

utilized both with plastic and on the printed circuit

board.

Design for manufacturability and Z axis design of

cellular accessories.

Maintenance and software revision upgrades for Pro-E

software.

Review and implementation of customer and focus group

data for use in the design feasibility process.

Research and qualification of components and/or

vendors utilized in the design of the product.

Vendor and supplier verification and approval per

first article approvals.

Interface and approval of off shore vendors in China

and Korea for component sourcing and manufacturing

process approvals.

Creation of presentation workable prototypes for trade

shows and marketing.

Specification of various EMI powder coating for

regulatory approvals.

3/1997 - 5/2000 Trippe Manufacturing Chicago, IL

Mechanical Engineer

Design of electromechanical enclosures utilizing a

variety of plastics and polymer blends with Pro-E and

Solidworks 99.

Design and implementation of electromechanical

components utilizing Pro-E software and Solidworks 99.

Overseeing of design from concept to prototyping to

production.

Creation of assemblies for design verification and

product bills of material utilizing Pro-E software and

Solidworks 99.

Creation of stereolithographies of conceptual designs.

Assisted Manufacturing Engineering in the assembly of

prototype markup/First Article designs.

Created design procedures for the design and

implementation of new and existing designs. Also

standardized the design electromechanical I/O openings

for use with common components.

Design of rack mount sheet metal UPS enclosures

utilizing Pro-E and Solidworks software.

Approval of plastic molds and sheet metal forming

dies.

Supplier qualification and approval.

Conversion of existing Autocad components to Pro-E and

Solidworks.

Maintenance and software revision upgrades for Pro-E

software.

Installation and maintenance for the new Solidworks 99

software.

2/1997 - 3/1997 Sloan Valve Company Franklin Park, IL

Mechanical Engineer

Contract position for Espo Engineering.

Design of electronic optical sensing enclosures for

use with Sloan Valve electronic flush meters utilizing

Pro-E software.

Design of PCB critical placement of component layout

and keep out zones using Pro-E.

Part of a team of engineers working together on

various aspects of the design of a product.

Design of casted parts for use with electronic flush

meters.

Machining and milling of casted parts for final

production.

Plating of extruded and machined parts per customer

specifications.

12/1996 - 2/1997 KSO Metalfab Streamwood, IL

Mechanical Engineer (Consultant)

Consulting the implementation and standardization of

Pro-E and integration of existing software with

Pro-Engineer.

Created assembly drawings with related bills of

materials of production parts for ease of

manufacturing on the assembly line.

Designed custom metalwork for major companies that KSO

was bidding on.

Design of tooling fixtures for production of

sheetmetal products.

Use of Cadkey software to create sheetmetal flats that

are programmed into the punch press turrets.

4/1994 - 12/1996 USRobotics Mount Prospect, IL

Mechanical Engineer

Design of electromechanical enclosures utilizing a

variety of metals and plastics utilizing both

Pro-Engineer and AutoCad software.

Design of electro-magnetic imaging shielding

faceplates for rack mount multislot hub systems.

Design of electromechanical components library

utilizing Pro-Engineer.

Design of component I/O placement on printed circuit

boards.

Maintained supplier/vendor/engineer relationships with

respect to prototypes and price quotations.

Overseeing of design from concept to production

release.

Supplier qualification and initiation of engineering

change orders.

Order placement, installation, and maintenance of all

Pro-Engineer modules within the Mechanical Engineering

group.

2/1994 - 6/1994 Sears Roebuck & Co. Hoffman Estates,

IL

Architectural Designer

Contract position for Espo Engineering.

Design of Sears retail stores nationwide.

Interior space planning of Sears retail stores

utilizing Autotrol software.

In charge of print verification for my team of

architects.

Ensure that all retail stores were designed within the

city/state building codes for that particular area.

1/1993 - 2/1994 Motorola CIG Arlington Heights, IL

Mechanical Engineer

Contract position for Castle Engineering.

Quality inspection of all finished drawings applying

ANSI and IEE standards.

Design and drawings of cellular towers utilizing

Autocad software.

Creation of electrical schematics.

Cartography and Civil engineering were also included

in cellular tower planning.

6/1990 - 12/1991 Lindgren RF Enclosures Glendale

Heights, IL

Architectural Designer/RF Designer

Part of the magnetic resonance imaging group.

Designed EMI/RFI enclosures/rooms utilizing AutoCad

software.

Manufactured the EMI/RFI enclosures and cost reduced

the product being built.

Additional Experience utilizing Solidworks

Experience Experience utilizing Pro-E

Experience utilizing Solid edge

Hands on experience utilizing AutoCad (Rel. 10-2010)

Knowledge of Word, Excel (MS office suite), Windows

OS, Ftp software.

Soldering PCB PWB/components and preliminary design

bread-boarding

PFMEA and DFMEA, Kaizan, DFM and DFA.

Languages Bilingual: Fluent English and Spanish

Reference Available Upon Request

Salary Negotiable

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