Engineer Design

James LaTourette

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Ventura, CA 93003 *****.**********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

A senior design position creating innovative solutions to complex problems.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Extensive mechanical design, drafting, & CAD experience including:

Management - with responsibility for staffing, scheduling and quality.

Products Designed – Network Switches, Microwave Antennas, Wind Turbines,

Solar Panel Trackers, Medical Devices, Digital Projectors, Optical Instruments,

Lasers, Optics & Optical Assemblies, Postal Sorting Equipment, Air Handling &

Filtering Equipment, Clean Room Equipment and HEPA Filters.

Tools & Equipment Designed – Aircraft Assembly Jigs, Assembly Fixtures,

Machine Tools, Drill Jigs, Mill Fixtures, EDM Fixtures (Wire-cut & Die-sink),

Cutting Tools, Welding Fixtures, Inspection Fixtures, Handling Fixtures, Gages,

Vacuum Thin Film Coating Chambers/Equipment, Facilities Layouts, Air Handling

Units, Clean Room HEPA Filters, Class 100 & Class 10 Clean Room Equipment.

Manufacturing Methods – Manual and NC controlled mills and lathes, sheet

metal, welding, stamping, water jet, laser cutting, optical grinding and polishing.

Design & Development of many large team and single designer projects.

Drafting – ASME Y14.100 with ASME Y-14.5 GD&T dimensioning & tolerancing.

CAD – Unigraphics (20,000 hours), Pro Engineer (8,000), Solidworks (8000),

AutoCAD (9000), McDonnell Douglas CADD (6000), Intergraph (6000), Solid

Edge (1000), and HP ME10 (500). And 6000 hours of board drafting.

PLM – Administrative experience with; Windchill, Teamcenter & PDM Works.

ERP – Experience with BAAN, MAS 500, MES, Oracle, & SAP.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Consulting Engineer/Designer

Packet Photonics, Santa Barbara, CA. 7/2013-Present

Create components and drawings of 10G SFP network switch using Solidworks

and PDM. Manage database and document product evolution. Assemble

prototype units and troubleshoot production issues in a fast paced environment.

Contract Senior Tool Designer

Senior Aerospace, Burbank, CA 5/2013-7/2013

Design tools for fabrication of aircraft tubing on Solidworks CAD system.

Contract Senior Designer

Tecom Industries, Thousand Oaks, CA. 1/2013-5/2013

Design and modify microwave aircraft antenna on Solidworks CAD system.

CAD Manager / Senior Electrical/Mechanical CAD Engineer

Clipper Windpower, Carpinteria, CA 11/2008 – 1/2013

Manage CAD Team responsible for creating systems and components of the

Liberty 2.5MW wind turbine in Pro/E Wildfire 4 with Windchill 9.1 PLM.

Set company drawings standards and wrote drawing requirements manual.

Layout and design of prototype TIE-50/60 wind turbine including switch gear,

power distribution panel, transformer, and generator control units.

Designed lightning protection system for yaw bearing.

Designed distribution and control panels and cables for all system functions.

Senior Tool Engineer

Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, NM 6/2008 – 11/2008

Design and modify Assembly Jigs used in the manufacture of the Eclipse 500

Very Light Jet on Unigraphics CAD System with Teamcenter PLM.

Redesigned wing mounting subassembly of primary assembly jig to reduce

variation and eliminate downstream compliance issues.

Senior Mechanical Designer

Contract Position at Energy Innovations, Pasadena, CA 4/2008 – 6/2008

Developed cost savings designs and solutions for mechanical assemblies of

solar tracking equipment on Solidworks CAD system with PDM Works.

Mechanical Designer

VeraLight Inc, Albuquerque, NM 2006 - 2008

Created components of non-invasive diabetes screening medical device on

SolidWorks CAD system with PDM Works.

Involved in the design and prototyping of all aspects of Scout DS product using

non-invasive fluorescent spectroscopy to detect Type II Diabetes.

Designed and manufactured HMI, fiber optic probe, and molded components.

Senior Mechanical Designer

Optical Coating Laboratory Inc/JDSU, Santa Rosa, CA 1997 - 2005

Designed tools and equipment to support plantwide manufacturing operations on

Unigraphics CAD system with IMAN/Teamcenter PLM system.

Part of small team responsible for creating the UCP-1 optical coating platform.

Developed new fixture for holding laser collimating lens during optical coating

process, which ended the company’s reliance on a problem vendor.

Part of large team responsible for developing the process and tooling to coat the

Airborne Laser Conformal Window.

Designed gyroscopic hub and rotary motion to minimize runout.

Mechanical Designer

Contract Position at GE Aircraft Engines, Albuquerque, NM 1996 - 1997

Created tooling for aircraft engines on Unigraphics CAD system.

Designed fixtures and gages for close tolerance aircraft engine components.

Senior Tool Design Engineer

McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, CA 1995 – 1996

Created tooling for MD-95 aircraft on Unigraphics CAD system.

Designed computer-controlled wing locating fixture for fuselage join.

Created mobile Angle of Attack Indicator adjustment tool to meet aggressive FAA

deadline to correct problems in the fleet

R&D Designer / Drafter

CVI Laser, Albuquerque, NM 1993 - 1995

Created all company drawings on AutoCAD and Solidworks systems.

Designed and drew; lasers, optical grinding and polishing equipment, coating

tools, optics & optical assemblies, test equipment, and optical instruments.

Contract Positions in Albuquerque, NM 1991 - 1993

Philips Semiconductor (2 months) Provided facilities layouts on Autocad. Worked on

Class 100 and Class 10 cleanroom layouts and equipment. Familiar with process

gas distribution, power distribution, exhaust gas removal, and gowning procedure.

Hughes Aircraft (2 months) Designed monitoring equipment to validate soviet

compliance to Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty on Autocad.

Martin Marietta (3 months) Revised postal sorting equipment drawings on HP ME10.

Koogle and Poules (2 months) Edited maps on Intergraph Microstation.

Martin Marietta (2 months) Created facilities layouts on AutoCAD.

Envirco (2 months) Designed cleanroom equipment and HEPA filters on AutoCAD.

Enertech (4 months) Drew building electrical control system on AutoCAD.

Aztech International (9 months) Designed evaporative air handling units on

AutoCAD. Performed blueprint takeoff and cost estimate for new projects.

Motorola (2 months) Produced ceramic manufacturing tools on AutoCAD.

Tool Design Engineer

McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, CA 1988 - 1992

Designed jigs, fixtures, and inspection equipment used to manufacture the C-17

and MD-11 jets using Unigraphics & McDonnell Douglas CADD systems.

Tool Designer

Robertshaw Controls, Long Beach, CA 1983 - 1988

Created assembly and machine tools used in the high volume manufacture of

commercial gas controls using Intergraph CAD system & manual board drafting.

Education

Cal State University Long Beach

Long Beach Community College

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