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Engineer Design

Location:
Naugatuck, CT
Posted:
February 17, 2014

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Andrew L. Barnes

Naugatuck, CT *****-****

203-***-**** - home phone

978-***-**** - cell phone

accpkn@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Expert Mechanical Designer with 23 years design, modeling and detailing

experience in the aerospace, semiconductor, medical device and consumer

product industries. 5 years of experience on Unigraphics II, 16 years of

experience on Pro/Engineer and 1 year on Solidworks and CADRA. Good

understanding of ANSI Y14.5 standards, WindChill and Pro/Intralink(PDMlink)

data management. Excellent technical writing and reporting skills using

Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Capable of handling a project from

initial concept work to end of life with a positive attitude and a smile.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

US Patent #8,177,754 Surgical Port Seal

US Patent #8,430,812 Surgical Access Assembly

other US and Europe patents pending

EDUCATION:

2005 Rock Engineering (PTC Training Center) Windsor, CT

Wildfire 2 Update Training

2002 Pitney Bowes (Rand course) Shelton, CT

Pro/Intralink 3.0

2001 Visible Edge Computing Nashua, NH

Using Pro/PROGRAM

1997 Gary Whitmire (GD&T consultant) Quantum,

Shrewsbury, MA

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (ANSI Y14.5M-1994)

1991 Lowell Institute School (M.I.T.) Cambridge, MA

Certificate in Technical Drawing

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

July 2013 to present Mechanical Designer

under contract with: Pitney Bowes, Danbury, CT

Assisted engineers in designing paper handling machines. Prepared the

Vantage sorter machine for major release using Pro/Engineer, Solidworks

and MS Office software. Used Wildfire for product data management.

July 2011 to Dec 2012 Mechanical Designer

under contract with: Otis Elevator, Farmington, CT

Assisted engineers in getting the Private Residence Elevator into

production. Created models, large assemblies, drawings and

documentation using Pro/Engineer and MS Office software. Used PDMlink

to create ECOs and release drawings and documentation into production.

July 2009 to March 2011 Design Engineer

under contract with: Start LLC, Shelton, CT

Design Engineer for multiple medical device products from concept to

final documentation using Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4 and SolidWorks.

Created presentations to accurately communicate the design to

customers. Worked closely with vendors to manufacture prototypes.

Developed test fixtures and test procedures. Conducted testing and

reported results.

Jun 2007 to July 2009 Design Engineer

under contract with: Covidien, North Haven, CT

Design Engineer for the AbsorbaTack project. Responsible for all

design and modeling from concept to final documentation using

Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2 and Pro/INTRALINK. Contributed to the project

DFMEA. Completed project design in 7 months enabling production to

begin ahead of scheduled launch date. Contributed to the concept and

testing of an Arthroscopic Port.

Jan. to April 2007 Mechanical Designer

under contract with: Brooks Automation, Chelmsford, MA

Used Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2.0 to create parts, assemblies and

mechanical drawings for automated semiconductor wafer handling

equipment. Heavy use of Pro/SHEETMETAL, Pro/INTRALINK and Agile CM.

August to December 2006 Mechanical Designer

under contract with: Boston Scientific, Watertown, MA

Used Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2.0 to create assemblies, mechanical

drawings and layouts for a single-use colonoscope for the Endovations

group. Modeled and detailed injection molded plastic parts.

January to March 2006 Mechanical Designer

under contract with: Pitney Bowes, Shelton, CT

Worked on the release into production of the DA450. A high speed

postage machine. Designed and detailed large assemblies using

Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2.0. Extensive use of Windchill to release parts

and assemblies. Worked with vendors to procure parts for prototyping

and production. Used Pro/INTRALINK to release documentation.

Oct. 2004 to Jan. 2006 Mechanical Designer

under contract with: Bic, Milford, CT

Designed and documented Bic stationary products for the Writing

Products R&D division using Pro/Engineer v2001, Wildfire 2.0 and

Pro/INTRALINK. Extensive plastic part design including tolerance stack-

ups and complex surface modeling.

Feb. 2004 to Oct. 2004 Mechanical Designer

under contract with: Pitney Bowes, Shelton, CT

Worked on the release into production of a re-branded Mid-Jet mailing

machine and the Low Cost Phoenix mailing machine. Designed and

detailed large assemblies using Pro/Engineer v2001. Extensive use of

Windchill to release parts and assemblies. Worked with vendors to

procure parts for prototyping and production. Used Pro/INTRALINK to

release documentation.

April 2003 - June 2003 Brooks Automation, Chelmsford, MA

May 2001 - Feb 2003 Pitney Bowes, Stamford, CT

Jan 2000 - April 2001 PRI Automation, Billerica, MA

Mar 1999 - Dec 1999 Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks, CT

July 1998 - Mar 1999 Pitney Bowes, Stamford, CT

Feb 1998 - July 1998 Stratus Computer, Marlboro, MA

Nov 1995 - Feb 1998 Quantum Corporation, Shrewsbury, MA

Jan 1995 - Nov 1995 Osram Sylvania, Manchester, NH

1990 - 1994 Digital Equipment Corporation, Hudson, MA

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