Engineer Design

C harles E. Fa rmer

Mechanical Engineering – Electro Mechanical Engineering – Product Development –

Tool Design – Complex Mechanisms – I njection Molding Equipment Developer Designer

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Cell Phone # 802-***-**** Work # 802-***-**** H ome# 802-***-****

Objective:

To find a company that is on the leading edge of product development, and seeks employees that

a re “A-Team “ players. My career has been based on the ability to quickly interpret the statement of work

a t hand and contribute with multiple solutions to the design needs.

U nique Experience:

A strong background in a variety of engineering disciplines ranging from manufacturing

equipment and tool design in the semi-conductor industry, to key component design in high rate of fi re

weapons for the U.S. M ili tary. Geometric Tolerancing and Dimensioning Expert / Parametric Modeling

E xpertise – Pro-E Creo 4.0 / NX 8.5 most current solid modeling with expertise

(3200 working hours) / SDRC-IDEAS (6 working years) / Unigraphics (6-1/2 working years) /

A utoCAD (4 years) / Catia (5 years) / Design Checker. Tolerance Stack-up experience with Sigmetrix

software Cetol-6.

“Secret” clearance status was granted in 2008.

E mployment H istory:

November 2013 to May 2014

Beretta USA – Accokeek Maryland

Senior Product Design Engineer

Assigned as the In terim Product Development Director for my first three months which included

i nterviewing for junior and senior product development engineering positions. Proposed / sold to upper

management a GD&T t raining session for the division using a company I had history with. As well as

managed all of the existing pistol and long gun programs as they related to the product development

engineering department. Non-management engineering responsibili ties included handling the single

m ilitary contract for the M9 pistol. Wrote numerous ECP’s ( engineering change proposals) as the liaison

officer for all configuration management as it related to the build documentation in the TDP, (technical

d rawing package). Hands on development in tweaking all new gun designs included creating build

d rawings using NX-8.5 as well as wri ting test plans to proving out the i terations by spending hours in

non-fixture live fi ring. Init iated a formal design standards / mentored junior engineers in project

management as lead engineer for long gun programs.

October 2004 to November 2013

General Dynamics – Armament and Technical Products Division. W illiston, Vermont.

Senior Design Specialist – Gun Group / Weapons Group

Responsibilities included collaborated with system engineers developing concepts related to the

needs of program proposals that required a high level of detail, in a, “no time to waste t ime table”. Upon

completion of an approved Preliminary Design Review generated technical drawing packages for Critical

Design Reviews, as well as directed a team of designers for larger scale projects.

Various programs included:

F22 Ammunit ion Handling System

Chameleon Jamming System, defense against IED’s, (Improvised Explosive Devices)

F35 Joint Strike Fighter gun system support equipment

Electronic Control Units (ECU)

Medium Machine Gun – Crew Serve weapon - .338 caliber.

Limit Switches for the F22 / F16 / A10 / and F15 gun systems

The design work includes; system layouts to piece part definition, BOM’s, and in depth tolerance

s tudies of assemblies and complex components, utilizing Y14.5-2009, GD&T, a software “Cetol6”, and Pro-

e wildfire 4.0 The list of different types of designs range from extremely complicated casting/machining

housings, to compound angle welded brackets, to elaborate gear t rains driving belted and non-belted

ammunition through t ransfer units, gun housings, and bulk loader. As well as electro-mechanical

assemblies that included p.c. boards, f lex circuits, and cable assemblies.

(May 1998 to October 2994)

Husky I njection Molding – Hot Runner Division. M i l ton, Vermont.

Product Development Engineer ( three years)

Last assigned to take the lead in the development of a new product line, the “Ult ra 750 Nozzle

Family”, gating options for Hot Runners. This was a start up program that included:

Wri te the project plan

Submit a master schedule for resource planning

Design the various nozzles using Unigraphics

Get the components through the fabrication cycle, coordinating in house

manufacturing and outside vendors.

Perform the test validation using on site injection molding equipment.

Standards Department Lead (three years)

I presented to the plant general manager that an effort to build a standards department should be

made, was reassigned to develop Hot Runner standards.

Assigned to manage three designers in the documentation control of a multitude of components and

p rocedures.

Employment H istory; continued:

(May 1998 dating back more than sixteen years contributing in design aspects for the following

companies)

Pr im-H a l l Enterprises, Beechman Town, New York – Design Engineer for post press book binding

equipment

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, M assachusetts - Support equipment for the

Chandra Observatory

Honeywell – Electro-Optics, Lexington, Massachusetts – ICBM (Intercontinental ballistic missile)

I ni tiative

Genesis Design, W illiston, Vermont - A sole proprietorship I created, contracting tool design and

p roduct development for IBM, Essex Junction Vermont.

I B M – Semiconductor Division, Essex Junction, Vermont –Inspection and fabrication equipment.

General Electric – Weapons Division, B urlington, Vermont – CIWS (Close in weapon System)

Phalanx

Career Strengths:

The years of design experience has al lowed a level of success in, “Out of the Box” concepts that

h ave proven to be a good choice on some of the more complex projects throughout my career. I f the

design challenges a re difficult, the schedule is impossible, the cost target is outrageous, that is an

environment I can work in.

E ducation:

Graduated in 1977 from Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, Vermont with an

Associate’s Degree in Applied Sciences and Architecture.

Project Management is more and more important in the work place, taken numerous seminars

r elated to Risk Management to aide in my abil ities to control design projects.

Personal I nterests:

An avid golfer, enjoys hiking, snow shoeing, and cross country skiing, and a 7 th degree black

belt instructor in Taekwondo.

References given upon request.

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