Mechanical Engineer, Design Engineer, Project Management

Ryan A. Norris

** ******* ****** *** ** • Valparaiso, Indiana• ****.******.******@*****.*** • 219-***-****

Objective I am eager to have a positive impact on a company’s goal through my engineering,

project management, and strong interpersonal/ leadership skills.

Education Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana

Graduation Date: May 2011

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Experience

Emerson Power Transmission Valparaiso, Indiana

March 2014 to

Design/Application Engineer II

Present

Design engineered to ordered mounted and unmounted bearings

Develop prints based on customer requirements

Calculate bearing load capacities and theoretical life

Work with customers and suppliers on bearing design and product support

Review of returned goods for failure analysis

Write reports on returned good failure analysis for customers

Work with customers on application specific machine designs, including review

of system vibrations and loading

Whirlpool Corporation St. Joseph, Michigan

March 2013 to

Engineer – Cost and Quality

March 2014

Platform Integrity for Whirlpool, Maytag, and Amana brand lines of front load

(Horizontal Axis) washing machines

Maintained upwards of ten projects at a time, including design work, budget,

and project management

Responsible for cost reduction projects totaling in over $500,000/year

Responsible for in field quality occurrence reduction of 1,000 parts per million

per year in service calls

Responsible for maintaining the business, i.e. redesign components for

assembly or in plant quality concerns

Objectives met (Cost, Quality, and Maintenance of Business) by utilization of

engineering design and analysis and in depth problem solving, including

utilization of A3’s, 8D’s, FMEA’s, test plans, DVP&R’s and 6 Sigma/OpEX tools

including CoV and DoE

Flex N Gate, INC. Warren, Michigan

June 2011 to

Project Engineer (Junior Program Manager)

March 2013

2013 Ford Fiesta Underbody Black Plastic Trim Program Manager

2013 Ford CMAX and Sport Focus (ST) Plastic Trim Program Manager

2014 Ford Fusion Exterior Ornamental Trim including deck lid appliqué

2014 Lincoln Escape (C489) Deck lid Spoiler and black trim including door

claddings and rockers

Worked with suppliers, plants, and customers (Ford Motor Company) on timing

and budgeting, requiring use of strong team work/leadership and

communication skills

Followed project/programs from design and conception through to mass

production, ensuring on time delivery through each stage of the program

On site customer support, including problem solving and troubleshooting as

well as product design modifications

Program/Project Management

Task Force Tips, Inc. Valparaiso, Indiana

May 2009 to

Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering Intern

May 2011

Analyzed component failures and implemented solutions

Independently designed and installed a fire nozzle test tank control and

measurement system using LabVIEW and CompactDAQ/cRIO

Designed and built assembly and testing fixtures

Converted AutoCad 2007 drawings to SolidWorks 2010

Caterpillar, Inc. Peoria, Illinois

May 2008 to

Mechanical Engineering Intern

August 2008

Transmissions Business Unit: Continuous Product Improvement

Designed, analyzed, and tested transmission leak test covers

Used Pro/Engineer and Pro/Mechanica to run finite element analysis on

designed leak covers

Completed error analysis on experimental ultra sonic torque sensing bolts

Reviewed transmission prints to update to new Transmission Business Unit

seal design guidelines

Task Force Tips, Inc. Valparaiso, Indiana

January 2008 to

Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering Intern

May 2008

Continuous Product/Process Improvement

Programmed Mold Maintenance Tracking Application in Visual Basic

Caterpillar, Inc. Peoria, Illinois

August 2007 to

Mechanical Engineering Intern: Peoria Proving Grounds

December 2007

Operated and tested D7E Track Type Tractor

Tuned PID machine controls and collected and analyzed test data

Communicated test results to multidisciplinary teams

Activities

Valparaiso University Student Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

President: Organize, schedule, and lead meetings and budget

A leader of design and building of Basic Utility Vehicle and electric go kart

projects

Skills

Dale Carnegie Leadership and Public Speaking Training

Enjoy giving both technical and non technical presentations

Proficient in: Microsoft Office, SolidWorks, MatLab, and LabVIEW

Experience in: Pro/Engineer/Mechanica, Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge

Experience with Finite Element Analysis using Pro/Mechanica and Solidworks

Simulation

Experience with programming in Visual Basic

Formal etiquette training

Completed a course in Introductory Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD),

Automatic Controls, and Mechanical Vibrations

Completed a course in Advanced Manufacturing, including lean manufacturing

techniques

Basic knowledge in injection mold design and processing

Knowledge of PPAP process

Plastic Design/Feasibility experience

Experience with DFMEA

8D Problem Solving Experience

A3 and introductory 6 Sigma/OpEx tool experience

Week long Jim Meadows GD&T and Tolerance Analysis course completed

Strong project management skills

Customer to Customer (C2C) project management

Experience in Gantt timing charts and project planning

Advanced bearing design experience including Weibull analysis and the use of

ABMA calculations and Hertzian contact mechanics

Gauge design experience

Continued Education

Dale Carnegie Leadership and Public Speaking Training – 4.2 CEU’s

8D Problem Solving (Whirlpool)

OpEx Fundamentals (Whirlpool)

Failure Mode Effects Analysis (Whirlpool)

Advanced Concepts in Bearing Technology (ABMA) – 2.8 CEU’s

GD&T and Tolerance Stacks (Jim Meadows/Whirlpool)

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