Design Engineer

Robert B. Rice

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Warsaw, IN **580

Mobile: 574-***-****

E-mail: ************@*****.***

PERSONAL PROFILE:

Results-oriented, high-energy, and dedicated hands-on professional with a demonstrated record of accomplishments

in the design and development of orthopedic instruments and implants. Extensive experience in project

management, design for manufacturability, cost management, rapid prototyping and a variety of secondary

processes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Paragon Medical (Pierceton, IN) August 2007 – Present

DESIGN ENGINEER

Responsible for providing the design, development and project management of both customer and internal orthopedic

instrumentation projects. Work cross functionally to design for manufacturability and ensure the highest quality product.

Lead project to convert a single use system into a reuseable, in which Paragon will maintain design control.

Successfully completed projects from initiation to production for a variety of different customers.

Completed the development and installation into production of several injection and compression mold tools for

different customer projects.

Responsible for Paragon Medical Standard Surgical Handles, including but not limited to new developments, ECNs,

design modifications and verification and validation testing.

Mentored interns and co-ops on the use of CAD tools and the methodology of generating concepts for development

and manufacturing.

Assist in the BioSkills lab with cadaveric studies.

Medtronic Spine and Biologics (Memphis, TN) December 2003 – July 2007

DESIGNER

Responsible for the development of spinal implant and instrumentation concepts, and the generation of necessary

documentation to bring said concepts to the spinal market.

Participated in cross functional teams which consisted of R&D Engineers, Marketing, Quality, Regulatory and

Manufacturing on assigned projects

Successfully executed the redesign of a surgeon project from concept through production.

Assisted in solving a peeling issue with a coating on a neuro-monitoring system which included testing, product

inspection, fixture design and creation, and a product design change.

Translated instrumentation concepts from engineers into models and prints for prototype and production use.

Successfully completed several engineering change notices and design releases utilizing MS Office, Pro Engineer and

Agile PLM software.

Inventor on US patent: US20100185286 A1

Trained an intern to on the use of Pro Engineer and the methodology of generating concepts for development.

EDUCATION:

May 2003

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

B.S. Computer Graphics Technology

Specialty: Manufacturing Graphics

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