Product Design Engineer

HAROLD DAVIDSON

**** ********** **** **** *****: 270-***-****

Elizabethtown, KY 42701 Email: ******.*.********@*****.*** Home Phone: 270-***-****

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Mechanical engineer with 19 years of experience in new product development with a focus in design and analysis

of mechanical systems using finite element analysis, kinematic analysis, and data acquisition of force, pressure,

acceleration, and strain. Manager of Remington’s rapid prototyping center overseeing scheduling and operation

of SLS, DMLS, and FDM equipment. Manager of 5 CAD Technicians and administrator of SolidWorks Enterprise

PDM CAD file database.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

New Product Development Mechanical Design Finite Element Analysis

Dynamic Data Acquisition Rapid Prototyping Kinematic Analysis

PROFESSIONAL E XPERIENCE

REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, I NC, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER 1995 - PRESENT

STAFF ENGINEER (2012 – PRESENT )

Program manager for $1.2 million rapid prototyping center including machine selections and facility

preparation

Manager of rapid prototype equipment including SLS (3DSystems sPro 60), DMLS (3DSystems -

Phenix PXL), and FDM (Makerbot Replicator 2)

Static, dynamic, and transient finite element analysis using ANSYS/Mechanical and ANSYS/STR

Dynamic and kinematic analysis for new product development projects

CAD group supervisor overseeing daily work assignments of five CAD technicians

SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER (2005 – 2012)

Solid modeling and design of injection molded components with ergonomic shapes including gun

stocks and hand held firearm cleaning implements

Design of experimental fixtures for recoil measurement

Finite element and kinematic analysis for new product development projects

Validation of stress analysis results with electrical resistance strain gages

Component velocity and displacement measurements using Vision Research, Inc. Phantom high -

speed digital imaging system and ProAnalyst analysis software

Six Sigma training with focus on design of experiments

CAD group supervisor overseeing the daily work assignments of three CAD technicians

RESEARCH ENGINEER (1998 – 2005)

Designed new clay target geometry and molds for a 200,000,000 part per year manufacturing process

Designed electro-mechanical shotgun recoil simulator for trade show evaluation of recoil pads

Finite element and kinematic analysis for new product development projects

Data acquisition via force transducers, pressure transducers, acc elerometers, and strain gages

Implemented SolidWorks as primary CAD software at Remington’s Elizabethtown, KY facility.

Assisted with subsequent implementation of SolidW orks at facilities in Ilion, NY, and Mayfield, KY

Implemented PDMWorks product data management software for storage of all CAD files

CAD group supervisor overseeing the daily work assignments of three CAD technicians

PREVIOUS ROLE: ENGINEER (1995 -1998)

HAROLD DAVIDSON

2747 Rineyville Road Cell Phone: 270-***-****

Elizabethtown, KY 42701 Email: ******.*.********@*****.*** Home Phone: 270-***-****

E DUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, M.E., Mechanical Engineering, 1994 -1995

Master of Engineering thesis topic: Material property determinations for morselized bone graft and finite element

modeling of a new revision hip arthroplasty procedure.

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1990 -1994

SKILL ENHANCEMENTS

Rapid prototyping machine operator and trainer for SLS, DMLS, and FDM equipment

SolidWorks basic and advanced training including Advanced Part Modeling, Advanced Assembly Modeling,

Surfacing, and 3DVia Composer

Certified SolidWorks Associate

ASME Y14.5 Advanced Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing Level II

Six sigma training focusing on product development DOE’s

Elementary and Advanced ADAMS kinematic analysis courses

Introduction to ANSYS, ANSYS Dynamics, ANSYS Nonlinear, and ANSYS Autodyn training courses

SolidWorks Enterprise Administration Training (EPDM), PDMWorks, SmarTeam

Phantom Hi-Speed video data capture and analysis of mechanical assemblies and components

Microsoft Project, Word, and Excel

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Completed Kentucky Fundamentals of Engineering Examination (EIT)

Standard first aid and adult CPR certified

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