Engineer Mechanical

CURTIS GERMAN Longmont, CO. Phone: (H) 303-***-****

(C) 720-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***

Skills:

. Solid Modeling: SolidWorks, ProEngineer, AutoCad.

. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T) ANSI/ASME Y14.5M

. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) - Agile, EPDM, SAP, Oracle,Windchill

. Statistical Tolerance Analysis

. Statistical Process Control (SPC)

. Design For Manufacturing / Design For Assembly (DFM/DFA)

. Failure Analysis / Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FA/FMEA)

. Clean Room Implementation / Protocols, Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

. Microsoft Office - Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word and Outlook

Work Experience:

HGST, a Western Digital Company, Boulder, CO March 2013 - December 2014

. Principal Engineer, Mechanical Product Design

Design various product components for advanced hard disk drives. Components

utilize: Plastic injection molding, metal insert over molding, progressive

die stamping/forming, die cutting, machining and extrusions. Responsible

for part development from concept to high volume mass production with

released documentation. Testing and qualification of components and systems

including lab set up and fixture development. Actively participate in

design reviews and cross functional teams. Continually strive to improve

components and reduce costs.

WD, a Western Digital Company, Longmont, CO November 2008 - February 2013

. Sr. Principal Engineer, Mechanical Product Design

Design various product components for advanced hard disk drives. Components

utilize: Plastic injection molding, metal insert over molding, progressive

die stamping/forming, die cutting, machining and extrusions. Responsible

for part development from concept to high volume mass production with

released documentation. Testing and qualification of components and systems

including lab set up and fixture development. Perform FA on factory drives

with mechanical issues. Actively participate in design reviews and cross

functional teams. Patents awarded for Spherical Balance Plug, Disk Clamp

with Annular Ring and Shipping comb for Head Stack Assembly.

InPhase Technologies Inc, Longmont, CO December 2006 - May 2008

. Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Production Tool Designer

Design tooling for holographic storage device. Responsible for production

tool development and maintenance including: Mechanical drive tools

containing five-axis motion with micron/arc second resolution. Product

interface involved vacuum, magnetic and clamping. Create kinematic mounting

systems for manufacturing tooling and products. Developed media tape seal

machine with zero edge overlap. Design solutions incorporate: conceive,

design, document, fabricate, assemble and qualify cost-effective tooling

for production. Participated in product design reviews to ensure

manufacturability and assisted in resolving issues with mechanical product

assemblies.

Cornice Inc, Longmont, CO November 2004 - December 2006

. Staff Mechanical Engineer, Test/Process Engineering

Design test equipment and manufacturing tooling for hard disk drives.

Responsible for all mechanical development of Certify-Verify process test

equipment such as: injection molded fixtures, PCB/FPC geometry,

tester/product electrical interface, environmental and altitude chamber

reliable fixtures. Station design reduced slot cost 3X, increased rack

density 3X and increased throughput from batch mode to individual slot

testing. Manufacturing tooling included: latch and liner install, product

combs and static attitude fixtures. All successful designs involve cost-

effectiveness, completed within assigned timelines, qualified, and released

documentation.

Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO January 1992 - October 2004

. Sr. Staff Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

Design and process lead for advanced technologies to achieve production

targets internally and with suppliers. Evaluate all phases of product

design to develop clean room volume processes while ensuring product

integrity. Extensive DFM and FA experience with product design team.

Analyze supplier production worldwide and provide solutions when critical

requirements were not fulfilled. Provide SPC of internal and external

product metrology. Generate detailed tool development schedules and

complete within required timeframes. Successful designs include: cost-

effectiveness, cleanliness, ESD compliance and tool tack time. Conceive,

design, document, fabricate, assemble and qualify production tooling.

Coordinate and assign internal clean room pilot line activities. Originate

engineering and process changes. Patents awarded for Disk drive

incorporating tolerance ring design and method of assembly.

EDUCATION:

Austin Community College, Austin, TX

1989-1990

. Mechanical Design

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

1981-1983

. Mechanical Engineering

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