Product Design Engineer

Andrea A. Vargas

754-***-**** **************@*******.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Normal Ears, Inc. New York, NY

Mechanical Design Engineer April 2014 - Present

Part of launching team for NYC based start-up, specializing in custom 3D printed earphones

CAD modeled custom-fit earpieces in SolidWorks from a series of photos of customer’s ears

Worked with, operated, and maintained ten Fortus-250mc 3D printers

Created engineering drawings for product development and FCC certification

Worked to improve efficiency of CAD and manufacturing processes to assure quality of the final product

- Eliminated vapor smoothing process from 5 out of 7 product colors to reduce manufacturing time by 1.5 hours

- Reduced CAD modeling time 67% by standardizing initial template based on ear canal characteristics

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. Vistakon Jacksonville, FL

R&D Quality Summer Intern May - August 2013

Worked with Principal Engineer to investigate causes of failure modes in contact lens production

Designed mounting bracket for a sensor to test for foreign particles found in the manufacturing environment

Measured dimensions of manufacturing hardware and performed simulation analysis to find root cause of defects

Used SolidWorks to develop 3D models from 2D prints of the layout and hardware found o n several Vistakon

manufacturing lines

Siemens Energy, Inc. Orlando, FL

Summer 60Hz Product Line Marketing Intern May - August 2012

Created correction curves from simulation data to estimate gas turbine performance with respect to ambient

conditions

Compiled specifications of all Reference Power Plants into a matrix for development of customer presentations

Assisted in the development of Product Requirement Specifications for the SGT6 -2000E Gas Turbine Package

EDUCATION

College of Engineering, University of Florida Gainesville, FL

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Cum Laude December 2013

GPA: 3.7/4.0

DESIGN AND APPLICATION PROJECTS

Biosolids Literature Review for Biosolid Mechanics course Fall 2013

Researched studies in the Biomechanics field pertaining to the mechanobiology of cancer cells

Authored literature review discussing the findings of two studies related to the selected topic

Reverse Engineering Design Project for Senior Design course Fall 2013

Disassembled SodaStream machine to analyze its structure and function

Modeled individual parts using SolidWorks and investigated their properties

Examined the requirements of the assembly and reconstructed SodaStream machine with added capacity

Robotics and Manufacturing Project for Design and Manufacturing Lab course Fall 2011

Developed conceptual designs and constructed decision matrices to select best components

Created detailed part drawings and assemblies using SolidWorks

Manufactured parts in the shop and built other components to assemble final robot

SKILLS

Computer Software: SolidWorks, Microsoft Office Suite, MATLAB

Programming Languages: Basic C++, Basic LabVIEW

National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, Engineer in Training

Languages: Fluent in Spanish, Basic French

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