Design Engineer Mechanical
Resume:
WAYNE R. HITT
Wylie, Texas 75098 ******@*******.***
SUMMARY:
Engineering professional with solid business acumen along with great leadership abilities. More than 30 years of mechanical design and design drafting experience.
Experienced in Wildfire 4.0, CREO 2.0, Pro/CABLE, Windchill, TeamCenter, Agile, PLM.
SolidWorks 2013 & SolidWorks 2014. GD&T fundamentals & tolerance stacks and CAD drawing best practices. Can effectively communicate technical problems and solutions to non-technical and technical audiences, and easily adapt to complex environments
My experience encompasses a vast area including, but not limited to, Opto-Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical packaging and Mechanical design for aerospace, defense and commercial industries.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
04/14-07/15: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), Grand Prairie, Texas
Mechanical Design Engineer (Contract Employee)
Pro-E, Windchill, PLM, Agile
Mechanical liaison between different entities at Lockheed, suppliers and
customer for the PAC-3 Mobile Recon project.
Designed, modeled parts, created complex assemblies and completed drawing packages for fixtures required for the project.
08/13-04/14: Garret-Heilbrun Technology Partners, Plano, Texas
Senior Mechanical Designer (Contract Employee)
SolidWorks 2013 & SolidWorks 2014
Designed new product line for customer’s Ground Power Units.
Working with customer and vendors to establish system requirements, utilizing customers’ existing components with vendors to develop new components.
Created models, complex assemblies and completed drawing package
11/06-07/13: DRS-Infrared Technologies, Richardson, Texas
Senior Mechanical Designer (Contract 11/06-06/10) (Direct 06/10-07/ 13)
Pro-E, Windchill
Designed quick turn demo products in a fast paced environment to show proof
of concept, and test articles.
Created models, utilized limited dimension drawings, 3D printed parts, interfaced
with vendors, outside shops and in-house model shop to meet aggressive schedules.
02/05-11/06: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), Grand Prairie, Texas
Mechanical Design Engineer (Contract)
Pro-E, Windchill
Design, create models, complex assemblies, completed drawing package for
Loitering Attack Missile (LAM).
Tasks included designing launch vehicle for test missiles. Designed test
missiles for specific tests, including but not limited to, wing deployment mechanism, and optical abrasion. Lead mechanical liaison for testing at Elgin AFB Test Range.
03/04-02/05: DRS-Infrared Technologies, Richardson, Texas
Senior Mechanical Designer (Contract)
Pro-E, Pro/CABLE, Windchill
Package latest technology components into existing military Fire Control
Systems. Constrained by using existing packaging, mounting and electrical
connections.
Use Pro/CABLE to create models and drawings for required harnesses.
Managed all project drawings using Metaphase. Located vendors to supply special hardware, gaskets, EM shielding, etc
09/03 – 03/04: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), Grand Prairie, Texas
Mechanical Design Engineer (Contract Employee)
Pro-E, ProCable, Intralink
Design and documentation on the Light Mobile Artillery Weapon Systems
(LIMAWS) Program, concentrating on the missile pod reloader and the missile
pod platform.
Researching past designs and integrating as much existing and
field tested parts as feasible. Working with overseas customer to develop
Interface Control Documentation
Using Pro/CABLE created models and drawings for harnesses required for
remote test equipement.
02/03 – 09/03: Texas Department of Transportation, Eastland, Texas
Engineering Technician (Direct Employee)
Microstation and Geopak
Design of streets, sidewalks and handrails for renovation in Breckenridge, Texas.
Worked with historical society to select appropriate street lighting, benches, trash cans, etc. Calculated quantities of concrete, asphalt, curbs, handrails, etc. to be removed and replaced for bid submittals.
05/01 – 12/02: Applied Science Fiction, Austin, Texas
Senior Mechanical Designer (Contract Employee)
Pro-E, Intralink
Design kiosk for photographic film handling and development. Utilizing rapid prototype methods, SLAs, soft molds, etc., to accelerate the design and test phases of the program. Working from concept through prototype to production with suppliers and vendors to meet deadlines. Conduct tolerance studies, design reviews for performance enhancements and cost reduction.
09/00 - 05/01: Kohler Company, Plastics Division, Brownwood, Texas
Process Technician (Contract Employee)
Responsibilities included quality control, process improvement, troubleshooting
and handling daily production problems.
Design and manufacture tools for testing whirlpool baths. Inspected incoming parts. Led Kaizen Events and implemented the changes and improvements. Created new layouts of assembly lines and new kitting procedures. Created
ISO procedures and documentation.
11/98 - 09/00: Applied Science Fiction, Austin, Texas
Senior Mechanical Designer (Contract Employee)
Pro-E, Intralink
Develop, design, assemble and test photographic film handling and development equipment.
01/98 - 10/98: B.A.E. Carrollton, Texas
Mechanical Designer (Contract Employee)
Pro-E, Intralink
Documentation of existing conveyor components.
Modeled existing components to respond to input data. Implementation of new modeling and drawing standards and processes.
07/97 - 01/98: Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control MFC), Grand Prairie, Texas
Mechanical Design Engineer (Contract Employee)
Pro-E, PDM
Design, create models and create drawings on the High Mobility Artillery
Rocket System (HIMARS) Program, concentrating on structural modifications, hydraulics, safety struts and turret redesign.
Proposal for Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) missile launch system.
05/97 - 06/97: Harlan Tractor Corporation, Kansas City, Kansas
Mechanical Designer (Contract Employee)
Pro-E
Design, create models, and complete drawing package of prototype hybrid,
diesel/electric, tractor.
Working on the chassis, front end and cab design.
Interface with manufacturing and production to create assembly and production manuals.
03/78 - 03/97: Texas Instruments, Inc, Dallas, Texas
Mechanical Designer (Direct Employee)
Pro-E
Lead mechanical designer on various programs involved in all phases from
proposal to product delivery.
Experienced in design of electro-optic sensors and electronic packaging,
utilizing castings, machined parts, optics, sheetmetal and plastics.
Experienced in airborne and land based fire control systems.
EDUCATION:
AAS Degree from Texas State Technical College, Waco, Texas
ADDITIONAL TRAINING:
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Six Sigma, Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, Kaizen, Microstation,
Geopak and Metaphase.
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