Mechanical Designer
Resume:
James Pruet
Rockwall, TX *****
**********@*****.***
Mobile: 214-***-****
Mechanical Designer
Extensive Creo Elements/Pro (Pro/E Wildfire) Experience
Mechanical designer with more than 30 years experience providing technical design direction on mechanical products, machine parts, sheet metal and optical components.
Expert in creating detailed mechanical drawings for piece parts and assemblies from Pro/E models.
Exceptional in maximizing form, fit and function through meticulous design model evaluation.
Advanced skills in DFM best practices and numerous CAD tools, ERP systems and database/data-storage programs.
Earn consistent recognition as a visionary solutions engineer. Key Skills:
Creo Elements/Pro (Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire), AutoCAD, Inventor, and SolidWorks
Pro/INTRALINK, Teamcenter, and XA Powerlink
Microsoft Office Suite
Parametric solid modeling
Surface Modeling
Sheetmetal Modeling
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
ITAR compliance
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Continental Electronics Dallas, TX
Mechanical Designer, December, 2012 to October, 2015
Provide drafting and design expertise for the manufacture of radio transmitter products, parts and components used in military and industrial installations.
Utilize AutoCAD and Inventor to produce designs and detail drawings used for the manufacture of mechanical, electrical, and sheet metal parts and assemblies.
Evaluate documentation of legacy equipment and installations for functionality and completeness and initiate the ECN process as required.
Create and update bills of material using Excel and XA Powerlink.
Tenure includes nine months contract labor before direct hire. L3 Communications Garland, TX
Senior Mechanical Designer, September, 1993 to July, 2012
Utilize Pro-Engineer and AutoCAD to produce designs and detail drawings used for the manufacture of mechanical, electrical, and sheet metal parts and assemblies used in manufacturing elecro-optical products used by military and security services.
Managed all phases of the design process for a multitude of products, components, parts, assemblies and subassemblies, including drafting, dimensioning, tolerancing, prototyping and documenting results.
Known for quality excellence and a “do-it-right-the-first-time” design standard.
Commended for strengths in defining, assessing and satisfying complex product specifications and manufacturability concerns.
Designed innovative tools and fixtures for manufacturing group that improved quality increased thru put and reduced overall cost.
Mentor junior members of design team, providing design direction on products, parts and components leveraging an extensive knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedures
Developed in-house processes to layout and design the flexible circuit interconnects used between the digital signal processing PCBs within the electro-optical systems utilizing Pro/Sheetmetal.
Became the go-to expert on evaluating design models for DFM and form-fit-function compliance.
Specialized training for plastics design.
Tenure includes 27 months contract labor before direct hire Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI
Contract Mechanical Designer, January, 1992 to March, 1993 Varo Electron Devices Garland, TX
Mechanical Designer, January, 1984 to October, 1992 JM Huber Borger, TX
Mechanical Draftsman, March, 1982 to October, 1983 EDUCATION
Texas State Technical Institute Amarillo, TX
AS in Mechanical Drafting & Design Technology, 8/80 ADDITIONAL
Nine U.S. Patents
Pro/Engineer training certificates
AutoCAD training certificates
SolidWorks training certificate
Microsoft Office training certificates
Pneumatic and hydraulic training
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