Principal Mechanical Engineer, Product Development, Plastics SME
Resume:
EDGAR G EARNHART
Expertise – Commitment - Results
Principal / Chief Engineer / Product Development
Plastics Injection Molding Process, Equipment, Materials & Tooling SME
*** **** **, Hilton NY
Mobile: 585-***-****
E-mail: *****.********@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Principal Process, Tooling, Automated Manufacturing Systems and Plastics Subject Matter Expert (SME) for New Product Development – Cross-Functional Team & Project Manager / Six Sigma Black Belt with a demonstrated history of problem solving and continuous improvement to effectively & rapidly convert product R&D and manufacturing intent into cash results and cost savings.
Certified 6 Sigma Black Belt (Kodak)
17 Patents
New Product Commercialization & Lifecycle Management – Consumer Digital / Medical / Diagnostics
Global Low- to High- Volume Products & Global Standardized Manufacturing Systems
Project & Product Cost Estimating and Management
Business Case Development
MS Office, MS Project, Agile, JIRA, OTIS, Adobe Acrobat, Visio, etc. etc.
Global EHS, Product Safety & EMI commercialization requirements
SolidWorks and SketchUp expert; UG, AutoCAD, Pro/E & MoldFlow intermediate
Capital Equipment Design, Development, Specification and Procurement
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
5/2014 - 11/2015
Kelly Services Inc., Rochester NY
R&D Sr. Process/Manufacturing Engineer at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
oPlastics Subject Matter Expert (SME) for R&D verification and validation of slide holding components of new High-Speed Ortho Clinical Diagnostics System product. Including:
Oversight and Guidance of Tooling & Process Development with contract molder and tool supplier;
Oversight and Guidance of Tooling pre-delivery testing before delivery to contract molder’s manufacturing site;
Stewarding contractor through preparation of process qualification IQ/OQ/PQ protocols, execution and reports from new contract manufacturer conforming to OCD quality procedures;
oPlastics SME in team responsible for PPAP; and EU RoHS compliance resolution of current products for global sale.
oPlastics SME in cross-functional R&D team for development of new LED illumination system for diagnostic slides in new product in development.
CooperVision Inc., Scottsville NY 7/2013 - 4/2014
Sr. Molding Process Engineer - As Plastics SME I was responsible for delivering, IQ/OQ/PQ qualification of a new Rotary Cast Molding System from UK supplier for make-to-order contact lens molds. System included 2 multi-cavity in-line injection molding systems
Kodak Company, Rochester NY 5/1979-8/2012
Principal Engineer – Corporate R&D Engineering Advanced Process and Plastics SME / Corporate R&D Program Manager / Project Engineer / Engineering Team Leader / Tooling Engineer / New Factory Development Engineering Lead / Product Quality Lead for Concurrent Advanced Product and Manufacturing Systems Development.
oPrincipal Corporate R&D Engineering Injection Molding Process & Plastics Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Global R&D Product & Process Development; Design, Execution & Verification of Equipment, Tooling and Factory Development; for High-Volume Cassette and Packaging Components for Kodak silver halide and digital Imaging Materials and Media products.
oGlobal Factory Steering Team Member and Cross-Functional Development Engineering Team Manager, Plastics & Process SME, Tooling Design and Capital Execution of Integrated Factory for Automated High-Volume Production of Kodak Advantix Film Cassette and Packaging components.
oFilm Cassette Plastics & Process SME in Global 5-Party R&D Development (Kodak, Fuji, Nikon, Canon, Minolta) of Advanced Photo System.
oGlobal Engineering & Execution Cross-Functional Team Leader and Plastics and Process SME for Concurrent Product Re-Design, Process Development, Cost Reduction, Product Quality Improvement and Global Recapitalization of 35mm Film Cassette Spool and Packaging components.
oAuthor of Tooling Development Protocols in Kodak Global Injection Molding Protocols.
oProduct Steward responsible for global regulatory compliance verification of commercial high-speed inkjet and dry toner printing press products;
oChief Engineer, Plastics SME, Mechanical Lead and Product Quality Lead responsible for R&D Development and Production Delivery of Digital Photo Frame products from China OEMs;
oPlastics SME, Mechanical Lead and Product Quality Lead responsible for R&D Development and Production Delivery of LED HDTV products from China OEM.
oMechanical Lead, Plastics SME, and Lead Technical Interface with Spanish OEM for development of new Kodak Health Imaging Automated DR-7500 X-Ray System.
oPlastics and Process SME for development and delivery of Kodak Digital Imaging Modules.
oPlastics & Process SME and Process Inventor for Kodak Health Imaging Sure-Soft Dental X-Ray Packet products.
oEngineering Team Lead and Plastics & Process SME for development, capital execution and process validation of 35mm Film Cassette Spool and Packaging Components at Xiamen China contract manufacturer.
oPlastics & Process SME for Development of Molded Aspheric Lenses
EDUCATION
Purdue University, Mechanical Engineering, BSME 1974-1979
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)
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