Design Engineer Mechanical Engineering

PAUL B. LONG

** ***** **

St Augustine, FL *****

Phone: 563-***-****

E-mail: *********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE:

Full-time, long-term Mechanical Engineering position. Short-term contract positions will also be considered.

WORK EXPERIENCE

HILTON INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES (Contract through AEROTEK) Sarasota, Florida

Sr Product Design Engineer Aug. 2015 to May. 2016

6 Month term contract position to help develop the next generation of web handling and soldering machinery for the capacitor and battery industries.

Solidworks based design and development.

Component Sourcing – motors, drives, power transmission, and control systems.

Machine Design – mechanical layout, support structures, and enclosures.

Analysis – Dynamic motion calculations, air and power load calculations.

Product Enhancement – Updating legacy products to utilize the latest materials, manufacturing processes, and industry standards.

SEARS MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Davenport, Iowa

Product Design Engineer Sep. 2011 to Dec. 2014

Three + years product design and development of suspension seating for the Heavy Equipment and Agricultural (off-road) equipment industries.

PTC CREO based design and development.

Analysis – FEA (Mechanica, ALGOR), Mathematical Systems Modeling (MatLab SIMULINK, Excel).

Component Design (stampings, weldments, sheetmetal, and plastic injection molded parts).

Prototyping - (3D Printing and shop fabrication).

Validation of structural integrity and production methods (durability testing, ride homologation, and safety testing to ISO and SAE standards).

Component Sourcing – Purchased and Custom.

Quality Assurance - Collaborate with Manufacturing, Sales, and Purchasing Departments to ensure products meet end user’s expectations for quality, performance, and on-time delivery.

Engineering Change Management – Initiate change requests in Windchill, manage design reviews and track print revisions.

ENTEGEE, Inc.

Davenport, Iowa

Design Engineer Mar. 2008 to Aug 2011

Three + years product development and tooling design.

3D CAD based design utilizing PTC Wildfire, Solidworks, and Autodesk Inventor.

Design of robotic and manual welding fixtures - End-of-arm tooling; 1, 2, and 3 axis trunnions.

Design of food packaging machinery – Power transmission and enclosures.

Product Enhancement – Updating legacy products to utilize the latest materials, manufacturing processes, and industry standards.

Engineering Document upgrades from 2-D to 3-D design standards. BISSELL, Inc.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Mechanical Engineering Co-op Summer 05, Winter 06, Fall 06 semesters One year product development and design internship, including research of induced cyclone behavior, and its application to consumer vacuum cleaners.

Design of cyclonic dust extractors for consumer vacuums (Patented design features).

Rapid prototyping and testing of consumer appliance components.

Analysis of airstream characteristics in vacuums using computational fluid dynamics. ENGINEERING SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

3D CAD - PTC Wildfire, PTC CREO, Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor, Rhino 3D ANALYSIS - ANSYS, ALGOR, CFDesign, Mechanica, MatLab SIMULINK, Minitab WORKPLACE - Microsoft Office, Agile, Vault, Windchill 10 and PDMlink EDUCATION

Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids, Michigan Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering (GPA 3.4) August 2003 - December 2007 Member: ASME

WORK HISTORY

Sr Product Design Engineer, Hilton International Industries, Sarasota, FL Aug. 2015 to May 2016 Product Design Engineer, Sears Manufacturing Company, Davenport, IA Sep. 2011 to Dec. 2014 Design Engineer, Entegee, Inc., Davenport, IA Feb 2008 – Sep. 2011 Attended Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI., Aug. 2003 - Dec. 2007 Including three semesters (1 year total) Student Co-op program At Bissell, Inc.

Shop Fabricator, Xibitz, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI Oct. 2001 - Jul. 2003 Boatbuilder, Van Dam Woodcraft, Boyne City, MI Mar. 1999 - Aug 2001

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