Mechanical Engineer Manager
Resume:
David Vaillette
Mechanical Engineer Manager
Milford, NH 03055
603-***-**** [home]
603-***-**** [office]
email:acyzzs@r.postjobfree.com
Objective
To acquire a lead technical or management position that will contribute to product and process development. Summary of Qualifications
Technical: Design, tested and analyzed (finite element structural and thermal) electronic packaging designs and airframe structures for a variety of environments. Types of structural analyses include static, thermal stress, modal, buckling, shock, sine, random, acoustics and fatigue (LCF, HCF, AVIP). Thermal analyses include steady state, transient, conduction, convection, radiation and fluid flow.
Proficiencies: NASTRAN, PATRAN, ANSYS, ICEPAK, CREO, MS-Office, UNIX, LINUX, W7, UD APEX SL & VWIN II, developing web pages, Steinberg/Engelmaier techniques, SMT, Electronic packaging, solder joint reliability, bonded joints, vibration & thermal testing along with excellent people skills. Work Experience
BAE SYSTEMS (Formerly Lockheed Sanders) January 1989 - Present Nashua, NH
Manager of the Mechanical Analysis department. Lead a department of engineers that provided mechanical analysis services to the entire company. Member of the mechanical engineering leadership team that develops and implements mechanical engineering processes throughout the company. Establish and maintain the analysis tools.
Member of various company military and commercial programs that developed the designs of the following products: pods, airframe structures, decoys, magazines, dispensers, transducers, antennas, chassis, circuit boards, lasers, optics, RF and digital components for: tele-communications, countermeasures, navigation, surveillance, microwave, guidance and communication systems for airborne, ship and ground type environments.
Provide engineering test support at the Environment Lab. Utilize vibration controllers and shakers along with thermal chambers to ensure the designs meet ESS, Operational and Qualification requirements. Instrument the designs with accelerometers and thermocouples in order to compile, analyze, understand and correlate test results. Design vibration fixtures and perform fixture surveys along with thermal and vibration surveys for the unit under test (UTT).
Performed detail linear and non-linear structural and thermal analyses using finite element techniques which influenced how the products were designed from a cost, weight and performance standpoint. Good working knowledge of hand calculations, testing, and simplified models which is beneficial for verification of detail FEA models.
Teach an in-house vibration analysis class as it pertains to company products. An in-depth manual was developed, based on years of design, testing and analyses experiences.
Provided mechanical analysis leadership and mentoring to the mechanical design community. Developed and maintained mechanical analysis practices, spreadsheets and material databases that are employed on the intranet, which I developed and maintain.
RAYTHEON COMPANY December 1983 - January
1989
Portsmouth, RI
Designed, analyzed and tested sonar type equipment from assembly to component levels.
Performed linear and non-linear thermal and structural analyses using primarily MSC/NASTRAN, PATRAN and hand calculations.
Member of a “tiger team” that participated in company design reviews.
Reviewed other engineer’s thermal and structural analyses.
Developed a manual of linear and non-linear thermal and structural sample problems that compare NASTRAN to theory. This manual is still used today and is constantly being updated as new capabilities are learned.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS August 1982 - December 1983
Dallas, Texas
Performed thermal and structural analyses on radar and missile type equipment from assembly to component levels. Finite element (SAP IV) and finite difference (TEMP) techniques was used to perform the analyses.
Correlated the analytical predicted fundamental frequency of a missile to test results to within 5% accuracy. Dennison Manufacturing Company June 1978 – August 1982 Framingham, Ma.
Started as a co-op student then was promoted to a project engineer. Duties included design, drafting, and engineering of paper machinery equipment for a commercial manufacturing company. Education
Northeastern University June 1977 - August 1982
Boston, Massachusetts
BSME & MSME, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, 3.5/4.0 QPA undergraduate, 3.8/4.0 graduate, financed 100% of education. Graduate work was performed simultaneously with undergraduate studies in a special accelerated program. Publications
1) “An Elastic Beam Contained in a Frictionless Channel”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, September 1983. 2) “Evaluation of the Modal Response of Pressure Vessel Filled with a Fluid", MSC World’s User Conference, Vol. I, Paper No. 24, March 1991.
3) “Modeling Stress Concentration Factors with MSC/NASTRAN”, MSC World’s User’s Conference, Vol. II. Paper No. 36, May 1992.
4) “Structurally Modeling Soft Bonded Board”, Lockheed Martin Mechanical Analysis WG, Fort Worth, TX. 1999.
Personnel
Married, two children, home owner, US citizen, top secret clearance.
Play in a men’s baseball and hockey league.
References will be furnished upon request
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