Mechanical Design Engineer/Manager

David B. De Sha

**** ******** **. ******, **** **060

Phone: 440-***-****; e-mail: **********@*******.***

Summary:

Manufacturing / Process Engineering Manager with experiences in Military, Aerospace, Medical devices and R&D, product design, production, manufacturing and assembly processes, fabrications, machining, plastic molding, continuous improvement, Quality and Reliability assurance. Technical skills: Inspection equipment and measurements, hydraulics, pneumatics, electro-mechanical assemblies, automatic material handling machines, forging, castings, plastic molding: compression and extrusion, composites, procurement, configuration management, and inventory control management. failure analysis, preventative maintenance processes, designer and developer of state-of-art, aerospace components, and assemblies, environmental testing. Customer/vendor liaison. Disciplined in mechanical, electrical, quality, reliability, stress analysis, packaging: in aerospace, military and commercial industries. Experienced in Pro-E (Creo 2.0), Solidworks, Rev 2005, AutoCAD, Catia, GD&T Proficient, MS Office, AS900: SAP, and PLC ladder logic programming; Trained in Continuous Improvement, and possess HVAC technician with Universal certification.

Accomplishments:

•Instrumental in design, development and procurement of $3 Mil Aqueous Wash capital expense project for UTC (aka: Goodrich).

•Expedited design and fabrication of NASA Space Flight hardware to meet tightly compressed flight schedules and improved assembly processes, saving costly losses.

•Instrumental in team effort to conceptualize and design prototype, state-of-the-art missile guidance actuator, earning $6 million contract for company.

•Streamlined manufacturing processes for complex military, aerospace assemblies

increasing productivity and improving quality. Quality checking and investigations prevented costly production errors and maintained integrity of final end product.

•Designed improvements and refurbishments of numerous automatic material handling,

pneumatic machines increasing company’s production quotas 40%.

•Resolved long running mechanical problem for TRW on the Patriot Linear Actuator Program

Education and Training:

Cleveland State University, (BS Mechanical Engineering Technology),

Cleveland, Ohio

Lakeland Community College, (Associates in Applied Sciences)

Mentor, Ohio.

(Also, minor in metallurgy).

HVAC Technician, diploma received from Penn-Foster Career School.

Trained for Lean Practitioner with Goodrich Corporation; still working toward certification.

Experiences:

9/2016-11/2016 Mechanical Design Engineer, Contractor to Aero Fluid Products. Painesville, Ohio

•Mechanical engineer for new product design and development

•Selected materials per customer spec requirements for environmental and stress conditions.

•Performed product design improvements

•Provided calculations for gas pressure load distributions and volume requirments.

•Created algorithms for easing sizing calculations.

•Used SolidWorks CAD package for 3-D modeling nad creating detail drawings.

2015-2016 Mechanical Design Engineer, Contractor to Alcoa Aluminum, Cleveland, Ohio

•Performing layouts and designing of hardware-components to retrofit and mount new digital, linear actuator monitoring devices to 30k ton forging press.

•Created layouts, details and BOMs for retrofit

•Crux of newly designed components were welded

2014-2015 Reliability Engineer, Swagelok Corp, Willoughby Hills, Ohio, Contractor

•Created visual Preventive Maintenance manuals for highly sophisticated CNC mills and typical factory machines.

•Created service and rebuild manual for highly complex 3-Axis, tightly toleranced linear gear actuated machine center.

•Served as Team member to establish protocol and procedures for repairing, maintaining and documenting all upgrades for all floor machinery.

•Instrumental for combining multiple PM's into single procedure to condense and improve maintenance activity to several similar automatic machines.

•Used SolidWorks to create drawings to use in PMs.

2014-2014 Mechanical Design Engineer, Alcoa Aluminum, Cleveland, Ohio, Contractor

•Performing layouts and designing of hardware-components to retrofit and upgrade existing forging tooling.

•Redesigned new tracking/mounting method for band saw sliding table to eliminate binding of saw bed during transversing.

•Redesigned components for high impact hammer to prevent catestrophic failures observed during operation.

•Provided engineering drawings and details for plating rack equipment.

2013-2014 Mechanical Design Engineer. Philips Healthcare, Highland Hts, Ohio, Contractor

•Designed electro-mechanical devices to retrofit existing equipment (PET machine) to improve patient-machine functionality.

•Genrated detail drawings for new product release, utilizing all necessary GD&T dimensioning assuring fit, form and functions and interchangeability was evident.

•Redesigned existing CT equipment to improve functionality and versatility of equipment accessories.

•Genrate new drawings for prototype purposes and assisted procurement in conversations with vendors.

•Assisted in incorporating RoHS requirements to all pertinent documents.

•Provided support to project management and University Hospital system during program reviews.

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2010-2013 Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, [UTC, aka: Goodrich Corp, Landing Gear Div.], Cleveland, Ohio, Contractor/Employee

•Created PM to monitor plating anode functional and usable life.

•Produced visdual SOPs and trained floor personnel on proper procedures.

•Generated numerous visual assembly process improvements to aid production.

•Managed the design and procurement of $3 Mil capital equipment wash line.

•Critiqued very complex landing gear assemblies verifying assembly processes.

•Designed shipping packages for delivery of delicate landing gear assemblies.

•Support CAD, Chrome and Nickel plating processes.

•Trained as Lean Practitioner.

2010-2010 Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, [Steris Corp], Mentor, Ohio, Contractor

•Designed biological decontamination system for military equipment and aircraft.

•Performed functions as quality inspector for new product design and for GD&T requirements.

•Design and develop air flow supply system providing all duct work, and blowers,

2007-2009: Manufacturing Engineer, [Hunter Manufacturing Co.], Solon, Ohio

•Manufacturing Engineer/Manager supported existing and new product development.

•Instrumental in providing dimensional requirements to promote quality interfacing and interchangeability of assembly products.

•Generated concise written and visual instructions to enable production of complex electro-mechanical equipment.

•Trained operators on proper assembly processes.

•Designed and expedited fabrication of fixtures and tooling to enhance production.

•Cognizant of Kaizen, Kanban and lean manufacturing principles for CI.

•MRB cognizant and expert in quality inspection using GD&T processes.

2005-2007: Process Engineer / Designer, [Conn-Selmer, Inc], Eastlake, Ohio

•Led production departments through process improvements and restructuring cells.

•Exclusively used Solidworks 2005 software in the design and creation of highly complex tooling forms and fixtures to aid in production of convoluted forms.

•Expedited procurement of tooling and liaison with vendors on manufacture of tooling and fixtures.

•Instrumental in Kaizen and Lean Mfg events.

•Maintained and refurbished current machinery.

•Assisted machinists with programming CNC Swiss-automatic machines.

•Spected material for production use.

•Managed CAPex project for facility upgrade.

2000-2004: Manufacturing Engineer Manager, TRW-Goodrich [Volt Technical Services], Aurora Ohio (Contractor)

•Successfully managed complex production assembly cell at Goodrich Corp for electro-mechanical equipment.

•Provided and trained operators on assembly processes for Patriot Missile Lineal and Azimuth actuators.

•Established work cell, equipping it with necessary tooling and machinery.

•Managed production and MRO for linear actuators.

•Facilitated receiving inspections and inventory control.

•Liaison with vendors in over-seeing inspection for product compliance of tightly toleranced and critical precision machined components

1997-1999: Manufacturing/Design Engineer, [Perfection Corp.], Madison, Ohio

•Designed and built automated material handling, electro-mechanical, pneumatic machines.

•Monitored factory machine performances, and trouble shooting of malfunctioning automatic machines.

•Refurbished existing machines/tooling to enhance production.

•Maintained configuration control of machine documents.

•Instrumental in generating mechanical designs, expediting procurement.

•Followed-up with vendors on fabrication processes.

1993-1997: Fabrication Engineer, [Aerospace Design & Fabrication], Brook Park, Ohio

•Performed mechanical and electrical designs of state of art R&D experiment packages for NASA's Space Shuttle experiments.

•Supported drafting and vendors assuring accuracy of components was evident.

•Verified designs and expedited components / assemblies through design and procurement.

•Assigned to lead tasks to design new equipment and or systems. Instrumental in performing environmental testing of assemblies.

•Redesigned Freon refrigerant cooling stand replumbing and helium leak tested.

•Provided instruction to vendors on inspection requirements and assisted in performing cmm inspections for critical component requirements.

1987-1993: Product / Reliability Engineer, [Propulsion Technologies Inc. (Argo-Tech Corp)], Cleveland, Ohio

•Oversaw production to ensure assembly and specification requirements of state-of-art military vehicles was evident.

•Managed assembly and testing of very complex hydraulically actuated steering assembly through production.

•Generated test procedures and interfaced with shop floor and vendors to ensure product integrity.

•Performed failure analysis, generating FAR’s, FRACA’s and implemented positive corrective actions. Liaisoned with customers: military and government on failure reports and corrective actions.

•Oversaw quality and reliability aspects with engineering and instrumental in processing all non-conforming and reliability issues.

•Highly instrumental in supporting quality and inspection and disposition of all hardware/components.

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