Team Member Product Designer
Resume:
JAMES A. DARGA
WARREN, MI *****
Email: ******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE: Product Designer with experience in industrial manufacturing. Accountable for concept through production released industrial products and components. Work well as team member or independently. Demonstrated ability to meet stringent deadlines while maintaining corporate quality standards. Solid expertise in Siemens NX, Teamcenter 12, VIS Mockup.
EXPERIENCE:
8/2000 – 10/2023
New Dimension LLC / Bartech Group (General Motors) Sterling Heights - Pontiac, Mi
Senior Designer - systems group – using Teamcenter and UG/NX
Responsible for the design and stack ups on multiple General Motors engines, specializing in the design of air system components for shields, beauty and acoustic covers, Front engine cover, oil separator, Air/turbo charter components, Front engine covers and secondary air systems,
Performed stack up and roll studies to ensure manufacturing viability and quality of design ot meet General Motors technical specifications and build requirements
Completed drawings in the Electronic Drawing release system
Participated in CIT meetings, Design Reviews, Interfacing with Design Engineers and working as a team member to ensure high quality engine design
Lead the design and was part number responsible for updating PAS
Air and turbo charge, gas and diesel fuel, evap, exhaust
LF3 turbo inlet adapter (Theta Epsilon and Lambda 2016)
LE5 acoustic cover (Solstice 2006)
LZ8 secondary air systems (manifolds, heat shields, hoses, pipes, brackets)
LM4 engine packaging envelope
Stack Ups and Roll studies
Drawings / Electronic Drawing Release (EDR)
Participated in CIT meeting, Design Reviews, Interfacing with Design Engineers
and Suppliers/Vendors .
Lead Design Assisant- part of team responisble for updating PAS for CSS RPOs
(sumitting proposal, Packaging studies, roll studies, clearence studies
1/ 1997 – 7/2000
Hawtal-Whiting (General Dynamics Land Systems) Sterling Heights, MI
Designer- used UG, Computervision CADDS5 on SPARC and CADD stations
Member of the team responsible for packaging an MTU diesel power pack into an M1A1 hull
Space claim layout
Fuel System
Hydraulic mounting bracket
Utility body (Knapheide) - class “A” surfacing
Member of team responsible for packaging GM LQ4 Engine into 500NPR31 commercial truck
Engine crossmember
A/T crossmember
Engine mounts
Space claim layouts
Door mechanisms
Hinges and latches
Brain Plate
Body reinforcement (belt line)
8/96 – 1/1997
Borg-Warner Automotive Romulus, MI
Designer- Used Computervision CADDS5 onSPARC and CADD stations
Connecting rods
Transmission components
6/ 94 – 8/1996
AIM Executive, Inc. (Ford Motor Company) Dearborn,MI
Designer- used Computervision CADDS5 on SPARC and CADD stations
Designed interior components
Packaging and clearance studies of interior component
6/1991 – 6/1994
Global Technology (Ford Motor Company) Dearborn, MI
Designer-used Computervision CADDS5 on SPARC and CADD stations
Design fuel injector cooling and hose routing
Package layout and design showing 3.0L split port assembly in vehicle
Relocation of EGR valve and routing of EGR tube
Design cast iron exhaust manifold
Design of 2.7L block
Design of 3.4L block
3.8L block (NVH)
Cast oil pan for 3.8L Ranger engines
4/1988 – 5/1991
Precision Technologies, Inc. Mt. Clemens, MI
Designer – used Computervision CADDS4, CADDS5 on SPARC and CADD stations
Designs and packaging provided to General Dynamics Land Systems for M1A1 tank
Routing pneumatic hoses and electrical wiring
Control panels and wire routing
Extensive gears and splines
Detailed assemblies
Design sheet metal bracket and fasteners
Die building
Castings
5/1984 -4/1991
Zeidler Tool and Die Fraser, MI
Die maker- completed a four year apprenticeship
EDUCATION:
1979 Lake Shore High School, St. Clair Shores
1984 – 1988 Macomb County Community College
Applied Technologies Curriculum (Tool and Die Apprenticeship)
TRAINING:
Unigraphics training V11-V18
NX training versions 1 – 8
Teamcenter/IMAN (multiple versions)
NX Sketcher Training
GDT
Wave Geometry Linker
Ergonomics For Product Engineering,
Stackup Manager
DCS
ASD
VAS
Teamcenter Product Visualization (Vis mockup)
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