GUY CHARLES BLACK

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Summary of Skills

A tool and die maker by trade and a mechanical engineer by profession, these skills provide a solid foundation to design products and engineer the required manufacturing processes. A proven track record to create, prototype, and manufacture highly successful products with innovative processes and tooling based on design for manufacture principles. Charlie is a resourceful engineer that can manage and motivate people, execute multiple projects to completion, and be a great asset to your organization.

Work Experience

24M Technologies, Inc. Cambridge, MA Feb 2023 – Oct 2023

Senior Process Engineer

Collaborative design and build of Lithium-Ion battery systems including the associated tooling and processes. SolidWorks 3D CADD modeling utilized to produce engineering drawings of specialized tooling. Process diagnosis, trouble shooting, and root cause analysis utilized to improve existing process pitfalls. Long term deployment at customer sites including Norway and Thailand.

Canon Healthcare Optical Research Lab Cambridge, MA Feb 2022 – Sept 2022

(Contracting with Entegee)

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

The design and building of limited production of highly innovative surgical devices. Disciplines include tumor ablation, vessel mapping, and guided probes. SolidWorks 3D CADD modeling utilized to produce renderings of prototypes, working SLA rapid prototypes (both in house and outsourced), and the design of tooling to manufacture and test the device. Failure mode severity and effects analysis, costing, material selection and other product development considerations. MasterControl utilized for quality management.

Lyra Therapeutics Watertown, MA Oct 2021 – Feb 2022

(Contracting with Davis Scientific Staffing)

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Develop and organize engineering drawings and sketches by utilizing SolidWorks and a product data management system (PDM). Devise, prototype, and evaluate new tools and observe ergonomic and clean-room considerations. Provide technical expertise by supervising a second party OEM manufacturer contract manufacturing organization. Brainstorm with development teams to discuss product concepts, specifications, production timelines, resource requirements, and production updates. Generate design ideas based on market research, budgets, and customer needs. Developed and produced a second-generation applicator used to deploy the drug depot. The pre-clinical device is used to deploy a drug eluding stent-like device into the nasal cavity for the treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS).

Established a PDM vault for SolidWorks engineering drawings.

Constructed clean-room quality tools for pre-clinical devices.

Blackengineering LLC Worcester, MA July 2019 ~ Feb 2022

Sr. Product and Manufacturing Engineer (A self-startup company)

Design products under contract for medical device companies.

Created working prototypes per established design requirements.

Developed manufacturing processes in harmony with the client’s capabilities.

Provided full documentation of the development process: trail files, drawings, and validation results.

Set up pilot lines for the initial manufacture of product.

Agilent (Hewlett Packard) Technologies Inc. Chicopee, MA Nov 2015 ~ July 2019

Sr. Manufacturing & Process Engineer

Design molds and related tooling to produce microplates and assay trays.

Implemented cost reduction programs related to manufacturing, packaging and new product development.

Create work instructions, drawings, and set up BOM’s for new products in the MRP system.

Root cause analysis of defects, unstable processes and tooling.

Implemented vision systems and part handling robots on molding machines fully automating the molding cycle.

Designed a family of 24 well filter plates with various membrane porosities and associated secondary operations tooling. This product family was so successful in manufacturing that quality had to mockup defects for defect awareness documents. This product line incorporated innovative features that facilitated quick and complete evacuation, drip control and features for lab automation robotics.

Photonis Corp. Sturbridge, MA Nov 2012 ~ Nov 2015

Manufacturing and Process Engineer

Develop new processes to improve yields, glass quality, and reduce tooling cost.

Research and develop better methods of manufacturing leaded glass for mass spectrometers, gas and liquid chromatography and night vision goggles.

Collaborated with the R&D department to develop new products and processes.

Utilized Six Sigma principles to save the company thousands of dollars in tooling, manufacturing process time, and the reduction of defective product.

Bose Corporation Framingham, MA Oct 2012 ~ Apr 2014 (Contracting with Randstad)

Program Manager

Drive, coordinate, and provide PM support to Continuing Engineering projects within the Home Entertainment and Portable Speaker Division.

Maintain and Publish: Meeting Minutes and Agendas, Spread Sheets, Gantt Charts and Power Point Presentations. Programs include: Cost Reduction, End of Life, Field Returns, Safety, Design, Regulatory, Plant, Sourcing, PCN, Certifications, and Marketing

Fabrico, Inc. Oxford, MA Apr 2011 ~July 2012

Manufacturing Engineer

Coordinate Project Schedules for building large Power Turbine Components.

Set up the Manufacturing Process of new parts and products in the Manufacturing System.

Explore new Technologies to increase Yields and Reduce Manufacturing Cost of hard to process high temperature alloys used in turbines.

SolidWorks 3-D modeling used to model customers parts for in house manufacturing.

Supervised 2 direct report assemblers.

Accellent Orthopedics Brimfield, MA Feb 2010 ~ Mar 2011

Program Manager

Plans, executes and manages program activities utilizing cross functional teams within a matrix organization.

Coordinate and assemble project teams, manage program budgets, ensure program milestones and deliverables are achieved through the management of the triple constraints of time, cost and scope.

Manage programs across multiple manufacturing sites.

Manage new product development introduction, manufacturing transfers, continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives.

Develop customer relationships to help foster effective communication, establish program expectations and minimize program risks.

Communicate with external customers, suppliers and senior management.

Identify program risks and develop risk mitigation strategies to maintain program expectations.

Instill leadership principles and accountability within projects teams.

Supervised 6 CNC operators in my department.

Motorola Plantation, FL Mar 2006 ~ Nov 2009

Sr. Product and Manufacturing Engineer

Design of handheld two-way radios utilizing Pro-Engineer CAD software,

Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Trouble shoot and diagnose field returns, extensive

interaction with overseas manufacturing facilities as a manufacturing engineer.

SEM and X-ray diagnosis of failure modes. ECN, DCN, and RCN generation and execution using the Motorola worldwide manufacturing system.

HeartWare Miramar, FL Apr 2005 ~ Jan 2006

(Contracting with ADB Consulting & CRO Inc.)

Validation Engineer

Performed an I.Q., O.Q., and P.Q. on a custom-built Life Cycle Test Machine for a Ventricle Assist Device (VAD). Wrote and executed F.M.E.A, change assessments, and calibration protocols for a titanium heart pump lifecycle test machine.

American Marine Pompano Beach, FL Feb 1999 ~ Dec 2005

Product, Process and Manufacturing Engineer

Worked with customers to develop products that would be accepted in the industry. Designed a line of doors for the Marine environment. Developed to be both hinged and sliding, the door uses the very latest manufacturing technology. As a methyl-methacrylate bonded sandwich construction, this door can be completely produced in a few hours in any custom configuration. All aspects of the products development were my responsibility including: market research, CAD design, all tooling associated with the manufacture of the product and the training of shop floor personnel. The door system sets the standard for elegance and durability in the marine industry.

Created the Yachtsman window line. An innovative clamp ring window system that conceals all mounting hardware. Conceived in three-dimensional CAD, every aspect of bringing this product to market was my responsibility. This includes the design of extrusions, and all secondary operations tooling. Its introductory year yielded 40 percent of all window sales and phased out old designs with smaller profit margins.

Applied all facets of lean manufacturing including: value stream mapping on the production floor, Kanban for adhesives with a shelf life, just-in-time aluminum stock ordering for the vast array of extrusions required for manufacturing, and 5S for a clean and safe work place.

Johnson & Johnson (Formerly Cordis Corporation) Miami Lakes, FL Jun 1993 ~ Nov 1998

Manufacturing Engineer

Collaborated with doctors in the catheter lab to evaluate new product performance. Recorded doctor’s recommendations on product changes and refinements. Presented data to design review committees for evaluation.

Supervisor of 3 technicians on the clean room production floor.

Tool Engineer

Supervised 3 designers to produce clean room quality tooling, created electrical schematics, pneumatic schematics, and thermal analysis of custom designed balloon leg sealers.

Trained on Allen Bradly ladder logic PLC controllers.

Received a performance award for project management of a scale up operation that was completed ahead of schedule and 25% under budget.

Kennedy Die Casting Worcester, MA 1991 ~ 1993

Mold Engineer

Designed molds for Zinc and Aluminum castings. Implemented Statistical process control to increase production yields. Refined and repaired existing molds. Designed and built semi-automated machinery for secondary operations to molded parts.

Syntram Engineering Southbridge, MA 1988-1991

Engineer in Training

Interfaced with customers to establish design requirements for a wide range of jigs, fixtures, and machinery for industry. Machines designed and built include: an automated fill and cap machine for Ocean Spray, an automated glass sorter (by color) for a waste disposal firm, various testing and assembly machines for Colt Firearms.

New Technology East Brookfield, MA 1987 ~ 1988

Laser Applications Specialist

Utilized Coherent General CNC lasers to cut, heat-treat, and weld a wide variety of media. Drafted guidelines for selecting jobs suitable for laser processing. Multi axis CNC programming, jig and fixture building.

G & F Plastics Co. Sturbridge, MA 1986 ~ 1987

Mold Maker

Plastic injection mold maker, repair of core pins and mold maintenance. Set-up of extruders.

United Lens Co. Southbridge, MA 1981 ~1986

Mold Maker

High precision lens blank mold maker. Lathe, Bridgeport, EDM, CNC and grinding talents refined to perfection. Machining of Molds to form Diopters in Lenses.

Education

University of Southern Florida Miami, FL 1996

Graduate level Engineering and Project Management studies.

University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 1992

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Manufacturing and Machine design concentrations.

Student senate President.

Tantasqua Regional Vocational High School Fiskdale, MA

Machine shop major with Drafting minor

Machine shop foreman

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