Donald J. Cabot

*** ******* **** **.

Townsend, Ma. 01469

Ph. #978-***-**** cell#978-***-****

e-mail: ad3vr8@r.postjobfree.com

Goal: To work in a challenging environment taking machines & products from concept into production.

Over 30 years in mechanical engineering and design including:

Produce concepts & practical detailed designs with attention to detail for timely release into production.

Manage projects, resources, vendors & coordinate fabrication of large projects, equipment & prototypes.

Actively participate with others to achieve design goals.

Skills:

Machine design, mechanisms, drive train components, tooling & fixtures.

Machinings, sheet metal, weldments, dip brazing, castings, piping & pressure vessels.

Materials: carbon & st. steel, aluminum alloys, copper, brass, & plastics

Sealing of liquids & gases, low & high pressure, IP & Nema ratings.

Engineering analysis & concepts, problem solving, timing diagrams, heat transfer, fluids, & component sizing.

Communication skills: technical writing, specifications & technical reports.

Manufacturing methods, rapid prototyping, vendor selection, & cost analysis.

Software: 10 yrs. AutoCAD, 22+ yrs. Solidworks & Cosmos, 2 yrs. Inventor, & Excel for all design & analysis.

Geometric tolerancing & dimensional analysis for precision fit, form, & function, Y14.5M-1994.

Sketching & verbal communication to achieve design goals & expected results.

Summary: I have worked independently and with other engineers & designers on project teams on capital equipment, automation, & high-volume products. I have personally worked in machine, sheetmetal & welding shops, a foundry/mold shop and in the building trades doing HVAC, piping & electrical work.

Education:

B. S. in Mechanical Engineering: Univ. of Ma.

A. S. in Mechanical Engineering: Univ. of Ma.

Certificate in plastic design from ASME

A. S. Electromechanical Engineering: Mt. Wachusett Community College

Certificate in plastics design from Borg Warner & Beal Engineering Inc.

Graduate of ITT Technical Institute in HVAC

Brief work history:

10/16 to 5/23; International Rectifier, Hi-Rel, Leominster, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (direct)

Support manufacturing; design custom tooling, mechanisms, and specialized fixtures for high volume production.

8/16 to 11/16: ITW Foils, Newburyport, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Retrofit large web handling machine, design rollers and supports, frames, weldments, guarding, mechanisms develop material and installation costs for justification; used Solidworks.

4/16 to 7/16: RT Engineering Corp., Franklin, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design web handling, unwind & rewind tape stations, multiple filament storage station, & 20 filament feeder mechanism with feeder service elevator. Frames, motors, gearing & drives, pneumatics, machined & sheetmetal parts; used Solidworks.

5/15 to 10/15: Curadel, Worcester, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design hardware for surgical imaging, balanced articulating arm, bearings, mechanisms & analysis, Solidworks

10/14 to 2/15: Twin Coast Metrology, Acton, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Project Engineer (contract)

Manage the design of large automated optical measurement system; manage outside designers, perform analysis, size & specify all structural weldments, drivetrain, and actuator components. Create schedule, source vendors, and order fabricated & purchased components under aggressive schedule & oversee machine build, Solidworks.

7/14 to 9/14: Live Automation Inc., Sterling, Ma.; Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Pick & Place design, equipment mounting, guarding for automatic assembly machine, used Solidworks.

2/14 to 6/14: Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., Billerica, Ma.; Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design power equipment for in-flight use. Machine design, FEA simulation, surfacing, sheetmetal, weldments, manifolds, plastics, piping, custom seals, used Solidworks.

4/12 to 12/13: Lilliputian Systems, Inc., Wilmington, Ma.; Senior Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Precision Tooling, Fixtures, Mechanisms, & Pneumatics for manufacturing; Plastics, used Solidworks & PDM.

11/11 to 4/12: Curtis Ind., Worcester, Ma.; Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Mechanisms, Analysis, & Weldments; Redesign snow plows to increase lift & load capacity, used Pro-E CREO

6/11 to 10/11: Harvest Automation, Inc., Billerica, Ma.; Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Gears, Bearings, Mechanisms, Castings, Weldments, Sheetmetal, Plastics for agricultural robot, used Solidworks.

1/11 to 5/11: Thermoenergy Corp., Worcester, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Perform analysis on process piping, sizing components, design pump skids & piping supports, used Solidworks.

4/10 to 12/10: KMC Medical Systems, Inc., Merrimac, N.H.; Mechanical Engineer (Contract)

Design mechanisms for blood processing machine, perform analysis & evaluations, & write reports, Solidworks.

10/09 to 3/10: Magnemotion, Inc., Devens, Ma.; Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Engineering support for Maglev vehicle, fastener torque analysis, design vertical rotary conveyor, Solidworks.

8/08 to 8/09: DRS Power Technologies, Fitchburg, Ma.; Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Designing motor control cabinets, 125HP motor frame, large weldments & turbine housing;

design magnet insertion machine & checking of facility installation drawings, used Solidworks.

9/07 to 8/08: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Wilmington, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design & structural analysis of web gauging systems, welded structures, drive & roller components, sheet metal, mechanisms, & machinings, used Solidworks & Cosmos

6/07to 9/07: Microwave Radio Communications, Billerica, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design electronic sheet metal enclosure for high power electronics, heat transfer calcs; develop & build prototypes for Trade Show, used Solidworks, PDM, & Floworks

3/06 to 6/07: DTC Communications, Inc., Nashua, N.H.; Sr. Mechanical Project Engineer (direct)

Design electronic systems, involving molded plastic parts, small drives, machined components, sheet metal, heat transfer analysis & testing from prototypes to full production using AutoCad Inventor.

10/05 to 3/06: Varian Vacuum Technologies, Lexington, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design of vacuum pump, bearings, molded plastics, materials, castings, welding, thermal & mechanical analysis for cooling, balancing & tolerance studies; design production tooling for assembly; used Solidworks & PDM.

4/05 to 10/05: Luminus Devices, Inc., Woburn, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design thermal test rack, package electronics, heat transfer, sheet metal, molded plastics; used Solidworks.

11/04 to 3/05: Centorr Vacuum Ind., Nashua, N.H.; Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design & analysis of structural weldments, water cooled chambers, sizing vents & components for hazardous atmospheres in high temperature vacuum furnaces; used Solidworks, Excel & AutoCad.

9/04 to 11/04: Boston Engineering, Waltham, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Engineering & design of chamber & lift system for crystal growing; analysis, vacuum, pneumatics, used Solidworks

9/03 to 9/04: Scully Signal Co., Wilmington, Ma.; Sr. Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Project management, designers and technicians, engineering approvals, cost analysis vs. manufacturing process, molded plastics, castings; specify materials, seals, fits & tolerance studies for new product design, field issues, failures, used Solidworks and Excel.

9/02 to 9/03: McClellan Automation Systems, Bedford, N.H.; Mechanical Design Engineer (direct)

Project management, designers, drafters, automation, timing diagrams, tooling, PnP and custom mechanisms, vendors, pneumatic actuators, & machine frames, used Solidworks, Cosmos & PDM.

1/02 to 7/02: CMC Torque Systems; Billerica, Ma., Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Project management, design of fractional HP motor line and wash down duty motor, vendor selection, scheduling, shaft & torque calculations & tolerance studies; used Solidworks.

7/01 to 11/01: LSR Technologies; Acton, Ma., Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design large steel air separation equipment, piping, sheet metal, welded structures, calcs, used ACAD

3/01 to 7/01: Babcock Borsig Power, Worcester, Ma., Sr. Mechanical Designer (contract)

Design & detail steel structures and piping for industrial boilers, used ACAD.

3/00 to 3/01: Astex, Inc., Wilmington, Ma., Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design wafer clamping system, linear pallet drive, vacuum chambers, pneumatics, drive components, used Solidworks & Excel for calculations.

9/99 to 3/00: Genetic Microsystems, Woburn, Ma. Design Engineer (contract)

Design precision xyz biological material handling system using linear motors, used Mechanical Desktop.

1/99 to 9/99: Daymarc Inc., Littleton, Ma. Position: Design Engineer (contract)

Mechanism design: high speed material handling, machined components, pneumatics, used ACAD

11/97 to 1/99: Engineered Pressure Systems, Wilmington, Ma. Position: Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Project management, design closure hoist system, mechanisms, vendors, & furnace components for high pressure vessels, stress analysis, weldments, pressure drop, line & pump sizing, pipe, & hydraulic components, used ACAD

5/97 to 11/97: S.S.G., Inc., Wilmington, Ma, Position: Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design kinematic mounts, hardware & fixturing for space telescope & optical components.

3/96 to 5/97: Ferrofluidics, Inc., Nashua, N.H. Position: Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Managed engineers & designers of semi-conductor crucible lift, maintenance hoist, drivetrain design, mechanisms, gears, weldments, water cooled vacuum furnace, drive calculations, scheduling, fluid flow and heat transfer calcs.

9/94 to 3/96: Reflection Technology, Waltham, Ma. Position: Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design hardware for miniature oscillating display including complex molded plastics & optics, properties analysis & production tooling & fixture design for display manufacture.

4/94 to 9/94: Entwistle Co., Hudson, Ma. Position: Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design hardware for tow vehicle including frame & body components; design hose wind-up machine, analysis, sizing drivetrain components, frame weldments

1/94 to 4/94: Precision Optics, Gardner, Ma. Position: Mechanical Designer (contract)

Design array of tooling & fixtures for packaging & testing optical components

9/93 to 1/94: Precision Robotics, Billerica, Ma. Position: Mechanical Designer (contract)

Design hardware for material handling system including packaging of equipment.

6/93 to 9/93: Signal Communications, Woburn, Ma. Position: Design Engineer (contract)

Project management & design of fire alarm pull station including, analysis, costing, vendors, mechanisms, molded plastics, springs, die castings, machine components.

2/92 to 4/93: D&M/Chu Technology, Littleton, Ma. Position: Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design antenna support structures, weldments, drive trains, machinings, & waveguide

3/91 to 1/92: Textron Defense Systems, Wilmington, Ma. Position: Mechanical Engineer (contract)

Design laser flow loop, analysis, vacuum chamber weldments, mechanisms, drive trains & ceramic components.

1/90 to 2/91: Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corp., Waltham, Ma. Position: Mechanical Engineer, (contract) Project management, coordinate fabrication of radar vehicle involving antenna mounting, packaging of electrical & RF equipment, cooling, sheetmetal, welding & vehicle modifications.

6/88 to 12/89: Electronic Space Systems Corp, Concord, Ma. Position: Mechanical Engineer (direct) Design structures for large antenna & radomes involving steel & aluminum weldments, drive trains, gearboxes, controls, etc., Design tooling & fixtures for antenna & radome panel fabrication. (Direct)

5/87 to 6/88: Raytheon, Bedford & Northborough, Position: Mechanical Designer (contract)

Design packaging for systems & microwave components, control panel for radar unit, sheet metal, welding.

5/84 to 5/87: Warren Communications, Littleton, Ma. Position: Mechanical Designer (direct) Project management of facility projects from customer specs, manage designers, design support systems for electrical power distribution equipment, facility layout, system packaging, cabinet design, weldments, sheetmetal, & checking.

9/82 to 5/84: Alpha Industries, Lawrence, Ma. Position: Mechanical Designer (direct)

Design packaging for microwave components, hybrid layout, managing designers & drafters, machined & etched components, tooling & fixtures for manufacturing, inspection & testing.

8/78 to 10/80: Atlantic Microwave, Bolton, Ma. Position: Mechanical Designer (direct) Design packaging for microwave components, waveguide assemblies, including machined & waveguide components, tooling & fixtures for manufacturing, inspection & testing.

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