Randall Griffard

480-***-****

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Summary

Accomplished in 3D Mechanical design / drafting, E/M packaging, Manufacturing Eng. machined parts, sheetmetal, plastics, assembly tooling / fixtures, piping, structural design. Concept thru production release. ASME Y14.100, Mil-STD-100, ASME Y14.5-2009, ASME Y14.41-2003, ISO 9001, 5S, DFA, DFM, GD&T, tolerance studies. Solidworks Certification, PDM, Simulator, Photoworks, Autocad, Inventor, Creo, NX, SmartTeam, Teamcenter, ManMan, Oracle MRP, MS NAV, Propel, MS Office suite, PhotoShop and Acrobat. 3D Printing, CNC conversions. PCB/PCA packaging, wire harnesses, cable assembly’s, schematics/wiring diagrams, RFI/EMI. Technical Writing and publishing for sales, installation, repair, and training. BOM's, SOP's, ECR's, ECO’s, Proficient in use of calipers, micrometers, height gauges, optical comparators, soldering, plastic welding. Photo realistic rendering. Reverse engineering.

Experience

12/22 to Present (1099 remote)

Mechanical Design/Drafting, MRG Ent, Layton, UT

Power supplies, Sheetmetal enclosures, plastic and machined parts and assy’s. Solidworks, Autocad, MS Office Suite, Acrobat.

12/21 to 11/22 (contract, remote, hybrid)

Manufacturing Mechanical Designer, The Ranger Group, Weapons/De-Esclation, Scottsdale, AZ

Assembly Tooling/Mechanical design for T7 and T10 weapons/de-esclation products. Redesign of workstations and tooling for DFM / DFA to increase production output, accuracy and quality. Sheetmetal, pneumatics, electrical, machined parts, wiring/PCB’s, onsite printed parts for concepts and production. Solidworks 2020-22, Acrobat, Workday.

3/19 TO 12/21(1099 hybrid)

Mechanical Designer, Automotive – Tomcar Co., Phoenix, AZ

Military and commercial ATV’s. Vehicle finished design/drafting converting old 3D models / drawings and adding GD&T. Cataloging all drawings for service manuals. SolidWorks 2019, 2020, SolidWorks PDM, Acrobat, Asana, OpenBOM

12/14 to 3/19 (direct full time)

Mechanical Designer, Lasers/Medical – Cambridge Technology(Lincoln Laser), Phoenix, AZ

Concept to production of Polygonal Scanners, Galvanometers, Optical Modules, controller assy’s, control cables, wire harnessing, and fiber optic assy’s, tooling and fixturing for manufacturing. Extremely tight tolerances, constant exposure to the machine shop, CNC programming, production control, DFM, DFA, QC tooling, sales/marketing interface, diamond turning and coating. Responsibilities included RFC’s, ECO’s validation and incorporation as an SME. Weekly CCB (Change Control Board) meetings. Solidworks 2014 thru 2018, Autocad, Creo, Microsoft Office Suite, Acrobat, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, ISO9001, 5S.

9/13 to 11/14 (contract)

Tooling Designer, Aerospace – BE Aerospace, Tucson, AZ

Design of tooling and fixturing working in Methods Engineering for “Super First Class Suites” high-end airline passenger compartments. UG NX, Teamcenter, AS9100, 5S

4/11 to 9/13 (direct)

Mechanical Designer, Semiconductor – Wells CTI, Phoenix, AZ

Custom burn-in test socket designs for most types of LGA and BGA semiconductor packages. Thermal/mechanical socket designs, .25mm thru 1+mm QFN, QFP, CSP, LGA and BGA packages. Thermal test lid designs and doc (liquid or air cooling TCU). Solidworks 2012, PDMWorks, MS Office 2010, Acrobat, Epicore.

9/06 to 1/11 (contract to direct)

Mechanical Designer, Laser Systems – Applied Photonics, Scottsdale, AZ

Mechanical design and layout of large scale automated laser cutting systems for flat panel glass substrates. Panels range from cell phones to large flat panel LCD’s/TV’s. Tolerances and positioning down to the micron level. Solidworks 2007-2010, PDMWorks Admin., Toolbox, Featureworks,, AutoCad, MS Office, Acrobat.

11/05 to 9/06 (company folded)

Mechanical Designer, Semiconductor - Aspect Systems, Chandler, AZ

Design of capital equipment used in the semiconductor industry for etching, stripping, processing silicon wafers. Sheetmetal, machined parts, tight tolerances, high vacuum chambers, chillers, microwave systems, robotics. Wire harnessing. Solidworks Office Pro 2005, 2006, Pro-E Wildfire, MS Office.

1/04 to 11/05 (contract)

Mechanical Designer, Defense/Military - Intercoastal Electronics, Mesa, AZ

Design of systems used for military training. E/M packaging, sheetmetal, machining, cabling for outfitting rocket pod launchers, tanks and ground station equipment with GPS sensors and laser tag equipment. Solidworks 2004, 2005, Cosmos, Featureworks.

9/02 to 12/03 (contract)

Electrical/Mechanical Designer, Nuclear research - Archimedes Technology - San Diego, CA

E/M Design creating a mass plasma filter for nuclear waste disposal. Large precision structural weldments, RF Piping, Pneumatics, high vacuum feed thru designs for high current electrodes using liquid cooling, sheetmetal enclosures, cable tray layouts, cooling manifolds, flow meters, temperature sensors and equipment layouts for high current electrical feeds for large electromagnets and light ion collector electrodes, exotic and non- standard materials, surfacing RF pathways for plasma. Laboratory layout/asbuilts. Solidworks 2001, 2001plus, 2003, Photoworks, Routing, PDMWorks Autodesk Inventor.

5/00 to 9/02 (direct co sold)

Mechanical Designer, telecommunications - Excelsus Tech - Carlsbad, CA

DSL filtering/Broadband Telco equipment, E/M packaging. New product concepts thru production for CO/CPE POTS DSL splitters/filters, ruggedized plastic injection molded enclosures, SLA’s (stereo lithography) for rapid prototyping, RF welding and assembly tooling, sheetmetal enclosures, PCB outlines and checking, tolerance studies, cost reduction analysis, UL and NEBS certifications, foreign manufacturer qualification, ultrasonic welding fixtures/tooling. Technical Writing for home installation and welding procedures. 19” rack/card cage. Machined parts, wire harnesses. Solidworks 2000/2001, PhotoWorks, AutoCad, MoldFlow, E-Drawings, MSOffice.

1/00 to 5/00 (contract)

E/M Designer, Lasers/Optics - Racal Instruments - Irvine, CA

Fixtures and tooling used for burn-in and life testing high power semiconductor lasers. Diffusers and detector assemblies, fiber optic interface, power supply liquid and air-cooling, PCB outlines and cabling, thermoelectric temp stabilization for devices, drawer/slide mechanisms in a 19” rack system, tolerance studies, technical writing for test procedures. MIL/ANSI GD&T. Solidworks 99, 2000.

5/99 to 12/99 (contract)

E/M Designer, Medical - Pyxis - San Diego, CA

Automated dispensing systems housing narcotics, medical supplies etc. Plastic injection molding, large sheetmetal enclosures, conceptual designs, security systems, computer interface assy’s (LCD’s, motherboards, keyboards, etc.) SOP’s, ECO's, installation procedures. ANSI GD&T, IGES translations for CNC. MS Office 2000, SAP and Oracle Solidworks 98 Plus, 99, Photoworks.

12/98 to 5/99 (contract)

Support Engineer, Aerospace - B/E Aerospace-ACCTV Inc., Carlsbad, CA

Aircraft interior/exterior video systems used for safety and entertainment. E/M packaging for severe environment, mechanisms, assembly tooling, dip brazing, castings, hydro forming, optics and sheetmetal. CATIA/ProE to Solidworks/Autocad conversions. PhotoWorks, MS Office, Win NT. AutoCad 14, SolidWorks 97, 98.

5/96 to 12/98, (1099)

E/M Designer, Medical - Sorenson Laboratories Inc. Critical Care, and Evacuation Systems, Salt Lake City, UT

Proprietary tracheal device design, air filtration device for laser surgery, reverse engineering of saline delivery systems. Plastic injection molded parts and assy’s, machining, dye cutting, sheetmetal, RF welding fixtures, option kit configurations installation/repair manuals, artworks for company logos and shipping labels etc., ANSI/ASME GD&T, ECO’s, employee support/training for Autocad 13/14. MS Word 97, MS Excel 97, Adobe Illustrator.

9/94 to 4/96 (direct)

Designer, Civil, Electrical/Structural/Piping - Bath Engineering Inc., Salt Lake City, UT

Product load-out/chute design and conveyor/wear plate design for Trona (soda ash) mine, electrical substations, office electrical, site lighting, warehouse/office HVAC, plumbing, electrical layouts, fire alarm and suppression systems, skids/structural layouts, piping hanger and support designs, weldments. Process & instrumentation documentation, (P&ID’s) AutoCad, Microstation.

1/92 to 9/94 (contract)

Design Drafter, Piping/Civil - Hercules Aerospace, Magna, UT

Piping, P&ID’s, loop sheets, and as-builts for solid rocket motor production. Civil site plans, field measurements, surveying. CADAM to AutoCad conversions and archiving on optical media. Autocad

8/91 to 1/92 (contract)

Mechanical Design Drafter, Tooling- FB&D Technologies, West Valley City, UT

Pipeline structural integrity inspection tools (Pigs). Precision Mechanical design, delicate electronics packaging for extreme environment, tooling, weldments. ANSI GD&T. CADAM, AutoCad

12/89 to 8/91 (direct)

E/M Design Draftsman, Lasers/Optics - American Laser Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Laser head design, resonator designs, beam splitter opto-mechanical design, brazing fixture designs, tooling for laser tube refurbishment, power supply packaging, PCB design, concept and design of laser tube retrofit kits Boardwork, Autocad 9.

Education

Advancement Technical Center, Santa Clara, CA, 5/79 to 5/80

DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA, 1/81 to 6/81

Canáda College, Redwood city, CA, 8/81 to 8/82

SolidWorks advanced certification.

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