DIMITAR DOUNTCHEV
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SUMMARY
Experienced design engineer capable of leading and working in a robust team environment while leveraging experience in machine, automation, consumer product, and industrial development to advance business growth SKILLS & LANGUAGES
Software: PTC Creo Elements/Pro, SolidWorks Simulation 2019, SolidWorks Product Data Management, ERP Systems, GoToMeeting Web Conferencing, Microsoft Office, Windows 10 Expertise: Biomedical devices, Robotics, Semiconductors, Photolithography mask aligners, Vacuum chambers, Research development & analysis, Vendor sourcing, Product procurement, Quality assurance, Problem resolution, Collaboration, Project management, Leadership Languages: Russian (fluent), Bulgarian (fluent)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Team Lead, Senior Design Mechanical Engineer, Milara Milford, MA Dec 2015-Present
Design machine concepts for custom designs in machines such as stencil-printing, photolithography, biomedical equipment, and nano technology processing tools and machinery
Intake and review project applications from 35+ clients
Establish and govern engineering teams to control project strategy, design, timing, and execution
Administrate SolidWorks PDM Professional for team operations in multiple states and countries
Manage raw material inventory for 30,000+ manufacturing parts
Review product designs, process development and control optimization through FEA analysis criteria
Test and release product services based on customer requirements and feedback
Facilitate ECO control and product release
Senior Design Mechanical Engineer, SEMIgear, Inc. Wakefield, MA Mar 2011-Dec 2015
Researched, developed, and designed semiconductor wafer processing, specifications, flow control processes and packaging equipment (including mechanical and electromechanical assemblies)
Facilitated ECO control and product release
Revised release & control documentation of BOM, vendor source tables and product cost
Lead administration of PDM Work Group through shared-administrations and control documentation files
Consolidated information from product design to product release for electrical, mechanical, and program engineers
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Milara Medway, MA Dec 2009-Feb 2011
Designed and developed photo-lithography machines for semiconductor clients using contact, proximity, and mirror projection mask aligners
Created central mechanical and electromechanical units: servo motors, direct drive motors, gear-head motors, controllers, and pressure vacuum systems
Facilitated ECO control, product release and revised released documents
Lead administered PDM Work Group: backed up, restores, and changed vaults; established settings; added users; changed user passwords; created projects and set permission settings; created and defined life cycles; established revision schemes; added custom properties
Devised robots, robot grippers, expandable and modular integrated systems for pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies
Consulting Mechanical Engineer, M&S Express Watertown, MA Oct 2008-Nov 2009
Researched and developed innovative technologies for fuel conservation
Manufactured and produced new product design lines
Formed auto parts such as fuel saving technology designs Mechanical Engineer, Milara Medway, MA Jul 2007-Sep 2008
Designed machines, robots, and under-stencil semiconductor printers
Conceptualized and developed (1) single robotic arm with pre-aligned stages to load and unload wafers onto the automated print stage and (2) single robot units for military industries
Developed, designed, manufactured, tested, controlled, and analyzed new products of SMT and semiconductor industries
Created electromechanical rotation tables, linear motors, step motors, servo motors, and conveyer systems
Facilitated ECO control, released products, and documented details of parts and components
Managed detail of BOM and cost
Used vibrating squeegee technology, ultrasonic bottom side stencil cleaning, and digital progressive scanning technology
Consulting Mechanical Engineer Jan 2006-Jul 2007
Jan-May: Smith &Nephew London, England
Researched, developed and designed automated lines for uni-compartmental medical devices
Consulted and analyzed production process and cleaning with a clean room ultrasonic tank May-Jun: Mantov – OOD, SAFT Power Systems Sofia, Bulgaria
Managed project of Shotgun Transformer Project for the next generation of power converters Mechanical Engineer, Laseta Group Boston, MA Dec 2003-Jan 2006
Controlled automated manufacturing lines for vacuum packaging of electronic devices
Designed changeable work stations and work positions for different types of products Mechanical Engineer, BrassRing LTD. Boston, MA Jan 1999-Dec 2003
Regulated programming and testing by custom design
Formulated computer software using data entry and extraction Mechanical Engineer, MD Engineering Sofia, Bulgaria Apr 1995-Nov 1998
Supervised critical device manufacturing operation and coordinated MPS with sales demands
Developed and implemented process capability studies
Planned production, estimated costs, and analyzed efficiency
Provided supplies and client solution
Participated in new product design and development teams; assured QS compliance; provided input to quality related issues
Mechanical Engineer, Higher Institute of Mechanical Oct 1992-Apr 1995 and Electrical Engineering Sofia, Bulgaria
Theorized, conceptualized, and crafted new design layouts for new product solutions
Created mechanical and technical equipment for automated lines for the electronic and medical device industry using AutoCAD 12
Designed and developed electronic equipment for military industrial standards
Provided quality-engineering support in process validation of manufacturing and assembly of electronic equipment; tested prototypes for the electronic and communication industries EDUCATION
Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Sofia, Bulgaria Masters of Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering 1992 Specialty of Automatic Equipment of Machine Building, GPA 5.99/6.00 University of National and World Economics Sofia, Bulgaria Post-graduate Study in Small, Middle and Large Business Management