Sr Mechanical Design/Drafter Engineer

PATRICK V. WILLIAMS

**** ******** ** **** *, Oxnard, CA 93035

408-***-**** – ******************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Senior Mechanical Designer and Engineering with extensive experience in NX 10,12,2306, 2406, Creo, Wildfire, Solid Edge, Solid Works and AutoCAD. CATIA. Holder of multiple patents, with exposure to multiple design environments for both commercial, AeroSpace and defense products; Safety conscious with excellent communication and technical writing skills. Great Knowledge of GD&T, ASME Y14.5 & BOM. Also Holder of a SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE.

Selected Accomplishments

●Chairman and created two CAD User Groups within each Company. Helped with standards and best modeling practices.

●6 years in Aero Space, Rocket Engine Parts and Test Equipment, Solar Panel Designs, Flight, Vibration and Test (GCE) Parts. Off Loader Systems and cold chambers. Brain Storm new Solar Deployment Systems.

●Create and design Tooling fixtures, Validate and trouble shoot all tooling designs.

●Over 10 years in the Semi-Conduct industry, Vacuum Chambers and Etching Equipment

●Created new procedures for UG and PDM (Product Data Management) ECO and ECR. PLM.SAP, Windchill and Team Center to help new employees to decrease learning time.

●Designed and packaged the first plastic battery and the world’s smallest hearing device.

●Extensive Vacuum Chamber designs and Test Equipment’s.

●Plastic Mold injection designs (molds and Parts).

●Designed new lifting equipment to aid manufacturing staff, after series of back sprains

●Help designed the first Helmet GPS device for high altitude Paratroopers.

●Help designed and developed the first laser Camera HUD (Heads Up Device).

●Reduce machining costs by utilizing the first CNC machines and 3D printing, saving up to 18% on time and waste.

●Designed micro fixture tools for ultra-small magnetic head readers. Increased production 20%

●Created and designed clean room drilling equipment without contamination. Saved thousands of dollars and helped keep product schedule on target.

●Developed feedback forms for machine shops to help us cut costs and time, it also formed a stronger relationship between machine shop and engineers.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Woodward HRT 4/15/24 – 8/30/24

Sr. Mechanical Designer/Engineer

Design Componence’s and Tooling for modern fighter planes and Space Crafts.

Update Old drawings to new format and standards.

Create Documents in Windchill and release drawings.

Using Creo and NX Cad software to create Parts, Models and Assy’s.

Make Presentations of new design ideas.

Attend meetings on failed parts and find ways to improve shortages.

Attend meetings on Woodward Newest Components.

Apply GD&T to improve manufacturability.

Design Parts for 3D printing.

AeroJet Rocketdyne/L3 Harris (contract) 9/18/22 – 4/13/24

Sr. Mechanical Designer/Engineer

Design Rocket Engine parts and Test Equipment.

Draft and create Models in Creo.

Create all documents in Windchill and release drawings

Make presentations of new designs and sell the idea to team.

Create 3D models for 3D printing

Create complex Assemblies with Parts Lists & Materials.

Design complex Valves and Orifice Parts using instances.

Help develop new ideas and concepts for Space Craft designs.

Troubleshoot problem Parts and upgrade to Mil -Specs.

Kindeva Drug Delivery (3M)(contract) 8/20/20 – 9/18/22

Sr. Designer/Draft CA

●Design Parts from Engineers needs.

●Reverse Engineer old and broken Parts.

●Create Drawings, Assemblies, Electrical and Facility drawings.

●Use AutoCad, SolidWorks, NX and Creo to create Drawings.

●Work with Machine Shop to QA parts.

●Heavy use with WindChill for drawing Management.

●Help organizing new Title Blocks for all Software.

●Help create a QA system.

●Inspect and write replacement procedures.

Photo-Sonics Inc (contract) 12/2/2019 - 5/21/2020

Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer

●Designed High Speed Camera tracking Equipment

●Create Parts, Drawings and Release for production

●Create Manufacturing Procedures for shop floor

●Design High speed Bearing fittings using tight GD&T tolerance techniques

●SolidWorks and PDM use for Drawing Numbers and Entering purchased Items

●Good Communication with Vendors and Machine shops

●Modify and integrating Off The Shelf purchase parts with company equipment

Northrop Grumman/Orbital ATK (contract) 1/1/17 - 10/21/19

Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer

●Designed Solar Panels, Flight, Test, Offloaders and cold Chambers.

●Create complex Parts, Assemblies and Drawings

●Lead Design Reviews and meetings

●Vendor relations

●Worked with Creo and Windchill, Use PowerPoint and other software

●Test 3D printed parts for fit and function.

iHear Medical Inc.

Sr Mechanical Designer 10/15/15 - 12/20/16

●Design One of the smallest Hearing Device

●Create Drawings for every part per FDA approval

●Apply GD&T and teach QA staff

●Design Fixtures to aid Mfg Processes

●Negotiate with Vendors for best prices

●Help create document process

SunEdison 3/17/15 - 2/8/16 Designer

●Design Panels and Home Systems

●Calculate KWH usage and Offsets

●Communicate with customers

●Started Designer Users group

●Train other Designers

●Engineer new Mounting systems to increase Offsets

Altex Technologies (Contract) 6/14 – 12/14

Designer

●Create and design parts for Projects Create large assemblies

●Organize Project priority Communicate with Vendors

●Write Procedures and instructions Use PDM and sort number sys.

●Build assemblies and hands on tooling Drafting and large use of GD&T

●Modeling concepts and working with other Engineers Final draft checking and release

Genapsys (Contract) 2014 - 2014

Designer

●Create parts and assemblies of DNA unit Understanding DNA Sequencing

●Organize Documentation and numbering system Make design improvements

●Write procedures and instructions Ready MFG procedures

Lam Research 2010 – 2013

Designer/Drafter

●Training and composing NX training/user materials for engineering department. Supporting team of 30+ engineers. Held bi-monthly user group meeting addressing in house modeling standards and best practices.

●Expert in PLM/PDM/DDC/SAP/Team Center data entry Design Metal & Plastic Mold Parts

●Draft all drawings Work closely with Engineers

●Interface with Vendors and Machine shops Update Drafting Standards

●Repair Broken Computer Models Draft Specification Documents

●Used NX, SolidWorks and AutoCAD software Wrote Procedures for 100% error

●Vacuum Chamber and Sheet Metal Designs -free project

●Supporting the CAD team Customize/enhance NX

Rockwell Collins 2007 – 2009

Sr Mechanical Designer/UG Trainer

●Chairman of UG USERS GROUP, meeting once a month and presented to 35 users

●Represented user group in a global UG user forum to suggest changes to the software through a telephone conference with NX software developers every 6 months

●Supported the CAD team, created standardization and best practices.

●Design Fighter Pilot HD Helmets Design Laser and Optic parts

●Design GPS Mechanical parts and Enclosures Custom Cases for delicate devices

●Design Injection Molded, CNC and Machined Fixtures Design Large Test Equipments

●Write reports, scheduling/new procedures Extensive use of PDM

●New methods to Cut Costs and improve designs Create complex Assemblies and Drawings

●Use Complex PDM controlled Documentation Customize/enhance NX

●PCB outline Designs and Configurations

●Created SolidWorks drawings for non-NX software Customers

●Member of RC clubs, (motorcycle, minority group and toastmasters)

●Communicate/provide feedback regarding enhancement

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2001-2007

Sr Mechanical Designer

●Design heavy lifting devices. Design Laser and Optic parts.

●Design High and Low powered Magnets. Design cost effective and critical Transferred SolidWorks & AutoCAD drawings tolerance parts.

●Perform ECO’s and document all changes. Used SolidEdge software

●Worked closely with Engineers Multi-tasking to meet tight schedules

●Create assembly procedures and special show and tell assemblies. Plastic injection molding

Insound Hearing Device 1998-2001

Engineering Design Manager/Manager/Supervisor Design Department

●Heavy Use of SolidWorks and ProE software

●Design miniature hearing device less than 12mm. Packaged device to fit deeply inside ear canal. Devices. Designed and implemented a dummy device for custom fitting

●Designed the first plastic zinc-air battery in the world.

●Participated and led Form meetings and board demos.

●Designed Medical optical and retrieval Plastic mold designs and brought in-house CNC capabilities

●Created ECO documentation system and practices.

●Organized and headed the in house CNC machine shop.

LaserCard (contract) 1996-1998

Senior Design Engineer

●Designed Laser reader device Designed plastic layered cards.

●Made series of testing equipment and holding devices Created ECO system

●Implemented upgrades to older models. Organized design reviews/demos

●Worked closely with vendors and customers

KLA Tencor, San Jose, CA 1984-1996

Design Engineer

●Created Manufacturing Procedures, Designed Large cranes, lifting devices, sheet metal, fixtures, jigs, as well as plastic injection molding and tooling parts, Vacuum Chamber Designs.

●Created specialize clean environment shipping crates.

●Perform ECO’s and document all changes.

●Designed, created and updated mechanical parts with critical dimensions

●Created manuals and assembly procedures.

●Performed Yield analysis and QA tolerance study.

●Developed Excellence Clean room “oops rescue” system. Implemented various reports (i.e.) Safety, Status, Inventory.

EDUCATION

BS (Equiv.) - Tool Engineering & Drafting, Oxford Apprentice Guild Oxford, England

AA - Design Engineering Chabot College Hayward, CA

Mechanical Engineering Cogswell College Mountain View, CA

SKILLS

Creo, Wildfire, Solid Edge, Solid Works, AutoCAD, Unigraphics NX, PLM/PDM/DDC/ SAP/ Team DesiCenter, Windchill, Micro and Medical Device Design, Electro Mechanical/ Laser Optics/ Wafer Etching Equipment, Heavy Lifting Equipment Design, Manufacturing and Test Equipment, Project Management and Department Leader, Extensive use of GD&T Practices and expert in Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, Presentation and other Publishing software.

Many Years of Inventing items.

Bass Player

Many Years of Motorcycling.

Girls Soccer Coaching.

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