Electrical Designer Manufacturing Engineer
Resume:
Thomas J. Sellers
Professional Resume
Tucson, AZ 85730
520-***-**** Cell
***********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
A Manufacturing Engineer I position that will utilize my technical and leadership skills to improve the quality of the product, quickly resolve manufacturing problems, meet production schedules, reduce total production time and product cost. Authorized to work in the US for any employer. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Over 35 years of work experience in a high technology, military missiles engineering environment, with twenty two of those years in Manufacturing Engineering. Provided production engineering support at several facilities for multiple military contracts. Certified Specialist in the Raytheon Six Sigma program and accumulated over six projects, knowledgeable of SPC, JIT, and lean. I taught a two day class in work instruction development, have MRB authority for nonconforming hardware, organized configuration control and wrote rework instructions. Used Windchill PDM and SAP/PRISM systems, Microsoft Office, and Lotus Notes. Created work instructions, produced engineering drawing changes, designed tools on AutoCad, and resolved production floor and material problems. Am solder certified to ANSI-J-std and very knowledgeable of IPC610D and ANSI-J-STD. Received Project of the quarter in 2016 reducing HPU Hours per unit from 3.89 to .55. Setup and implemented barcode systems for faster production. DOD Secret clearance active (23 years).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lourdes Industries Inc. - Tucson, AZ
Contract Senior Manufacturing Engineer August 2018 to October 2018
Developed quality final inspection checklists to improve company quality rating.
Provided manufacturing floor support for military cable harnesses. Raytheon Missile Systems Company – Farmington, NM and Tucson, AZ Prototype and Senior Manufacturing Engineer May 1997 to June 2018
Six years supporting Composites. Supported winding, painting, bonding, encapsulation, riveting and assembly.
Ten years of experience in Space Operations on EKV Avionics and SM3 CCAs and electro-mechanical clean room sensor electronics assemblies.
Responsible for transitioning cable harnesses and mechanical assemblies into production.
Started new product lines working with design engineering to design for prototype and production.
Support of Prototype circuit card assemblies and harnesses for test equipment and missile development (1 year).
Wrote, dispositioned and sign quality notices with MRB authority for non-conforming material.
Very proficient in PRISM shop floor system, CABs and work instructions. Packard-Hughes Interconnect – Fort Defiance, AZ
Senior Manufacturing Engineer/Quality Engineer December 1994 to May 1997
Transitioned Sparrow Missile production from another facility by way of first article achieving lower than bid performance.
Implemented new product production processes, work instructions, tool design, processes, material modifications and design changes for the Amraam Missile project.
Successfully engineered and smoothly transitioned into production, the first build of BLK I Ram Launcher for both mechanical and electrical assemblies, including a 2,000 wire harness. Hughes Missile Systems Division – Tucson, AZ
Manufacturing Engineer/Assembly Engineer (Consultant CDI) September 1993 to November 1994
Generate and maintained assembly work instructions/illustrations, which included assembly, rework, methods, processes, tooling and repair.
Produced engineering change requests to correct engineering designs, provide improvements, increased producibility, reduced product cost, and improved quality. Thomas J. Sellers
Professional Resume
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Provided production support for PHALANX, Standard, Stinger, Ram and Sparrow weapons systems. General Dynamics, Navajo Facility – Fort Defiance, AZ Senior Manufacturing Engineer December 1989 to September 1992
Supported Manufacturing for the pilot and production of M1A2 battle tank cable harnesses.
Responsible for first article assembly of cables, flex harnesses and mechanical assemblies for the Ram, Stinger missile programs and for Phalanx close in weapon system.
Provided continued floor support for the Standard, Ram, Stinger, missiles, and the Phalanx system. General Dynamics Division – Pomona, CA
Manufacturing Engineer/Senior September 1986 to December 1989
Provided production engineering floor support at four General Dynamics off-site manufacturing facilities, resolving manufacturing and engineering problems for Standard Missile, RAM, Stinger missiles and Phalanx close in weapon system.
. Created and revised assembly work instructions from engineering drawings for production assembly, which included cable harnesses, circuit cards and mechanical assemblies. Hughes Microwave Products Division – Torrance, CA
Designer (Consultant, CDI) July 1986 to September 1986
Operated IBM 5080 CADAM software for printed circuit board layout and artwork design.
Electro-mechanical packaging design for radar cross section communication panels.
RF and wave guide components and installation design. Northrop Electro-mechanical Division – Anaheim, CA Designer (Consultant, Contract Software Services) February 1985 to May 1986
Designed cable harnesses for installation on the Trident II Missile Test Readiness system.
Operated Adage 4250 CADAM software for design of MTRE racks and panels, including sheet metal, castings, circuit board layouts, cable harnesses, system wiring and machined parts. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company – Newport News, VA Senior Designer January 1984 - January 1985
Electrical Designer January 1982 - January 1984
Design Apprentice February 1981 - January 1982
Operated IBM 3251 and 5080 CAD scopes and CADAM software and ink on mylar and sepia to design Nuclear Submarine (SSN) communication racks, instrumentation panels, wiring, and assembly drawings.
Designed the arrangement of wire ways, piping and ventilation for Nuclear Aircraft carriers (CVN).
Team designed such systems as: weapons/fire control panels, radio room equipment, radar and sonar panels, buss and ballast control panels.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
A.A.S. Pima College CAD-Electro–mechanical Design May 2003 4.0 GPA AutoCad (4 years)
CADAM, Newport News Shipbuilding as a Designer (5 years) Mentor Graphics – Pima College (2 years)
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