Ben McNutt

Lewisburg, TN

Cell 931-***-****

Email: adx24e@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Employment as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in the Manufacturing Assembly and Testing Industry with active roles in Process Design and Integration and Equipment Validation

Relevant Skills and Technical Knowledge/Experience

General

Written specifications for major new production lines, with frequent international travel

Have effectively performed mechanical design & PLC programming [start-to-finish]

Served as lead engineer on large-scale EV production line (from concept to installation)

EV Power Electronics Manufacturing (Lead Engineer for the below functions)

High voltage Inverter Insulation ACW Tester, Simulator (simulated motor/resolver test)

Warranty diagnostics for inverter (diagnose electrical failure for customer returns)

Helium leak test & Volumetric balance leak test for seal integrity (ULVAC, Fukuda)

Controls and Automation

Perform PLC/HMI programming (software listed) on all levels (new creation, debug)

Have successfully utilized machine vision for detection, measuring, & error-proofing

Successfully obtained CSI (Certified Systems Integrator) status for Universal Robots

Tooling and Hardware

Perform Tooling and Mechanical design on all levels: 3D design, 2D blueprint, assembly

Can effectively use and interpret GD and T (Geometric Dimension and Tolerance)

Mechanical

Perform Torque + Angle control, using Atlas Copco and ASG XPAQ

Familiar with (troubleshooting) Mitsubishi robot (RV-12), Yamaha cartesian (RCX)

Industrial Process

Have successfully used SPC for quality determination (ppk, xbar & r, etc.)

Successfully track and calculate line OEE, JPH, & line bottleneck on a regular basis

Performed SMT engineering support (AOI, Conformal Coating, Routing, Assembly)

Testing and Lab

High Voltage HiPot Testing/ dielectric strength (ACW Test) [both in-line and lab]

Leak testing, using Volumetric Balance type (Fukuda); Helium test, using sniffer system

Use Oscilloscope: Yokogawa DLM4058 + differential probes; Hipot: Kikusui T0S9201

Relevant Technical Hobbies

Off-Grid small outbuilding development of Solar Panel + Battery management + Inverter

Home security using PLC (initially MicroLogix; then moved to Siemens S7-1200)

Studying for N5 (beginner level) 日本語Japanese language proficiency

Project Milestones and Recognition

Won Quality Circle contest for North America with the 3D scan connector innovation

Selected to represent Calsonic for Nissan’s ‘Supplier Council’, a best-practices initiative

Listed as one of 3 individuals in developing a patented solenoid manufacturing process

Professional Experience (no layoffs or terminations, no gaps)

Freelance Design & Controls Engineer (July 2022 – Present [July 2023] )

Ben McNutt Design and Integration Engineering

Interface directly with customers to bring concepts to functional design completion

Performed Mechanical & Electrical integration (Solidworks Pro, Siemens, Allen Bradley)

Designed & programmed Automotive Light tester, using RGBIntensity criteria (Feasa)

Obtained Universal Robots CSI status [training sponsored by AGI, Huntsville, AL]

Manufacturing Engineer (February 2011 – October 2022)

Calsonic Kansei North America/ Marelli North America NOTE: Plant closed in 2022.

The roles listed below remained in order to support production until permanent closing.

Progressed from intermediate level Engineer to Senior Engineer for EV Production

Actively involved in inter-company innovation competitions, winning for the US in 2021

Wrote specifications for large-scale automation production line for new product type

Performed lab warranty analysis of inverter (O-scope, differential probe, e-motor drive)

Re-purposed decommissioned robot axis, using Omron NJ PLC and R88M servo

Supported torque systems (both PCB screw and machine screw for large assembly)

Programmer for AOI (Automated Optical Inspection) equipment

Mathematics Instructor (July 2010 – February 2011) [ one semester]

Richland High School

Selected for the ‘Teach Tennessee’ Initiative by Tennessee DOE in April 2010

Passed Praxis II exam for Mathematics Content on first attempt

Regularly brought real-world engineering concepts into classroom to show application

Used this time to develop further technical skills: Omron PLC/HMI/Servo Motion

Manufacturing Engineer (January 2009 – July 2010)

Johnson Electric APG North America

One of three inventors on specific solenoid manufacturing process

Worked on a cross functional team with colleagues in Murten, Switzerland

Launched major product type with 50% budget reduction and 75% shortened deadline

Performed all PLC programming (AB SLC 505) on solenoid manufacturing workcell

Interfaced with Product Engineering on new product development

Manufacturing Engineer (May 2003 – January 2009)

Nichirin TN, Inc.

Introduced the company’s first vision system technology as a quality improvement

Performed cost justification on capital equipment and process improvements

Planned and monitored projects with Maintenance weekly (volunteered)

Increased the productivity of a major product-line 50%, by equipment modification

Education

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

Graduated 2005 with B.S. in Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology

Software Used

Various, including lab software

DDT2000 (for reading DTC and troubleshooting product failures for Inverter

Microsoft Office package (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Project)

Keyence IX Navigator (IX series laser scan sensors)

In-Sight Explorer (for Cognex vision system)

XG Vision Editor (Keyence XR camera)

ToolsTalk (Atlas Copco Torque systems)

JRC Points 2 (Janome robot)

Keyence AutoID Navigate (Keyence barcode scan)

ID Map Manager (Omron V680 RFID)

UR PolyScope for robot programming

Tooling/Mechanical Design

Design software: SolidWorks, Keycreator, Cadkey, Alibre, and Inventor

CAM 2 Measurement (for Faro coordinate measuring machine)

3D printing slicing software Cura (for Ultimaker)

PLC/HMI

GX Developer/ GX Works2 (Mitsubishi PLC)

GT Designer (Mitsubishi HMI)

KV Studio (Keyence PLC)

VT Studio (Keyence HMI)

CX Programmer (Omron PLC)

CX Designer (Omron HMI)

RS Logix 500 series (Allen Bradley PLC)

RS Linx (Allen Bradley PLC)

Sysmac Studio (Omron NJ series PLC and HMI)

TIA Portal (Siemens S7-1200 series PLC and HMI)

FPWIN (Panasonic PLC)

GTWIN (Panasonic HMI)

Allen Bradley Studio 5000 (Allen Bradley PLC)

Allen Bradley FT View ME (Allen Bradley HMI)

Training Provided by Employers

TS16949 System Requirements

Faro multi-axis CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine)

PLC for Mitsubishi A and F series

Omron VT-WIN2, S730 AOI Camera programming

Power Electronics Lab: O-scope, differential probes, High Voltage E-motor simulation

Universal Robots one-week Certified Systems Integrator Training Course

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