Product Development High End
Resume:
Eric Hartop
**** ****** **. *** ***** CA *****
ady0jn@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE: Director, Fabrication & Product Development, welding professional with extensive experience in planning, lay-out welding and manual machining. Highly skilled and very detailed oriented. Collaborate with engineering and CAD personal designing and building new concepts.
SKILLS
· GTAW Tig welding alum 6061-T6, 6061 T-4, 5086, stainless steal 304, 316, 316L, 17-4 PH, titanium, Inconel, copper nickel, steal 4130, 4041, DH36 .
· Manual machining lathe, mill, etc.
· Procuring materials, equipment and all consumables.
· Design Fabrication Drawing Review
Engineering support for DFMA
Design welding parameters and weld procedures for ABS and DNV certifications.
· GMAW mig welding alum 6061-T6, 5086, stainless steal 316L, steal DH36, 4041, 4130.
EXPERIENCE
Director of Fabrication and Product Development
VOLLIG Autowerks,
San Diego, CA 2018 – present
Review job priorities and delegate responsibilities.
Make sure we have all the materials, equipment and tools for specific projects.
Designed weld/machine shop to build inside Porsche shop.
Researched equipment and purchased (mandrel bender, lathe, mill, drill presses, sanders, grinders, sheet metal equipment break, foot sheer, rollers, all welding machines, GTAW/GMAW et cetera.)
Built an ergonomic, safe fabrication shop meeting all OSHA standards.
Networking with distributors, race car builders, and a multitude of shops to outsource.
Design and build specialty tools for various jobs.
Worked with professional race car drivers and designed the most spacious safest 8 point weld in roll cage.
Produced procedure sheets and hand drawings for documentation.
Designed and modified equipment to accurately reproduce parts.
Designed bolt in roll bars for various Porsche’s.
Built fixtures/ weld positioners to accurately fit tack and weld out all roll bars. (tig weld 4130)
Reproduced specialty high end parts and custom parts via manual lathe and mill.
Designed over 15 different aftermarket parts for the race cars producing drawings and documentation.
Constant cost analysis to make the decisions on when it was more cost effective to build or outsource parts.
Big emphasis on designing and building custom tools.
Prototype high end exhaust systems using patent pending concepts to achieve all stainless lighter weight higher horse powered and specific decibel systems.
Tooled up for argon purging all welding.
Worked with customers to design and build products to their specific needs.
Helped design and build a line of Boxster Spec Race cars lighter/faster and as safe as can be
Lead Welder
InterOcean Sys
San Diego, CA, 1996 – 2018
2yr project as lead welder building an all-aluminum 65’x25’ scientific research swath boat.
Work closely with mechanical engineers on design and concepts preparing bids.
Work with engineers all through final design.
Review drawings and redline prior to starting projects.
Work with CAD personnel to make sure drawings are complete.
Designed welding procedures and parameters.
Precision weld surface and sub-surface buoys, telemetry buoys.
Side scan sonar, underwater winches.
Acoustic underwater releases.
CERTIFICATION All certifications are non-transferable Certs held AWS GTAW 6061-T6 AWS GTAW 5086 AWS GTAW 316L AWS GTAW DH36 to 304 AWS GMAW 4041 AWS GMAW 4130 AWS GMAW DH36
REFERENCES
Adam Gill - Owner of Vollig Autowerks
9393 Trade pl.
San Diego, Ca. 92123
Ed Hanson - retired business owner
3255 Pleasant view ln.
Jamul, Ca. 91935
Dan Maxwell - supervisor InterOcean sys.
9201 Isaac St.
Santee, Ca. 92071
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