Mechanical Engineer Design
Resume:
SALLY ABOLITZ
Pacifica, CA *4044
415-***-****(cell)
********@*****.***
Objective
Position as Technical Lead Engineer working in Mechanical Design and Analysis
Summary of Skills
Technical lead overseeing mechanical design/engineering of numerous high tech products under tight schedules and dynamic goals. Have lead groups consisting of mechanical, thermal,and ID personnel (both in house and contractors). A seasoned mechanical engineer, with strong CAD/CAE skills and over 15 years experience in the computer, telcom, and medical instrumentation industries using Solidworks,SolidworksPDM,Pro Engineer/Creo/Intralink, SDRC Masters Series design and analysis, NX/TeamCenter PLM, CADDS, Medusa, ANSYS, Stresslab, Mechanica, and Cosmos. Knowledge of sheet metal and plastics design, die castings, machining, interconnect, and thermal issues. Worked with manufacturers, technical vendors, electrical engineers and system administrators with regard to design issues as related to costing, DFM, safety and EMI requirements, tooling, usability, serviceability, thermal management, time to market, tolerance analysis, DFA, finite element analysis and testing. Utilized Agile software to manage the ECO and BOM structuring process. Have developed excellent communication and analytical skills.
Professional Experience
Cruise San Francisco, CA 2019-present
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Led Cruise off-site mechanical design/analysis including prototyping, failure analysis, production supplier management and vehicle integration design of autonomous driving systems and modules, such as Telematics/Inertial/acoustic modules.
EaglePicher Technologies Millbrae, CA 2018-2019
Staff Mechanical Engineer
Design, analysis and hands-on prototyping, of cutting edge lithium ion battery systems and power electronics used for lasers, aerospace, ground vehicles and other highly demanding environments.
Responsible for mechanical system optimization for size and weight, and shock/vibe/thermal requirements as well as supporting documentation (BOMs, build instructions, test reports, SRR/PDR/CDR). CAD modeling and analysis done in Solidworks. Also very active in mentoring interns and junior Mechanical Engineers.
Oracle Inc. (Sun Microsystems) Santa Clara, CA 2004-2018
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical Lead of High-end rack mounted computers.
This includes sheet metal, castings, plastics, pcb layout, cabling and interconnects.
Products include Sun Fire X4800, Sun Blade 6000, Oracle Servers
X5-4/X5-8/X7-8 as well as CPU modules and individual blades
Responsible for mechanical design/analysis and tolerancing of mechanical components.
Some projects included scheduling/work allocation of product design group members.
Interface with external and internal interdisciplinary groups in order to ensure all design requirements are met and communicated.
Design utilizes ProE Creo, Mechanica, ProIntralink, AgileEC and Agile PLM software.
EM Designs Half Moon Bay, CA 2004
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Worked as lead on multiple and simultaneous projects that required extremely aggressive schedule management.
Designs included both high tech and medical industries utilizing Solidworks and ProE Cad software.
Therasense Incorporated Alameda, CA 2002-2003
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Worked on the insertion mechanism for a continuous glucose monitoring system utilizing both ProE and Solidworks cad software.
Helped managed outside consulting house and supported the PMA process for an FDA submission.
Wrote DVT protocols as well as mechanical and product specifications.
Utilized Tolstak and Excel software to analyze tolerance issues and actual momentum outputs of the insertion mechanism.
Cosine Communications Redwood City, CA 2000-2001
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical design of highly flexible modular PCB components.
Worked on rackable chassis and sub-components, which included sheet metal, plastic and
electro-mechanicals, under tight deadline.
Managed the design group's ProE CAD database via Intralink PDM software.
Resident ProE expert.
Network Computer Devices Mountain View, CA 1998-2000
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Lead mechanical engineer responsible for the TS/400 thin client (network computer).
Went from concept to production on all mechanical and electro-mechanical components in
an aggressive 9 month schedule (sheet metal sub-enclosure, plastic enclosure, and
interconnecting components).
Resolution of EMI, safety, and thermal issues and coordination of the industrial design
Implemented electronic databasing of mechanical components created using ProE Cad software
Silicon Graphics Mountain View, CA 1993-1998
Product Design Engineer
Lead mechanical design engineer responsible for the Origin 2000 computer.
Lead designer on a project that reduced the cost of mechanical components and saved the company approximately $16M/year.
Created new mechanical environment specifications, which set standard for testing of future products division wide.
Researched and justified group's evolution to using Pro Engineer design tools.
Chassis design, thermal issues resolution, interfacing with the industrial design, EMI containment, main CPU board mechanicals (including patented EMI bulk-head solution).
Interfaced with internal and external manufacturing teams, and analysis of CPU board structure stiffness requirements.
Sun Microsystems Mountain View, CA 1988-1993
Product Designer/CAD Engineer
Designed workstation enclosures including sheet metal and plastic components with design goals
that included cooling, shock, vibration, EMI, compliance, and DFM constraints.
Managed usage of CV CADDS and UNIX in product design group.
Utilized ANSYS and STRESSLAB analysis packages to optimize designs.
AUTOCAD exposure.
Education
MASTER OF SCIENCE, Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Mechanical Engineering graduate student with emphasis on design and analysis
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Honors
Recipient of National Merit Foundation Commendation and New York Regents Scholarship. Vice-president of Pi Tau Sigma (mechanical engineering honor society). Bell Labs Fellowship to M.I.T.
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