Development Engineer Senior

Daniel Schmitt

Senior Development Engineer

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Passionate development engineer with 9+ years of medical guide wire design & manufacturing experience, 10+ years of catheter design & manufacturing experience. Experience in many other electro-mechanical assembly and devices: MagneticFlow Meters, Industrial Control Valves, and MultipleTemperature Sensing Devices.

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SENIOR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER, NEXTERN INC MAPLE GROVE, MN

October 2022 – October 2024. Responsible for the design, product requirement, testing, and quality for lithotripsy medical catheters. Communicate with functional groups that consist of Manufacturing, clinical, marketing, regulatory, quality and operations to establish product specifications.

Proficiencies Include:

• Catheter design,catheter product requirements from concept to commercialization.

• Designed and fabricated equipment, tools and fixtures, to maximize assembly and maintain quality and efficiency.

• Create test methods, verify methods, and perform product and system performance testing.

• Create and maintain technical documentation for design, testing, analysis, and release of product and equipment.

Skills

DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER II, HERAEUS MEDICAL COMPONENTS INC Fridley, MN

June 2009 – October 2022. Responsible for supporting all facets of R&D engineering

initiatives for medical guide wires & catheters. Communicate with functional groups that consist of Manufacturing, clinical, marketing, regulatory, quality and operations to establish product specifications.

Proficiencies Include:

• Catheter and guidewire product design and implementation into production.

• Designed and fabricated equipment, tools and fixtures, to maximize production quality and efficiency.

• Perform product performance testing, analysis, and reporting.

• Create and maintain technical documentation for design, testing, analysis, and release of product and equipment.

Product Design Soildworks Report Writing Data Analsis -MiniTab

Braiding

Nitinol Processing

Reflow

Tipping and Forming

Bonding

Injection molding

Resistance Welding

Word,Excel Other software

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER, RAYMEDICA LLC – CENTINEL SPINE Bloomington, MN

October 2007 – August 2008. Responsible for supporting all facets of manufacturing engineering initiatives within a production support program. Communicate with functional groups that consist of R&D, clinical, marketing, regulatory, quality and operations to establish specifications, ensure manufacturability and verify compliance with pertinent regulations. Proficiencies Include:

• Support production of lumbar implantable devices.

• Designed and fabricated tools and fixtures, to maximize production efficiency.

• Develop and maintain manufacturing and quality documentation for present and new designs.

• Perform troubleshooting, calibration or modification of test hardware, fixtures, and lab equipment.

• Supporting the design and implementation of a new implantable cervical device.

• Perform routine facilities and clean room maintenance.

• Perform inspection to incoming materials & Q.C. in process inspections for implantable devices

ASSOCIATE ENGINEER, ST. JUDE MEDICAL Minnetonka, MN

May 2005 – October 2007. Responsible for directing all facets of manufacturing engineering initiatives within a production support program. Communicate with functional groups that consist of R&D, clinical, marketing, regulatory, quality and operations to establish specifications, ensure manufacturability. The team objective is to track yields, production performance, and perform analysis to determine root cause. Develop project timelines & project costs, for engineering initiatives. Business is conducted in accordance with GMP, ISO, and FDA guidelines.

Education

Hennepin Technical College graduate with an A.A.S degree in Fluid Power Technology.

Courses

Solidworks - 1-week course - Symmetry Solutions

Technical writing 2- days UofM

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