Mechanical Engineer Sheet Metal

EDWIN N. KRETZSCHMAR

**** ****** **. **** *****, TX 76131

512-***-**** **************@*****.***

LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-kretzschmar-0337895/ PROFILE

Innovative, pro-active Senior Mechanical Engineer known for expediency of design and tooling design knowledge. Adept at interfacing with vendors and customers to quickly deliver effective solutions while significantly reducing design process timelines. Demonstrated expertise in molding, sheet metal, thermal analysis, and machining processes. Mentor to other engineers for plastics. TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Creo • Solid Works • Flowtherm/CFDesign ThermalSoftwares

• ProMechanica • COSMOS • UNIX System Administration

• Injection Mold

procurement

• Supplier

negotiation

• DFM inspection/ conformance

• Microsoft office suite

• Mold3dX mold

flow

• Sheet Metal • Injection Molded Plastics/Tooling

• Castings • Tooling • Electro-Mechanical Packaging PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Alpine Advanced Materials, Dallas, TX 2019-2024

Sr. Principal Manufacturing Engineer /SME Injection Molded Plastics Responsible for all molding of specialty high heat high strength proprietary thermal plastic resin. DFM inspection both internal engineering and external suppliers. All activities for RFQ on tooling and part manufacturing. Supplier development specialist. Mentoring engineering staff in the design of plastics, mold flow, and general design practices. Luminator, LLC, Plano, TX 2016-2019

Sr. Mechanical Engineer/Tooling and SME Injection Molded Plastics) Responsible for DFM of all plastics design both on the Mass transit, and Aerospace side. Lead design of Boeing 777 X exit and MCL lighted signs using Creo and Catia. Supplier relations and quality control of all injection molded plastic suppliers. Forensics engineering of older plastic assemblies and solutions to fix major issues with 787 exit signs. Teaching of a plastics curriculum to the rest of the team of engineers, and program managers. Zodiac Aerospace, LLC, Gainesville, TX 2013-2016

Sr. Mechanical Engineer/Tooling and SME Injection Molded Plastics) Responsible for design of commercial aircraft seating systems, including all plastic injection mold design Using creo and Catia. DFM creation on all injection molded parts Company wide. Over 550 molds processed in 2015 save more than $1M. Responsible for vendor interface for tool design and DFM resolution. Patent pending on one size fits all inner food tray plastic frame, and one-piece slide. Materials research to accommodate heat release and vertical burn testing. Responsible for plastics process control software, including quoting, internal and external DFM resolution, T1, and T2 processing. Incorporating SPI specifications into QA.

Great Stuff Inc., Austin, TX 2011-2013

Engineering Manager/ Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Responsible for new innovative automated cord reel, water hose reel, and air hose reel. Responsible for all new mold design, qualifications, and certification. Reduced cost on triple receptacle end by 40% and turned the design in four days., passed ETL certification on initial submission, without changes. Using both ProEngineer, and Solidworks software. Critical FEA done on all designs using Pro Mechanica. Use of in-house 3D printer (Objet) and FDM (Stratasys) for prototyping. Graph and design of cam design for hose reel dramatically improving wind. PRG Lighting, Dallas, TX 2010-2011

Sr. Project Engineer(Contract)

Responsible for new technology thermal cooling of PRG’s newest “smart” light. Improved cooling of the 700W bulb in light and reduced noise to 43db from fans (quietest in industry). Possible patent on new design. Also responsible for bringing in new low-cost rapid prototype vendor for casting and machined parts.

Teknovation, inc. Hattiesburg, MS 2008-2010

Sr. Project Engineer(Contract)

Responsible for lead design of consumer products. Single contact for interface with tooling engineer for all plastic, glass, and sheet metal parts. Responsible for all interactions with testing lab for performance and durability improvements, and agency approvals. Responsible for all budgeting, Cost, project schedule.

ID-One LLC, Austin, Texas 2008-2008

Lead Mechanical Engineer

Responsible for all mechanical engineering design, prototyping, ID conversion, and customer interface. Patent pending on new garage storage system. Full mechanical design of innovative pager systems, Keys athletic equipment, Future patent on automated dumbbell system. Full mechanical responsibilities for design and prototyping of new medical probe equipment. Augmentix, inc. Austin, Texas 2007-2008

Lead Mechanical Engineer/Tooling Engineer

Responsible for design of innovative desk dock adaptor for XTG notebook docking to a Dell desk dock.. Responsible for management of offshore design group in India. Two major products delivered in less than two month, vehicle docking system, and durable desk dock, both meeting the mil-std-810f crash test and vibration standards. Tooling engineering responsibility including tool qualification, in China for contract manufacturer. Trained in PTC’s Projectlink as system administrator.

Stewart & Stevenson, inc.- Sealy, Texas 2005-2007

Sr. Mechanical Engineer/model and design checker(Contract) Responsible for all model and design checking for production. Responsible for checking all ProE models for optimal design and model creation. Form, fit, and function design check for all new models and NOR/ECP changes prior to production release. Including training of engineers, designer, and draftsman on best practices for ProE model creation and design. Coldwatt, inc.- Austin, Texas 2004-2005

Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Sole mechanical engineers for start up power supply company for rack mount servers. Responsible for all mechanical aspects of power supply design, including fabricated parts, prototypes, airflow analysis, heat dispensation (Thermals), including heatsink design, shock and vibration testing, documentation, and vendor qualification, and control for high density electronic packages. RJV/ NASA Johnson Space Center – Houston,

Texas

2003-2004

Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Senior team member for design and documentation of new military 2.5 and 5 ton Stewart & Stevenson truck. All mil-std drawings. Senior team member for design and documentation of space station node, and space station node mock-up. Design and documentation of Neutral buoyancy laboratory mock- ups.

Andrew Corporation – Austin, Texas

2000-2003

Mechanical Engineer Department Head/Tooling Engineer Led design-to-production process of Navitrek innovative cell phone cigarette lighter adapter (CLA) with integrated compass... Handled quoting and tooling issues. Oversaw and designed ATE test systems for Nortel, Siemens, and Lucent power amplifiers. Directed FLOTHERM analysis, airflow test chambers, and ProMechanica structural analysis. Created highly accelerated life test rack for Nortel Siemens, and Lucent RF Amplifiers. Developed burn in racks for power amplifiers; including airflow, vendor coordination, and final assembly. Assessed vendor quality and carried out qualification responsibilities.

• Completed CLA project tooling at 60% of budget and in half the normal time.

• Designed amplifier chambers in 50% of planned time with all installations completed on first run.

• Developed Nokia R, Extensis R front cover 25% under budget and within 5 weeks by fitting to existing design and developing customer connector (patent pending).

• Certified through Andrew as a professional engineer. Tested and Passed Texas Professional engineering licensing test. IQ test administered with a score of 136. Mechanical aptitude testing with excellent scores. Telxon Inc. – Houston, Texas 1999-2000

Senior Project Engineer/Contractor

Designed new custom connector for power/communications interface. Traveled to design firm, mold shops, and tooling vendors. Directed design firm on mechanical design. Procured plastic tooling, working with tooling vendors and molding shop.

• Tooling process brought in 30% under budget.

• Spearheaded 3-week pilot build and transition into manufacturing by managing product quality testing of drops, environmental tests, and vibration tests.

Dell Computer Corporation - Austin, Texas 1998-1999 Mechanical Engineer/Contractor

Redesigned server sheet metal chassis parts, and injection molded bezel of new server Dell 6350. Optimized plastics design of fan module. Procured and tested EMI materials. Developed thermal enhancements within unit, including hot plug fan module using FLOTHERM. Expedited delivery of electronic files and hard copies of parts and assemblies to vendors. Zenith Electronics Corporation – McAllen, Texas 1995-1998 Senior Project Engineer /Tooling Engineer/Engineering manager Designed injection molded TV cabinets, keys, IR lens, and associated parts for Zenith 20”, 21”, and 27” models. Tooling engineer in technical meetings in Korea with tooling manufacturer for all tools. Inspected first and second shots of hard tooling in Korea. Moved and initialized tool in mold shop in Mexico.

• Simultaneously designed 20” and 21” TV molded cabinets in eight weeks, under budget, and had first design produced unchanged. Self-Employed Consultant – Austin, Texas 1992-1995 Mechanical Engineering and System Administrator Consulting Completed wide range of assignments in Senior Mechanical Engineer, Project Engineer, and System Administration positions. Projects and roles included:

• APV Ice Cream, Inc. – Automated machine producing 3.5oz., and 4.0 oz Mickey mouse ice cream on a stick. Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems Div. - Project engineer on Boeing 707 conversion to E6 flying command pos. Motorola – Performed chip carrier design. Regina Corp.

– Project engineer on patent pending “steerable” vacuum. Compaq – Project engineer for industrial Presario. Texas Instruments- Project engineer for TM4000 notebook computer docking station. Harmon-Motive Inc. – Designed Speaker enclosures for JBL and infinity stereos for Ford Explorer, Lexus sc400, and Jeep Grand Cherokee. “Awarded Patent on angled speaker connector. Westinghouse Magnets Div.

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