Lead Engineer Mechanical Engineering

Lawrence A. Margagliano, PE

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Effective leader and a skilled engineering professional with the capacity to excel in multiple roles. Background demonstrates a proven ability to lead teams and manage complex engineering projects successfully. Creative problem solver, who is adept at performing unique and critical engineering tasks. Consistently leverage state-of-the-art methods and tools to achieve efficient engineering solutions. Experienced in highly regulated industries.

EXPERIENCE

Brooks Automation, Inc, Chelmsford, MA 2020 - Present

Principal Engineer

Design, assembly, and test of wafer handling robots. Lead engineer responsible for translation of input requirements and engineering the entire platform.

Lead Engineer Twinfly and Quadrafly Etch Platforms, Dual SCARA Hi-Energy Implanter

Resolve technical issues, oversee development tests

Independent Engineering Service Provider 2018 – 2020

Client: PVD Products - Wilmington, MA

Completed multiple thin film deposition systems for my client. Worked directly with PVD and their customers to deliver turnkey designs for the entire platform. Performed all mechanical engineering and project management tasks including layout, detailing, engineering analyses, testing, field measurement, procurement, vendor liaison, manufacturing interface, field installation, program tracking, and scheduling.

Client: Exogenesis -Billerica, MA

Provided engineering support for the development of an ANAB deposition NPC BETA Tool High Speed Scanner. Conducted technology studies and wrote performance specification. Developed a dual-axis multi-wafer scanner stage. Performed machine design and engineering calculations.

ProTom International, Wakefield, MA 2015 – 2018

Director of Mechanical Engineering

Directed the mechanical design and installation of the Radiance 330 Proton Therapy System. Set technical path for executing gantry design, beam line design, equipment installation, facility construction, MEP, and development testing. Coordinated activities with other technical departments.

Created and introduced detailed plans, budgets, and schedules which had been left undefined since inception of the project. Utilized agile methodologies to promote rapid delivery of high-quality end products.

As the company mechanical structures expert, oversaw all engineering, safety, and installation of the 110 ton beam line gantry.

Developed, staffed, and organized the ME department.CAD administration.

Developed a unique process integrating ground penetrating radar data into Solidworks for the design of anchorage.

Independent and Owner’s Engineering Service Provider 2014 – 2015

Client: Cuming/AF Global Corp - Avon MA & Houston, TX

In the role of Engineering Director lead my client’s engineering department and accomplished several primary goals:

Delivered ABS compliant FPSO Turret Buoy flotation components to SBC Offshore as part of Shell Stones Project.

Completed the execution of several distributed buoyancy and pipeline riser projects.

Prepared quotes and proposals for marine riser and distributed buoyancy systems.

Supported production efforts. Provided technical support to facilities department.

Performed specialized engineering tasks. Certified final designs as the registered engineer.

Client: SES America - Warwick, RI

Performed an AASHTO-FDOT structural compliance review of client’s dynamic messaging sign product line.

Client: Pentair (Navy Value Stream) - Manchester, MA

Resolved NAVSEA non-compliance issues related to pressure relief and safety valve products.

Client: Inertech, LLC - Danbury, CT

Provided analysis and design/drafting services in support of server room edge device products for Lenovo Raleigh and Santa Clara projects.

DCI Engineering Services, W. Boylston, MA 2014

Program Manager

Managed interdisciplinary technical teams for multiple “concept-to-production” projects of capital equipment. Developed project plans. Set the technical approach and maintained technical cognizance throughout the project. Prepared client proposals. Established goals, timeframe, pricing, deliverables, procedures, staffing requirements, and allocation of resources for accomplishing project. Defined strategy, identified risk, and formulated contingency plans.

Symbotic, Wilmington, MA 2011 – 2014

Principal Engineer IV

Designed multi-level vertical conveyors. Several patents awarded.

Designed patented roll formed BOT guide rails and rack structure.

Performed stress, structural per IBC, seismic, vibration/modal analyses.

Consolidated Fabricators, Inc, Auburn, MA 2008 – 2011

Design Engineering & Document Control Manager

Established and directed design engineering and document control departments for a fabricator of gas turbine auxiliary systems for power generation. Obtained objective ISO9001 design certification. Implemented standardized engineering practices and document control procedures.

Delivered first of 2 new product offerings: Black Hills Energy Power Plant SCR skids; Siemens Energy FOWI skids.

Performed roles as manager, engineer, checker, manufacturing planner, and project manager. Designed Section VIII BPVC, CSA, PED pressure vessels, skids, AGA meter tubes, heater boxes, damper doors, plenums.

AP Labs, Inc., San Diego, CA 2007 –2008

Manager, Mechanical Engineering, Lab. & Document Control

Managed a staff of 12 engaged in the development, design, fabrication, and test of ruggedized ground and avionic enclosures for military and commercial applications.

Set up an in-house environmental test lab. Recommended and purchased equipment for development, acceptance, and qualification testing. Authored work instructions for lab testing. Improved measurement accuracies and reduced data collection time through introduction of standardized process and custom test devices.

Developed a sealed Peltier cooled CPU enclosure for armored fighting vehicles; assembled with structural adhesive.

Resolved chassis welding production quality issues at the company’s Mexican sheet metal facility.

General Atomics, Aeronautical Systems Inc., San Diego, CA 2005 – 2007

Engineering Supervisor, Mechanics Group

Directed a staff of 15engineers and designers specializing in landing gear, electro-mechanical actuators, and mechanisms for the Predator, Reaper, P-46, Warrior, MQ-9, and other UAV platforms.

Evolved rigid “over-the-wall” design practice by adding analysis capability within the group. Realized benefits of reduced design cycles and improved quality.

Reduced weight and complexity of landing gear by adopting FAR 23.303and 23.305 design standards.

Successfully completed the Army “Warrior” prototype UAV in 11 months meeting a vital delivery demand.

Kendro Lab. Products, Newtown, CT 2002 – 2005

Principal Development Engineer

Responsible for developing Ti-V bowl centrifuges up to 30" dia. and 20,000g used in bio-processing, drug discovery, and chemical industries. Designed and selected a variety of machinery elements such as: bowls, seals, spindles, scrapers, drive components, motors, supports, stands, vibration isolators, containment vessels, cake vessels. Developed wash down vessel seals. FMEA, DFMA Followed: cGMP, GAMP, FDA, CIP, SIP, ASME BPV, PED 97/23/EC ASME BPE

Performed classical analysis, crack propagation analysis, rotor-dynamic analysis of centrifugal components, and safety related destructive testing. Planned and executed development/qualification testing of new designs.

Sized pumps heat exchangers, select valves, designed sanitary piping skids, and ancillary filtration and collection vessels.

Worked directly with customers to support sales to develop P&ID(s) and to identify and solve installation issues.

DRS Power Control Technologies, Danbury, CT 1999 – 2002

Engineer Sr. Mechanical

Promoted to lead mechanical portions of the design and analysis of pressure detectors, displays, LVDT(s), and enclosures used in naval nuclear propulsion (CVN and VA class ships) and commercial nuclear power plants.

Responsible Engineer for GE Lungmen (Dragon Gate) nuclear power plant project. Designed large enclosures for the plant reactor control system. Brought the system through design, fabrication, and test phases Performed thermal, stress, shock, vibration analyses on a variety of naval related products.

Resolved major welding non-compliance issues found by Electric Boat and NAVSEA

BAC Killam, Inc, New York, NY 1997 – 1999

Chief Engineer / Business Unit Manager – Movable Structures Division

Business unit manager for movable structures engineering in New York and Florida offices. Responsibilities included budget control, labor and revenue forecasting, customer invoicing, proposal preparations, and marketing.

Engineer-of-Record for multiple rail and highway movable bridge construction/rehabilitation projects throughout the Eastern U.S. seaboard. Completed design, engineering, and inspection projects of movable bridges, canal lock machinery, and related structures.

Consulting Engineer: Since 1997

Sr. Engineer: Curtis-Wright Flight Systems, Fairfield, NJ 1994 - 1997

Assoc. Engineer.: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California 1992 - 1994

REA: Hughes – Space & Communications Group 1988 - 1992

Engineer I - II: Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 1984 - 1988

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering (Structural Mechanics)

Loyola Marymount University – Seaver College of Engineering& Science, Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Cornell University– Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Ithaca, NY

Continuing Education Units (150+ hours of mechanical, electrical, civil/structural engineering)

PROFICIENCIES

Material and coatings selection Structural analysis (FEA/Classical) Organization building

Machine design Shock/Vibe/Seismic Analyses Functional mgmt of M-D teams

Gear design Fatigue & fracture analyses Program management

Hydraulics & Pneumatics Heat transfer (CFD/Classical) Multi-site staff mgmt

Structural Design Flow analysis (CFD/Classical) Business development

Process & power piping Code calculations Marketing & proposals

Mechanical joining & Weld design Engineering documentation

Sheet metal ANSI Y14.5 GD&T/MIL-STD-100

Forging, casting, molding Verification & Validation Testing

FMEA & reliability prediction Shop & field inspection, NDE

Equipment/component selection Fabrication & construction support

Software Experience: Creo, Solidworks, NX, STAAD.Pro, ANSYS Workbench FEA, Simulation Professional, FLUENT, Compress, Mathcad, MS Project, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Office, AGILE, EPDM

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING REGISTRATIONS & LICENSES

CA-M26146; CT-23115; NJ-24GE03844400; FL-52834; MA-50616; NCEES Model Law Status 53241

PATENTS

Automated Storage and Retrieval Structure US 9,409,709 B2 Aug. 9, 2016

Wafer End Effector Leveling Mechanism Pending March 2025

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