Mechanical Engineer Senior
Resume:
MATTHEW A. TREIER
**********@*****.***
SUMMARY:
Experienced Mechanical Engineering professional with proven track record in the defense, aerospace and space industries. Expert in the execution of multiple complex design projects in Creo and SolidWorks. Completed the development of all phases of many design engineering projects. Continued learning of new systems and products. Applied creative solutions as part of the engineering process.
Looking for a remote position or onsite in the DC or Baltimore areas.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Physical Architect 2023-2025
General Dynamics Land Systems contracted by Colonial Staffing Group, Sterling Heights, MI
Used Creo 7.0.2.0 and Teamcenter Visualization Mockup 13.3 to design military armored vehicles.
Engineered radio and antenna placement for the Mission Command Platform kit for the Stryker vehicle.
Developed turret weapons layouts for the XM30 optionally manned fighting vehicle prototype design.
Used Creo Cabling to design preliminary wiring harnesses for the primary weapon and coaxial armament.
Evaluated potential engine manufacturers as alternatives for the XM30 by integrating into design concepts.
Reviewed subsystem level component design releases for the XM30 turret as part of the CM process.
Senior Mechanical Engineer 2022-2023
Aerojet Rocketdyne (now L3 Harris) contracted by Apollo, Huntsville, AL (remote)
Used Creo 5.0.3.0 and Windchill to engineer packaging solutions for rocket systems.
Prepared drawings of rocket motor component packaging assemblies.
Designed rocket motor and thruster components.
Principal Mechanical Engineer 2021-2022
Elbit Systems of America contracted by USPro, Merrimack, NH (remote)
Used SolidWorks 2021, Creo 7.0.4.0 and Windchill to design weapons systems and test equipment.
Designed remotely operated, retractable, TOW missile launcher weapons systems (IFVT MPL).
Designed turret integration stand for lab use.
Integrated IFVT MPL missile launcher assembly into top level IFVT turret platform.
Redesigned MPL for the OMFV prototype turret.
Authored MPL maintenance and assembly instructions.
Designed rear doors for the MPL to blend in with the IFVT and OMFV turret outlines.
Prepared simplified models of parts, weldments, and assemblies for FEA analysis.
Designed the hull door interface and slip ring cable routing between the turret and hull of the IFVT.
Converted SolidWorks files of OMFV turrets to Creo for the BAE/government customer.
Packaged turret components in top-level assembly.
Designed prototype steel and aluminum turret structure weldments of the entire turret structure for OMFV.
Senior Mechanical Engineer 2020
Lockheed Martin contracted by EASi/Aerotek, Liverpool, NY
Used Creo 4.0 to create conceptual operator layouts for Stryker MEVV based radar weapons system.
Designed ergonomic workstations to be used in a Stryker vehicle IAW MIL standards.
Routed phase matched cable assembly layouts for rack mounted electronics tray.
Designed tray and heat sink for rack mounted electronics components.
Created sheet metal ductworks to provide cooling for new electronics tray design.
Senior Mechanical Engineer 2018-2020
General Dynamics Land Systems contracted by Advantage Technical Resourcing, Sterling Heights, MI
Used Creo 3.0, Creo 5.0 and Teamcenter to redesign the M1 Abrams tank primary gun sighting system.
Used SolidWorks 2015 and 2017 to design fixturing systems for optical hardware production.
Added GD&T information to drawings and models.
Engineered cabling management solutions used inside the M1 Abrams primary sight body.
Developed conceptual remotely operated turret proposals for new shipboard applications for the Naval MK46 30mm weapon station gun program.
Implemented production improvements to the existing MK46 gun program.
Checked in-house drawings produced by the design activity.
Created new circuit card layouts and engineered wire and flex harness routing.
Senior Mechanical Engineer 2018
Harris Corporation (now L3 Harris) contracted by Oxford, Palm Bay, FL
-Used Creo 4.0, and Pro/Intralink to engineer spacecraft payload technologies.
-Designed boom system to be used for the deployment of satellite reflectors.
-Designed tooling system fixtures for the in-house lab testing of boom assemblies.
-Produced drawings of satellite boom system assemblies and components.
Senior Mechanical Engineer 2017-2018
Orbital/ATK (now Northrop Grumman) contracted by Advanced Technology, Beltsville, MD
-Used Creo 2.0, Creo 3.0, and Pro/Intralink to engineer spacecraft technology.
-Designed panelized systems for thermal management of satellite electronics.
-Designed manufacturing tooling systems for production of spacecraft components.
Senior Mechanical Engineer 2017
DRS Technologies contracted by STS, St. Louis, MO
-Used Creo 2.0, and Windchill to engineer military weapons systems for ground vehicle applications.
-Conceptualized deployable field fuel transport and delivery systems for use by the Army.
-Engineered weapons systems to be used on the MATV and HEMTT military vehicles.
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Aircraft Systems Engineering 2016-2017
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies contracted by STS, Franklin, WI
Used Creo 2.0, and Windchill to engineer upgrades to the cockpit and exterior of aerospace applications.
Worked on large antenna system installations for the exterior of commercial passenger aircraft.
Authored maintenance manuals for exterior aircraft antenna systems for Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
Designed avionics upgrades for the cockpit to include control panel modifications.
Prepared FAA & EASA flight certification documents to conform to aircraft safety regulations.
Participated in the Design for Lean Sigma and Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA) activities.
Prepared mesh structural models of aircraft fuselage modifications using Creo Simulate to be used by analysts working with Nastran FEA.
Produced drawings for the in-house manufacturing activity specifying aviation enhancements.
Senior Mechanical Engineer 2015-2016
Orbital-ATK (now Northrop Grumman) contracted by Talentpro, Dulles, VA
Used Creo 3.0 with Pro Piping, and Windchill to engineer satellite RF waveguide transmission devices.
Designed waveguide anchoring systems to withstand spacecraft launch conditions.
Created complex installation assemblies consisting of multiple waveguides.
Assisted MDB (Model Based Definition) effort to eliminate drawings by adding annotations to models.
Detailed deployable reflector and installations.
Designed panelized composite spacecraft structures.
Produced drawings for manufacturing purposes.
Senior Mechanical Engineer 2014-2015
Diebold contracted by Emerald Resource Group, North Canton, OH
Used Creo 2.0 M100 software to design ATM terminal mechanism (module) components.
Utilized the Windchill PDM system for file management and revision activities.
Designed sheet metal, machined, and injection molded plastic parts used in ATM modules.
Designed conceptual module currency dispensing cassettes to be easy to use and theft resistant.
Used Creo Simulate FEA to analyze steel part designs for strength.
Assisted with the construction and testing of functioning physical prototypes.
Integrated module latching systems into the ATM safe products.
Participated in the reliability function by physically performing destructive testing.
Performed tolerance stack-up analysis.
Prepared conceptual designs for DFM (Design for Manufacturing) reviews with the Chinese supplier.
Developed tooling used for laboratory testing.
Analyzed drawings produced by an offshore consulting firm (India).
Packaged circuit cards in ATM modules.
Performed in-lab testing by cycling prototype ATM machines.
Mechanical Machine Design Engineer 2013-2014
Michelin Americas Research Company contracted by Design Systems Inc., Greenville, SC
Utilized SolidWorks 2009 to design manufacturing machinery to build the TWEEL non-pneumatic polyurethane tire replacement product for non-highway use.
Improved TWEEL curing press throughput by redesigning spec built system.
Designed new TWEEL factory floor layouts to deliver maximum production efficiency.
Evaluated multi axis (7th) robotics for a TWEEL manufacturing application.
Designed new automated TWEEL building machinery including full drawing package.
Designed new TWEEL building machine spindle to mount new building drum.
Designed structural steel construction to support TWEEL curing press operation.
Modeled conceptual layout in SolidWorks for a new design radial truck tire building machine.
Mechanical Engineer 2012-2013
John Deere Turf Care contracted by ENTEGEE, Fuquay Varina, NC
Utilized Pro-Engineer Wildfire 4.0, PDMLink, Windchill and Deere proprietary software to design improvements to the commercial zero-turn mower product line.
Reduced warranty claims for a mower system by changing assembly and operation procedures.
Created supply chain cost savings in manufacturing and consumer safety improvement by re-engineering steering components from castings to forgings and changing to domestic sourcing.
Performed hands on modifications to prototype mower test machines.
Coordinated requests to be performed by the in-house testing lab and interpreted test results.
Prepared FEA scenarios to be conducted by the offshore analysis group using ANSYS. Components analyzed using FEA included items comprising the park brake system.
Mechanical Engineer 2012
General Dynamics contracted by Advantage Technical Resourcing, Woodbridge, VA
Utilized Pro-Engineer Wildfire 4.0 to engineer weapons turret design solutions for the Canadian LAV-UP and Kuwait National Guard KNG-25 vehicles.
Assisted with the complete design of complex armor steel weldments for the weapons turret.
Aided design of ejection chute system for main 25mm chain gun.
Developed installation drawings including the turret NBC, Navigation, and electric drive subsystems.
Assisted in dry-fire testing operations of the turret chain gun mechanism in a laboratory environment.
Mechanical Engineer 2011-2012
Skylla Engineering, Ltd., Stafford VA
Supported the USMC Quantico engineering activity by writing reports on communications systems.
Mechanical Engineer 2010-2011
General Dynamics contracted by Advanced Technology, Woodbridge, VA
Utilized Pro-Engineer Wildfire 4.0 to support the Armored Fighting Vehicle gun turret for Kuwait.
Developed unity vision system (periscopes) for the Mobile Gun Turreted System (MGTS).
Updated the turret traverse and elevation electric drive installations.
Engineered portions of the clean sheet design for the all-aluminum bolted turret basket assembly.
Designed portions of the armored rotor subsystem for the 25mm and coaxial guns.
Prepared aluminum structural weldment models from the turret basket assembly for FEA analysis.
Mechanical Engineer 2009-2010
Northrop Grumman/TASC contracted by PD Systems, Stafford, VA
Supported the (A-MANPADS) Increment 1 TOW missile project for the Marine Corps.
Mechanical Engineer 2007-2009
General Dynamics contracted by CPI, Woodbridge, VA
Utilized Pro-E Wildfire 3.0 to design camera systems on 5 unique prototype EFV vehicles.
Supported builds and water testing of the situational awareness systems.
Mechanical Engineer (direct full time position)
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA
Mechanical Engineer (direct full time position)
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
PATENTS:
US 8,970,703: Automatically Triggered Video Surveillance System
US 6,374,665: Apparatus For Adjusting The Cant Of An Annular Article
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