Mechanical Engineer Project Manager

NICOLE KATRICA BOWDEN

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Torrance CA 90504

Mobile Phone: 562-***-****

Secondary Phone: 310-***-****

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SUMMARY

Proactive Senior Mechanical Engineer with hands on experience in product development and production support of component and top level assemblies in the Aerospace industry. Proven success in creating 3D models, releasing “first pass” quality CAD drawing packages, leading qualification testing of microelectronic devices, and troubleshooting/problem solving production issues to ensure on time delivery of flight hardware.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• 3D Modeling

• ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

• Technical Presenting & Reporting

• Qualification/Certification Testing

• Drawing layouts

• Project Management

• Manufacturing process flow

• Vendor Management/Support

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Microsoft Office Suite

• AutoCAD

• MATLAB

• FLUENT

• GAMBIT/ IronCAD

• TECPLOT

• Lotus Notes

• ProEngineer Wildfire

• Teamcenter Vis Base 8

• SAP Supplier Relationship Manager (SRM)

• SherpaPDM

• VM 4.0 Operator

WORK/PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Raytheon Company El Segundo, CA

Sr. Mechanical Engineer I Security Clearance: SECRET 2009 - present

VP of Raytheon Women’s Network-ES Chapter

• Mechanical IPT Support for F-15 Production. Spearhead manufacturing bottlenecks; work with configuration management, drawing check group, quality, material management, chief engineers, and other engineering disciplines to update documentation ensuring on time delivery to customer.

• Established infrastructures for offsite demonstrations of LSC-79 radar capability, successfully enabling conversion of fighter aircraft radar technology to new ship based defensive radar market.

Jr. Project Manager/Manufacturing Line Coordinator 2008 – 2009

• Resolved bottlenecks for groups such as Materials Management and Quality Assurance during documentation approval and product shipping-enabled on time delivery of $140M in flight hardware.

• Worked closely with shipping and receiving, planning coordinators, vendors, engineering, and quality to ensure that crucial hardware would be available for on time spares delivery to customer.

• Facilitated daily status meetings, set productions goal and priorities, communicated and addressed production issues, tracked progress, and Earned Value for B-2 production.

• Led team of 12 assembly workers in daily activities, hands–on production support, resolved issues with inventory, shipping/receiving, planning, engineering and quality.

B/E Aerospace Winston-Salem, NC

Certification & Structures Engineer 2007- 2008

• Led certification efforts including scheduling -Dynamic/16g crash, static, reliability/cycle, and flammability certification testing for aircraft interior hardware - ensuring the FAA rules and regulations were met.

• Recorded/documented data and prepared FAA certification documentation for submittal to regulatory agencies

Raytheon Company El Segundo, CA

Mechanical Engineer II 2004 - 2007

• Led mechanical qualification testing of next generation T/R Module, including scheduling, budget, vendor selection/support, creating test plans, documenting data and preparing presentations and documentation of results. Completed the qualification of product under 100K budget and on schedule.

• Supported IPT during engineering development by creating conceptual drawings of microelectronic packages during design phase.

• Created and implemented electronic signature process for drawing peer reviews. Reduced drawing release cycle time by 25%.

• Mechanical IPT Support for HTM-4 engineering development phase of product life cycle. Assisted Sr. Engineers in resolving manufacturing bottlenecks; work with manufacturing leads, configuration management, drawing check group, quality, and other engineering disciplines to update documentation ensuring on time delivery to customer.

EDUCATION:

Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, July 2004

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, May 2002

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Raytheon Six-Sigma, (Process Improvement)

Dale Carnegie - Effective Communication and Human Relations

CERTIFICATIONS

Foreign Object Elimination Level 3

Spacecraft Connector Mate and Demate

Electrical Safety

Radio Frequency Radiation Safety Awareness

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