Mechanical Project Manager

Location:

Sanford, FL, 32773

Salary:

open to fair and reasonable compensation

Posted:

November 17, 2010

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Resume:

David E Jones

**** ***** ***** **

Sanford FL ***73-8183

Cell: 407-***-****

E-mail: ******@*****.***

Career Summary:

Electro Mechanical packaging and design of defense and commercial products. Utilizing various materials such as sheet metal machined parts castings injection molding. Complete checking of other Designers and drafters work as well as my own. On entire packages for form fit and function. Including mechanical assemblies detail part drawings electrical drawings including cable and harness drawings and PCB assemblies. To insure adherence to customer requirements DOD and ANSI standards as well as ease of manufacture and economy. Drafting of all documentation including schematics point to point wiring diagrams mechanical detail drawings and assembly drawings made to standards such as DOD-STD 00100D (AR) ANSI Y-1982 14 and ASME Y14.5M 1994. geometric dimensioning and tolerances GD & T .

PC and Cad Software Skills:

Solid Works AutoCAD Inventor SDRC IDEAS SDRC Sheet Metal Package Mechanical Desktop Visio Microstation SE HP ME10 HP ME30. Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word Microsoft Power Point Microsoft Outlook

Education:

Seminole Community College Lake Mary FL Sunnet AutoCAD for Production Engineers I & II

Island Drafting and Technical Institute Amityville NY 1000-Hour Electro Mechanical Drafting Course

Jericho Senior High School Jericho NY Regents Diploma 4 years Architectural drafting

5/10 to Present R4 Integrated Fort Walton Beach FL

Design Specialist III Secret Security Clearance Solid Works 2010 AutoCAD 2011

Assigned to HC-130-H A1U Coast Guard C130-H contract. Achievements include design of rack mounted LRU equipment for upgrade of avionics equipment. Design installation of new equipment in cockpit upper and lower rack locations as well as shelves and antenna placement. Equipment installed with vibration isolation to comply with requirements for a 68 Hertz. Accomplish layout and routing of cable and harness assemblies to fit within the existing structure of the aircraft this was accomplished with as little modification to the existing structure as possible. The system integrates with the overall systems on aircraft. These systems will update the aircraft to present day GPS systems as well as high speed data and voice communications. Utilize Solid Works Enterprise PDM system for data management of design work.

10/09 to 5/10 Honeywell Technology Solutions Lanham Maryland

Mechanical Engineer Secret Security Clearance AutoCAD 2010 & Visio 2007

Construct and develop new design to emulate a mirror image telecommunication installation for the NENS project (Near Earth Network Satellite) a NASA project which enables monitoring of Shuttle launches for the present and for future Constellation launches as well as satellite monitoring. The entire system consists of over 22 telecommunication racks. Integrated and designed for worldwide telecommunication monitoring of all spacecraft and satellites in the NASA space flight group. This project involved exacting emulation and reverse engineering to match the White Sands installation as well as upgrading the electronics to current day standards utilizing state of the art advanced electronics and packaging techniques. Also complete physical layout and installation of the equipment. Including raised floors with cabling trays interconnect junctions and wiring access points. Develop layout of communications lab environment involving the accommodation of US observers as well as a USSR observation team. To enable monitoring and command functions for space flight missions as well as satellite communications to emulate as transparently as possible the White Sands installation in New Mexico.

12/08 to 9/09 General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Orlando FL

Sr. Mechanical Designer Top Secret Security Clearance Solid Works 2009

Develop electro mechanical designs and packaging of top secret projects. For use on ordinance and tactical systems as well as successfully keeping cost down and ease of manufacturing at a priority. Achievements included I. E. D. defeat systems and RF monitoring equipment for Ordinance sled testing. This equipment was designed to fit into a rugged portable transit case with an included 19 electronic equipment rack. Which I sourced out according to the customers specifications. Also layout of PC card assemblies for form and fit into mechanical designs. To minimize assembly time improve reliability and function. All designs had to be extremely rugged to withstand violent event field testing and deployment to enable equipment to survive and transmit data back for analyzing result of ordinance effects and related equipment. Equipment also needed to conform to 2 man lift requirements as stated in military safety standards. Utilize Solid Works Enterprise PDM system for data management of design work.

11/07 to 12/08 ATT GSI Orlando FL

Mechanical Engineer Secret Security Clearance Solid Works 2008

Lead mechanical design engineer on the OneTess program. Responsibilities included development of cost efficient rugged mechanical designs for use on Army vehicles wheeled as well as tracked. ATT GSI was the prime contractor on this project. Part of my role was to review all designs from sub contractors such as SAIC SAAB SRI SRC BAE and others to check and approve their designs before integration into the overall system. Universal design was used wherever possible. To keep manufacturing cost down and installation time at a minimum.

ATT GSI contd.

Design achievements included mounting radio and power equipment on various vehicles. Including Humvee M88 Hercules M577 Command track M113 Carrier M992 FASV Hemtt Bradley Paladin and Abrams. All designs also had to conform to military safety requirements for 1 man lift. The overall design is setup for transmitting and receiving GPS coordinates signals and event results during combat simulation. For transmission of data on electronic bullets mortars and other arms fire back to the base station. To be used for training analysis. All designs needed to be extremely rugged and durable to withstand the constant shock and vibration created by these vehicles. It was necessary to travel to several military posts to perform Form and Fit exercises to insure proper installation and routing of cabling. All designs were required to be installed on vehicles in a 30 minute time frame or less utilizing only existing features on vehicles modifications were not permitted. Also created and implemented drawing configuration system to be utilized by ATT GSI for the program. This included standardized notes drawing formats procedures and a complete checking process. Utilize Solid Works Enterprise PDM system for data management of design work.

2/06 to 11/07 DME Corporation Orlando FL

Sr. Electro/Mechanical Designer Solid Works 2007 Inventor Mechanical Desktop AutoCAD 2005

Electro mechanical design of RF test equipment on the ATACTS program specifically to develop a redesigned and miniaturized version of the existing test set. Complete repackaging and updating of the existing design to all RF components and assemblies in the unit. Achieved total cost reduction of 20% or better reduced weight by 25% accomplished streamlined assembly process and test procedures. FA-22 Raptor reverse engineering of the aircraft for use in FA-22 CFFT Cockpit Forward Fuselage Trainer . Develop new designs of simulation equipment for use in the cockpit canopy forward landing gear fuselage & instrumentation panel surround. Provide product support between company and multiple outside vendors for configuration and manufacturing. Insuring that vendors meet delivery schedules. And deliver products that are manufactured per company specifications. Responsible for trouble shooting and problem solving for all aspects of the design process on the trainer to insure assembly and test stayed on schedule and under cost.

7/05 to 2/06 Cubic SSD Formerly ECC International Orlando FL

5/93 to 7/95 Sr. Electro/Mechanical Designer Solid Works SP5 AutoCAD2000

Develop new designs of handheld simulated weapons using real weapons as prototype. All original internal parts were removed making room for electronics to create the simulated weapon. Create Packaging of all internal power and control assemblies to fit within the original confines of the weapon to simulate actual weapon characteristics. Achievements included creation of structural mechanical designs for ground based simulators their welded motion bases and IOS enclosures. Develop new designs of castings investment castings and machined housings for use in the M1A1 tank simulator and Humvee simulators. Create layout of welded structures such as base frames and IOS structures. Design and layout of flex circuitry for use in hand held weapons to save on space and weight. Develop wiring harness and cable assembly design of power and control systems for internal and external equipment. Create new designs of specialized electronic racks for power and control of equipment related to simulators. All electrical design was performed during the mechanical design process. Wire routing through walls floors and ceilings for the most efficient designs possible. Utilize Solid Works Enterprise PDM system for data management.

7/04 to 7/05 Industrial Smoke and Mirrors Orlando FL

Sr. Electro/Mechanical Designer Inventor 9 & AutoCAD 2005

Create mechanical designs for flight and ground based military simulators. Structural design and packaging of welded base frames for flight and ground based simulators to MIL-STD-2219 class B and MIL-STD-454 requirement 13 as well as structural design of the IOS enclosures and roof mounted equipment for simulation. These assemblies were designed to withstand the rigorous movement applied during simulation training. Create layout and design of wire ways and trays for interconnect of systems to internal and external equipment.

5/03 to 7/04 Telephonics Corp. Farmingdale NY

Sr. Electro/Mechanical Designer SDRC IDEAS & AutoCAD 2002

Develop mechanical and electrical designs of receiver transmitter products for security of exterior airport runways and adjoining properties. As well as structural design of specialized rack and panel equipment for power and control of the entire system. Achievements include creation of new designs for RF power supplies receiver and transmitter assemblies for installation into existing aircraft for the US Air Force. Utilizing dip brazed machined housing techniques. As well as implementing RF shielding to encapsulate and isolate critical components and assemblies. Develop and design wiring harnesses cable assemblies and semi rigid cable assemblies for hook up of all components in the aircraft. Utilize SDRC Vault system for data management.

7/95 to 5/03 Microwave Power Devices Hauppauge NY

Sr. Electro/Mechanical Designer Hewlett Packard ME10 & ME30

Create mechanical and electrical packaging and design of RF test equipment for shipboard use. Achievements included development of structural designs of specialized rack and panel equipment for shipboard use. Power amplifier and receiver transmitter designs made from machining castings and dip brazed housings utilizing RF shielding to encapsulate electronic equipment. Design and layout of cable and harness assemblies for interconnect of equipment to shipboard systems. Routing wiring through bulkhead walls floors and ceilings of ship to power equipment and antenna systems located on upper decks. Create and design analog and digital printed circuit boards to MIL-STD-275. Utilizing multilayer techniques as well as hi power boards for RF transmission. Also physical layout and packaging of RF Strip line assemblies for use in RF power supplies. All PC work was designed to work in conjunction with sheet metal or machined dip brazed housings designs had to be made to the highest possible tolerances in order to achieve the best possible overall design functions.

References

David E Jones

4219 Rocky Ridge Place

Sanford FL 32773-8183

Cell: 407-***-****

E-mail: ******@*****.***

Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc.

John Pettit

Lanham Maryland

Engineering Manager II

NENS Program

Cell: 817-***-****