Mechanical Design Engineer

Guillermo Arguelles • *** Manteca Drive • Oceanside, CA 92057

Phone: 805-***-**** • ************@*****.***

Highly skilled Mechanical Design Engineer, creative, simple solution-minded, with a clear understanding of medical device product development and with more than 10 years of experience working in fast-paced and leading-edge technology companies. Strong analytical ability in problem solutions, detail oriented and recognized for the ability to complete projects in a timely manner. Major expertise and contributions have been in the development and implementation of new devices with a comprehensive understanding of flexible surgery, high volume manufacturing, minimally invasive surgery, injection molding design, and catheter development.

Devices: manufactured or developed

Multi-lumen operating device.

Tissue approximate device.

Multi-steering operating platform.

Endosurgical tissue grasper.

Multi-lumen platform.

High resolution stereo vision.

Olympus 5mm ultrasonic shears.

Cautery, grasping, cutting & needle grasper medical devices. Process: used during & manufacturing

Plastic injection molding/extrusion.

Metal stamping.

Prototype molding.

Stereolithography (SLA & SLS).

Mill/Lathe/Computer Numeric Control (CNC) machining.

Ultrasonic bonding.

Thermo printing.

Materials: used during design & manufacturing

Human contact-grade stainless steel.

Aluminum.

Polycarbonate.

Polyurethane.

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC).

Delrin.

Silicone.

Brass.

Acrylic.

Ultraviolet (UV) cure adhesives.

Cyanoacrylates.

Epoxies.

Nitinol. Software: versed in

SolidWorks.

CosmosWorks.

ProEngineer.

Bravo 3, Solids, MacBravo.

AutoCAD.

Limited SolidWorks simulation profesional.

Microsoft office.

Wildfire.

Intralink.

Professional Experience

USGI Medical, San Clemente, California

(Senior Product Development Engineer/QC Duties) Sep 2007 – Apr 2011

• Responsibilities include the design and development of devices and mechanisms, including FEA of components, to be used in the incisionless operating platform (IOP); requiring part design, material selection, detail drawing, fabrication methods and vendor selection.

• Designed and developed manufacturing process and fixtures to facilitate building of devices.

• Built prototype devices for bench and animal testing as well as built and performed design verification test of devices.

• Worked on cost reduction projects that include re-design parts per fabrication methods, simplified assembly and part reduction.

• Performed QC inspection, product assembly, functional testing and product validation of devices that were successfully introduced and production released.

Zebra Technologies, Camarillo, California

(Mechanical Engineer III) Jul 2004 - Sep 2007

• Identify, plan and execute projects or modifications to current manufacturing processes and procedures to achieve cost, yield, and/or cycle-time improvements.

• Improved efficiency from 80-85% to 95-98% for a new product line by improving flow and production process in compliance with Demand Flow Technology principles and GMP standards.

• Line set-up and successful implementation of a new photo printer into production.

• Implemented electronic assembly procedures for a product line that has more than 300 different variations, cutting significantly instruction time for any particular option.

• Recommended and implemented design solutions to existing products as well as worked with R&D to review and evaluate pending product designs.

• Managed multiple tasks with little supervision.

Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA Computer Motion, Santa Barbara, CA

(Mechanical Design Engineer) 1999-2004

• Worked with the engineering group to design surgical instruments and accessories for the daVinci & Zeus Surgical systems.

• Designed HRSV-2 (High resolution stereo vision 2) mechanical components for the daVinci system.

• Responsible for defining and implementing changes to the instrument driver to increase its service life and output force 60% (Zeus).

• Project lead and manager for the Needle Roller instrument design, MegaDyne cautery instrument conversion, 5 mm polymer instrument guide, micro-assist cautery instruments convertion and needle nose grasper (Zeus).

• Improved Micro-Joint instrument jaws opening by 28% (Zeus).

• Developed and performed component verification and product validation testing for Micro-Joint instruments and surgeon interface components (Zeus).

• Prepared engineering change orders, drawings, bill of materials, manufacturing instructions, labels, etc.

• Designed prototypes, test fixtures, mock-up models and performed in-vivo studies.

• Collaborated with other groups such as operations, manufacturing, new product implementation and quality to implement, assist, recommend, or improve manufacturing process, as well as to incorporate feedback from marketing and sales.

• Worked with outside vendors and designers to clarify or solve design and/or manufacturing issues.

Sputtered Films Inc., Santa Barbara, CA

(Mechanical Design Engineer) 1996-1999

• Designed and implemented components and accessories for a high performance production sputtering equipment in a timely manner (semi-Conductor Industry).

• Designed substancial improvements to end-effector, cassettes, vacuum chambers, protective covers, planetary components, etc.

• Responsible for checking engineering documentation and design verification.

• Guided the drafting department to implement ANSI Y14.5 standards and GD&T.

• Other responsabilities included site surveying, defining requirements & specifications, and installing layouts for sputter equipment.

• Proficient interaction with vendors about product manufacture and capabilities.

Waterway Plastics, Oxnard, CA

(CAD Designer) 1995-1996

• Designed and implemented innovative recreational injection molded products.

• Improved drafting standards and facilitated manufacturability of products.

Ohmeda, Oxnard, CA

(CAD Designer) 1987-1994

• Worked on the design, and implementation of critical medical products (injection molded parts).

• Contributor on the design and implementation of a disposable pressure transducer and a 6 lumens pressure monitor catheter into pilot production.

• Successful launch of disposable parts for a continuous cardiac monitoring system and infection control injection kit.

• Developed packaging schemes for medical products (catheters) products that enabled user capability for test or function.

• Created electronic libraries that supported medical kits documentation, saving manpower and customer response-time.

Statham Div. of Solartron, Oxnard, CA

(CAD Designer) 1984-1987

• Prepared engineering documentation in compliance with MIL-STD-100 for pressure transducers and temperature transmitters.

• Checked drawings for interferance fit as well as compliance with military standards.

• Perfomed system manager functions by administrating a main computer system (CPU with four workstations).

• Supervised and trained drafters on CAD software and drafting practices.

Education

Superior School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

Mexico City, Mexico

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Training Certified by:

Design for Manufacturing & Quality Munro Associates Inc.

Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology American Vacuum Sociaty

Demand Flow Technology JCIT International

UNIX I and UNIX II Gould Inc. Training Center

VMS (Virtual Memory System) Digital Equipment Co.

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