DERRICK WONSOWSKI
Lexington, Kentucky 40515
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OBJECTIVE & PERSONAL PROFILE
I am seeking a Mechanical Engineering position with a company to expand my current abilities and present new & exciting challenges. I enjoy figuring out how devices work and how improvements can be made through design changes, process improvements or other methods. I am an energetic, self-starting, and enthusiastic person that strives for perfection through hard work and dedication.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AAR Cargo Systems (Contractor), Livonia, Michigan March 2010-Present
Design Engineer/Checker
• Contribute to the design of major & minor aerospace components for A400M in smaller IPT structured groups for the cargo handling system and aerial drop system:
~ Complex Machined Housings/Parts ~Created multiple position parts/assemblies ~Checked designs/prints
~ Hardware Selection ~ Integrate engineering equations to part ~ Multiple configuration of Assemblies
~ Contributes in meeting milestones ~Design for Manufacturability/Assembly ~Catia model verification
~ Cargo pallet locking device ~ Raised aerial delivery system ~ Hydraulic dampener
• Proficient with Catia V5 (1000+ hours) and Microsoft Office. Familiar with SmarTeam
L-3 Communications, Lexington, Kentucky Nov. 2009-Feb. 2010
Entegee Engineering Technical Group (Contractor), Lexington, Kentucky April 2007-Nov. 2009
Technical Support Engineer 2
• Design major & minor aerospace components while adapting to design changes within an IPT structured environment for the Apache, Cobra and Huey training devices including:
~ Sheetmetal Parts ~ Hydroformed Sheetmetal Parts ~ Machined Parts
~ Fiberglass Parts ~ Electrical Wire Harness ~ Complex Weldments
~ Complex Assemblies ~ Installations ~ Structural Bulkheads
~ Instrument Design ~ Hardware Selection ~ Checked designs/prints
~ Bill of Material generation ~ Site Survey Experience ~ Verify ANSI/ASME Standards
• Identified, troubleshot, verified and completed change notices of mechanical/electrical engineering in order to produce the product in a cost effective manner between 8 different team members
• Proficient with Catia V5 (8000+ hours), Inventor and Mechanical Desktop software, as well as an asset to help team members with technical questions. Experienced with Teamcenter Engineering, IT Reports and Jobscope
• Obtained Secret Security Clearance for the SOFSA program
Oxbow Machine Products, Livonia, Michigan Aug. 2002-April 2007
Mechanical Design Data Coordinator
• Created station layouts and designs for small fixtures
• Verified tooling as manufactured to company and customer standards through checking the sound level of tooling, ensuring tooling met health and safety standards, and check tooling is ergonomically efficient
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (including Access, Excel, Front Page, Outlook, Power Point, Project and Word) AutoCAD 2000/Mechanical Desktop 6, Ideas 10NX, and Catia V5
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Bachelor Degree of Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology December 2005
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Related course work: Statics, Dynamics, Kinematics, Thermodynamics, Design of Machine Elements, and Fluid Mechanics
• Served as fraternity corresponding secretary, campus involvement chair, special events chair, and housing improvement co-chair with the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity
Associate Degree of Science, Industrial Drafting and CAD May 2002
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan
Related course work: Advanced CAD, Die design, Jig & Fixtures, and Industrial Detailing
• Chapter President of SME student chapter
Certificate of Completion, Catia December 2006
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan
Certificate of Completion, Teamcenter Engineering November 2004
UGS Corporation, Allen Park, Michigan
References Available Upon Request