Mechanical Engineer
Resume:
Joseph M.Ledue
***.*****@*****.***
Charlottesville, VA 22902
CAREER SUMMARY
Passionate and self-motivated mechanical engineer with 6 years of design and development experience. Excellent CAD, CFD, FEA and analytical skills with an ability to build synergy between engineering, technology, manufacturing, operations and other business units. Application specific knowledge across several industries. Experience in presenting technical data to customer’s senior level leadership.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Product Design and Development
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Customer/Vendor Relationships
Part Design for Injection Molding
Pneumatic & Electromech. Devices
Design for Manufacturability
Technical Sales
Finite Element Analysis
Project Management
Process Development
Thermal Management
PLC Programming
Machine Design
3D CAD
Plastic Part Design
Estimating/Budgeting
Production Planning
Prototyping and Testing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc. - Charlottesville VA Oct. 2008 - April 2011
Technical Support Engineer - Charlottesville, VA (2009-2011)
Provided in depth guidance to over 2500 customers worldwide as they solved real world problems with computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Solved technical questions and supported client development in CAD preparation, analysis setup, post-processing visualization and data extraction. Analyzed and diagnosed issues related to physics models, software implementation, and usage, for a wide range of physical cases.
-Closed 1500+ cases with over 700+ individual mechanical engineers in 2010
-Contributed support efforts for company growth of 20% in 2010
-Achieved 97.5% customer retention in 2010 - a 19% increase over 2009
-Carefully defined, ran, analyzed and documented cases that tested new developments in physics and software, and benchmarked the results against known quantities
-Liaised between customers, physics, software, and application management teams to arrive at meaningful solutions for issues involving both product and development code
-Ran CFD simulations with motion, radiation, forced convection, natural convection, conduction, non-Newtonian fluids, turbo machinery, blowers, fans, and pumps
-Utilized Salesforce CRM to track communications, prioritize workload, log cases, and generate reports
Northeast Technical Manager - Burlington, MA (2008-2009)
Supported software sales and provided consulting services to New England and Eastern Canada clients. Demonstrated to engineering groups and high level management how mechanical engineers can expedite their product development process and cut labor and expenses associated with physical prototyping and testing by using CFdesign.
-Supported all territory functions including: sales efforts, engineering services projects, customer training, and key account mentoring
-Authored and presented strong technical analysis and design recommendations to clients with real-world fluid and thermal management problems
-Understood the strategic initiatives of prospective customers, learned internal business processes of potential clients and presented a tailored technology solution to solve business and technical issues
-Manipulated complex and highly surfaced CAD assemblies for best CAE/CFD applications
-Developed CFD simulations and demonstrations catered specifically to the medical, consumer, industrial, electronics, lighting, plastic, automotive, AEC, HVAC, and defense industries
Siemens Water Technologies - Lowell, MA July 2005 - October 2008
Product Development Engineer II - Lowell, MA (2007-2008)
Product Development Engineer I - Lowell, MA (2005-2007)
Worked in a dynamic and future-oriented research and development team which consistently delivered products that outperformed competitors. Designed, tested, and analyzed existing product lines, new product developments and emerging technology. Functioned as the lead designer in manufacturing initiatives for a $20 million business unit.
-Presented initial concepts, designs, test results, and final products to management, research and development, manufacturing, and sales/marketing groups
-Interfaced with plastic injection molders, extruders, forgeries, machine shops, plating and other vendors to develop successful products
-Led project teams to design and develop products through scale up and manufacturing processes
-Organized R&D brainstorming sessions for idea generation and the support of creative thought
-Collaborated with Chemists, Electrical Engineers, Chemical Engineers, and Electrochemists
-Developed new and improved P&IDs for water purification, temperature control, and chemical dosing systems
-Performed mechanical tests to assure designs meet safety margins and performance and reliability goals
-Drafted 2D detailed drawings and prepared technical documentation to support RFQs and ECO
-Applied ANSI 14.5 geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) standards to production drawings
-Completed structural FEA with COSMOS/M and provided verification with lab deflection and failure tests
-Generated BOM's for operations and assembly schematics for production
-Completed FMEA's on critical components
-Coordinated the manufacturing launch of new products, including work instructions and tool/fixture designs
-Performed MFG process analysis for cost reductions, improved efficiencies, quality improvements, and safety
-Designed and constructed electronic enclosures with large power dissipations and control panels
-Programmed PLCs, HMIs, data displays and data acquisition systems
-Justified large capital investments with detailed cost benefit analysis based on project sales and ROI
-Provided direction to technicians during new product assembly and custom projects
-Integrated pilot test skids into customer’s existing process water systems
-Supported the manufacturing department to improve processes, tooling, and fixtures
-Designed piping systems for high temperature, corrosive and toxic environments
-Designed sheet metal components for production and pilot machines
EDUCATION
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Worcester, MA
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering 2005
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software: Solidworks 2011, CFdesign 2011, Inventor 2011, Pro/ENGINEER, Spaceclaim, Fusion, Solidworks Simulation COSMOS/M, AutoCAD, Salesforce CRM, RS Logix Allen Bradley, Step7/Microwin Siemens
Machining: CNC machines, vertical mill, lathe, drill press, shear press, band saw, arc welding, and grinding
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Question Based Selling consultative selling seminar by Tom Freese - 2008
Solidwork Simulation Advanced Non-Linear FEA - 2007
Fundamentals of Ultrasonic Plastic Welding & Joint Design - 2007
Plastic Part Design for Injection Molding UMass Lowell – 2007
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