Manufacturing Engineer

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a full time position as a Manufacturing or Design Engineer where I can contribute to the success of the company while expanding my knowledge of systems and components

Available March 2009

RELEVANT

EXPERIENCE: Haas Automation, Incorporated, Oxnard, CA November 2008 – February 2009

Manufacturing Engineer II

• Responsible for aiding in the implementation of robotic machining cells to improve component quality and cycle time

• Prepared machine tools to except robotic applications, as well as function unattended, including automatic door, chip evacuation, and coolant collection implementation

• Designed, manufactured, and implemented general improvements on existing machine tools

University of Michigan Formula SAE Team, Ann Arbor, MI Fall 2004 - May 2008

I have been an active participant in Formula SAE since my Freshman year. Over that period, I have participated in all phases of design and manufacturing, with increasing responsibilities each year.

Team Leader and Project Manager May 2007 - May 2008

As Team Leader and Project Manager my duties ranged from day to day operations of the team to developing a team structure to ensure Michigan FSAE remains an elite FSAE Team in the future.

Day to day operations included:

• Management of over 15 student engineers and 10 new members

• Acquired and maintained sponsor relationships with over 50 companies ranging from Fortune 500’s to machine shops

• Responsible for procurement and distribution of over $160,000 budget

• Oversaw overall vehicle design, system integration, and manufacturing

o Designed and built the lightest vehicle with a 4-cylinder turbocharged engine in the history of the competition, 397 pounds.

Chief Chassis Engineer/Brakes and Drivetrain Systems Designer Summer 2006 – Summer 2007

• Oversaw all chassis systems’ design and manufacturing

• Implemented several major design changes:

o Developed and manufactured 4-piston and 2-piston radially mounted brake calipers

• Increased caliper stiffness by 300% from previous design while maintaining overall system weight

• Allowed for better integration of spindle, hub, and brake hat

• Calipers were common right to left, and piston size was common throughout to decrease total number of parts

• Seal groove was designed and based off of current racing calipers to increase pad retraction

• Utilized off the shelf pad geometry to take advantage of variability of compound options

o Developed new spindle and hub designs to decrease corner compliance

• Common hub/spindle design front/rear and right/left to decrease in number of manufactured parts

• Integrated wheel speed sensor pickup into bearing preload spacer to reduce overall spindle length

• Virtually all corner compliance was removed as proven by visual inspection

Head of Driver Controls and Ergonomics Summer 2005 – Summer 2006

• Responsible for design, analysis & manufacture of braking, steering, and shifting systems

Driver Controls and Ergonomics/General Assistant Fall 2004 – Summer 2005

• Aided in manufacturing/assembly of several systems of vehicle, including driver controls and corners

Research Assistant – Professor Volker Sick, Ann Arbor, MI Summer 2007

• Aided in moving/reassembling optical engine test bed for better control of engine subsystems

• Assembled/configured hydraulic engine dynamometer to control two engines (one at a time) for optical engine testing

TRW Automotive, Livonia, MI Summer 2006

• Co-op - Braking Systems

• Customer Applications – Ford

o Aided in contact between Ford and TRW engineers for pre-release components

o In charge of vehicle fleet used for testing and validation of prototype designs

EDUCATION: University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI Graduated, May 2008

B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 2.8/4.0

Hampton High School, Allison Park, PA 2000-2004

GPA: 3.9/4.0

RELEVANT

SKILLS: Machining

• Manual Mill and Lathe Operation

• CNC (Computer Numerical Control) Mill and Lathe Operation

o Including 4-axis milling

o Haas and Milltronics Centurion controllers

• Steel Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)

Computer Aided Engineering

• FEA using Hypermesh/NASTRAN

• Computer Aided Design (Unigraphics NX4,Solidworks 2008, AutoCAD)

• MATLAB and Maple programming languages

• G-Code/M-Code Machining Program Language

• GibbsCAM 2005 (Computer Assisted Manufacturing)

Enterprise Resource Planning

• SAP

OTHER

WORK

EXPERIENCE: New Angle Design/Scheidemantle Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA 2000 – 2005

• Laborer for Interior Design firm and General Contractor

• Also estimated labor and material cost based on architectural plans and prior construction projects

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