Mechanical designer / programmer
Resume:
Thomas R. Hopper
Lexington, Ky **514
cell Phone 859-***-****
Email: ***********@*******.***
EDUCATION:
St. Louis Tech - Associate Degree in Mechanical Design and Drafting
Okaw Vocational - Electronics / Commercial Art
EXPERIENCE:
Victory Industrial Products 06/09 – 11/09
Title: Design Engineer
Software: Inventor 2009, Excel spreadsheet, I-logic and Visual Basic
Designed sound attenuation enclosures for generators. Designs were to meet air flow and sound quality for each customer’s spec. Designer for Research and Development, work was on the cutting edge of house frame enclosures, pre-hung doors, sound louvers, and sound baffles. Set the standards for the Engineering group. Product automation and standardization, programming Inventor parts and assemblies using Ilogic and VB/VBA to improve product design and manufacturing.
CERADYNE BEARING TECHNOLOGIES 01/09-04/09
Title: Designer
Software: Inventor 2009
Designed ceramic,hydro-dynamic thrust and stack bearings for use in severe operating environments related to oil well directional drilling, artificial lift for SAGD, deep bore wells and coal bed methane production. Duties include designs, development and detailed manufacturing drawings as well as product documentation, archiving, process control documents and routers. Other duties include providing technical support for engineers in Autodesk Inventor, parametric modeling and design flow. Generating part number databases, programming Inventor parts and assemblies with Ilogic and VB/VBA.
Image Point (out of business) - 08/08- 12/08
Title: Designer
Software: Inventor 11 & 2008
Designed and coordinate variety of sign types such as, directional, road signs, monuments, and wall sign. Signs were customer specific and varied from straight standard signs to illuminated signs. I over saw the manufacturing of each design to ensure customer satisfaction.
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, STEWARD OBSERVATORY 11/99-06/08
Engineering Technical Services
Title: Designer
Software: Inventor 11 & 2008, Mechanical Desktop,Autocad,Solidworks,I-DEAS
Steward Observatory is an astrological instrumentation and telescope consulting/manufacturing division of the department of astronomy. Duties include designs, development and detailed manufacturing drawings for numerous land and space based telescopes. Designs range from telescope construction, mirror manufacturing and handling equipment, optical testing equipment. as well as coordination of the machine shop, Mirror Laboratory and Steward Observatory Engineers’ requirements. The detailed prints consist of fabrication, installation, modification and or assembly instructions for the proper departments. Duties also include training and or assisting other co-workers in newer applications of 3D parametric CADD software.
PEERLESS OF AMERICA, INC. 08/96-01/99
Title: Designer
Software: CadKey
Machine design, tooling design and too/die designs per extrusion requirements. Other additions have included detailed bill of materials, labor sheets, time studies and routings for standard operation instructions per QS-9000 requirements in the AS400/XMASS computer system.
WELSH COMPANY, INC 12/92-06/96
Title: Designer
Software: CadKey
Responsibilities include working as an assistant to the chief designer, including designs, design changes, sample building, writing instruction sheets and illustrations for a juvenile products manufacturer.
CENTRAL MINE EQUIPMENT 01/91-12/92 Title: Data Entry - Process shipping and receiving documentation.
FEDDERS USA 06/88-11/90 Title: Laborer -Forklift operator, inspector, assembler, repairman for an air conditioner manufacturer.
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