Staff Mechanical Engineer

MS/ME May ****, BS/ME May ****, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Job Objective

Staff Mechanical Engineering design position

Work Experience

Staff Mechanical Engineer-BAE Systems, Santa Clara, CA (Permanent position)

12/07-Present- Lead Mechanical Engineer in multiple functional areas including structure, electronics, medical equipment and stowage of MRAP HAGA vehicle (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, Heavy Armored Ground Ambulance variation of 6x6 wheeled vehicle). Oversee total design and guide 8 Engineers and Designers. Ramp assembly folds into steps. Design Oxygen Concentrator brackets. Engineering support during builds at remote sites within the US. Release drawings to production. Sped development of design, prototype, and production of vehicles by bringing private sector approaches to production and time to market to government contracting business.

Principal Mechanical Engineer-Edmonds Engineering, San Bruno, CA

7/07-Present- Mechanical Engineering Design, Drafting, and Consulting business. Projects working on: 1) Heart Simulation model mounted within a chest cavity. 2) Electric Car retrofit. 3) Creative approaches to improvement on mechanical systems on prototype gas powered car such as suspension, door configurations, safety systems, and cosmetic innovations. www.edmondsengineering.net

Principal Mechanical Engineer-MedTech Development, Sunnyvale, CA (Permanent position)

9/08-1/09-Direct all Mechanical Engineering Design. Contribute to Electrical and Electronic Development from a Mechanical Engineering perspective. Worked on Gastric Restrictor Implantable Pump Class 3 device. Worked on Patient Monitoring System of vital signs vest.

Mechanical Design Engineer, Tinsley-SSG, division of L-3 Communications, Richmond, CA (Contract)

9/07- 12/07-Design of precision mechanical fixtures for the final processing of the tertiary mirror on the James Wick Space Telescope. Design of mechanical motion control, kinematic mounts, and cryogenic transfer carriage. Reconfigure optical pivot table of grinding and polishing capital equipment to accept new design.

Mechanical Engineer, New Product Introduction, Fluidigm Corp, South San Francisco, CA (Contract)

5/06- 9/07-Real time PCR instrument using high density Integrated Fluidic Chip. Add DFM. Build, test, and document. Responsible for Mechanical Drawings, Assembly Instructions, Cable Drawings, Interconnect diagrams and wiring charts. Interfaced with vendors to provide current mechanical drawings of 150 parts including instrument chassis. Procured system cables and Electronics Box and tested for correct construction. Obtained RoHS exemption and WEEE certification working with TUV in order to ship outside of North America. EMC and EMI testing implementation to design.

Mechanical Engineer, R&D, Cardiac Surgery, Guidant Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (Contract)

1/06-3/06-- FDA approval, protocols, product specifications on non-intrusive cardiac surgery medical device.

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Product Engineering, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA(Permanent)

1998-2005

9/04-8/05 (1)Contributed to FDA approved instrument. Input/Output Qualification. (2) OptoMechanical Lead-Built breadboards for new technology High Density sample plate instrument. Optical adjustments, mechanical mounts, structural components, create light tight environment for prototype testing. Built reliability test fixtures for LEDs utilizing integrating sphere, photometer, spectrometer, and imaging lens.

3/02-9/04-1) FMAT (Fluorometric Micro Assay Technology-Cellular Analysis) Mechanical Lead-Finish transfer to MFG site and support Optical and Mechanical assemblies. (2) Contribute to developing new technology HD application within Optical and Mechanical assemblies. (3) Support existing instruments by conducting thermal, life and force testing.

9/01-3/02-Involved in 3 projects. (1) Global refurbishment-oversee 13 engineers to guide and organize efforts concerning procedures and BoMs. (2) Country of Origin part marking-identify and modify markings on parts to avoid fines and penalties from duty tariffs. (3) Served as Mechanical Lead for optical assembly on FMAT.

9/00-9/01-Manufacturing Project Lead, oversee 4 engineers, as well as Mechanical Lead on 6100 instrument, PCR manual vacuum station. Meet or beat all checkpoints. Increased speed of development by improving processes and manufacturing involvement at design level. Evaluate and qualify casting and fabricated parts vendor for production use. Worked with two alternate ABI sites (Houston and Singapore) to transfer finished, quality product with cost reductions.

1/00-9/00-Served as Mechanical Lead in Manufacturing for two products, one in development (HTSP-PolymeraseChainReaction) and the other nearing new product release (MicroCard-PCR).

6/99-1/00-Served as Mechanical Lead for Manufacturing on 530A, Offline Workstation-standalone instrument heating/cooling/mixing for SPOC 530.

12/98-6/99-Served as Mechanical support for SPOC 530 Organic Synthesizer.

Skills

Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Intermediate Optical Engineering and Electronics

Pro/E (10 years experience)----Wildfire, Mechanica, Process for Assemblies, Sheet metal, Advanced part and Assy, Design Drawing Documentation, ProPDM, IntraLink.

Solidworks (4 years), AutoCAD (2 years), FEModeler(1year), FilemakerPro (4 1/2 years), SAP(6 years), Sherpa PDM(6 years), project management, MS Project(2 years), basic sheet metal and plastics design, Basic LabView, Compliance Safety, Visual ERP(1 year)

Advanced hands-on experience. Worked on cars for 20 years. Currently finishing 1968 GTO having re-engineered all systems to current technology, such as installation of 6-speed manual transmission.

Works well in multidiscipline project teams

Quick learner, dependable

Affiliations

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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