Engineer Project Manager
Resume:
JOHN R. LEON
Parker, CO 80134
****.*.*****@*****.***
SUMMARY
Experienced, results-oriented Six Sigma Black Belt mechanical engineer with a successful history of designing complex products, leading cross-functional product design teams, and driving new technology from concept through launch is seeking challenging role in new product development. Skilled in project management, design engineering, and vendor selection/management . Broad manufacturing experience, most notably encompassing electronics packaging and ultra-high vacuum (UHV) systems.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PRINCETON INSTRUMENTS, Trenton, NJ 2002-Present
Consultant, Epicor ERP Data Migration 2011-Present
Head effort to migrate engineering data from legacy ERP system to new implementation. This includes BOM imports/exports, rearranging BOMs for new product configurator, developing decision trees to explain product options, designing user-defined lookup tables to maintain the options, and checking the imported data for accuracy and completeness. Assist in development of configurator input screens.
Manager, Mechanical Engineering and Design 2006-2010
Directed product development efforts of team of design engineers and technicians for industry-leading high-performance CCD-based cameras and optical instrumentation for the scientific research, industrial imaging, x-ray, spectroscopy, and OEM communities. Provided manufacturing support for mechanical fixturing, assembly, vacuum processing, handling, and production process issues. Assigned project deliverables to team.
As technical lead, leveraged design/product knowledge between team of senior designers and technicians.
Reviewed new product designs for accuracy, ease of assembly/manufacturability, intended use, and cost effectiveness. Interacted directly with OEM decision-makers.
Participated in multi-department strategic development meetings involving members from sales, finance, marketing, manufacturing, purchasing, and engineering to determine the value of proposed projects and introduced next generation designs.
Provided individual support to development effort while maintaining project management efforts, emphasizing thermal management and structural design. Supported design validation efforts.
Estimated labor, material, design time, and production time for custom product design requests.
Conducted personnel performance reviews and candidate interviews.
Managed the IP transition of new product line with remote manufacturing facility and updated processes and designs. Developed internal team to sustain product information and design. Traveled to site to ensure technical specifications were being maintained. Directed data merger between ERP systems at different sites.
Design Engineer 2002-2006
Provided design support to optimize heat transfer and ultra-high permanent vacuum with emphasis on design for manufacturing and assembly, as well as cost. Activities included concept definition and design, material selection, product improvement, customization, detailing, prototyping, evaluation, and transfer to manufacturing.
Designed permanent vacuum CCD camera platform capable of cooling to -80C using forced-air waste heat disposal, while integrating all electronic functions into the camera body. This reduced overall size, decreased cost, and provided industry-leading performance.
Successfully completed Six Sigma Black Belt certification project, resulting in design, handling and cleanroom process/procedure improvements, saving tens of thousands of dollars per year in reworks and returns.
Sourced and qualified multiple vendors capable of producing critical requirement designs, assuring industry-leading performance would be maintained and difficult to duplicate.
Responsible for calculating heat loads using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and FEA (Finite Element Analysis) when designing air-cooled and water-cooled heatsinks.
Served as interim Manufacturing Engineer. Developed vacuum processing procedures to improve production yields.
Inherited behind-schedule project and turned it into successful product offering, saving important OEM account.
John Leon
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KURT J. LESKER COMPANY, Clairton, PA
Lead Engineer, Mechanical Design Team 1998 - 2001
Responsible for designing and managing the design of custom and customized high vacuum and ultra high vacuum systems for Government, Research Labs, and Semi-Conductor Industries. Responsible for all phases of system design, including selection &/or design of in-situ material handling mechanisms and related drives, sputtering or thermal sources, RF bias subassemblies, platen rotation, fixturing, shielding and system geometry.
Developed standard system platforms for ease of design and manufacturing repeatability, saving many hours per order.
Managed up to 6 projects simultaneously, consistently meeting deadlines.
Selected as the ISO9000 Engineering Auditor.
Helped reduce engineering bottleneck to grow department by 20%/year in revenue.
Utilized precision machining and geometric tolerancing (GD&T) techniques.
AMERICAN METAL WASH INC., Canonsburg, PA
Lead Engineer, Mechanical Design Team 1996-1998
Recruited by president to create and lead engineering department. Responsible for designing and developing parts washing machines, standard evaporator, screw machine parts and other specialty lines.
Created and hired design team and developed applicant testing criteria.
Developed efficient machine manual assembly procedure and streamlined purchase order documentation.
Position required knowledge of sheet metal fabrication, machining practices, fabrication methods, mechanical drives, pump selection, pneumatic circuits, and electrical diagrams.
PRION MANUFACTURING CO., INC., Carnegie, PA 1995-1996
Design Engineer
Responsibilities included screw machine part production cost estimating through tooling design and setup, material sourcing, purchasing, and machine production scheduling.
Reduced time for requesting material quotes by up to 80%. Managed up to 6 projects simultaneously.
Prepared customer quality survey and designed database as part of larger marketing plan.
Maintained computer network, software, and peripherals.
Suggested cost-reducing alternatives to customers’ screw machine parts designs.
AMERICAN METAL WASH INC., Canonsburg, PA
Mechanical Design Engineer/Project Manager 1993-1995
Assignments included design of machines, fabrication troubleshooting, analysis, and all phases of project management.
Uncovered true product costs so margins could be calculated.
Designed ‘new-concept’ machine which increased customer throughput.
Created, developed, and implemented new drawing numbering system, machine database, and purchase order database.
TECHNICAL
Mechanical CAD: SolidWorks, AutoCad Mechanical Desktop MiniTab
Engineering Tools: SolidWorks Simulation, FloWorks Microsoft Office Products
ERP Systems: Mapics, Epicor Microsoft Project
PDMWorks Microsoft Visio
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
MBA, Operations Management, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
Registered E.I.T.
Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt
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