Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Resume:
James W. Pate Jr.
SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER
El Paso, Texas 79934
915-***-**** home
915-***-**** cell
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Senior engineer with proven experience in product design, theoretical and computational analysis, manufacturing, and product test. Experience supervising technicians and mentoring junior engineers. Project management and presentation skills. Experience working with cross discipline / cross functional teams. Able to work with minimal supervision. Experience with small research teams as well as large corporate organizations.
* Bi-lingual, English / Spanish
* DOD Security Clearance, Secret, Active
* 3D Mechanical Design: Solidworks, Pro Engineer, SDRC IDEAS
* Automation / Test Systems: Vision systems, PLC’s, pneumatics, pick and place, Labview programming
* Project Engineering and Management:
* Vibration Analysis and Testing: Vibration data
analysis, frequency spectrum profile development, fixture design, experimental modal testing
* Finite Element Modeling and Analysis: SDRC IDEAS, and ALGOR. Linear static analysis, Normal mode dynamic analysis, Steady state heat transfer, Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
WORK HISTORY
Position: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, MELE Associates November 2006 – Present
Subcontractor to the Army Research Lab at White Sands Missile Range. 3D mechanical design of high power radio frequency IED (Improvised Explosive Device) countermeasure equipment. Responsible for all aspects of mechanical integration of electronic components including drawings, bill of material, and engineering change orders. Performed linear static stress analysis, and normal mode dynamic analyses to prove adherence to DOD environmental requirements. Used computational fluid dynamics coupled with steady state heat transfer analysis to design air cooling system for powerful electronic equipment.
Position: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Calculex April 2004 - November 2006
Designed ruggedized enclosures for solid state data recorders. These recorders are flying in various manned and unmanned aircraft around the world. Responsible for all mechanical engineering functions; proposal preparation; 3D design, finite element analysis (structural / thermal); drawing package preparation; interfacing and choosing suppliers and machine shops; manufacturing support; engineering change notice; and presentation of the design to the customer. Supervised draftsmen and mentored junior engineers.
Position: Senior Project Engineer, Productos Marine de Mexico (Mercury Marine) May 2002 – April 2004
Designed in process validation (IPV) test equipment. Project management / new product introduction of 1.5 Liter, 3 cylinder outboard products that are manufactured in all areas of the plant. Liaison / interpreter with plant headquarters. Draftsmen supervisor. In-house tooling and fixture design using Pro/Engineer. In-house test automation design with Labview. Designed an air compressor tester, automatic transmission switch plate tester, fuel pump tester, and a vision system to check the presence and current rating of fuses on an electrical harness. Considered a valuable plant-wide technical resource in the areas of mechanical design, analysis, and test.
Position: Consulting Mechanical Engineer, LASEN Part time consulting, June 2001 – March 2006
Successfully modified the design of a LIDAR optics system, optimized for reduction of vibration, reduced size and weight, and shortened all optical paths. Worked from fundamental optical design concept with few constraints. Developed 3D computer models using Pro/Engineer, SDRC IDEAS, and ALGOR. Performed normal mode dynamic analysis, made recommendations on materials, and created shop drawings in Pro /E and Solidworks.
Position: Mechanical Engineer V, Physical Science Lab, New Mexico State University, 1997 – May 2002
Project management. Preparation of technical proposals, cost estimating and tracking. Mechanical engineering design of enclosures for electronic systems including 3-D solid modeling in Pro /E and Finite Element Analysis with SDRC IDEAS. Designed antenna mount for NASA GENESIS spacecraft. Vibration analysis of several high energy lasers (weapon grade). Field data acquisition and analysis in support of NMSU research using fiber optic strain gages. Collection and analysis of sensor data (strain and vibration) in support of research; and develop 3D computer models and Finite Element Analysis of structural systems.
Position: Test Engineer U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range, Material Test Directorate, Applied Environments Test Branch 1986 – 1997
Eleven Years of project engineering, vibration test engineering, and development of new testing capabilities. General tasks included: project management, cost control, fixture design, solid modeling, CAD, finite element analysis using SDRC IDEAS, instrumentation, vibration signal conditioning, data acquisition, sound and vibration signal processing and analysis, modal testing, spectrum profile development, and report generation.
EDUCATION
BSME, University of Texas at El Paso
13 credit hours of graduate study
PUBLICATIONS
Jauregui, White, Pate, Woodward, “Documentation of Bridge Inspection Projects Using Virtual Reality Approach”, ASCE Journal of Infrastructures Systems, Volume 11, Number 3, September 2005
Todd, Chang, Johnson, Vohra, Pate, et al “A Bridge Monitoring System Using a 64-Channel Fiber Bragg Grating System” ,17th International Modal Analysis Conference, February 1999
"Dynamic Testing of a Highway Bridge", Proceedings of the 67th Shock and Vibration Symposium Volume 2, This paper was presented orally at the symposium. This paper was also presented at IMAC XV, the International Modal Analysis Conference, February, 1997.
"Multi Shaker Testing of Large Test Specimen", Proceedings of the 62nd Shock and Vibration Symposium Volume I, pg. 231, 1991. This paper was presented orally at the symposium.
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