Mechanical engineer
Resume:
Eddie R. Hurskin
Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763
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OBJECTIVE
I seek the opportunity to utilize and to grow in the knowledge of mechanical and electro-mechanical designer/engineer with a progressive technical/engineering firm with emphasis on product development and design, cost-reduction and manufacturing. I would also like to demonstrate my ability utilized a wide variety application of principles, theories and concepts in mechanical engineering and design. I also have a working knowledge of other related engineering disciplines in providing imaginative, thorough and practicable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems.
SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE
I have 24 years experience as a mechanical/electro-mechanical designer and engineer in the Telecommunication, Medical, Aerospace and Automotive industries. My responsibilities have included but not limited to:
• Provides conceptual and detailed designs of a complex nature.
• Research technologies and design alternatives for products.
• Works with project managers and electrical engineers to develop new cost reduction methods.
• Verify design and project objectives with project managers and engineers
• Assists the product development team and ECAD designers with production drawings, documentation and the compilation of BOMs.
• Assists the product development team with prototype evaluation and factory builds
• Assists the product development team, and other departments as requested, with empirical analysis of products and processes in both new product development and sustaining of existing products in both mechanical testing and evaluations and electrical/RF testing and evaluations.
• Performs verification and validation tests and analysis of designs.
• Assist project managers and manufacturing engineer in the evaluation of pre-production builds.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Layout and Top-Down Design Methods.
• Design for Assembly and Design for Manufacture.
• Design, Model and Detail Machined, Sheet Metal, Injection Molded and Die Cast Parts.
• Mechanical Mechanism Design
• Tooling and Fixture for Consumer and Aerospace Products
• Large Assembly Management.
• Import and Export of ECAD Component Placement and Routing Keep Outs.
• Knowledgeable of GD&T ASME Y14.5M-1994 and Tolerance Stacking Analysis.
• Proficient in thermal management techniques, EMI and RF shielding.
• Expert CAD Designer/Mechanical Drafter (Pro/Engineer through Wildfire 5).
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
SOFTWARE TOOLS OF EXPERTISE
• Pro/Engineer through Wildfire 5 (38K Hours)
• SolidWorks 2009 (2K Hours)
- CATIA V5 (Working Knowledge, .5K Hours)
• Pro/INTRALINK (12K Hours)
• Pro/Mechanica (2K Hours)
• Pro/Cable (3K Hours)
• AutoCAD (10K Hours)
• Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
QUALIFICATIONS
• Dedicated, Highly Motivated Team Member
• Work Well Under Pressure
• Ability to Handle Multiple Tasks and Priorities
• Excellent Organizational and Planning Skills
• Excellent Communication Skills (Oral and Written)
• Excellent Analytical Skills
• Excellent Management, Leadership and Training Skills
• Record of Consistent Advancement and Reputation for providing
Innovative Solutions
• Working Knowledge of All Phases of Production, Fabrication Methods and Inspection Procedures.
CAPABILITES
• Product Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
• Product Requirement and Verification
• Machine/Fixture/Tool Design
• Engineering Documentation and BOM
• Design Analysis and Optimization
• Vendor Selection and Liaison
• Cost Reduction
• Design Validation Testing
EDUCATION and TRAINING
Pro/Engineer Advance Solid Modeling Wildfire 2.0 (2004) – Rand Worldwide Roswell, GA
Pro/Engineer Surface Design (2003) – Rand Worldwide Roswell, GA
Pro/Engineer Sheet Metal Design (2001) – Rand Worldwide Roswell, GA
Pro/Engineer Advance Part Modeling (2002) - Rand Worldwide Roswell, GA
Pro/Engineer Sheet Metal Modeling (1998) - PTC Bellevue, WA
Pro/Engineer Advance Solid Modeling (1997) - PTC Bellevue, WA
Pro/Engineer Basic Solid Modeling (1995) - PTC Bellevue, WA
Mechanical Engineering Design & CNC Certificate (1984 - 1985) - Los Angeles Trade
Technical College - Los Angeles, CA
Computer Aid Design/Drafting, AutoCAD (1999) - North Tulsa Community College
WORK EXPERIENCE
4/10 to 5/11 ITT Electronic Systems, Clifton, NJ
Mechanical Designer
Provided defense contract award winning, mechanical designs for enclosure to house high powered defense electronics, starting with only a packaged envelope. This included the placement of connectors, circuit boards, enclose components and environmental and RF sealing. These enclosures consist of machined aluminum parts joined by a screw and glue process. All importance was place on weight, strength and thermal dissipation. Also provided complex cold plate and cooling fluid manifold designs with the utilization of quick disconnect connectors. At the completion of the design each phase, I provided detailed mechanical and assembly drawing for manufacture in accordance to industry and MIL STD using Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2.0 – 4.0.
10/09 to 3/10 NEXOLVE – Huntsville, AL
Mechanical Designer
Designed ground support equipment for the construction of a five layer sun shield for the James Webb Space Telescope. At the completion of the design phase, I provided detailed mechanical and assembly drawing for manufacture in accordance to industry using Pro/Engineer Wildfire 5.
2/09 to 9/09 ARINC – Huntsville, AL
Mechanical Designer
Provided drawings for equipment and equipment racks for US Army, Army Airborne Command and Control System (A2C2S), UH-60 helicopters. Provides antenna placement and designed mounting components for US Customs and Border Patrol, UH-60. Updated cad database parts, assemblies and drawings per ECOs. Maintain drawing trees as a means of configuration management, for various UH-60 helicopter configurations. All designs were done using Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0, SolidWorks and AutoCAD.
10/06 to 1/08 SANMINA-SCI - Huntsville, AL
Mechanical Design Engineer
I was the lead mechanical design engineer on several projects totaling over $3.5 Billion in contract awards. I was responsible for designing from concept to completion, as well as, cost reducing, existing rack mount units and ruggedized armored vehicle electronic enclosures, hand-held and wearable electronics for military communication systems. Fabrication methods for the enclosures included, sheet metal, machined, die cast, injection molded and textile. I was responsible for providing board outline and component placement for rigid boards and flexible circuits and selecting interconnects for board to board and I/O connection. I also provided detailed 3D discrete wiring and flat cable, cabling models and 2D interconnect wire diagrams; connector and hardware selection include MIL Spec switches and connectors such as D38999 and NAS hardware. All design has the utmost consideration for EMI and environmental factors for harsh conditions. All designs and detailed mechanical and assembly drawings were done using Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0, Pro/Cable and SolidWorks 2007.
7/99 to 9/06 SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA – Lawrenceville, GA
Mechanical Engineer
Responsible for the design, development and manufacture of digital set top cable boxes from concept to completion. Designed all sheet metal and plastic components including chassis, enclosures, brackets, heat sinks and EMI shielding using GD&T. Maintain CAD data base of complex cable box assemblies. Performed tolerance stacking analysis as well design validation testing. Also responsible for the selection and placement of input/output electrical components, such as connectors, button switches, and cables and electro-mechanical devices (i.e. hard drives and fans) thermal dissipation, acoustic and EMI components. Provided ECAD designers with component placement, keep outs and PCB board outlines. Other duties include travel to Scientific-Atlanta’s manufacturing facilities in Mexico to supervise prototype and initial mass production builds, and travel to supplier facilities, both stateside and overseas to Asia. As the lead mechanical engineer on six of Scientific-Atlanta largest and most visible projects, I saved the company over $40 million on the projected cost by providing innovative design solutions. All designs and detailed mechanical and assembly drawings were done using Pro/Engineer 19, 2000i, Wildfire 2.0, Pro/INTRALINK)
1/99 to 7/99 MOTOROLA - Plantation, FL
Mechanical Engineer
Responsible for the design of hand-held test equipment for cellular phone radios, from concept to completion. This product was for factory use for the mass production of 35K units per day and for field service returns of 3.5K per day. Product consisted of machined, sheet metal and injection molded parts and printed circuit assemblies. Design required use of GD&T and tolerance stacking analysis. This also required constant interactions and feed with Manufacture engineers, factory workers, in-house and field technician, electrical engineers and PCB designers. As lead engineer other responsibilities included, establishing timelines and scheduled design reviews, obtained quotes to itemize cost, selected and coordinate with the various venders. Products were designed with emphasis cost, functionality, ergonomics, ease of use, and ruggedness. All designs and detailed mechanical and assembly drawings were done using Pro/Engineer 19, CETOL)
7/98 to 10/98 WEBPRESS - Kent, WA
Mechanical Engineer
Provide cost reduction studies and design analysis of an entire rotary offset, web-fed, new paper printing press, by reverse engineering. This process required the CAD based reconstruction and modeling of over 300 parts and 15 sub-assemblies obtained from rough hand drawings and existing parts. This also required the verification of the form, fit and function, as well as design intent of each part, sub-assembly and the top assembly. All detailed mechanical drawings required extensive use of GD&T and tolerance stacking. (Pro/Engineer Version 18)
10/97 to 7/98 SYNRAD - Mukilteo, WA
Mechanical Designer
Provide electronic packaging and test fixture for industrial lasers. The packaging accommodated high voltage power modules, electrical combiners and splitters, while providing heat dissipation. This required the study of various heat management techniques and thermal analysis for critical components. (Pro/Engineer Version 18 and Pro/Mechanica)
2/96 to 4/98 BOEING - SEA LAUNCH - Kent, WA
Mechanical Designer
Construct layout, skeleton parts and assemblies for the Top-Down Design of large satellite handling equipment. Designed a 35,000 pound multi-axle, rotating assembly fixture. This fixture was utilized to carry and provide rotational indexing to mount the payload of the assembly 15000 pound satellite to the launch vehicles. Primary responsibilities included the provide details for mechanical mechanism design and the selection of component such as; linear and rotary actuators, electric drives and motors. Performed verification of assemblies using large assemble management techniques. At the completion of the design phase, I provided detailed mechanical, weldment and assembly drawing for manufacture in accordance to industry and MIL STD using Pro/Engineer. Created animations to demonstrate its full range of motion and the assembly process. (Pro/Engineer 17 and Pro/Mechanica)
9/94 to 2/96 BOEING – SPACE AND DEFENSE - Kent, WA
Mechanical Designer
Conceived, developed and detailed a concept of a deployable wing for the Liquid Fly Back Booster. This was a Boeing Space and Defense proposed upgrade for the Space Shuttle program. My design concept consisted of a swing wing stowed beneath a fairing located on top of the mid section of the liquid boosters. The wings were to be deployed utilizing hydraulic actuators and scissor linkage system.
12/93 to 8/94 MACKIE DESIGN, INC. - Woodinville, WA
Mechanical Designer
Designed and implemented production equipment and procedures for the manufacture of audio mixing consoles. Designed fixtures for flow solder, surface mount, auto-insertion, hand assembly and testing. Setup a metrology lab for quality control and quality assurance. Also assisted in the design of new products. (Pro/Engineer Version 14)
4/93 to 11/93 DB SYSTEMS, INC. - Redmond, WA
Electro-Mechanical Designer/ Electronic Drafter
Provided mechanical drawings for sheet metal enclosures, electronic schematics, PCB layout, electrical drawings and service manuals for speaker amplifiers and speakers for Lear Jets and Beech Craft aircraft using PADS-PCB, AutoCAD . Also assembled and tested new PCB
designs.
5/92 to 3/93 HUNTRON INSTRUMENTS, INC. - Mill Creek, WA
Mechanical/Electro-Mechanical Designer
Provided mechanical drawings of machined parts, sheet metal enclosures and technical illustrations for service manuals, packaging, and manufacturing of electronic test and trouble shooting equipment. Compiled a library parts, sub-assemblies.
3/91 to 3/92 USWEST NEWVECTOR GROUP, INC. - Bellevue, WA
Designer
Designed cellular communication sites. Provided detailed drawings to show the position and orientation of cellular and/or microwave antennas, and required equipment and layout of the cell site building and tower.
11/90 to 3/91 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES, INC. - Bothell, WA
Electro-Mechanical Designer
Primarily revised drawing from engineering change orders. Provided assembly drawing for instruction manuals for ultrasound medical equipment. Also provided engineer drawings, 3-D models and electrical schematics using Pro/Engineer and AUTOCAD.
6/90 to 11/90 HEVI-DUTY NELSON - Tulsa, OK
Electro-Mechanical Drafter/Designer
Primarily revised drawing from engineering change orders. I also created new designs by compiling existing drawing of heavy industrial electrical switches on both board and using AUTOCAD.
6/87 to 4/89 RHODELLIAN ENGINEERING - Los Angeles, CA
Electro-Mechanical Drafter/Designer
Provided engineer drawings and technical illustrations for Los Angeles area job shops in the aircraft industry. Constructed prototypes small parts using machine tools (lathe, mill, surface grinder). Performed precision measurements and inspections.
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