Brigit D. Salgado
** ***** *****. *** **, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Phone: 929-***-**** E-mail: ***********@*****.*** EDUCATION:
**/** ********** ** *** Andes Merida, Venezuela
Bachelor of Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineer Graduated: November 2011 Master Mechanical Engineer at City College of New York, New York .- Present Fundamental Exam: October 2016
` Mechanical Engineer
Collaborative mechanical design engineer with 5 years of experience leading the design, development, and testing to verify concepts to ensure reliability and refine component design. Seeking an opportunity to contribute excellence in cross-functional project leadership to deliver products and solutions on-time and within budget. A strong communicator with the ability to translate design requirements into actionable plans.
LANGUAGES: Fluent (Italian, Spanish and English)
Basic (French, Portuguese, German)
SKILLS:
SolidWorks
Inventor
Creating bills of
materials
Robotics
AutoCAD 2D
Gas drilling
Mat lab
Self- motivate to investigate
Implement new ideas
Drafting techniques
Technical drawing
Adams 2010
Simulations
CAD/CAE
CMM machine
Maya 3D
Ms. Publisher
Ms. Project
Ms. Excel XP/07/2010
GD&T
Reverse Engineer
Product Design
DFM/DFA
Working Model
Ansys
FEA
FE analysis
Detail-oriented
Lab view
Thermodynamics
OSHA
Tolerance
Stacks Analysis
ECR
Certified sales
Good communication (oral,
written, presentation
Interpersonal, negotiation and
organizational skills
Critical Design Review
(CDR)
Preliminary Design
Review (PDR)
Work Order (WO)
Mechanics of
materials
Manufacturing
Engineering
Masters (EM’s)
Design of
machines and
mechanism
ITAR
Extinguisher
First Flight
Certificate
R&D
Skydiving
Scuba diving
Introduction of tactical
shooting (9MM, Daniel
Defense AR)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
9/13- Present Design Engineer New Product Development, Kimber Mfg., Yonkers, NY
Provide technical leadership for Product Introduction and process improvement projects as related to Kimber's NDP program. Support the development and execution of project milestones and resource requirements.
Use advanced principles, theories, concepts and techniques in order to solve mechanical engineering problems, develop conceptual configurations, engineer piece-parts and mechanical systems, and facilitate the fabrication, assembly
Develop and manage complex mechanisms using mechanical engineering disciplines for the design as DFM, DFA, stack analysis
Analysis and test of structures and mechanisms, including strength of materials, machine and structure design, structural/mechanical testing, manufacturing engineering, mechanical systems
Practical experience using CAD modeling software (SolidWorks).Experience developing and delivering mechanical parts, assemblies or mechanical systems.
Study stress analysis of structures and mechanical elements, using classical hand methods and Finite Element Modeling.
Create fully dimensioning drawing using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T) per American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Y14.5.
Interface with manufacturing process engineering, vendors, etc. to ensure designs are optimized for cost, quality, and performance.
Manage bills of material and track component status.
Support manufacturing during initial production of products introduction stages
Develop technical product specifications and validations test plans.
Support and improve test data recording, processing, reporting, and approval of acceptance test data packages.
Improve and maintain acceptance test procedures and documents.
Collaborated with mechanical engineer to implement operating procedures and resolve mechanical malfunctions
Reliability test of pistol components and assemblies. Evaluate product and process output data to drive improvements in manufacturing quality, and actively represent quality objectives in design and development teams.
Create Engineer change Request, Participate in Preliminary Design Review (PDR) / Critical Design Review (CDR) to ensure design for quality (DFQ), design for manufacturability (DFM), risk quantification and mitigation, and that appropriate test validation.
Hands-on development of design for manufacturability through ensuring identification of key characteristics, prototype testing for manufacturability, First Article and Detailed Inspection planning, evaluation of previous non- conformances and lessons learned, and other manufacturing.
Review of Engineering Masters (EM), Work Order (WO) instructions and drawings
Led cross-functional project teams of ten member to achieve on-time release of products
Experience leading one or more junior engineers or techs on an engineering project 04/12 - 09/13 Italian Representative Service, Zoni Language Centers, New York, New York
International online sales of English courses for Manhattan, Vancouver, Miami and London Campus.
I-20 paperwork in order for the student to get a student visa in the origin country
Immigration status changes to student visa
Respond to all inquiries (i.e. leads) about Zoni products to all prospective students by phone, email, and mail
Interview, qualify and enroll students for our English programs 10/09- 5/11 Mechanical Design Engineer, Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics (LARM) Cassino, Italy
Created a model prototype of an earthquake simulator using Inventor 2011
Generated the robots earthquake simulator blue prints.
Generated a simulation of an earthquake robot simulator using Adams 2010
Validated data from the robots movement using LabVIEW.
Design, develop and test all aspects of mechanical components, equipment and machinery
Apply knowledge of engineering principals to improve and design products
Product development projects interfacing with customer and all internal departments
Provide technical documents for customer. (Bill of Materials, electrical and pneumatic schematics) 01/09-10/09 Mechanical Engineer, Tromerca, Merida, Venezuela
Created a prevent method user manual.
Created a troubleshooting step user manual.
Supervised workers on the job duties on a daily bases
Learned mechanical maintains for Electrical & Diesel Mechanical buses.
Created hygiene manual and safety steps for workers to follow while on duty. 07/03-12/08 AutoCAD Dafter, Inversions S.V.C.A
Made structural plans for a company called PDVSA to their gas station services across the region.
Made mechanical installations plans, electromechanical installations, lighting systems and classified areas for PDVSA (Petroleum de Venezuela Sociedad Anonima).
Made housing blue prints and urban projects throughout my career.
Managed multiple projects while meeting challenging deadlines and maintaining a flexible approach. HONOR:
11/11 Seventh place better GPA (3.8) than five hundred students graduating 11/11 Mechanics of the robots
11/11 Academic internships
11/11 Special internships
10/10 Awarded Scholarship, L’ Università di Cassino, Il Laboratorio di Robotica e Meccatronica LARM Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics
07/06 Recipient of Italian Scholarship from L` Università per Stranieri (Italia) References upon request.