RICHARD A. WALKUSKI
Houston, Texas 77449
713-***-**** Cell
E-mail: *******.********@*****.***
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
Motivated self-starter Designer/Drafter with over 25 years Pro-E Design experience serving diverse industries. Skilled and adept in; Design/Documentation from concept though shipment of; custom devices, prototypes, production, related tooling/test equipment research and development for biomedical, consumer appliances, marine and downhole oilfield tools/vehicles. Use of Pro-E software (Wildfire 3.0), Intralink, PDM, Detail, Model, Assembly, Process, SheetMetal and Surface modules.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
07/07-10/09 Jacobs Engineering, Johnson Space Center, Clear Lake, Texas
Mechanical Design/Pro-E (contract)
Established primary modeling techniques to Space Environment Simulation Laboratory (SESL) chambers utilizing Pro-E Wildfire 3.0
05/07-07/07 Universal Compression, Houston, Texas
Mechanical Design/Pro-E (contract)
Design and documentation of Industrial skid mounted 7K HP gas compression assemblies including vessel design and Pro-piping layout. Exclusive use of Pro-E software managed thru Intralink.
05/04-05/07 Armor Holdings, formerly Stewart & Stevenson- Sealy, Texas
Mechanical Design Eng./Pro-E (contract)
Design and documentation of Military Personnel Vehicles. Top-Down assembly documentation of various sized sheetmetal parts, weldments managed thru Intralink and Pro-e Wildfire/2001 Design software.
11/03-05/04 Suntron Corp. Sugarland, Texas
Mechanical Design Eng./Pro-E (contract)
Design and documentation of electro-mechanical sheet metal enclosures and related mounting hardware. Exclusive use of Pro-E Wildfire/2001 Design software in the design of plastic, sheetmetal parts and higher Electro-Mechanical assemblies.
1/03-10/03 Lynntech Inc., College Station, Texas
Mechanical Design Eng./Pro-E (direct)
Design and documentation of innovative fuel cell technology, DNA extraction devices contracted from various military agencies. Exclusive use of Pro-Engineer modeling/Assembly software. Visio part-time.
9/02-11/02 Flow Products, Brookshire, Texas
Mechanical Design/Pro-E (contract)
Design and Installation documentation of various sized valve and operation assemblies. Exclusive use of Pro-E Assembly with conversions to Word formats.
12/99-11/01 Schlumberger Ltd., Sugarland, Texas
Mechanical Design/Pro-E (contract to direct)
Initial contracted to redesign Coiled Tubing Tractor into manageable sub-assemblies. Hired direct to the Rapid Response Team to convert established designs with latest High Pressure/High Temp. technology into various downhole operating systems. Exclusive use of Pro-E and SPDM data management support in design and drafting utilizing Schlumberger standards with ANSI Y14.5, GDT guidelines.
7/99-11/99 CDI Engineering, Louisville, Kentucky
Mechanical Design/Pro-E (contract)
Contracted to General Electric in support of design and documentation of appliance parts/assemblies managed with IntraLink. Supervised and delegated assignments from GE Eng. Dept. to designers of various skill levels within CDI.
5/99-7/99 Mercury Marine, Stillwater, Ok - Mechanical Design/Pro-E (contract)
Support of design and documentation of various marine components adapted to outboard 7.3 liter Diesel Engines.
6/98-11/98 MicroMed, Houston, Texas - Mechanical Design/Pro-E (contract)
Self contracted to document Dr. DeBakey's Implantable Ventricular Assist Device and accessories.
2/81-5/98 Intermedics Inc., Angleton, Texas - Mechanical Design/Pro-E (direct)
Employed in Design and documentation from concept to shipment of various biomedical devices ranging from custom devices, pacemakers, catheters and adapters. Served on committee to establish Industry standards for catheter/pacemaker connection system configurations (VS-1/IS-1) Created design packages from piece part to shipping in accordance to FDA/Regulatory guidelines.
EDUCATION:
9/80 ITT Technical Institute, Dayton, Ohio; Associates in Tool Design Engineering
AWARDS Patent #5,573,551 issued 12 Nov 1996 for Replaceable/Detachable pacemaker power source.