Engineer Mechanical

Dan J. Hildreth

Cell: 520-***-****

Work: 520-***-****

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Degreed Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years of experience:

-Project Management: New Product Development support to include:

•Budget, Schedule development

•Requirements assessment and analysis

•Risk assessment & Quality requirements

•Vendor Management

•Life Cycle Management

•Team Forming & Leadership

•SOW Creation and Management

•Requirements Negotiation

•Experience with Earned Value Management System

•Production fixtures, tools and mechanisms

-Production Support: Ongoing support of automated production line for Missile Systems sub-assembly factory to include:

•Detailed design, fabrication and integration of production and test equipment.

•Verification and acceptance testing of new production equipment installations.

•Creation and/or modification of assembly processes with regard to newly designed production / test equipment.

•Planning, design, implementation and placement of new production / test equipment with respect to new and existing assembly processes.

-Broad and varied experience in Mechanical and System Design:

•Prototype developement and fabrication

•Production fixtures, tools and mechanisms

•Opto-mechanical and Electro-optical systems

•High pressure/ purity gas systems

•Circuit card assembly (CCA) analysis design constraints

•Electronic packaging

•Material selection, Prototyping, Environmental testing (thermal and vibration)

•Fabrication, System prove-in and integration

•Thermal Management systems, Test and production equipment design for CCAs and complex mechanical assemblies.

•Understanding of machining operations (CNC machining, Sheet metal fabrication, Die casting, Plastic injection molding)

•Proficiency with Pro-Engineer, Experience with Solid Works and Pro-Engineer Mechanica.

•Systems engineering approach to all test systems design and integration.

-Development of Engineering Documentation: Engineering Drawings creation, Review, Redline, Release process, Product Data Management System (PDM), Test Instructions, Test and integration instructions, Trade studies, Sub-contractor Statement of Work, Risk analysis reports.

Prior experience with regulatory documentation, including UL and CE.

-Analysis Experience: Tolerance / stack-up, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T: ASME Y14.5), Thermal and Stress analysis (Pro-Engineer Mechanica), General Engineering calculations, Drawing check.

-Ability to work and function with flexibility: Experience as a team lead, Effective on large diverse team or individual effort, Effective function on highly changeable development program, Mentoring skills.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Pro-Engineer (14 yrs +), FEA tools (Pro-Mechanica), MS-Office Suite (16 years +), Adobe (12 years), Solidworks (1 year), PDM tools (13 yrs +).

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND:

-Experience (5 years +) in tooling, test systems and mechanical fixturing application for new automated missile factory.

-Experience (6 years +) working with Engineering Change and Engineering Review Boards to successfully resolve production related issues.

-Experience (5 years +) with Documentation : Statement of Work (SOW), Test standards and protocol, Design requirements, Test Equipment Instructions, Risk Failure Assessment.

-Ongoing experience (10 years +) with negotiating and resolving issues regarding design requirements, schedule, budget, manpower and risks.

-Current Six Sigma Specialist (10 years +) based on completed projects.

-Current Secret Clearance

EDUCATION:

Arizona State University University of Oregon

B.S. Mechanical Engineering B.S. Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Raytheon Missile Systems

Senior Mechanical Engineer II

Aug 2008 to present

Tucson, AZ

- Production equipment / tooling support (requirements management, design, fabrication, Integration) for NWS (Naval Weapon Systems) Advanced Automated Production factory.

-Documentation creation: Proposals, Trade studies, SSOW, System Requirements, ECN, Test Instructions, Assembly Instructions, Test Procedures, Risk analysis,

-Performed as a Section Head for 12 other engineers with respect to Raytheon process and procedure as well as overall technical deliverables for group.

-Designed, fabricated, assembled and integrated mechanisms for testing product. Results: Successful implementation of improved testing procedures saving program thousands of dollars.

-Engineered interface test electronics packaging module in support of advanced automated manufacturing test bay for Missile subassembly requiring adherence to aggressive schedule and budget with conflicting requirements. Results: Successful Implementation to newly developed and automated production system worth over 2.5 million dollars.

-Designed Electronics packaging for CCAs, harnessing and electronics for testing Missile Subassemblies in a thermal environment. Results: Successful completion for Missile Development program worth several millions of dollars.

-Performed as team lead for schedule aggressive project requiring design, fabrication and integration of multiple test stations for factory development program. Results: Completely successful implementation saving the program hundreds of hours in test time.

-Generated critical SSOW documentation specifying and managing requirements, cost, budget and deliverables for sub-contractors. Results: Completed, managed successful conclusion to project worth over $300, 000.

-Mitigated missile factory production equipment issues with critical quick fixes, work around. Results: Mitigated critical production issues that cost the program thousands of dollars.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Structural Design Engineer (Project Engineer) IV

Mar 2008 to Aug. 2008

Everett, WA

-Project management supporting Boeing 787 world-wide partners (building 787 sub-sections) relative to closing out pre-existing action items relevant to interior floors / structures.

Raytheon Missile Systems

Senior Mechanical Engineer II

Jan 2005 to Mar 2008

Tucson, AZ

-Mechanical Team Lead (7 other members) for design, customer support, conceptualization, fabrication, integration and prove-in of test systems and production equipment deliverables.

-Managed team efforts for requirements management, conceptualization, design, fabrication and integration of Mass Properties Test / fueling / defueling station to support new advanced unmanned aircraft development program.

Results: Successful implementation, used as a standard template for additional test stations to support critical missile production.

Ball Aerospace Technologies

Senior Mechanical Engineer I

Feb 2004 to Jan 2005

Boulder, CO

-Mechanical Team Lead for all mechanical aspects related to design, documentation, test fixtures and fabrication of radio frequency (RF) components (antennas).

*Highly positive evaluation by functional manager available for review.

Raytheon Missile Systems

Senior Mechanical Engineer I

May 1999 to Feb 2004

Tucson, AZ

-Conceptualization, design, analysis, fabrication, assembly and prove-in high pressure / high purity gas delivery and distribution systems.

-Conceptualization, design, analysis, fabrication, assembly and prove-in for Precision Opto-Mechanical test and production equipment.

-Designed high pressure / high purity gas cryostat performance test verification station for use in the production of missile seekers. Results: Successful implementation saves program hundreds of thousands of dollars in test time, received patent award.

-Designated as Subject Matter Expert (at RMS) for high pressure/high purity gas system supporting factory missile seeker production needs.

Cymer Inc.

Mechanical Engineer

April 1997 to May 1999

San Diego, CA

-Designed as Mechanical Lead, a new Metrology measurement system for UV Laser to be sold directly to customers in the Semi-Conductor Industry. Results: Tool was marketed sold as support tool saving customers potentially millions of dollars.

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