Mechanical Design Engineer, Project Engineer

Education:

Rochester Institute of Technology

Major: Mechanical Engineering Technology: Bachelor of Science Degree

Dutchess Community College

Major: Electro/Mechanical Technology: Associates Degree

Summary of qualifications:

- Broad experience designing and documenting ultra high purity gas and chemical distribution systems, printed circuit industry capital equipment, high-end commercial lighting, industrial blowers, wax pattern assembly tooling, optical systems and mechanisms.

- Design of gas cabinets, CVD gas delivery systems, VMB's, gas panels, Teos delivery panel and bubblers.

- Integration, set-up, debugging and final testing of controls and instrumentation.

- Electrical control panel layout and design including enclosures and cabinets.

- Experienced at designing complex aluminum sand and die castings, machined parts, structural weldments, piping systems, sheet metal parts and complex assemblies.

- Extensive Bill of Material and CAD experience including 12 years combined 3D Solid Modeling with Solidworks, Pro-Engineer Wildfire 5, Autodesk Inventor and Mechanical Desktop. 2D design using AutoCad, Cadkey and others. Well versed in the use of several ERP systems.

- Product data management specialist experienced with documentation organization, tracking, storage and retrieval.

- 6 years experience developing and maintaining numerous relational databases.

Professional experience:

05/09 – Present Zumtobel Lighting Inc..

Senior Product Engineer: work in a very fast paced environment designing standard and custom point-source and linear lighting fixtures incorporating HID, fluorescent and LED light sources.

- Project Engineer for new LED based track light product family.

- Extensively involved in sheet metal design utilizing Pro-Engineer Wildfire and Windchill PDM software.

03/08 – 03/09 MPI Inc.

Mechanical Design Engineer: design, document, test and demonstrate End of Arm Tooling for a sophisticated robotic wax pattern assembly system. Create complex parts manuals of wax injection and pattern assembly equipment.

- Responsible for inspecting and approving all the work that was completed by others for end of arm tooling projects.

- Installed completed tooling in the robotic system, programmed robotic operation and verified its functionality.

11/00 –3/08 Stainless Design Concepts, a division of CVD Corp.

Mechanical Design Engineer: design and build equipment for the world’s leading semiconductor equipment manufacturers, end users and for standard product offerings.

- Design and document Ultra High Purity (UHP) gas and chemical delivery systems utilized in semiconductor fabrication processes.

- Managed several contract design projects and carried out in house design and documentation to facilitate manufacturing of systems to customer contractual specifications.

- Appointed engineer in charge of acquired PLC driven Solder Reflow/Rework product line. Re-engineered product line for lower cost of manufacturing and to incorporate updated controls, features and components.

- Designed custom PC Board fixtures and reflow nozzles as required.

- Program, debug, setup and conduct final testing of control driven machines prior to delivery.

01/90 – 11/00 AMETEK Rotron, Inc., Industrial Div.

Designer: at a diversified manufacturing company that possesses world class manufacturing in the design, development and manufacture of advanced electronic instruments, electric motors and air moving devices with $2 billion in annual sales.

- Design and document cast aluminum Industrial Blowers and packaged blower systems.

- Supervised building of custom designs.

- Design and develop database applications utilizing Paradox/ObjectPal

- Install, administer, upgrade and repair PC’s, CAD software and large document OCE 9400 scanning/printing system for Engineering Dept.

01/86-12/89 Lorex Industries, Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY

Staff Engineer:

- Design, document and build electro/mechanical and optical systems.

- Populate and assemble printed circuit boards.

- Build prototype circuits from schematics provided.

11/82-11/85 L. J. Gonzer Associates, Hopewell Jct., NY

CADAM Drafter/Designer:

- Contract drafting and design utilizing CADAM software.

Patents:

Co-patentee on patent numbers 5152162: System and method for crimping articles and 5195042: Apparatus and method for controlling crimping of articles. Both patents revolved around development of a hydraulic crimping tool.

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