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markk310 (ID: 481362)
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Engineering & CAD
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Summary
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| Member Since: |
August 26, 2004 | 0 quotes in last 30 days
| Last Signed in: May 04, 2009
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Rochester Hills, Michigan | United States |
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| Earnings (All Time): |
$200 |
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| Rate: |
Min. Rate: $65.00 | Min. Budget: $0.00 |
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Automotive, Consumer Goods & Services |
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SKILLS:
• Performing fast-paced engineering design and development on first-to-market high value automotive electro-mechanical assemblies and mechanisms.
• Building cross-functional teams, managing projects and maintaining design history files to timeline and QS-9000 standards. Extensive experience with FMEA (design and process), DVP&R, Control Plan, etc.
• Communicating extensively with customers and suppliers – internal and external – in regard to product and manufacturing specifications, APQP status, product and tooling design, manufacturing processes and pricing
• Delegating tasks to design personnel, prototype technicians and test technicians to ensure timely and robust completion of design and validation processes
• Coordinating concept, design, computer modeling and simulation, prototype testing and validation of new products and technologies through PPAP
• Planning and persuading the direction of future company products and technologies in addition to creating project proposals
• Inventing new designs that meet or exceed customer specifications and improve company profitability
• Familiarity with a wide variety of engineering materials and manufacturing processes – see attachment
• Extensive experience with GD&T, Design for Manufacture (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Design of Experiments (DOE), etc.
• Performing financial modeling and analysis for project investment decisions
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Cobasys, Inc, Orion, MI
October 2004 - Present
Stationary Power Group
Mechanical Project Engineer managing design and development of high-tech NiMH battery systems for backup power for UPS applications
• Developing new backup battery systems that are last up to 5X longer than competing technology and have 3X energy density while being an environmentally friendly green technology.
• Adapting low-tech manufacturing techniques to high-tech product design.
• Redesigned original company product to eliminate 90% labor time and 60% part count and reduced cost of non-electronic components by 40%.
Precision Dynamics Corporation, San Fernando, CA September 2002 – Present
Product Development Group
Mechanical Engineering Project Team Leader managing simultaneous projects including Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology
• Developing new identification technologies and systems centered around Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID).
• Designing and developing point-of-sale (POS) terminal for positively identifying people. POS terminal contains a single board computer with a large, touch-screen LCD panel as well as other input hardware. Terminal interfaces with custom designed printer and UPS unit via customized backplane.
• Performing financial analyses for investment decisions on new products and equipment and equipment upgrades.
• Independently invented a design improvement that rectified an unresolved problem that has plagued company for 40 years. The invention eliminated RF sealing equipment downtime by 95%, eliminated secondary operations and will save the company approximately $700,000 per annum on $7 million in product line sales.
• Conducting Design of Experiments (DOE) to determine ideal production equipment settings to meet tightened product design requirements.
• Four RFID-related patents in process.
Amerigon, Inc., Irwindale, CA April 2000 – September 2002
Advanced Development / Climate Control Seat Department
Senior Mechanical Engineer developing proprietary heated and cooled automotive seat technology
• Developed patented Climate Control Seat (CCS) technology for the automotive OEM market. CCS is the only product in the world to actively cool the seat occupant using solid state devices. CCS is composed of highly engineered mechanical and highly engineered electronic components. Since product introduction in 1999 over 700,000 CCS systems have been installed in vehicles such as Cadillac, Lexus, Infiniti and Lincoln.
• Performed mathematical model analyses to determine new product design capabilities prior to prototype build. Tested prototype components typically came within 15% of model prediction and reduced time and cost of development.
• Invented new designs of CCS technology to reduce product costs and improve system performance. Redesigned current production modular components for cost savings and improved final production throughput and efficiency. Design changes resulted in an estimated 60% assembly cost saving, 54% reduction in inventoried items and an estimated 25% overall cost reduction with a payback period of approximately three months.
• Performed digital signal processing analyses of CCS assembly sound and vibration in order to determine noise characteristics for quality-conscious Asian customer. Analyses narrowed variables to two primary contributors.
Teleflex, Inc., Troy, MI December 1995 – March 2000
Driver Controls Systems Department
Mechanical Design engineer developing power adjustable pedal systems and drive-by-wire technology for the automotive industry
• As a member of a three-person team, developed from initial patent to high-volume production, Ernst & Young LLP-sponsored 1999 PACE Award-winning power adjustable pedal system. Future award consideration given to power adjustable pedal and drive-by-wire combination.
• Initiated design changes that resulted in a 26% comparative cost saving between the first and second production models, resulting in approximately $6.5M annual cost savings. Second production model brought to market in a timeframe that was shortened from 28 months to 17 months.
• Ensured structural integrity and durability of vehicle safety systems. Performed Finite Element Analyses (FEA) on brake and accelerator drive-by-wire systems resulting in optimally designed assemblies for strength and weight. Assemblies successfully passed stringent FMVSS testing.
• Ensured mating of components within assemblies consisting of 50 individual components and seven different assembly processes via expert use of GD&T. Performed Variation Simulation Analyses (VSA) on assembly and component tolerances resulting in 100% production component mating and a zero scrap rate.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Office software: proficient with all Microsoft Office Applications including Project and Powerpoint
Engineering software: SolidWorks, Matlab, Cosmos FEA,
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Master's Degree |
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* Electronic-mechanical assemblies and mechanisms, mechanical design of components and assemblies for various industries
* Industry experience: automotive, consumer electronics
* Experience with sheet metal stamping, plastic injection molding, die casting, metal heading
* FMEA, GD&T, SolidWorks, Matlab, Cosmos FEA |
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