Mechanical Engineer with more than 9 years of progressive experience specializing in designing stone hearth commercial ovens, restaurant and heat transfer equipment. I excel in the areas of communication, problem solving and leadership with a proven capacity to motivate and mentor team members to achieve company objectives. Highlights Proficient in SolidWorks and FEA analysis Proficient in sheet metal fabrication Highly skilled in 2D AutoCAD Compute bend deduction calculations Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing Machine shop practice New product development Root cause analysis Reverse engineering Electrical trouble shooting CNC programming Gas and combustion Accomplishments Co-Inventor of Bun Caramelizer Patent Number US20120017774
Experience
Mechanical Engineer Supervisor July 2014 to CurrentProluxe － Perris, CA
Work with UL, ETL and NSF agencies on getting approvals on time before new product rollout.
Coordinated New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, resulting in addition of new equipment to our customer's product line.
Worked closely with customer in designing special pizza molds for their machines, after customer approved mold design, sales increased by 10% on this product.
Identified the most efficient and acceptable solutions to complex engineering problems, which led to establish retrofit procedures for technicians.
Designed and made wire harness for 5 prototypes for customer approvals, after customer tested and approved units, this product became the spec for their operations.
Worked as field gas technician on startup projects.
Director of Engineering August 2013 to July 2014Proluxe － Perris, CA
Hired and managed engineers and technicians on multiple projects from conception to implementation.
Designed and implemented use of welding fixtures during manufacturing, which led in 15% manufacturing savings.
Recommend design modifications for most popular products, resulting in 20% manufacturing savings.
Implemented engineering documentation that helped engineers to maintain communication while staying on task.
Approved final drawings and bill of materials for production from prototype stages.
Collaborated with vendors to introduce touch screen technology on our equipment.
Worked as field gas technician on startup projects.
Director of Engineering July 2007 to August 2013Doughpro － Perris, CA
Hired and managed engineers and technicians on multiple projects from conception to implementation.
Designed a Bun Caramelizer machine, which led to a chain rollout of more than 450 stores.
Worked with UL, NSF and ETL agencies above and beyond expectations, resulting on product certification on time before product rollout.
Created ECO data base using Excel, which helped track open ECOs.
Designed a potato lifter, which helped customer employees prevent back injuries, as a result of this approved design, sales increased by 50% for this account.
Designed custom commercial stone hearth ovens.
Designed permanent molds, sand and die aluminum castings to keep manufacturing cost down.
Project Engineer December 2004 to August 2007Stearns Product Development Corporation － Perris, CA
Designed heat transfer equipment, resulting in adding two new products to this product line.
Designed complex sheet metal parts and generated complete bill of materials using Solidworks, which helped in the process of prototyping.
Programmed 32 tons sheet metal punch press, which led to manufacturing savings.
Worked with vendors on researching materials and components to be use on new designs.
Manufactured prototypes parts using drill presses, lathes and mills, reducing production interruptions.
Assembled, tested and recorded prototypes data that would later be used to design similar products.
Reverse engineer restaurant equipment.
Mechanical Assembler January 2002 to December 2004Syagen Technologies － Tustin, CA
Assembled analytic instrumentation use on detection of explosive and chemical weapons.
Tested electro-mechanical devices using analytic instrumentation with PC interface.
Created work instructions for new and existing products using Microsoft word.
Education
Southern California Gas Company 2014
Certificate : Combustion, 2012Fullerton College － Downey, CACombustion
Associate of ScienceFullerton, CA
Associates : Science and EngineeringScience and Engineering
Associates : Science and Mathematics Manufacturing Technology, 2011Fullerton College － Fullerton, CAScience and Mathematics Manufacturing Technology
Manufacturing Technology certificate (Level 1 and 2) Go Engineer 2008 Certificate San Dimas, CA Cosmoworks professional (FEA)
Skills
CA, data base, designing, documentation, Engineer, ETL, lathes, materials, mechanical, Excel, Microsoft word, weapons, NSF, press, prototyping, researching, sales, San, Solidworks, technician, welding
Southern California Gas Company 2014
Certificate : Combustion , 2012 Associate of Science Associates : Science and Engineering Associates : Science and Mathematics Manufacturing Technology , 2011 Manufacturing Technology certificate (Level 1 and 2) Go Engineer 2008 Certificate San Dimas, CA Cosmoworks professional (FEA)
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