sr mechanical engineer resume example with 20+ years of experience
JessicaClaire
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Summary
Obtain a long-term position in a growth-oriented company were I can utilize all the engineering skills and experience I have obtained through my carrier .
Skills
Environmental Practices, RoHs Compliance.
Certified Manufacturing Engineer CMfgE.
CNC Machine Tool programming, including CMM.
Root Cause Analysis.
Product Troubleshooting.
Lean Manufacturing development.
Procedure creation, Documentation.
Troubleshooting and Diagnostics of complex mechanical systems.
Capital equipment Purchases and installation.
Staff mentoring Supervision.
GD&T Certified Instructor ASME-2020.
New Product Development & Design.
Vendor Sourcing.
Welding MIG, TIG, EB, Astro-Arc orbital welding.
Experience
Sr Mechanical Engineer, 01/2015 - Current Koch Industries, Inc. – Kansas City, MO,
This position included responsibility for creating product documentation Tooling, Jigs, and Test Fixtures, Final Test Procedures for product testing.
Applied best techniques, procedures and theories to researching, analyzing and designing mechanical equipment and components.
Recommended design modifications to eliminate component and system malfunctions.
Investigated component failures to diagnose cause and determine corrective action. member of the CAPA team.
Worked with domestic and international suppliers to fabricate both prototype and production parts, mechanical and electrical PCA's.
Recommended design modifications to eliminate machine and system malfunctions.
Developed and enforced standards, procedures and compliance.
Researched new technologies and assessed feasibility for inclusion in new concepts.
Prepared and participated in project design reviews.
Researched and analyzed customer design proposals, specifications, manuals and other data.
Developed engineering plans, specifications and bid documents for defibrillator products.
Created new part designs from inception through detailed engineering drawings using Solidworks.
Performed various statistical evaluations using Minitab solfware.
Reviewed contractors' schedules and submission of engineering drawings and samples.
Conferred with team engineers to implement operating procedures and resolve system malfunctions.
Analyzed product design requirements and recommended solutions to conflicts.
Simplified complex specifications into logical design requirements for production.
Wrote test protocols, qualification documents, test plans and reports.
Conducted Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (FMEA) for reliability development.
Hands on interaction with FDA audits and required cocumetation.
Position required management of all design and fabrication for fixtures used in new product development testing and production product testing
I oversee five Tooling Engineers (two mechanical and three electrical) and a small prototype machine shop
My group was also responsible for the verification and validation of all designed fixtures
Managed fixture budgets, 50K to 600K, by product responsible for reporting and purchasing approval
Responsible for planning and implementation of a Large Proto Type machine shop including Identifying all equipment, and facilities and creating and working within a 3 million dollar budget, completed the project 25K under budget
Primary Position responsibilities is to manage all aspects of development, design, procurement and testing of fixtures and tooling in support of new hardware product testing at the Microsoft Reliability test facility
Formulate and manage project schedules.
Managed machine shop and two Machinist.
As a working Manager, I also Designed Fixtures and Automated test equipment as required to support schedules.
Sr. Mechanical Engineer, 01/2000 - 01/2010 Amazon.Com, Inc. – Marina Del Rey, CA,
Hired as the first manufacturing engineer for the company. Products manufactured include night vision for military special operations units and IR/visible green targeting lasers for weapons and surveillance systems.
Major role in new product development, and creation of the IPD process. As the Manufacturing Engineer I was responsible for "cradle to grave" of assigned products that included review and planning as part of the product development group, design sign off, regulatory compliance implementation and monitoring, all fabrication and test activities, outsourcing and vendor relations, program scheduling for product roll out, sustaining activities.
Created Product design of various weapons system to support engineering work load as required. This included re-design of two laser products for cost reduction.
Setup a high-rate production line base on lean theories (including the supply chain and vendor supply) for military rapid-deployment forces.
Designed and built a machine gun simulator to allow weapons testing in the facility instead of at a gun range. This testing saves countless hours and allows real-time testing of products.
Created the company’s drafting and documentation system and performed training for GD&T for Engineers, Machinist and inspection.
Initiated and setup the “Material Review Board” and inspection department.
Served as technical liaison for the company’s machine shop, including the purchase of the company’s first two CNC machines.
Designed and build two thermal test chambers specifically for laser thermal cycling and power testing. Created LabView GUI data acquisition systems for test monitoring.
Designed Optical test benches for measuring and aligning laser and vision systems, these test benches utilized a LabView system for specific alignment operation and Spericon software to analyze beam quality
Received civilian operations training to 18B Special-Forces weapons for M4, M2, 249, 242 and Dillon mini gun.
Sr Mechanical Engineer, 07/1985 - 12/1999 Koch Industries, Inc. – Rincon, GA,
·14+ years experience in all aspects of precision aerospace manufacturing, heavy machine shop interaction,, including design, process development, creation of work instructions and manufacturing for all products and quality systems.
Designed the roll control rocket module for the Atlas Centar Rocket, 5lb Hydrazine thrusters including propellant valve.
·Responsible for SPC activities including process mapping, flow chart, Pareto analysis, cause and effect, capability studies, gage R&R, hands on use of all SPC techniques and tools including training of other Engineers and operators.
Created process streamlining initiatives to increase quality and production efficiency.
Optimized CNC machine and inspection process to reduce expense and increase efficiency.
Led Six Sigma projects to optimize time and resources.
Developed automated visual inspection system for accepting surface finish in rocket nozzles to reduce cavitation speeding up product sorting process by 50%.
Assessed processes in use and suggested improvements to close process gaps or meet forecasted need.
Created diagrams, specifications and other types of documentation meeting project needs and compliance standards.
Crafted robust and easy to perform manufacturing processes.
Designed filter for automotive airbag passenger side.
Mechanical engineer for the high volume Takata airbag plant in Moses Lake, primarily robotic manipulators.
Process expert for material and processing selection of exotic materials such as hastelloy-B,C and X, Unimet, and inconel 625.
Designed automated solid rocket propellant cutting machine.
Developed micro machining methods for .25 thrusters including "peck" dilling to obtain surface finish of 3 rms in .015-.025 holes.
Implemented "flow hone" process to accurately establish delta P for flow rates on Hydrazine rocket thrusters.
Created and tested weld schedules for thruster assemblies, including Electro Beam welding of missile systems.
Education and Training
BS: Mechanical Engineering, Expected in 01/1985 - Cogswell College North - Kirkland, GPA: Status -
Accomplishments
Defined and created detailed engineering drawing packages using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) per ASME/ANSI Y14.5-2020.
Expert level GT&T Certified through ASTM and drawing package reviews.
Created and conducted GD&T training ASTM Certified Instructor.
Created detail Product/Fixture designs, and drawing packages used for production.
Created company guidelines for drawing standards and conducted training.
Expert level with SolidWorks 2014 thru 2020, previous experience with ProE and CREO.
Extensive experience in material and product testing using ultra-sound, x-ray, n-ray, magnetic particle and die penetrate techniques, Vibration, shock thermal optical testing.
Vacuum decay and helium leak testing utilized in space propellant systems.
Formulated test plans, technical analysis reports, data acquisition LabView, instrumentation, development and implementation of product testing in accordance with military and customer contracts.
Created test plans and fixture design for new hardware product development including drop testing, vibration, torque, life testing, packaging, electronics bed of nails fixture design.
Direct hands-on experience in all manufacturing processes utilized in the fabrication of precision machined parts, sheet metal, plastics and electronics J-STD-610-001, including SMT , flow solder and automated pick and place equipment.
Additional experience in critical fabrication techniques for difficult engineering materials and refractory metals, such as EDM, micro hole drilling, flow hone.
Responsible for development of inspection techniques and tooling, operator training and documentation.
Designed and built a Machine Gun Simulator to provide shock testing for weapon mounted products.
Obtained two US Patents US2040247014A1, US7317466B2.
Obtained Green Belt certification - 2010.
Implemented the SPC system using short run and conventional SPC process based methods.
This system has been used as a model for three other aerospace customers in the local area.
The result of the SPC system has been a significant reduction in inspection with an increase in quality meeting 6 sigma goals.
The data was used to drive the Design for Manufacturing activities and set design standards used by other mechanical engineers to guide design activities.
Trained in 5s, Design for Manufacturing, Kaizen, Lean.
(FTA) Fault Tree Analysis, (FMEA) Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, (MTBF) Meantime Between Failures.
ISO9001-2015 Auditor, AS9100 QA System used by aviation, space and defense.
Skilled in the creation, implementation and reporting of ISO9001 requirements.
Created company quality, ECN and MRB procedures used to obtain ISO9001-2015 compliance.
Responsible for maintaining and performing internal ISO9001 audits for the company and outside vendors.
Developed inspection techniques using standard inspection methods in place of CMM to reduce inspection time
Aided in obtaining 510k UL3101, UL508, CE and TUV on products and implementing manufacturing procedures to meet the UL requirements for building hardware.
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