PRO-E Mechanical Designer

EDUCATION: Williamsport Area Community College - Associate in Engineering Design, 1977 Williamsport Area Community College - Associate in Architecture, 1979 SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: Mechanical Design Engineer with 30+ years experience supporting engineering proj ects in all phases of development, from Prototype, Low Rate Initial Production, to full Production. Responsible for all aspects of component design including c oncepts, 3-D modeling, detail drawings, bills of material, documentation, provid ing Systems Integration support to resolve interference issues, and providing ma nufacturing support in the design builds. Experience includes supporting the de sign and build of the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle by GD for the Marine Corps. , Class 8 Heavy Truck Chassis for Volvo Truck, Navigational and Weather Radar f or Sperry Marine Systems, Light Truck and Automotive Headlights for Chrysler, AH 64 Apache Attack Helicopter Flight Simulator for Link, Aircraft Galley Assemblie s for Boeing, Rotary Air Compressors for I/R, Business Telephone Key Systems and phones for Comdial, Pneumatic and Hydraulic Hand Tools for I/R, Line and Serial Printers for Genicom, and the Odin Portable Two Way Radio for Motorolla. Speci fic developmental experience includes the design of many various mechanisms, ele ctromechanical packaging, plastic injection molding, metal die-casting, sheet me tal fabrications, weldments, gear drives, prototype parts, and SLA/SLT models. Experienced in the use of ANSIY14.5M-1982-1994, DOD-100 metric dimensioning prac tices, ISO 9000-9001 standards, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, and DOD Configuration Management requirements/practices. SOFTWARE/SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE: 20,000 hrs. PTC's Pro-E 2000I and Intralink data management system 38,000 hrs. COMPUTERVISION 3, 4, 4X, CADDS5, Parametric, CAMU 4,000 hrs. CATIA 200 hrs. AUTOCAD Microsoft Office, including design presentations Lotus Notes CMstat Configuration Management Tool EXPERIENCE: 9/00 - Present: General Dynamics, Land Systems Design Engineer, Contract Employee: Responsible for providing on-site support to General Dynamics Amphibious Systems in the development and production of the US MC's high water speed Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV). Responsible for the design of Hull Structures and Mechanical Systems components including use of ba llistic aluminum's, composite panels, design of various brackets, weldments, and sheet metal parts. Responsible for vast selection of materials, use of Pro-E t op down design using parametric dependencies, implementation of Geometric Dimens ioning and Tolerancing and 3-D Notes. Primarily responsible for the design of H elm and Troop seat's, their mounting structures and meeting geometrical and acci dental/basic/ballistic shock requirements, and providing detail drawings as requ ired. 5/99 - 3/00: Genicom Corporation Mechanical Designer, Contract Employee: Responsible for the design and developme nt of high-speed impact printer. Duties included creating 3-D models of sheet m etal chassis, thixotropic magnesium molded carriage, gap adjustment gearing, ste el rail and shaft, plastic injection molded bearing, drive belt tensioning mecha nism, various brackets. Duties also included materials selection and finishes, calculating center of gravity and model masses, mounting and placement of printh ead, communicating with vendors for quotes an design correlation, and detail dra

wings of all components. 1/98 - 5/99 and 4/93 - 11/93: Volvo Truck North America Mechanical Designer, Contract Employee: Responsible for the design and developme nt of Class 8 Heavy Truck Chassis Systems. Duties included creating 3-D models of steering geometry, drive line articulation, air suspension, metal casting, tr ansmission assemblies, pneumatic brake system, and various brackets. Duties als o included supporting cost reduction, develop chassis diagrams, and detail drawi ngs of all components.

12/94 - 1/98: Litton Marine Systems Mechanical Designer, Contract Employee: Responsible for the design and developme nt of navigational and weather radar systems. Duties included creating 3-D mode ls of transmitter/receiver gear drive module, passive radar detector, throttle c ontrol/feedback unit, airborne weather radar transmitter/receiver, steering helm module, inertial navigation system, commercial radar display unit, SLA/SLT data bases, plastic injection molded parts, metal die castings, and providing detail drawings of all components. 7/94 - 12/94 and 3/00 - 9/00: Volvo Truck North America Mechanical Designer, Contract Employee: Responsible for the design and developme nt of prototype Class 8 Heavy Trucks. Duties included creating 3-D models of ca b exterior sunvisor assembly, various back of cab structures, class A surfaces o f side farings and fuel tank farings, plastic injection molded parts. Additiona lly responsible for creating 3-D models of sheet metal brackets, air hoses using Pro-E cabling software module, designing assemblies of pneumatic brake chassis systems, and providing detail drawings of all components. 2/91 - 4/93 and 11/93 - 7/94: Cooper Industries, Wagner Lighting Division Mechanical Designer, Contract Employee: Responsible for the design and developme nt of light truck and automotive headlamp assemblies. Duties included creating 3-D models of aero style headlamps, SLA/SLT databases, complex parabolic surface s, complete assemblies of high quantity plastic and thermoset injection molded p arts, and providing detail drawings of all components. 1/90 - 6/90: Ingersoll-Rand, Rotary Air Compressor Division Mechanical Designer, Contract Employee: Responsible for the design and developme nt of a 66mm rotary air compressor. Duties included creating 3-D models of comp ressor assemblies; metal die casting, various brackets, and providing detail dra wings of all components. 3/89 - 1/90: Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company Mechanical Designer, Contract Employee: Responsible for design and development o f aircraft galley assemblies. Duties included creating 3-D models of galley asse mblies, installations, and providing detail drawings of all components. 6/88 - 3/89: Motorola Portable Communications Mechanical Designer, Contract Employee: Responsible for the design and developme nt of the Odin two-way radio. Duties included creating 3-D models of radio asse mblies, layout of flexible printed circuits, plastic injection molded parts, CAM databases, and providing detail drawings of all components. 6/85 - 6/88: ComDial Telecommunications Corporation Lead Mechanical Designer, Direct Employee: Responsible for supporting the design and development of business telephone Key systems and phones. Duties included creating 3-D models of business phones, key systems, electrical components, supe

rvision of drafters, supporting cost reduction programs, scheduling of CAD work, handset redesign, plastic injection molded parts, sheet metal parts, and provid ing bills of material and detail drawings of all components. 7/82 - 6/85: Singer-Link Flight Simulation Mechanical Designer, Direct Employee: Responsible for supporting the design and development of the AH64 Apache Attack Helicopter Flight Simulator. Duties inclu ded creating 3-D models of AH64 simulator, DIG image visual assemblies, B1B mock up, F16 simulator product sustaining, Chinook simulator day to night vision conv ersion, weldments, sheet metal parts, 6 months cross training in assembly, and d etail drawing of all components. 1/80 - 7/82: Ingersoll-Rand, Power Hand Tool Division Mechanical Designer, Direct Employee: Responsible for supporting the design and development of pneumatic and hydraulic hand tools. Duties included creating 3-D models of hand tools, sustaining of current product, creating performance chart s, metal die and sand cast parts, 3 months cross training in maintance, and prov iding detail drawings of all components.