Experience

Fain Models, Ltd.

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Operations

  • Jul 2017 - Present



Parker Aerospace

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2017

  • Serves as the leader for Fabrication High Performance Team which includes CNC, Tube Bend, Chemical Processing, Welding, Torch Brazing, and Heat Treat Engineers.• Manages in-house Manufacturing Engineering activities which include production evaluations of job on-time-delivery, scrap, safety, quality turn backs, rank product improvement projects, and new capital expenditures.• Recommends product changes/improvements to Product Engineering while identifying and implementing solutions for manufacturing issues relating to, safety, quality, cost, productivity, and scrap.• Prepares and facilitates NADCAP Fusion Welding, Torch Braze, and Heat Treat Quality audits, as well as completes corrective actions for audit findings to gain extended merit. • Participates in CI planning, goal setting, and measurement. Recommends actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses based on knowledge of current and planned CI activities.• Works with Procurement teams to identify in house processes or products to outsource and source new vendors to improve plant on time delivery and quality. • Liaison between production, design engineering, quality and management to support new business and on-time delivery for multiple sites.• Develop and maintain manufacturing process routings, manufacturing instructions, and process training plans. Show less

• Engineer III

  • Aug 2011 - Jan 2013

  • Served as first line support for Large Engine Business Team – Europe.• Developed content for new drawing creation from systems engineering and customer product requirements.• Developed engineering and qualification plans and test reports for product certification.• Supported customer required CCF, DFMEA, and PFMEA activities with development and gate reviews.• Reviewed documents to ensure clarity, completeness, form, fit, functionality, and conformity to standards.• Represented Parker on High-Level projects and developed NRE packages for new program development.• Supported legacy projects with design and customer requirement updates.• Assisted with new product design research activities developing key low risk solutions for qualification setbacks and supported design for manufacturability. Show less

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Nov 2008 - Aug 2011

  • Served as a technical expert & process leader for GTAW Fusion Welding and Torch Brazing technologies.• Led development of welding and brazing procedures & processes to continuously improve quality and costs. • Performed root cause analysis to identify technical issues, detect trends, and solve systemic problems. • Prepared, facilitated, and generated corrective actions for customer, AS9100, and NADCAP process audits.• Maintained and implemented evolving customer, NADCAP, and AWS process requirement changes.• Ensured that inspection procedures and processing instructions are suitable, complete, and controlled.• Maintained requirements for materials and special processes including: joining practices, heat treatment, non-destructive testing (NDT), and other special processes to ensure proper customer quality is maintained.• Wrote and issued welding procedure specifications (WPS) and procedure qualification records (PQR) for acceptance to American Welding Society (AWS) D17.1 welding specifications and industry codes.• Supported cross-functional teams to deliver new product introduction components that met engineering capability requirements, cost targets, Lean, and production fulfillment schedules.• Specified and procured new equipment and tooling needed to meet production and quality requirements.• Reviewed Production and Tooling drawings to ensure clarity, completeness, form, fit, functionality, and conformity to standards, procedures, and specifications.• Effectively assessed and implemented continuous improvement and lean manufacturing/production principles and techniques using Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, 5S, Andon, and Kaizen events. Show less



Fain Models

• Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Hardware Engineering Director

  • Jul 2002 - Nov 2008

  • Director of Engineering for Simulation Systems group managing engineers, designers, and technicians. • Duties included evaluating, recommending, and justifying technical approaches or solutions to projects, project management, customer/military interaction, task delegation, 3D CAD design/structural analysis/detailing, manufacturing support, final QA interaction, and departmental procedures development. • Performed research and product development encompassing multiple engineering disciplines, such as electronics, electrical, mechanical systems, facilities, manufacturing, tooling, and systems integration. • Typical programs included training products for flight trainers, ejection seats, aircraft flight components, and training facility installation support. Products included replica F-16, F-18, and F-35 cockpits paired along with UTC ACES II, Martin-Baker Mk.16, or NACES ejection seats. Show less



L3 Technologies

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Jan 2002 - Jun 2002

  • Developed new hardware configurations of the military training device using parametric designs. • Simplified and enhanced previous simulator designs to be more cost effective for manufacturing and production while maintaining the mechanical integrity of the units. • Originated new 3D CAD solid models and 2D detail drawings using AutoCAD and SolidWorks. • Created solid model assemblies, layouts, and mechanical details for finite element studies and presentations. • Developed new hardware configurations of the military training device using parametric designs. • Simplified and enhanced previous simulator designs to be more cost effective for manufacturing and production while maintaining the mechanical integrity of the units. • Originated new 3D CAD solid models and 2D detail drawings using AutoCAD and SolidWorks. • Created solid model assemblies, layouts, and mechanical details for finite element studies and presentations.



Photo Etch, a division of AIRCO Industries

• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Aug 2000 - Jan 2002

  • Duties included developing simulated cockpit trainers, avionics, and control mechanisms for F/A-18, F-15E, Apache helicopter simulator, and prototypes using SolidWorks solid modeling tools. • Responsible for mechanical and electrical hardware design, component selection, and system integration. • Project responsibilities included planning, scheduling, proposals, general product layouts, development of project manuals and text, equipment/material specifications and manufacturing/assembly support. Show less



L3 Technologies

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Designer

  • Jul 1996 - Jun 2000

  • Aided engineers in engineering, designing, and testing F-16 UTD, AH-64, UH-60, CH-47 and OH-58 aircraft flight training simulators by creating designs using AutoCAD for parts, assemblies, and facility layouts. Documentation was per military specifications and ANSI Y14.5 geometric tolerance. • Aided engineers in engineering, designing, and testing F-16 UTD, AH-64, UH-60, CH-47 and OH-58 aircraft flight training simulators by creating designs using AutoCAD for parts, assemblies, and facility layouts. Documentation was per military specifications and ANSI Y14.5 geometric tolerance.