Dan Osterhouse

Design Engineer at WACO Aircraft Corp
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Experience

    • United States
    • Airlines and Aviation
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Design Engineer
      • Jul 2020 - Present

      ▪ Design and fully detail aircraft components and assemblies using SolidWorks ▪ Develop Jigs and fixtures to improve production processes. ▪ Collaborate with other team members to improve quality and consistency. ▪ Design and fully detail aircraft components and assemblies using SolidWorks ▪ Develop Jigs and fixtures to improve production processes. ▪ Collaborate with other team members to improve quality and consistency.

    • United States
    • Construction
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cement Mixer Truck Driver
      • Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

      - Delivering concrete to various job sites in the area. - Driving a six-axle truck with a GVWR of 80,000 pounds. - Delivering concrete to various job sites in the area. - Driving a six-axle truck with a GVWR of 80,000 pounds.

    • United States
    • Truck Transportation
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Regional Truck Driver
      • Nov 2018 - Jul 2019

      - Obtained Class A CDL driver’s license - Driving tractor trailer delivering goods to all the Great Lakes Region (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH, PA) Plus Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. - Obtained Class A CDL driver’s license - Driving tractor trailer delivering goods to all the Great Lakes Region (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH, PA) Plus Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

    • Tool Designer
      • May 2018 - Jul 2018

      - Visi CAD training to design large injection molds for the automotive industry. - Design large injection molds for the automotive industry. - Visi CAD training to design large injection molds for the automotive industry. - Design large injection molds for the automotive industry.

    • United States
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • Program Manager
      • Nov 2017 - May 2018

      - Create and maintain progress reports for fifteen to twenty tools for six different customers. - Hold design review meetings both internally and with customer to achieve best tool designs. - Order mold components, steel and graphite. - Review inspection reports for tool tuning. Create PowerPoint files for customers approval showing how we can change the tool to bring the part to print. - Create and maintain progress reports for fifteen to twenty tools for six different customers. - Hold design review meetings both internally and with customer to achieve best tool designs. - Order mold components, steel and graphite. - Review inspection reports for tool tuning. Create PowerPoint files for customers approval showing how we can change the tool to bring the part to print.

    • Designer
      • Feb 2017 - Nov 2017

      ▪ Review and approve tooling models for production tooling. Incorporate appropriate draft and add steel safe conditions if necessary. ▪ Support program managers by troubleshooting components for customer approval. ▪ Review and revise injection molds per customer requests. ▪ Design fixtures for CMM, pad printing, etc. ▪ Run SolidWorks Plastics to verify best gating position to minimize warp and optimize weld lines, gas traps and ease of fill. ▪ Review and approve tooling models for production tooling. Incorporate appropriate draft and add steel safe conditions if necessary. ▪ Support program managers by troubleshooting components for customer approval. ▪ Review and revise injection molds per customer requests. ▪ Design fixtures for CMM, pad printing, etc. ▪ Run SolidWorks Plastics to verify best gating position to minimize warp and optimize weld lines, gas traps and ease of fill.

    • United States
    • Plastics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Tool Designer
      • Mar 2015 - Jan 2017

      - Design injection molds for optimum cavitation, gating and cooling to achieve the best molding process. Splitting the tool for manufacturability. Detailed components per customer requirements and pulled electrodes for EDM. - Design injection molds for optimum cavitation, gating and cooling to achieve the best molding process. Splitting the tool for manufacturability. Detailed components per customer requirements and pulled electrodes for EDM.

    • United States
    • Product / Tool Designer
      • Jun 1985 - Mar 2015

      - Led a group of design engineers to give direction and prioritize design projects. - Developed product design concepts with design parameters as determined by sales. - Created concept drawings for MS Power Point presentations for customer design reviews. - Collaborated with both Tool and Product design engineers to optimize the DFM to improve cost, quality and delivery. - Used Pro/Engineer Mechanica to perform finite element analysis ensuring the strength and durability of the design. - Performed simulated mold flow analysis using Mold-flow MPI (Pro-E plastic advisor) to increase the capability and efficiency of the molding process, providing a higher quality part. - Redesigned existing components to reduce cost by using one or a combination of the following: Recommend using a less expensive material, optimizing the design to remove unneeded material, complete redesign or the addition of material to increase the capability of the molding process. - Performed simulated mold flow analysis using Mold-flow MPI (Pro-E plastic advisor) to increase the capability and efficiency of the molding process, providing a higher quality part. - Developed fully detailed component drawings that meet ISO standards including GD&T. - Designed mold layouts for optimum cavitation, gating and cooling to optimize the molding process. -- Splitting the tool for manufacturability. Detailing components per customer requirements.

Education

  • ITT Technical Institute
    Associate's degree, Tool Engineering Technology

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