Lead Mechanical Engineer / Product Development

• Jul 2023 - Present

Mechanical Engineer

• Aug 2017 - Jul 2023

• Design and build custom machines per customer specifications. • Create 3D solid models and 2D drawings using Inventor and SolidWorks. • Responsible for 3D model and layout drawings, interacting with customers, application engineers, project engineers, suppliers, and machine builders. • Collaborate with other Engineers & designer. • Mechanical Design of automotive test equipment including Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Dynamic Roll Brakes, Non-Contact Aligners (NCA), Headlight Aim (HLA) & Dynamometers. Show less

Mechanical Engineer

• Apr 2016 - Aug 2017

Mechanical Design Engineer

• Nov 2010 - Apr 2016

• Design and build custom machines per customer specifications. • Create 3D solid models and 2D drawings using SolidWorks. • Responsible for 3D model and layout drawings, interacting with Process Engineers, suppliers, and fabricators. • Collaborate with other Engineers & designers on overall integration. • Support on-site customer visits, representing Engineering for data gathering and installations. • Design and build custom machines per customer specifications. • Create 3D solid models and 2D drawings using SolidWorks. • Responsible for 3D model and layout drawings, interacting with Process Engineers, suppliers, and fabricators. • Collaborate with other Engineers & designers on overall integration. • Support on-site customer visits, representing Engineering for data gathering and installations.

Mechanical Design Engineer, Product Development

• Jan 1994 - Apr 2010

•Redesigned product line of bridge crane components during four separate projects. •Collaborated with marketing manager to determine criteria to streamline and increase production while decreasing cost by 15% and reducing number of operations and components by 20%. •Collaborated with a cross-divisional concurrent engineering team to design the company's first global wire rope hoist line. Surveyed and assessed customers’ needs, developed and tested prototypes, launched production of global wire rope hoist line to supplement and replace portions of existing hoist product lines. •Customized standard wire rope hoists and crane components to meet customers' special requirements. •Configured new and existing products in MRP business system to reduce engineering time required on customer orders by 50%. •Analyzed customer needs and created feasibility studies to establish production criteria and metrics. •Coached, trained and supervised over 10 designers, engineering support personnel and contracted draftsmen on special projects. Increased proficiencies and awareness of organizational culture. Assisted in training over 15 new hires in Engineering Department. •Assessed product archives to ascertain contemporary use of customers' existing crane bridges, hoists and trolley hoists that increased sustainability and cost savings through re-use. •Assessed production cost ratios and developed procedures and redesigned product to reduce costs by 10% utilizing Kaizen/Lean events. Show less

Intern: Designer / Draftsman

• May 1992 - Dec 1993

Created and revised wiring diagrams for retrofitting aircraft electrical components. Created and revised wiring diagrams for retrofitting aircraft electrical components.