Design Engineer

Desired position(s): Mechanical - Mfg Engineer / Product Development Engineer

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: Previously held positions as Chief engineer, Introduced several new products, including R&D testing, CAD, DFM,

Experience with Carbon composite components (Robot end effectors and stealth aircraft) as well as Titanium and ••••• aircraft tubing. I own a road bike, a mountain bike, a motorcycle (V Twin cruiser), and a sport bike.

Thoroughly enjoyed the TOUR de FRANCE this year, live on VERSUS TV.
(The only good thing about being unemployed right now !)
Im a big fan of Lance Armstrong and his causes.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: Aerospace, Automotive, Diesel, Carbide Cutting Tools, Medical Implants,
Missile Gyroscopes, Hydraulics, LEDs, Optics, Semiconductor chip processing, Electronics & Solar cell wafer fabrication,
Titanium & Stainless Steel Medical orthopedic implants.

Hands on, Results oriented people person, Technically savvy, Quick Learner with Tenacity & Attention to Detail, Process Intuitive, Bottom Line Resourceful with proven & documented track record of product & process innovation and success with companies from ••••• to •••••,••••• employees, $ 8 million to $ 8 billion annual revenues.

STRENGTHS

Hands On New Product Development & testing, Customer focused design initiatives and precision results.

Design using Unigraphics NX Solid Modeling & AutoCAD, GD&T, ANSI Y•••••, methods & fixturing. Also, obtaining Solidworks to improve my skills.

Manufacturing Tooling & Process Optimization Aerospace turbine metals, Advanced electronics materials - Carbide & Diamond tooling design, Tooling performance analysis & troubleshooting, Operating conditions, Hands on Practical & Theoretical experience incl, LEAN implementation, Value Stream Mapping / 6S+, SPC, Machining / Shaping of Mankinds most difficult metal and non-metal materials with ease.

Capital Machine Projects, start to finish - CNC, CAD/CAM, PLC, Robots, Automation planning and production issues, Safety, Equipment Specifications, Supplier Partnerships, International experience.

Business savvy with Inside & Outside Technical Sales Experience with Carbide Tooling & Machines, Tool & Machine Quotations/Costing/Pricing systems, Customer Machine Specifications Review, Safety & Compliance Review and Formal Response, Commercial & Extra cost item pricing.

ISO Quality TQM experience in a World Class, Ultraprecision Production environment, Metrology, CMM, Gage studies, Root Cause & Corrective Actions, Material Review Board, DNs & MNs using SAP.


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Atlantic Inertial Systems, newly acquired Div of Goodrich Aerospace, Cheshire, CT ••••• to March •••••, •••••
Miniature spinning mass gyroscopes found in most military missile and aircraft weapons stabilization systems.
Sr Manufacturing Engineer
Process optimization & clean room support of internal assembly controls, procedures & vendor quality responsibility for two product lines

Provide company-wide fixture & assembly tooling liaison support & schedule tracking.

ASML Lithography, Optics Division, Wilton, CT ••••• •••••
Worlds largest machine builder for Ultra precision optical systems for memory & computer chip imaging lithography.
Process/Equipment Engineer Process, tooling and quality improvements, for Optics Division production
Fixturing design, diamond tooling design/analysis & procurement.
Unigraphics NX Solid modeling & AutoCAD experience. LEAN, SPC, and Gage studies.
Developed vacuum lifter for ••••• lb cap. precision polished glass components with powered tilt, lift, rotate.
Standardized on Mastercam platform for CNC tool paths and program verification for all machines in department.
Documented and presented to management my idea to save $•••••,••••• annually in LEAN labor and materials in my first year with the company! Implemented these changes in production.
New Equipment Justification & planning for in new equipment investments for my department including 2 state-of-the-art CNC Milling machines, gaging, diamond wiresaw for thin slicing optics materials.
Participated in 2 Lean Kaizen Teams, incl. classroom and production use with significant cost savings.


GTI Technologies, Semiconductor Machine Div Shelton, CT ••••• •••••
Technical Applications Engineer for CNC grinding & Diamond wire slicing machines.
Computer controlled machines for tool sharpening. Multi-wire slicing of ceramics, crystal slicing
Capital project planning from specification, justification (Cost of Ownership studies), installation & customer
Customer Training, process/fixture design, application analysis, technical support, prototype production and
documentation. Robot safety and customer machine training at several state-of-the-art clean room facilities
at IBM, Intel, Micron Technology (Same employer as ••••• ••••• see below, 9 yrs. total)

Eldorado Tool & Machine, Div of Litton Industries, Milford, CT ••••• ••••• •••••
Chief Tooling Engineer for New Product development, overall design & test, drawing control ••••• primary tooling line.

Introduced several new products and devised, purchased or implemented the manufacturing methods to make them.
Design and support of tooling for turbine engines, medical implants, aircraft airframe holemaking tooling, hydraulics,
heat exchangers, Auto & Diesel engine tooling, New product design / technical customer support
business development / internal production & customer application support. High pressure thru-the-tool delivery systems.
(Same employer ••••• ••••• see below, ••••• yrs total)

Tooling Experience: Carbide Cutting Tool Design / Grade Application for Optimum Performance
Cutting tool operating parameters, Analysis, Hands On Troubleshooting, Tool wear analysis and improvements, Feeds & Speeds Adjustments for best results. Liaison Support, CBN & Diamond Tool Design, Performance enhancement coatings, Cutter reconditioning, Resharpening, Cutting Tool Inspection, Carbide Metallurgical Quality, Supplier Interface, Tooling Reqs, Tooling databases, Tooling Performance Articles in Trade Magazines, Advanced Mfg Conf. Technical Paper, Coolant Testing and performance evaluation.

Project Accomplishments/Highlights

Received Certificate of Appreciation, from the customer, for confined space cutters for use on carbon composite tail section of a Stealth Aircraft.

Expertise in precision hole making processes and production tooling. Assisted Boeing Aircraft MR&D department on-site with ••••• Jumbo Jet Wing Bolt hole production quality.

Reduced fixturing and setups by nearly •••••% on Flexible Machining Systems for next generation Titanium Aircraft high pressure actuators for a major manufacturer.

Based on performance testing and on-site observations, increased tool life on production crankshaft line for Chrysler and Ford engines by •••••% over the competition. As a result, my company became the preferred supplier resulting in more than $ •••••,••••• in repeat orders in the first year alone.

Established first company Metallurgical inspection lab for product raw materials with •••••% improvement in vendor incoming quality, virtually eliminating customer returned goods for materials related issues.

Authored Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Technical Paper and published several articles on process improvement and tooling optimization for Manufacturing Trade magazines. Presented paper at SME Conference •••••


Edgetek Machine Corp, Meriden, CT ••••• •••••
Applications Engineer
(CBN and Diamond) Superabrasive machines & tooling for high speed machining of Titanium, Inconel, Stainless Steel,
High pressure CNC drilling of Jet and Land based turbine engine components, incl. blades, rotors, and turbine shafts

High Speed form grinding of Jet engine blades, vanes & nozzles. Missile fin machining, Gear & Transmission
components. Machining of exotic aerospace materials, Application analysis, Time & process studies,
form tooling design, custom machine proposals. High pressure jet cleaning for extending cutter life up to ••••• times.

GTI Technologies, Machine Div. Shelton, CT••••• ••••• •••••
Technical Applications Support
Computer controlled Part Grinding (CNC), Application analysis, Fixture Design concepts.
Capital Equipment Machine Proposals, Process studies. Automatic processing systems for semiconductor wafers.
Medical implant machining. Computer controlled machines for tool sharpening.

Eldorado Tool & Machine, Div of Litton Industries, Milford, CT••••• ••••• •••••
Chief Engineer / Product Development Manager, reporting to President (••••• •••••)
NEW & existing Tool products design & testing / support
Tooling design for Auto and diesel manufacturers. $ 7 million product line. Customer: Honda, Boeing, Northrop
Six (6) years, as Chief Engineer / Tool Products Development Manager with complete responsibility
for all technical product aspects from raw material testing, specification, design for manufacturing
methods, quality standards to production testing with a heavy concentration in new product development.
Heavy experience with machining of difficult aircraft, medical implant devices, gas & turbine engine components.
Developed several new products and helped create manufacturing methods & procedures for their introduction.
Positions held incl: Chief Engineer, CAD technician, R & D technician, Applications technician, Apprentice.

Union / Butterfield, Div of Litton Industries, Athol, MA ••••• ••••• •••••
Apprentice, Tool Design/Tool Maker Co-Op Program
Completed ••••• hour program in Metal Cutting tool design & manufacture.
EDUCATION

••••• University of New Haven, Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Courses included: Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Heat Transfer, Biotechnology course, Strength of Materials,
Metallurgy, Welding Metallurgy

••••• Fairfield University, Strategic Management of Technology (one course), part of MSMOT program, (Management of Technology).

••••• hr. AutoCAD training•••••, ••••• hour Fanuc CNC Part Programming•••••, ••••• hr. Supervisory skills course •••••

••••• SEMI Course on Semiconductor Processing Technology.
••••• (RIT) Short Course completed on IC Processing: Hands on Fabrication of Semiconductor devices from CAD design to micro-lithography, build and test.
••••• Japanese conversational language course, &#•••••;&#•••••;&#•••••;&#•••••; &#•••••; &#•••••;&#•••••;&#•••••;&#•••••;&#•••••;, (Taught myself to read hiragana/katakana symbols)
••••• ASML Course Intro to Optics for non-Scientists, ASML Mechatronics Design course
••••• Unigraphics NX ••••• hour course


MEDICAL PRODUCTS & RELATED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Extensive experience in process & quality improvements (incl. LEAN methodologies)
through use of leading edge processes and tooling incl. new product design.
Equally at home on the production floor or behind a CAD workstation.
Guided Kaizen / LEAN group project that documented a total group savings of $ •••••,••••• annually in projected
savings in labor & materials.
Excellent written and verbal communication with all levels of production and management.
Hands-on attitude that motivates others by example.
Previous engineering and production supervisory experience.
Extensive experience with computer controlled machining and processing systems. Excellent hands-on machining skills. In depth knowledge of cutting tool design, use, performance analysis, & enhancements.
Implemented Mastercam and CNC Verification software platforms.
Previous experience with precision grinding, drilling, and machining of Orthopedic Medical Implants incl: Tibial and Femoral SS Leg Implants for broken legs, Hip & Bone Reamers, Hip Joints, Pins
Semiconductor Applications: LED substrate slicing, Silicon and Gallium Arsenide Wafer Grinding
(thinning), Ingot Slicing (for production of Silicon, GaAs, Quartz and other Semiconductor Wafers),

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE
BSME with intensive manufacturing experience including technical process & precision tooling
solutions, working directly with aerospace companies such as Boeing, Northrop, Moog Aerospace, Lockheed,
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and GE, Solar and Williams Intl Gas Turbine.
Received Certificate of Appreciation, from the customer, for confined space assembly tooling used on carbon composite tail section of a Stealth Aircraft.
Expertise in precision hole making processes and production tooling. Assisted Boeing Aircraft MR&D department on-site with ••••• Jumbo Jet Wing Bolt hole production quality.
Special skills in state of the art techniques for jet turbine, blade, vane and nozzle manufacturing.
(Including high speed form grinding and drilling of high temperature alloy materials including inconels,
titanium and Carbon composites).
Reduced fixturing and setups by nearly •••••% on Flexible Machining Systems for next generation
Titanium Aircraft actuators for a major manufacturer.
Fatigue life study of aircraft tubing parts with different surface finishes and coatings.
Previous experience in Metallurgical Lab, with steel & powder metal materials analysis.


EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SKILLS
Experience with AutoCAD, Unigraphics Excel Design Spreadsheets, M/S Word and
Powerpoint Software, CNC machine programming & ANSYS Stress Analysis exposure.
Developed over ••••• proposals for Capital Equipment Projects for the U.S. Government, and the whos who of corporate America based on detailed customer Specifications for automatic machining systems for auto, jet turbine, and computer components.
Published several articles on process improvement and tooling optimization for Manufacturing Trade magazines. Presented paper at SME Advanced Manufacturing Conference


BUSINESS STRENGTHS

Intensive experience with capital equipment and tooling purchases both as a vendor and as a customer.
Able to negotiate with an insiders perspective.
Fifteen years business experience with vendors and customers from around the globe including Japan, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, China, Mexico and Canada, the Netherlands.
Can speak and understand some Spanish and Japanese.

Addl

Rick earned his BSME from the University of New Haven and has worked on everything from Ford, GM, Honda and Pratt & Whitney engine parts to Boeing •••••s, solar cells, and computer chips for Intel and IBM. In this capacity, he has traveled to 8 countries and ••••• states in the USA.

Rick lives with his wife, ••••• year old daughter who aspires to become a surgeon, a ••••• year old son who will most likely become a video game designer, and a Golden Retriever in West Haven. He enjoys riding his motorcycle, bicycling, photography, skiing, snorkeling, and working on his classic truck. Starting in June •••••, half of his annual household electricity needs now come from ••••• roof mounted Solar PV panels.