SUMMARY
Resourceful and seasoned Mechanical Design Engineer with extensive experience in the telecommunications, automotive and electronics industries. Developed complex mechanical packaging and piece parts utilizing ProEngineer WildFire 5.0 including ProSurface, ProAssembly and ProSheetMetal applications to generate piece part models, assemblies, layouts and detailed drawings along with the WindChill document management system. Expertise in developing multiple design proposals. Experienced in plastic injection molding, sheet metal fabrication including progressive die, highly cosmetic keypads with graphics, (IMD) In Mold Decorating for plastic and keypads, 2 shot molding for plastic piece parts, spring steel clips for retention, aluminum cast and extruded piece parts, aluminum heat sinks, elastomeric board to board connectors, flex circuits and switches.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC., Libertyville, IL 2006-8/2012
SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Designed and supported the development of cellular phone ID, 3D layout, 3D surface models, 3D piece part designs, prototype tooling, prototype factory builds, production tooling, pre-production runs, issues resolution and verification, and production ramp while maintaining schedule and cost parameters within a team environment.
· Awarded Flawless Execution Status on cellular telephone for the High Growth Market in 2007.
· Hosted mechanical peer design review meetings.
· Led weekly product status conference calls with a global audience.
· Generated all relevant product performance metric documents to confirm conformance with product requirements and progress according to company guidelines.
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Schaumburg, IL 2005-2006
SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Designed the upgrades, resolution and maintenance of line issues for cellular phone call processing systems. Designed plastic components used on the Broadband Powerline product. Facilitated the layout and Bill of Material generation using the PDM1 system of the Quantar cellular phone processing system. This was a 1.5 year contract position.
· Maintained line for the Harmony call processing system.
· Completed mechanical design of the Broadband Powerline product.
· Initiated and coordinated line maintenance for the Quantar phone system.
KI INDUSTRIES, Berkeley, IL 2002-2005
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER
Validated and verified design through the generation of solid 3D models and detailed 2D drawings of knobs, handles and faceplates used in the appliance and automotive industries.
· Designed and delivered 4 wheel drive faceplate used in Dodge trucks.
· Used Geometric tolerancing on automotive drawings.
· Led a group as Audit Leader for TS16949.
· Participated in the QS-9000 Quality Assurance program.
MOTOROLA, INC., Libertyville, IL 1989-2002
SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER (1993-2002)
Developed telecommunications hardware and components from Industrial Design concept through production including procurement of prototypes and all quality assurance testing consisting of mechanical shock, mechanical vibration, impact, thermal shock and temperature cycling resulting in Prototype Certification and Signoff.
· Developed all major mechanical components for hi-tier and lo-tier portable cellular phone products for Pioneer, JVC and RadioShack from Industrial Design concept through production start within design cycle time of 12 weeks and release to market schedule resulting in sales of 750K, 500K and 500K units. .
· Developed all major mechanical components for GM OnStar portable cellular phone product within 4 weeks resulting in reduced design cycle time.
· Designed and delivered the first snap-on hands free speaker accessory with speaker frequency separation for use with telecommunications products within the critical customer release requirem...
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