Experience Summary
Panavise Products, Reno, NV
Panavise is a major vise manufacturer and also a design and manufacturer of mounts for hands-free portable electronics.
Engineering (May2014 – Nov 2014)
? Lead and manage communications between the Engineering (Reno) and Manufacturing (China) facilities to minimize disconnect between the teams.
? Generate product quotes and estimates to Sales team.
? Provide training to interns and young engineers and also oversee engineering drawing and changes before entering into production.
Motorola Solutions Inc, 8000 West Sunrise, Plantation, FL, 33322
Motorola Solutions Inc. supplies radio products to public safety and other commercial markets.
Senior Mechanical Engineer (August 2009 – June 2012)
? Led the team in developing a business case/ proposal for high temperature radios to senior management.
? Led and defined thermal and design specifications for high temperature radios, first to be ever to be developed in the industry for high temperature environments users like fire fighters by referring to NFPA standards for firefighters.
? Procured and managed installation of high temperature thermal chamber for new product testing.
? Led prototype design and thermal testing to conduct DOE to evaluate the performance of radios with new materials and designs.
? Led and trained a team of 5 engineers to use new thermal chamber to evaluate the performance of radios in high temperature environments.
? Interacted with customers to set time line expectations and provided with summary of root cause presentations.
? Led and managed Customer returns units to perform root cause analysis for mechanical, electro mechanical, PCB & software failures which involved interacting with mechanical, component engineering, electrical, software, manufacturing and quality and vendor teams and provide constructive feedback to respective teams to minimize or eliminate further failures by improving testing, revising specifications.
? Represented Mechanical engineering team in the competitive intelligence unit at Motorola. The unit was responsible for researching applicable advanced technologies of competitors and my role included analyzing those technologies alongside of Motorola’s ongoing development activities in the mechanical engineering department.
? Designed and developed various sheetmetal, plastic and diecaste parts in the radios using ProeE wildfire that were used in high temperature environments by firefighters.
? Managed vendors and the entire ordering process including request for quotes, review technical information, place Purchase Orders and approving it once the product were delivered.
? Performed various engineering and environmental tests to qualify either the component or the end products (radios).
Continental Automotive Systems, 21440 West Lake Cook Rd, Deer Park, IL, 60110
Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc. supplies electronics and electro-mechanical products for automotive market.
Senior Mechanical Engineer (March 2006 – July 2009)
? Interacted with customers to obtain requirements and transformed them into mechanical design/ drawings with BOM.
? Worked with procurement team and vendors to provide mechanical BOM cost for new product development programs.
? Was responsible in setting time line expectations to the customers in providing with 3D CAD files and ensure prompt delivery.
? Improved process capability by decreasing the number of failed units at the end of the line by developing special fixtures in the assembly line and at test setup to fool proof production lines and testing.
? Managed vendors and the entire ordering process (Order to invoice process) including request for quotes, review technical information, place Purchase Orders and approving it once the product were delivered.
? Designed various sheetmetal, plastic and diecast parts using ProE Wildfire.
? Designed, developed and validated various electromechanical components used in telematics for automotive environment.
? Performed tolerance analysis, strain analysis, thermal analysis and other environmental tests to qualify components and assemblies.
? Successfully collaborated with electrical, manufacturing, reliability, quality, component engineering teams to deliver quality products on time.
? Supported MOL for current production units including development of special fixtures.
Product Development Technologies, 600 Heathrow Drive Lincolnshire, IL 60069
Product Development Technologies is a full service product development organization
Computer Aided Verification Engineer (August 2004 – March 2006)
? Managed the interaction and communications between clients & engineering teams.
? Managed and assigned work between engineers among various international locations of PDT.
? Led and managed reverse engineering team.
? Trained and developed engineers at various international locations of PDT.
? Managed projects from providing quotes to the customer by studying the part and estimating lead time to complete the job to tracking the progress of the job among different teams to ensure on time delivery to customer and initiating invoicing upon job completion.
? Was responsible in handling customer deliverables.
Siemens Nuclear Medicine Group, 2501 Barrington Rd, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192
Siemens Nuclear Medicine Group is provides products and services to healthcare industry.
Mechanical Design Engineer Intern (March 2004 – August 2004)
? Worked with Reliability Department to design, schedule and document test plans for components of an assembly, to identify component’s failure modes, analyze their severity and predict reliability.
? Documented “Author Managed Document” used as standard procedure to be followed by the Mechanical department.
? Updated and verified Bill of Materials with the changing revisions of design using SAP.
? Performed defects data management using Clear Quest and updated control system drawings using Microsoft Visio.
IC Gomes Consulting & Investment Inc, 1728 Killdeer Dr, Naperville, IL 60565
I.C. Gomes Consulting is a scientific consulting company with expertise in target Projects and design, particle transport, accelerator optics, and thermal hydraulics analysis.
Assistant Mechanical Engineer (September 2003 – December 2003)
? Performed Thermal and Hydraulic Analysis to calculate the induced stresses due to fluid pressure and heat in various complex structures using Heating7 and ProEngineer (ProE) 2001.
? Developed a mathematical model on “Thermal & Mechanical Stresses” induced in 3D structures.
Triodyne Inc, 666 Dundee Road, Suite 103, Northbrook, IL 60062
Triodyne Inc. is a mechanical engineering consulting firm which specializes in safety of engineering systems and mechanical devices.
Mechanical Engineering Co-op (September 2002 – August 2003)
? Developed “Design & Selection Criteria for drill bit” and “Tool Centering Fixture”.
? Performed Market Research and interacted with vendors to add new pool drain products to the company’s inventory.
? Was responsible for quality inspection, scheduling production for on time shipping of the Anti-Hair Snare plus products.
? Developed an inventory database in Microsoft Access.?
Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 South Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60616
Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics at IIT is a research and educational institute
Volunteered as Mechanical Design Engineer (September 2002 - September 2003)
? Designed and modeled a “Metallic Photonic Bandgap Accelerator” in ProE 2001.
? Tested different specimens for hardness, machinability, ductility and electrical properties and also performed BOM cost analysis.
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