Paul Rabe

Senior Design Engineer at Sightline Commercial Solutions

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

About

Experience

  • Senior Design Engineer at Sightline Commercial Solutions
    Apr 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 3 mos

  • Structures Engineer at AAC Engineering
    Apr 2016 - Apr 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Design Engineer at Caterpillar Global Paving (RFA Engineering)
    Nov 2014 - Apr 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Design latest asphalt paving machines and technology on diverse cross functional new product introduction team • Focus on designing sheet metal parts, assemblies, and systems, as well as line routing on new paver models • Create detailed supplier and in-house fabrication and assembly drawings with accurate GD&T • Communicate with manufacturing engineers, fabricators and line operators to ensure manufacturable designs • Complete documentation for preparation of releasing new paver models to market • Completed training to fully operate pavers in order to better identify areas for improvement

  • Product Engineer at Pall Corporation; Formerly ATMI
    Jun 2013 - Oct 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos

     Design biopharmaceutical product mixing bags - provide customers with solutions to improve their processes  Test and analyze product components, determine feasibility, write validation procedures and reports  Produce Solidworks drawings for customer quotes and for use in manufacturing  Work with Process Engineers, Operations, and Sales to ensure quality, performance, and cost meet expectations  Document all drawing changes/new releases with Engineering Change Orders in Oracle database, meeting FDA standards  Support customers throughout product life cycle  Continuously improve designs, internal processes, and project flow throughout departments

  • UND Student Design Project at American Defense Industries
    Aug 2012 - Apr 2013 · 9 mos

    • Created a new concept for a V-type snow plow to be produced and sold nationally 3rd place winner of the Andrew Freeman Innovation Award through the University of North Dakota • Considered alternative materials, configurations, manufacturing methods, and performed trade off studies • Created, organized, and maintained digital 3D and 2D design packages using Pro/E and AutoCAD design tools • Revised and Created Product Operations Manuals • Conducted experiments to find material properties and analyze stresses comparing experimental values to hand calculations