Tomas Navratil

About

Specialties: project management, product development, piezo nano positioning systems, FEA, Ansys, CAD, micro actuation

Experience

• Engineer Intellectual Property (IP) / Senior Mech. Dev. Engineer at Physik Instrumente (PI) SE & Co. KG
  Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

• Senior Mechanical Development Engineer / Project Leader at Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG
  Aug 2006 - Present · 19 yrs 11 mos

  -Develop complex high precision Piezo-nanopositioning systems and their validation and implementation to production -Create design concepts and design studies of new products based on customer requirements -Perform FEA static and dynamic analysis in Ansys to prove the requested performance -Provide manufacturing cost estimation of the prototypes -Produce CAD models in Solidworks, approve manufacturing drawings and documentation -Coordinate cross-functional team in the product development phase, validation and implementation to production -Patented special piezo flexure guided mechanism enabling larger motion ranges and stay ahead of competitors -Promoted to Senior Development Engineer

• Senior Mechanical Development Engineer at Physik Intrumente (PI) GmbH
  Aug 2006 - Present · 19 yrs 11 mos

• Mechanical Development Engineer at ASG GmbH
  Apr 2006 - Jul 2006 · 4 mos

  -Develop position sensors for automotive industry -Worked on cost reduction programs and redesign of standard products

• Mechanical Development Engineer at Honeywell
  Sep 2005 - Mar 2006 · 7 mos

  -Developed Pressure and Temperature Sensors for HVAC, EGR and MAP for Automotive Industry according NPI process. Member of NPI project team -Design for Six-sigma certified