Greater Hartford
Experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the aviation and aerospace industry. Skilled in Management, CNC Manufacturing, Siemens NX, Solidworks, and AutoCAD. An engineering professional with a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Mechanical Engineering from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
• Develop: Manufacturing Engineering Department Guidelines, central database for shared Engineering files and documents with Solidworks PDM, Engineering Training Matrix, Solidworks drafting templates. • Manage: Quotes, Engineering Reviews & Contract Reviews, Capital Expense Projects, New Product Introduction, process changes. Flow down job tasks/shop assist to team members, coordinating with Quality Dept. and Production Dept., tracking timelines and deliverables, scheduling and preparing meeting materials for customer check-ins. • Design: Fixtures and gauges, grinding wheel profiles, nozzles, and EDM electrodes. • Implement: Engineering Request Form and database to help keep track, organization, and assigning them to other Engineers. Preventative Maintenance schedule for Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 3D Printer and training guide for Keyence Multisensor Measurement System LM-X. • Provide: Root cause analysis, reworks, nonconforming material report (NMR) dispositions, technical support to cross-disciplinary teams. • Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Projects: Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 3D Printer • Knowledge of: Creepfeed Grinding, EDM, Wire EDM, 3D Printing, Turbine Vane and Blade terminology and manufacturing process. • CAD Software: Solidworks
• CAD Software: Siemens NX, Solidworks, AutoCAD • CNC Programming: Okuma, Fanuc, Studer, Nidec, Mitsubishi and Klingelnberg • Engineering Drawings: Designing fixtures & gauges, GD&T, reviewing customer design drawings, approving supplier drawings. • Project Management: Continuous Improvement, Variance Reduction, Cost of Poor Quality, Cycle Time Reduction, Purchasing Machines. • Design: Cutting Tools (shaper, hob, broach cutters, custom grooving and boring bars, gun drills, etc.), Fixtures and Gauges. • Program: Okuma CNC Lathe, Hardinge CNC Lathe, Studer CNC Grinder, Klingelnberg Gear CMM, Mitsubishi CNC Hob & Shaper, Nidec Hob Shaper, Fellows CNC Shaper and Merlin Laser Marking. • Manage: Summer interns, Training, Capital Expense Projects, Continuous Improvement/Kaizen Events and Teams, Manufacturing NX Drawing templates and symbols, installations and floor plans. • Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Projects: Nidec GE25A Hob, Okuma LB3000 Lathe and Moore #3 Jig Grinder. • Implement: Standard NX Drawing templates and symbols for Manufacturing, a standard process for creating tool and gauge kits, corrective action, Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. • Improve: Training guidebook for operating and programming Klingelnberg Gear CMM, Engineering developmental designs (redlining suggestions), variance, cost savings, non-conformance and various manufacturing processes. • Provide: Root cause analysis, reworks, nonconforming material report (NMR) dispositions, technical support to cross-disciplinary teams. • Knowledge of: Laser marking, Turning, Live-tooling, Grinding, Gear Grinding, Deburring, Shaping, Hobbing & Broaching, Honing and Lapping, Gun drilling.
• Designed a masking fixture for Driver Gear in Siemens NX and machined on an OKUMA CNC lathe out of CVPC Plastic rods. Reduced the duration for bronze plating and prevented spline from electroplating bath leakage for later Nitriding operation. • Developed engineering drawing for masking fixture with proper dimensions, tolerances, Bill of Material (BOM) and notes. • Programmed an OKUMA CNC lathe with G&M codes for machining Setup Plugs that would be used in place of a production part. Implemented Setup Plugs into the current manufacturing process, decreased setup time and eliminate 12% COPQ due to disposable plugs. • Managed a Jib Crane installation with Materials Handling Systems and coordinated with Maintenance and Environmental Health & Safety. Studer FavoritCNC machine requires changing out 60lbs. grinding wheels for different job operations. Jib Crane will do most of the heavy lifting from the wheel rack to the Studer machine. • Improved strength of assembly fixtures for various Fuel Pump Housings by producing an ergonomic design and increasing the overall thickness. Used PETG filament to 3D print fixtures because of its high strength and low shrinkage properties. • Designed and managed wheel rack construction with Maintenance for storing Studer FavoritCNC grinding wheels. • Adapted V-block clamps to have ball-ends for easy pivoting and modeled custom inverse V-tips in Siemens NX in various sizes. • Created shadow board for storing tools.
• Examined parts and materials for defects or deviations based on Incoming Inspection Procedures (IIP) and recorded the findings as a future reference for the Quality Engineers or filing any Non-Conforming Material Report (NCMR). • Monitored and use of Gland-Web Pressure Test to ensure production standards were met/received by suppliers. • Assisted with training other Quality Assurance members on IIPs, NCMRs and maintaining GMP, Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Supported the replacement of two Mixed-Bed Demineralizer Systems. Validated the performance of the new DI Systems by reviewing controls and regeneration cycles. Calculated mass and energy balances to adjust time sequences for automatic controls to relieve built up pressure. Optimized vessel insulation thickness on a 10,000-gallon reactor for heating, which resulted in a 50% rebate and savings of 250,000 kW. • Performed chiller analysis calculating cooling demand based on equipment utilization, product cycle duration and seasonal variations. Results from the examination were utilized to plan production schedules and prevent unplanned down time. • Implemented a lubrication program for rotating equipment by gathering nameplate specifications and matching the Bearing Identification code to AFBMA and SKF Code Systems. Determined lubricate frequencies, proper lubricant/grease to use and assigned tags to equipment. • Identified equipment information from P&IDs and red marked any changes, such as motors, pumps and gearboxes nameplates and compiled equipment specifications for all rotating equipment trains and driven pieces to develop a vibration program which accurately predicts future equipment failures and alerts maintenance to switch out equipment prior to failure. • Maintained and updated the critical equipment list for the plant based on criteria established by corporate engineering. • Located process safety equipment and updated the enterprise asset management software (Maximo). • Assisted the Lead Mechanic with repair of two Vacuum Pumps from built up residue, greased motors and pumps, and replaced gaskets. • Acquired and participated in weekly safety training, such as Lockout/Tagout, Confined Space, Egress & Emergency Actions Plans, etc. • Developed work instructions for the glycol filtration skid. Observed maintenance mechanics, with documented process steps utilizing photography and conventional methods to detail and create a uniform and repeatable process.