OBJECTIVE:

• My objective is to work for an innovative company as a Principal Mechanical Designer/
• Design Engineer which enables me to use my experience using SolidWorks and Pro/Engineer to further expand my skills. My previous work experience in the technical sector has provided me with the knowledge and expertise to provide creativity in the product development cycle. I would also like to work for a team oriented company that puts customer focused quality first and that also has a pleasant but demanding environment.

SUMMARY:

• I am interested in applying for the design position that is currently available. I have over 30 years of mechanical design experience. Most recently I was employed by Confidential / Data Sciences Int. for almost four years.
• They are a medical device company that manufactures implantable diagnostic devices. Unfortunately I was laid off because of the economy and declining sales. I used SolidWorks as my design software. Before that I was at two
• Confidential and Confidential companies for four years, ALZA which was engineering a drug delivery system and Confidential which was developing two new diabetes monitoring systems. The previous 12 years I was employed by the worlds largest medical device maker, Confidential . The 16 years before SolidWorks, Pro/Engineer was my design tool. While at Confidential, I excelled in plastic injection molding design as well as sheet metal use and high tolerance machined parts. The prior 13 years were in E./M Packaging for military applications. I have been lead designer on several high profile projects at all my job positions, where I had to be extremely focused, innovative and creative. I have taken design concepts from early stages and followed them through the development cycle employing analytical problem solving solutions. I believe I have all the necessary qualifications to do this job and contribute to this company immediately. I have attended several implants at various clinics and have met many time with surgeons and cardiologists to gather information to aid in better product design.
• In the past twenty (20) years I have used SolidWorks and Pro/E to do my design and solid modeling.
• I've interfaced with manufacturing and outside vendors to maintain the highest standard in customer focused quality. My past job experiences make me very aware of FDA regulations and requirements and Military Standards and Specifications, which have many similarities.
• I have an exceptional work ethic. I never miss work and am very self motivated. I am very creative and very team oriented. I have great communication skills and go to my peers for input. I am extremely focused and pay very close attention to detail. The last 20 years, I have designed implantable medical devices that sustained and improved the quality of life, there was no room for error. I greatly enjoy watching an idea go from the infant stages to Product Development and then "out the door" so to speak.
• I am available for work immediately and I’m looking forward to the challenge this organization can provide me to continue my career in mechanical design. I would welcome an opportunity to talk with you regarding Design Engineering/Designer positions at your earliest convenience.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SKILL: I am very proficient with the following Pro/Engineer, over 23,000 hours, 2000 hours on 2001. 3500 hours on 2000i2. Trained with almost all Pro/E modules. Working on Pro/E since Rev 5(1990). Autocad, Rev 13 last rev used. Allegro Electrical Package, PC board and Hybrid circuit design. Orcad, Schematic capture software. Cadence, PC board layout software. AS2000 - Computer, CNC software. ICEM DDN (CD2000), mechanical design software. ComputerVisionmechanical design software. I can operate Sun Sparcstations, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and ther PC s. I run Unix and Solaris operating systems. I am extremely well versed with plastic injection molding practices as well as sheetmetal use and highly toleranced machined partsboth metal and plastic. I am very good with geometric tolerancing, GD & T.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Principal Mechanical Designer

Confidential, New Brighton, MN

Responsibilities:

• I was hired as a Senior Mechanical Designer and in one (1) year was promoted to PrincipalMechanical Designer. I worked in New Product Development designing implantable diagnostic devices for animals that were used by drug companies for research of new drugs. They are RF
• Telemetry devices. They were injected molded parts mostly with some stamped housings and machined metal parts. I worked with outside vendors for tooling of these parts. I also used various methods of rapid prototyping to aid in the completeness and speed of design. I also help design catheters, both pressure and bio - potential and also with lead design following IS-1 standards.
• This was done as a team effort with Confidential Inc. out of Tampa FL. Along this line, I also worked with Bal-Seal of California for retention of these leads to help come up with a better header design both for manufacturing and erosion of tissue in animals and humans. I helped in the design of the batteries that were used in our devices, this was done by interfacing with
• Confidential Inc. I also helped in the design of the Sleuth AT which is a human diagnostic device which was just recently approved by the FDA. I helped in the design of the electronic modules and housings ( Confidential ), for both the human and animal divisions. I also aided in design and verification testing. I worked with the technicians and manufacturing as well. The software used was SolidWorks Rev 2008 along with DBWorks 2008. I had just gotten in SolidWorks Rev 2009 and was working with IT to get it installed as part of my job description also include CAD
• Administrator. I have been using SolidWorks for almost four (4) years. s are available.

Design Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Design, document, test, meet vendors and write component specifications for PCB design. Utilizing Pro/E Wildfire 2.0. Designing a drug pump that is electromechanical and attaches to the skin.

Design Engineer

Confidential, Roseville, MN

Responsibilities:

• Working as a Design Engineer in Research and Development. Utilizing Pro/E Rev 2001 n the NT platform. Designing a state of the art all in one glucose monitoring device. Working with progressive metal stamping, rapid prototyping (SLA, SLS etc.), plastic injection molding and high tolerance machining of both metal and plastic parts. Interfacing with Lifescan in

Principal Mechanical Designer

Confidential, Fridley, MN

Responsibilities:

• I designed and laid out implantable medical devices such as defibrillators and pacemakers. I did plastic injection molding design of connector modules with wall thicknesses as low as .010” while still isolating high voltage. Also small internal parts that held the electronics for both kinds of devices. I also designed hand held programmers and other external devices utilizing plastic injection molding procedures. I used polyurethanes and tecothanes extensively.
• I designed sheetmetal parts as well as highly toleranced machined parts, both metal and plastic.
• I’ve designed flex circuits using the Pro/Sheetmetal module. I’ve designed PCB’s and hybrid circuits using Allegro/Cadence software. I worked in Advanced Concepts & Research and
• Product Development Divisions. I interfaced with manufacturing, marketing and outside vendors. I did detailing and wrote ECO’s for Product Support. I received two patents for battery and flat capacitor downsizing technology. I also received “The Star of Excellence ”, the highest quality at Confidential .

Senior Mechanical Designer

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Assigned to ETA Systems as an E/M Packaging Designer. I helped design modules going into a
• Super Computer called the ETA 10 which was cooled by liquid nitrogen and was room sized. I also worked on a smaller super computer which had blown molded panels.

Senior Mechanical Designer

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Assigned to Control Data, Government Systems Division as an E/M Packaging Designer.
• I helped design aircraft mounted computer enclosures. Assigned to FMC as an E/M Packaging
• Designer. I helped design a tank testbed autoloader. Assigned to Confidential, Defense
• Systems Division. I helped design ship mounted computers and housings. I also designed rack mounted test equipment.

Senior Mechanical Designer

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Assigned to various companies as a Senior Designer. Confidential, Confidential, Confidential and
• Confidential . I helped design computers, peripherals and pacemakers.

Design Drafter

Confidential, Rice Lake, WI

Responsibilities:

• Designed and detailed Caterpillar components, hydraulic cylinders, earth movers, etc.