Cost Out Engineer/Design Engineer Resume St. Cloud, MN - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Highly skilled Design Engineer with profound understanding of design processes and manufacturing methods. Experienced in all phases of product design including research, development and manufacturing. Out - of-the-box thinker recognized as a key contributor to product development, offering design modification and solutions to assure quality, reduce cost and improve overall production techniques.
Design Engineering t Design for Assembly t Project Management t Research & Development
Industrial Design t Computational Fluid Dynamics t Cost Reduction t Production Engineering t Leadership
3D CAD/CAM/CAE & Design Tools t Organization t Presentation Skills t Analysis & Problem Solving
Process Improvement t Testing Procedures t Drawing Standards Compliance t Time Management
Communication t Interpersonal Relationships t Teaching & Mentoring t Languages: English and German

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

TECHNOLOGY: CAITA t ProEngineer Creo t ANSYS Fluent t ProEngineer Wildfire t MatLab t MS Office Suite

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, St. Cloud, MN

Cost Out Engineer/Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

Provide design engineering support and project management of cost reduction projects consisting of component redesign, subsystem redesign and approval of alternate suppliers of products.
Design Plastic Injection, Vacuum-Formed, and Extruded parts.
Conceive, develop and perform tests to determine viability of designed parts.
Implemented a corner post design change project which saved the company over $400,000.

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL

Engineering Intern/Computational Fluid Dynamics Technician

Responsibilities:

Prepared and ran computational fluid dynamics simulations to determine hydraulic valve performance characteristics. Created and presented reports on results.
Designed and ran comparative tests to evaluate the reliability of common turbulence models with lab data.
Determined best fit for hydraulic valves, as well as mesh refinement methods to balance accuracy with decreased runtime.
Conceived, developed and performed tests to determine thermal expansion rate of Aluminum blocks.
Slashed analysis time by 20% by evaluating new valve prototypes, testing assumptions utilizing ANSYS Fluent, and implementing processes improvements.

Confidential, Houghton, MI

Math Tutor

Responsibilities:

Counseled students and led workshops on math related coursework, focusing on the required math curriculum (Calculus through Differential Equations.)
Collaborated in staffing and supervisory roles and decisions.
Taught, counseled and mentored over 100 students in their math curriculum enabling them to fulfill graduation requirements.

Confidential, Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Project Engineer/Co-op Engineer

Responsibilities:

Designed and supervised engineering projects to increase heavy weight paper production by optimizing downtime, decreasing response time and mechanizing procedures of a large paper machine.
Updated and modernized old or incomplete Process and Instrumentation Drawings.
Designed and implemented a bulk bleach storage and distribution system saving the company $500,000 yearly.
Designed a sump pump for protecting $700,000 in motors and other equipment.
Successfully designed and institutionalized a pneumatic assist motor for turning large paper rolls, eliminating employee shoulder injuries.
Developed and installed a large pneumatic pipeline that eliminated choke points in the Confidential .
Optimized the efficiency of the pulp stock distribution system by changing pipe and pump size.

Confidential, St. Paul, MN

Information Technology (IT) Intern

Responsibilities:

Confidential, St. Paul, MN

Sales Representative

Responsibilities:

Promoted CUTCO brand cutlery through cold calling and direct marketing to existing customers.