David J. Schiavone, P.E.

Experience

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  Parker Hannifin

  Jun 1994 - Mar 2001

  Engineer

  Responsible for the design and analysis of specialty hydraulic cylinders and cartridge valve manifolds. Applications included mining equipment, military vehicles, oil well rigs, refuse vehicles and equipment, off road heavy equipment, and material handling ranging in extreme physical conditions and pressures. Specifics involved design, seal selection, finite element analysis, monitored manufacturing and assembly, end-result testing, and failure analysis. Other projects covered process improvement and purchasing of pre-processed components reducing product cost and lead time. Involved in managing drafters, estimating, and maintaining contact with customers. Worked in conjunction with other hydraulic component divisions to develop complete systems.Team leader for standards development, inventory reduction, product identification, image library maintenance, engineering theory, finite element analysis and bill of material creation/maintenance.Training included fluid power components and circuits, finite element analysis with ANSYS, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing principles, and various seal seminars including design, failure analysis, and installation. Show less

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  Eaton

  Dec 2002 - Jan 2005

  Senior Engineer

  Responsible for the design and analysis of specialty hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, manifolds, accumulators, high pressure intensifiers, and tanks. Applications included industrial machinery, food processing, military vehicles, aerial booms, air craft testing, and material handling in an extreme range of operating conditions and pressures. Specifics involve designing for structural integrity, fatigue, special fluids, position sensing, and failure analysis. Other projects include process improvements, product standardization, and supporting quoting department. Involved in managing designers and drafters, lead engineering change review board, and maintaining engineering specifications. Appointed to the hydraulic systems design team. Show less

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  Ocean Power Technologies

  Jan 2005 - Jun 2005

  Senior Mechanical Engineer

  Responsible for design of a hydraulic power unit for an electric producing ocean buoy as well as a testing platform for a variety of potential power plants. The system designed and built converted linear motion into rotary motion. The specifics involved the most efficient hydraulic power for the generator while providing buoy safeguards in a marine environment. The engineering efforts included hydraulic circuit design, component selection, stress analysis, heat transfer, fluid flow, and material selection. Show less

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  Phoenix International Holdings, Inc.

  Jun 2005 - Feb 2011

  Project Manager

  Project manager duties include managing document revisions, configuration control, and creating and/or reviewing designs, drawings, specifications, hazard analysis, and test plans for a saturation diving system. Engineering team leader for a group of 15 different personnel to complete all design efforts for the system while maintaining continuity across various disciplines. Responsible for the implementation of all quality assurance and configuration management processes.Primary engineering responsibilities include the design of a 1000 fsw saturation diving system. The system consisted of deck decompression chambers, dive bell, hyperbaric life support equipment, system control center, and a man rated handling system. The design required engineering in pressure vessels, stress analysis, finite element analysis, fatigue analysis, heat transfer, fluid flow, ship and environment loading. All design efforts have been proven to satisfy the high standards of the final acceptance testing conducted.Other projects included the design review of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) frame and creating the preliminary design of an automatic sea chest inspection machine to measure material thickness using ultrasound. Show less

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  Ultimate Engineering, Inc.

  May 2010 - now

  Director of Engineering