Larry Perkins

Experience

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  Cam Machining Inc.

  Feb 1994 - Mar 2000

  Cimlinc 3d Mold Designer

  • Complete Prototype 3d Mold Designs of Cavity, Core, Lifters, Slides, and Inserts.• Machinist using Work NC to create cutter path to machine aluminum molds and components.

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  Hi-Tech Mold & Engineering, Inc.

  Mar 2000 - Mar 2009

  Catia V5 3d Mold Designer

  • Complete 3d Mold Designs of Cavity, Core, Lifters, Slides, and Inserts, making sure mold is built with proper draft angles, clean parting lines, runners, gating, venting, no A-Side sink issues, component travel check, and mold flow study.• Types of Molds: Production Plastic Injection, 2-Shot, Rotation, and Vacuum Form Molds.• Experienced in Door Panels, Consoles, I/P's, Speaker Grilles, Seat Trim, Fascia’s, and more.

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  Magna Seating

  Jun 2010 - Oct 2010

  NX and Catia V5 Product Design Offshore Manager

  • Coordinate work and schedule Skype meetings with India Offshore Product Design Team.• Daily evaluation of overnight work done by India Offshore Team and creation of PowerPoint studies showing corrections needed, surface updates, changes, sections, or other work to be done.

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  GLOBAL TOOLING ASIA NAO INC

  Oct 2010 - Aug 2011

  Catia V5 Product and 3d Electrode Designer

  • Development of 2d and 3d electrodes to EDM molds and Components.• Product Design for development of Plastic, Composite, and Carbon Fiber Parts.• Created new file, folder, and documentation structure for better company wide data organization.

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  Roush Industries

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2013

  Senior Catia V5 Product Designer

  • Product Design joining Studio Class-A Surfaces, thicken for B-side, add Attachment Features, Locators, and Doghouses while developing with proper molding conditions, draft angles, and check surfaces for component travel for interference.• Developed Transit Van Door Panels, and Mustang Steering Column Shroud.• Promoted February 2013 to Tooling Engineer Manager in charge of following up progress on programs P552 and CD391 for Design, Machining, EDM, Benching, Assembly, and Part Tryouts. Show less

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  Productive Design Services

  Sept 2013 - Apr 2014

  Senior Catia V5 Product Designer

  • Product Design for joining Studio Class-A Surfaces and build complete B-Side for Plastic, Sheetmetal, and Composite parts packaging with surrounding parts.• Ford F150 Tailgate and Tesla S Exterior Door Mirrors.

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  Henkel

  Apr 2014 - Aug 2014

  Senior Catia V5 Product Designer

  • Product Design for 3d design of automotive sound deadening Baffles developed from R&D sections at required locations inside door pillar sheet metal.

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  FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

  Aug 2014 - Mar 2020

  Senior Catia V5 and NX Product Design Engineer

  • Catia V5 and NX Product Designer for Body Closures and Sealing Group developing Plastic Appliques for A, B, and C Pillar for multiple platforms of the Jeep Compass, Dodge Ram, and Caravan.• Responsible for work on all 3d CAD data ensuring latest files are baselined to Teamcenter, changes are documented, timing for each Step Milestone thru Release date is met while maintaining communication with Project Managers and Engineers so team is kept up to date.• Experienced in working on programs with cross-functional teams that involve corresponding many tasks on a multi-country platform.• Work with Studio and KBE in creating surfaces that will meet requirements for injection molding.• Attend Chunk Meetings and create PowerPoint Studies of any part issues to present to group.• Go to VPA builds to assure parts for fit and finish, homologation, and ergonomics study.• Create Lessons Learned Documents and Benchmarking of competitor vehicle components. Show less

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  Montaplast of North America

  Nov 2020 - May 2021

  Senior Catia V5 and NX Product Design Engineer

  • Catia V5 and NX Product Designer for Plastic Interior and Exterior Automotive Parts.

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  General Motors

  May 2021 - now

  Senior CAD Product Design Engineer at GM

  Senior Product Design Engineer