Experience

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  Climax portable machining & welding systems

  Oct 1997 - Jan 2016

  Senior design engineer

  Develop creative solutions to continuously improve the quality, value, and performance of the standard product line while looking for ways to reduce cost, warranty, lead-time, assembly time and manufacturing complexity.Train, mentor and guide Junior Engineers and Machine Designers in all areas of engineering process, problem solving, root cause analysis, and company procedures.Support Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, and Assembly by providing problem solving, root cause analysis, and warranty investigations for 26 complex standard products.Research and resolve customer issues and support cross-functional questions/projects related to standard products from Sales, Marketing, Accounting, Applications Engineering, and Purchasing.Support, maintain and improve interdepartmental processes such as the RFEC/ECR/ECN system and lead the PLM Team. Show less

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  Dwfritz automation

  Aug 2016 - Feb 2024

  Senior mechanical engineer

  Senior Mechanical Engineer - Metrology Systems Lead Mechanical Engineer in a multidisciplinary team that developed a precision multi-sensor non-contact metrology platform as a new product to market yielding two patents. • Productized a novel metrology machine platform that included a granite mounted 6-axis stage with a gantry loaded with laser, confocal, and interferometer sensors and micron repeatability.• Designed, developed, and tested 4 different versions of a confocal sensor extension assembly which extended two confocal probes independently 126mm using pneumatics and then released them into a kinematic mount that provided sub-micron repeatability all in a 50mm x 50mm space.• Led the team to develop a new double gimbaled stage that was repeatable to 3 microns and gimbaled to prevent bending or twisting of the gantry bridge allowing repeatable motion.• Automated the tool change process by designing a rotating swapable probe and optical alignment stage for an interferometer that allowed the machine to automatically change probe sizes and styles with sub-micron repeatability. It resulted in a pending patent.• Trained, mentored and guided other Engineers in all areas of engineering process, problem solving, root cause analysis, design for manufacturing, and design for assembly.• Designed precision assembly and calibration tools for optical alignment and concentricity. Designed thermally controlled options for the product, calibration artifacts, and testing apparatus for ISO10360 requirements. • Led the design team that leveraged the technology of the above machine to create custom calibration benches to test and validate metrology sensors to improve their accuracy.• Created novel solutions for holding nests and handling systems for automated loading and unloading of unique customer parts into metrology machines using robots of various types for 100% production level inspection. Show less