Mark McGurl

Experience

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  Newport News Shipbuilding

  Aug 1984 - Apr 1997

  Senior Designer

  Accomplished detail design to include, ergonomic panel layout, structure, wiring harness, connector selection and weldments/sheet metal work for many control panels on the Nimitz class Aircraft Carrier, Seawolf and Los Angeles class submarines.Assisted in operational testing and coordinated construction of the Ballast Control Panel on the Seawolf class Submarine utilizing CAD and Windows software.Designed seven power distribution load centers for the Seawolf class Submarine.Maintained ongoing design modifications to the major control panels and radio room on the Los Angeles class Submarines. Participated in Ship Checks at Pearl Harbor. Show less

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  Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

  Apr 1997 - Sept 1999

  Design Engineer

  Designed satellite propulsion systems for Government classified programs.Lead designer for the X-33 Thermal protection system. aka "Shuttle Tiles". Managed two other designers and two NC programmers. Interface with the main design team at Lockheed Martin in Palmdale Ca.Lead Designer for Satellite Bus Structure and Satellite Propulsion systems on several Lockheed Martin A2100A and A2100AX satellites.Created the Standard 3D model for the Lockheed Martin A2100AX Satellite. Show less

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  Tricad Engineering

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Manager/Staff Engineer

  Staff Engineer designing several large assemblies for Tricad customers to include mining dump truck electronic system control panels that were environmentally controlled.Reverse engineered aerospace bus structures.Managed team of 12 designers, tracking progress, communicating between home office, client and test facility.Engineering lead for the ICAP-III (EA-6B Prowler) and AIEWS (Naval Surface Radar) programs for Litton Technologies. Designed internal radar system for EA-6B Prowler which included wave guides, PCB’s and Electrical enclosures. Show less

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  Lockheed Martin Missles and Space

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Design Engineer

  Maintained Satellite top-level assemblies in I-deas software as the design evolved. Responsible for all top-level drawings/ICD’s. Imported assemblies from vendors and checked for clearance and model issues.Designed various components and maintained the electronic packaging/cable harness of the Airborne Laser Turret. Designed and found manufacturer for ABL turret seal.Maintained “device” top-level assembly in I-deas software as the design evolved. Responsible for all top-level drawings and ICD’s. Performed multiple trade studies and presented to management and customer. Prepared presentations and mediated design meetings for design leads that often exceeded 75 personnel. Show less

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  Mmm design llc

  Oct 2003 - Jul 2008

  Design Engineer

  Provided Design Engineering to Aerospace and Defense Co.s to include Concepts, Preliminary and Final design presentations, 3D CAE/CAD assemblies/detail design, completed drawings and construction liaison.Designed extremely large MGS Equipment for transportation group plus smaller components, stands, dollies, etc.

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  Northrop Grumman Space Technology

  Jul 2008 - Sept 2009

  Design Engineer

  Mechanical Ground Support Equipment for the transportation of the James Webb Space Telescope.

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  Mmm design llc

  Feb 2011 - now

  Contract design for Lockheed Martin. Designed extremely large MGS Equipment for their transportation group. Created multiple conceptual designs prior to down selection of final design, Created construction drawings where I interfaced with vendors and researched all the components. Worked with team of Designers, Stress Engineers and Finance Management to meet schedules and costs. Consulting work to produced trade studies and conceptual designs for a navigation company to compete in SBIR's. Company was awarded funding. Other projects were assigned to me over the last couple of years to include new product designs, and other.

  • Senior Design Engineer/Owner

    Feb 2009 - now

  • Design Engineer

    Feb 2011 - Mar 2011
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  Directional Sciences Incorporated

  Mar 2011 - Apr 2015

  Design Engineer

  Responsible for developing Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) concepts for new products, developing the mechanical packaging design with BOM in 3D CAD and PLM systems. Conceptualized and designed a small set of test fixtures for high pressure, high shock environment for a set of sensors, work is ongoing.

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  Structural Mechanics Corporation

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  Design Lead

  Created several design concepts for a retractable pool cover that could hold 50 people. Lead model translation program of an aerospace gearbox. Translated data from SolidEdge to Solidworks.Worked on US Air Force project to reproduce aircraft composite parts, molds and tooling for the KC135. Typical tools included, male and female molds made from several parts each and cutoff tools.