Product Design and Documentation Expert Consultant ResumeThis expert specializes in mechanical component, assembly and system design, proposals and concept development, and heat transfer/air flow analysis and testing. Further expertise includes stress/fatigue analysis and testing, heat exchanger/cooling system design, and vibration/shock analysis and testing.
Specialization includes 3-D CAD design with SolidWorks, structural component design, prototype fabrication and manufacturing interface, and manufacturing and assembly. Other specialties encompass tooling, specification review and requirements definition, vendor/subcontractor management, and project coordination with multi-functional. This expert also has knowledge in schedule tracking and status reporting, customer support and business development, manpower planning and cost estimating, and personnel recruiting. Related experience entails hiring, performance reviews, and production support.
This associate offers specific expertise relative to castings, sheet metal, machined parts, and weldments, injection molded and vacuum formed plastics. Other specific expertise entails capital equipment forecasting, advanced variable frequency microwave technology for polymer materials processing, and microwave decontamination of biohazards. This expert also has experience with microwave energy conversion process, conveyor equipment and material handling automation design, assembly of printed circuit boards and electronic subassemblies. This experience includes 40KVA to 750KVA, three phase, uninterruptible power systems, and schedule and status reports. Further expertise includes airflow pressure drop and thermal analysis, heat sink and cooling system design.
Additional experience and specialization includes sheet metal and structural shape design, stress analysis, power connection and buss bar design, and injection molded plastic part design. Further design experience includes design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) and LEAN design reviews, and design and testing to National Electrical Code (NEC). Furthermore this expert specializes in Underwriters Laboratories (UL), & European Standards (EN), production of microwave and millimeter wave components, antennas and systems for military and commercial ground, aerospace, and space applications.
This expert is highly experienced in areas including modeling tools, process engineering and development, military aerospace electronic display equipment, and fluid flow. Other skilled areas include structural, vibration, weight, and tolerance analysis. This expert is also highly knowledgeable with chassis, welded structures, rack and panel design, and investment castings. Precision sheet metal, machined parts, welded assembly design, and plate-fin heat exchanger and heat sink design are other areas of specialty for this expert. Other areas of practice encompass environmental qualifications, testing, instrumentation, printed wiring assemblies and wire harness design.
Complimentary expertise includes management of fabricated parts and material procurement, PWB design, control panel design, SMT component packaging, and PCB design. Other areas of emphasis are high density sequential interconnect, printed circuit boards and SMT components design, thermal plane substrates, liquid cooled chassis, and liquid Freon cooling system design. This expert is also highly skilled in circuit board component reliability, industrial process and power equipment, and automated machinery.
Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.
Providing mechanical engineering consulting, engineering management, project management, product design and documentation, engineering, consulting, failure analysis, forensic engineering, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.
Engineering Project Manager, a Capital Equipment and Process Development Company, Morrisville, NC
Was responsible for project planning, product definition, equipment R&D, and process development of advanced variable frequency microwave technology for polymer materials processing in a startup company: business development support with project plans, cost estimates, and concept designs, process and equipment R&D for microwave decontamination of biohazards (i.e. Anthrax) in mail materials in collaboration with university researcher, microwave decontamination system design concepts and technology white papers for government agencies, and thermal analysis of the microwave energy conversion process, conveyor equipment and material handling automation design.
Design Engineering Manager, Conveyor Technologies, Sanford, NC
Was responsible for the mechanical design of conveyors and automated material handling machinery for the assembly of printed circuit boards and electronic subassemblies: directed daily task assignments and prioritized design efforts to meet production schedules, interfaced with customers on design concepts and product definitions resulting in new business for custom applications of standard product components, directed conversion of the design team from 2-D AutoCAD to 3-D CAD solid modeling, built up staffing to meet peak workload demands, directed redesign of standard products to reduce costs.
Product Design and Documentation Manager/Staff Engineer, Invensys Powerware (Formerly Exide Electronics, Raleigh, NC
Was responsible for Mechanical R&D Engineering, Design, and Component Engineering, for 40KVA to 750KVA, three phase, uninterruptible power systems: directed new product introduction mechanical design efforts using PRO/Engineer 3-D CAD solid modeling tools, directed collaborative design team approach for task assignments to reduce design cycle time, and provided schedule and status reports, airflow pressure drop and thermal analysis and testing, heat sink & cooling system design & optimization, sheet metal and structural shape design and stress analysis, power connection and buss bar design, injection molded plastic part design, design for manufacture & assembly (DFMA) and LEAN design reviews, design and testing to National Electrical Code (NEC), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), & European Standards (EN).
Mechanical Group Leader/Staff Engineer, Electromagnetic Sciences Incorporated, Norcross, GA
Was responsible for mechanical design, development, analysis, testing, and production of microwave and millimeter wave components, antennas, and systems for military & commercial ground, aerospace, and space applications: directed mechanical engineering and design group using Intergraph’s EMS 3-D CAD solid modeling tools, precision mechanical component and mechanical system design, process engineering and development and tooling/fixturing design, thermal, structural, and vibration analysis and testing, project management, schedule and cost account budget management, manufacturing interface and transition from development to production, customer interface and requirements definition, directed transition of CAD design group to Intergraph’s SOLID EDGE 3-D software.
Mechanical Engineering Manager/Principal Mechanical Engineer, Loral Information Display Systems, Atlanta, GA
Was responsible for directing the mechanical engineering, design and development, testing and production of military aerospace electronic display equipment: heat transfer, fluid flow, structural, vibration, weight, and tolerance analysis, chassis, welded structures, and rack & panel design, investment castings, precision sheet metal, machined parts, and welded assembly design, plate-fin heat exchanger and heat sink design, environmental qualification procedures, testing, instrumentation, final reports, and corrective action redesign, proposals, cost estimating, scheduling, department cost account budget reporting, printed wiring assemblies and wire harness design, design for manufacture and assembly as well as production and process engineering support to manufacturing, selected & procured IDEAS Master Series 3-D CAD solid modeling and FEA system, capital equipment forecasting and justification.
Senior Avionics Mechanical Engineer, Grumman Aerospace Corp., Melbourne Systems Division, Melbourne, FL
Was responsible for technical evaluation and direction of subcontractors' mechanical design and development of military electronic equipment: conducted mechanical design reviews and vibration/shock testing, reviewed engineering drawings, thermal, loads, structural analysis, and environmental qualification test procedures and interpreted requirements of military specifications, wrote statements of work, specifications, & engineering papers on deviations/waivers.
Supervisor of Mechanical Engineering, GTE Government Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC
Was responsible for establishing and managing a Mechanical Engineering and Drafting group for mechanical design and development of military and commercial electronic equipment for military environments: thermal, stress, and vibration analysis and testing, PWB design, specification and procurement, chassis, control panel, and rack & panel design, developed prototype equipment for trade shows, project management of fabricated parts and material procurement.
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Technical Support Dept., ITT Telecom, Network Systems Division, Raleigh, NC
Researched SMT component packaging, PCB design, & automated assembly machinery.
Mechanical Design Engineer, Texas Instruments, Inc., Advanced Technology Division, Dallas, TX
Was responsible for design and development of high density sequential interconnect, printed circuit boards & SMT components for military electronic equipment: design of thermal plane substrates, liquid cooled chassis, and a liquid Freon cooling system for a Multi-Chip Module (MCM) packaging, design of Leadless Ceramic Chip Carriers for component packaging, computer-aided thermal analysis including the development of an automated CAE process for thermal analysis and optimization of circuit board component reliability, stress and fatigue analysis and testing, supervised engineers & technicians a year-long thermal & vibration life-cycle test and presented performance reports in customer reviews, project engineering interface with manufacturing, purchasing, CAD, fabrication shops, drafting, and outside vendors.