Accomplished consumer products maker seeking the Senior Design Engineer role at Helen of Troy.

  Expertise designing easy-to-use consumer appliances for a wide range of applications.

  Created mechanical design solutions, including conceptualizing and validating advancements in consumer products such as orthopedic technology, networking equipment and electric motors.

  Strong complex model building experience and background in electromechanical product design, designing plastic parts and mechanisms with surfacing, tolerance stack-ups, stampings, motors, fans and heaters.

  Solid grasp and understanding of plastic injection molding process and plastic properties.

  Worked with designers, engineers and marketers to achieve cost, schedule, reliability and performance.

  Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; SolidWorks; Creo (3D Pro-Engineer models and 2D drawings); AutoCAD; Unigraphics; Agile PLM; GD & T; CATIA; ANSYS; Intralink; MTS; and Instron Test Systems.

  Experience supporting DFMEA reviews to identify and resolve the causes of failure.

  Working knowledge of FEA, CFD, DOE, DFMA and Six Sigma methodology.

  Strong understanding of UL, ETL, CSA and European compliance standards.

  Conversational in Spanish and Korean, and a quick learner of new languages.

  Willing to travel, including abroad.

- Complex Model Building - Testing & Troubleshooting - Electromechanical Design

- Plastic Processes/Injection Modeling - Engineering Change Orders - Troubleshooting

- Teamwork/Collaboration - Prototype/Proof-of-Concept - DFMEA

Mechanical Engineer, First Texas Products El Paso, TX 2011-Present

  Reporting to the Vice President of Product Development, assist with developing and engineering a variety of products for both the consumer and utility markets, including water and gas.

  Collaborate effectively with the Designer and the Vice President of Product Development, including overseeing 2D and 3D files to make metal detectors and night vision equipment.

  Design parts in plastic and metal, silicone and rubber and prove that sample parts fit, including post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic parts and ensure parts can be easily assembled by workers in CAD.

  Coordinate 2D and 3D files, delivery and approval samples with a toolmaker located overseas.

  Resolve part and assembly issues of new products by working closely with QC and manufacturing.

  Oversee bill of materials (BOMs) and engineering change orders (ECOs) or notices.

Achievements:

  Helped create the first water resistant metal detector, including helping design its unique shape.

  Designed a new pin pointer that enables metal detector uses to dig for potentially hidden treasures.

  Saved $12,500 on a leak listener (microphone).

Senior Engineer, Product Development, Zimmer Trabecular Metal Technology Parsippany, NJ 2005-2010

  Created fixation surface designed for orthopedic and dental implants.

  Worked with personnel across quality, manufacturing and logistics, as well as brand managers and vendors, to resolve Trabecular Metal shells cracking from a lack of mold support.

  Completed design control documentation, including drawings, design and final release review and DFMEA. Achievements:

  Successfully resolved dimensional, tolerance and inspection issues with manufacturing and QC.

  Turned around a struggling TM/polyethylene Glenoid implant project and launched a line extension of existing TM/polyethylene monoblock acetabular cup.

Research Assistant, Biomechanics, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children Dallas, TX Oct. 2003-Aug. 2005

  Tested several methods to validate the superiority of using a four-hole plate with four cortical screws to stabilize the medial malleolus, the medial surface of the lower extremity of the tibia (shinbone).

Achievements:

  Designed a user-friendly, two-click orthotic brace for the treatment of clubfoot, a birth defect in which the foot is twisted out of shape or position.

  Achieved equal or better maximum load-to-failure of tibial plateau (bone fracture in the shin) as a result of a new bone grafting tool.

  Improved a new anterior rod/plate system for scoliosis patients in terms of end-segment stabilization.

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Antec/Texscan El Paso, TX 1996-2001

  Designed 95% of mechanical components, including die cast aluminum housing for Broadband RF and optical amplifiers and worked with Agile PLM software.

  Collaborated with engineering and production personnel to help launch a new product that generated approximately $200,000 in annual sales.

  Reduced size, cost and part count, including for an all-in-one pressure seal/RF gasket.

  Achieved a more efficient fiber spool and a new interconnect between PCBs.

  Enhanced the amplifier performance after testing and resolving problems related heat dissipation, fiber routing and RF noise.

Mechanical Engineering Supervisor/Applications Engineer, Magnetek El Paso, TX 1993-1996

  Redesigned motors to prevent fatigue of steel shafts and copper wire caused by excessive overhung load, which eliminated the failure rate by 20%.

  Introduced new procedures that improved the fusion of wire to commutator, lowering scrap, rework and high resistance welds.

Master of Science (MS), Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Arlington (UTA)

Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP)