Rank A,B,C

CRITERIA

RESPONSE

Rank 0,1,2

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Describe the your experience in turning, machining and grinding operations

• Years of experience
• Number of projects
• Where the product is used

• 5 years direct experience under Will-Burt Co in turning, year Hobbing, casting. 3 years direct experience in Injection/Blow mold machining Little Tikes.
• Estimate 5) hydraulic presses, 6) Polyurethane Dispensing Machines, 15) Blow or Injection mold designs, 2) Automotive Air Suspensions
• Forging Industry, Manufacture of Refrigerators, Toys, Heavy Trucks and Automotive. Patent 5,743, 635 for Telescoping mast

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Describe your experience as the primary design agent for the product insuring all analysis for form, fit and function is complete. This responsibility can be as the primary design engineer, or as the coordinator of design engineering activities performed by others.

• Coordinate and development of DC Vistar lighting System (enclosed picture, . Patent 5,743, 635)  under direct ISO 9000/9001 regulations. SQC of 35 piece assembly. Developed entire drawing package in AUTOCAD for manufacture including electronic specifications. Design and developed the Saber Military masts for NATO’s IWCS (International Weapon Common Sensor) program under Military Specifications and testing.

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Give an example of your experience preparing technical proposals for products including a description of the proposed equipment, performance, stress analysis, weight analysis, reliability, materials and other data required to satisfy customer specifications.

• Cunningham Car Companies C7 Roadster. SLA suspension component design (no tire). 99 Automotive Component Assembly at lowest weight (reduce un-sprung mass). Interface with Cunningham marketing for esthetics and wheel styling. Issued requisitions and RFQ for suspension components manufacture, and piece part buying.

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Provide an example of how you instruct other disciplines on project action required in the form of engineering orders, test procedures, purchase requisi­tions, and inter-office correspondences and prepare all necessary data to satisfy customer technical requirements

• Technology Leader’s 1990 Troy Forge 250 Ton forging press re-manufacture. Issued all RFQ and PR’s for 29 piece rebuild, specification, design and appropriate testing of all components. Worked with hydraulic vendors in specification design. Re-manufacture of Vickers PV series Vane pumps. Design of lubrications system (all valves, pumps, filters). Lead Engineer for 4 man drafting team in AUTOCAD.

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Give an example of your  understanding of the fundamental engineering concepts presented below as related to product design:      

·         Fluids Dynamics

·         Statics & Dynamics

·         Design Of Mechanical Components       

·         Vibration                                  

·         Stress And Strain                     

·         Platings, Coatings, & Heat Treating                   

·         Metallurgy                               

·         Strength of Materials                

·         Drawing Layout                       

·         Geometric Tolerancing

• Fluid Dynamics- Compressible Isothermal fluid flow of airsprings, Prediction on inflate and delate times based on Ideal Gas law and Sonic velocity compression.
• Statics and Dynamics- Kinematic and vehicle dynaic simulation using ADAMs for vehicle Roll, Tractive/Braking, Lateral response, Suspension travel and steering.
• Mechanical Components- Extensive knowledge in machining of Automtiove Wheels and design ther-of.  Extensive use of Screws, Fastener and Joints in liquid and bulk handling or urethanes.  Mechanical Spring design. Gear Hobbing, Design and manufacture knowledge (Willburt)
• Vibration- Low frequency ride characteristics of Cunningham C7, NVH considerations. Run-out in Rotors-Pulsations (Panoz Project)
• Stress and Strain- Numerous experience in FEA methods, Theory and software. Taught FEA and Senior level-University of Akron.
• Plating/Coating- Teflon coating experience for blow and roto molds. Extensive Aluminum casting Foundry experience.
• Metallurgy-  heat treating and crack propagation studies in Wheels. Flexible wheels designed to maximum life at minimum weight.
• Strength of Materials- Pressure vessel design of 10,000 gallon storage tanks, 90 psi ASME rated , 50 gallon pressure vessels for chemical dispensing.
• Drawing Layout-Complete piping layout of an R22, 10 gpm, Freon dispensing unit. Pumps, vessel and valves
• Tolerancing- Wheel designed to ANSI Y14.5M-1994 for lateral and radial run-out and non-uniformity

EDUCATION

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BSME or 4 year technical degree

OR

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5 years of project engineer experience in which the skills of the position have been demonstrated effectively and consistently

BSME:1988, MSME: 1993, Engineering Ph.D.:2000

TECHNMOLOGY

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CAD Drafting/3-D Solid Modeling (Pro-Engineer preferred)

5 years Pro/Engineer experiences, Solids, Surfaces and Drawing creation, Kinematic movement.  FEA via mechanica. Formal Pro/E training June 1999,. AutoCAD experience. Taught Engineering Graphics at College Level (theory +Autocad)

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Finite Element Analysis (Cosmos preferred)

Formal Training in COSMOS March 1991, ALGOR FEA, ANSYS. Most major software package. Theoretical FEA and continuum mechanics of Tires

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Geometric Tolerancing (GD&T)

Applied ANSI Y14.5M-1994 to various machined components for many projects. Tolerance stack-up and runout.

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Microsoft Office Products (Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel) and Microsoft Project

All of the mentioned used. Create formal reports in Powerpoint for customer presentations

AVAILABILITY

Interview

Immediate

Start

1 month or negotiable, depends on urgency to fill.

Compensation

Negotiable