Triumph Structures of LA, Chatsworth, CA
Engineer 4- Manufacturing Engineer/Planning Engineer, Feb 2009 – present

  • Specialist in creating manufacturing plans for the machine shop for titanium and aluminum machined parts.
  • Design work done on Catia V5 for 3D models of aiframe structural members.
  • Process sheets created for machinists on lathe and mills. Both NC & Conventional.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, Edwards AFB
Engineer 4- Mechanical Engineer/Systems Engineer,   2006 – 2008

  • Specialist in mechanical design on composite panels and structures for airframes and skins.
  • Designed and managed top secret special projects as a B-2 Instrumentation Mechanical Design Engineer for T&E.
  • Created and designed wiring diagrams for avionics.
  • Coordinated design of skin panels for composites and bonded assemblies.
  • Lab Tests and evaluations - created pull tests on fasteners and inserts on bonded assemblies.
  • Wrote & created GANT, VSWR charts for upper management and designers to go by for timeliness of project items for design thru manufacturing.
  • Prepared test operations and evaluations for composite flat panels.
  • Design engineer on all projects, both mechanical and composite.
  • All my design work done on CATIA V5-4000 hours, Enovia software for meetings (pie charts). Systems engineering approach to all projects.  Dwgs released on metaphase and Team center.
  • Worked for the flight Test as design and Project Engineer creating concepts for assigned projects and designing assemblies and parts.
  • Designed density altitude cooling air systems.
  • Conducted corporate meetings for project instruction and game plan to meet company goals. Assembled meetings and conducted them for upper management to review for final budget analysis.
  • Scheduled multi teams (assembly, manufacturing, and production) for special projects.
  • Designed and released drawings on Pro-metaphase and team center on CATIA V5.
  • Worked STL models and sent to Rapid prototype machine for resin hardening (SLA).
  • Designed and created (manufactured) ECS Ducting, Tubing and cooling systems both air and liquid using Pro Engineer Wildfire 4.0 and Catia V5. Pro Wildfire 2000 hours.
  • Calculated airflow and liquid pressure on ducting in inches of water and psi for tubing.
  • Top professional in tooling. Designed and created tooling for composite structures and
  • metallic structures using Catia V5. Created Assembly tools for hoisting parts and Drill jigs.

Lockheed Martin, Edwards AFB, Palmdale
Engineer 3- Design Liaison Composites Test Engineer,   2002 - 2006

  • Created mechanical design drawings for the manufacturing, installation and operation of the aircraft leading edge components to include composite structures on wing, rudder and stabilizer.
  • Designed structural drawings and composite/bonded assembly drawings for F-22.  CATIA V4/V5.
  • Design and release through metaphase. CATIA V4-1000 hours and V5- 5000 hours.
  • Performed Abuse Tests on composite panel assemblies which included metallic, structural members to be abused and tested for failures under certain load (leading edges) of F-22.
  • Coordinated research, compilation and release of test plan objectives on the B2 flight test program.
  • Supervised maintenance and repair of sophisticated aircraft bonded assemblies and composite layups.
  • Project Engineer on special projects on B2.
  • Worked with design and manufacturing team on lean projects to trim the machine usage and shop floor space down to necessary efficiency for new and up coming projects.
  • Top professional in tooling. Designed and created tooling for composite structures and metallic structures using Catia V4/V5.
  • Designed drill jigs for aircraft, FAJ's, splicing tools and form dies for both metallic and composite structures.

Raytheon Aircraft, Waco, Texas
Engineer 3- Design Engineer/Lead/Technical Director of Manufacturing,   1993 - 2002

  • Lead Design Engineer to major modifications on various commercial aircraft.
  • Received award for Innovative Design on overhead structural developments such as the egg-crate composite overhead structure and design and composite structural members for the BBJ's.
  • Designed potable water  system for custom a/c. Designed gaspers for passenger units.
  • Performed as the Technical Director for the Boeing Business jet 737 (BBJ). As technical director, wrote GANT charts and WBS charts to allow production timelines and engineering timelines coincide for management expectations.
  • Represented company working with client companies, vendors, & working partners.
  • Designed return line systems and pressure outline systems for Boeing 737’s & P3.
  • Designed cooling systems on Pro Engineer 2000 for ECS plenums and ducting.
  • Design build team leader (group that includes all the multi task groups for fab, prod and engineering) for several projects.
  • Worked at designer on 767, 747 and A340. Designed on CATIA V4 - 2000 hrs. Design work done on Pro Engineer 15,  2000, and  wildfire V3 - 14,000 hrs.

Boeing Company, Wichita, KS
Contract Engineer,   1991 - 1993

  • Performed design with Tooling group creating tooling and die designs for drilling jigs and A/C jig fixtures Created Splice tool, drill jigs and bird strike tool.
  • Assisted with Design Build Team, IT. Design work done on CATIA V4 6000 hrs.
  • Worked for Structures Group and Engine Design Group to ensure accuracy and timely completion of assigned projects.
  • Worked with tooling/manufacturing engineering staff to create tooling for drill jigs and composite structure splicing tolls.
  • Engine work: Design project on primary and secondary nozzle concepts and released dwgs for GE and Rolls Royce engines. Calculated metal expansion on cowl sheet metal for density altitude.  Designed Nacelle Strut for 777.

McDonnell Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, Ca
Contract Engineer,  1988 - 1991

  • Design Engineer on C-17 Flight Controls Group. Created, designed and released flight control brackets, tubing lines, swaged connectors and cryofit connectors onto control lines.
  • Created, designed and released hydraulics assemblies.  Calculated flow rates for fluid.
  • Worked on shop floor as liaison engineer and tooling/manufacturing engineer.
  • Controlled the machines and their personnel usage.
  • Created tags to repair engineering within C-17. Worked in design on CADD software and CATIA V4 software, 5000 hrs. 

Education
Diploma, 2008
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Ca
Project Management/ Systems Engineer
8 separate class completions for diploma

Masters of Science, 2005
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
Aeronautical Engineering Sciences (Aeronautical Flight Sciences)

Diploma, 1995
U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, Ca
Stress Analysis and Sizing for Aircraft
2 separate class completions for diploma
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