Andy L.

Senior Staff Engineer
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company Aug 2012 - Present
Designing and engineering various products and packages in an R&D environment.

Mechanical Design Engineer
Hayward Industries May 2010 - Aug 2012
Used SolidWorks to create complex injection molded parts and assemblies. Also generated multi-part blow molded components for Swimming Pool Equipment.
Mechanical Design Engineer

TIMCO Apr 2008 - May 2010
Used SolidWorks and AutoCAD to create multifaceted sheet metal and plastic parts and complex assemblies and drawings for commercial airliners.

Designer
TTI / Ryobi Jun 2007 - Apr 2008
Used Unigraphics NX4 to created elaborate injection molded parts and assemblies. Also created die castings for outdoor power equipment motors as well as produced wire routings and schematics.

Mechanical Design Engineer
B/E Aerospace May 2006 - Jun 2007
May 2006 to June 2007: Mechanical Design Engineer, B/E Aerospace, Winston-Salem, NC. Responsible for many design tasks utilizing Unigraphics NX2 ranging from wire routing to vacuum formed plastic design to sheet metal design.

Senior Designer
Zimmer Inc. Jun 2001 - Apr 2006
Used Unigraphics V16 thru NX2 to perform an extensive range of Orthopaedic Designs. Created intricate anatomically-correct injection molds of human bone by utilizing free form surface modeling. Was the sole designer in the group and therefore worked on all design aspects of our project that ranged from the afore-mentioned intricate molds to the conceptual design and creation of cutting edge Orthopaedic instrumentation.

Aerospace Engineer
Bell Helicopter Textron Oct 1999 - Jun 2001
Responsible for creating standard parts for various groups throughout the company using CATIA and Unigraphics V15, maintained BOM (Bill of Materials) accuracy for various aircraft assemblies, worked with Canadian partners to create a database that would allow smooth work flow between the two companies, and performed many other support tasks.

Aerospace Engineer
The Aerostructures Corporation May 1998 - Oct 1999
Designed wing components for an Airbus aircraft using CATIA. Assigned as the company’s only offsite liaison to its main vendor. In charge of overseeing a smooth work flow between the two companies during the design and construction phases of the BA609 aircraft.