Steve S.

Experience

• Manufacturing Engineer Product Fabricators · Full-time Dec 2021 – Jul 2024 2 yrs 7 mos Pine City, MN, United States ▪ Design snowplows, hitches, tool racks and accessories for the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Utility Vehicle (UTV) industry.
  ▪ Manage R&D accessory fitment for Honda, Kawasaki, Polaris, Yamaha.
  ▪ Lead quality control and manufacturing for new product development.
  ▪ Implement and maintain Solidworks PDM.
• Manufacturing Engineer Cambridge Metals and Plastics · Full-time May 2015 – Dec 2021 6 yrs 7 mos Cambridge, MN, United States ▪ Design and build weld, drill, and check fixtures for production robotic and manual welding.
  ▪ Manage outside tooling suppliers and approve designs.
  ▪ Support manual welding and robotic welding with adjustments and repairs.
• Mechanical Designer Crenlo Cab Products · Full-time Jul 2010 – May 2015 4 yrs 10 mos Rochester, MN, United States ▪ Converted industrial designs from Brook Stevens and Porsche Design Studios into manufacturable designs while maintaining the style of the cab.
  ▪ Work with international customers and industrial designers; identified as a mediator to satisfy styling, customer, and manufacturing.
  ▪ Designed interior and exterior thermoformed and rotomold plastic components.
  ▪ Manufacturing methods included vacuum forming, rotomolding, injection molding, and drawn sheetmetal panels for the sides of truck cabs.
  ▪ Managed outside engineering resources RFA, RGBSI, and EASi when work load exceeded capacity.
  ▪ Used Pro E Creo 2.0 specializing in complex surfacing and difficult shapes.
• Mechanical Designer RAO Manufacturing · Full-time Dec 2008 – Jul 2010 1 yrs 7 mos Fridley, MN, United States ▪ Performed tooling design, drawn tools, piercing tools, and weld fixtures using Pro E, Wildfire 4.0 ▪ Worked with the Programming Department, and Tool Builders for most efficient build methods. ▪ Converted an oxygen canister from a 3 hit progressive die to a single hit sheetmetal hydroform. ▪ Designed and built a localized annealing fixture for aluminum panels to allow for deep drawn pockets.