Del D.

Experience

• Product Development and Plastics Engineering Consultant Self-employed · Self-employed Jan 2014 – Present 12 yrs 4 mos San Diego, CA, United States Provide mechanical and electromechanical design services for consumer, medical, defense, and industrial clients, with emphasis on delivering highly robust products that meet aggressive performance and reliability targets.
  • Serve as principal mechanical engineer and technical advisor for medical, industrial, defense, and consumer projects, leading requirements definition, concept development, detailed design, and transfer to manufacturing for complex electromechanical systems.
  • Lead design of injection-molded plastic components and assemblies, including sealed housings, mechanisms, and consumable-like subassemblies, optimizing for cost, robustness, and manufacturability in collaboration with molding and tooling partners.
  • Develop and oversee prototype strategies (machining, soft tooling, additive manufacturing) and custom test fixtures to support verification, risk mitigation, and critical parameter analysis.
  • Manage external partners and suppliers by defining scope, deliverables, and acceptance criteria, and conducting design and DFM reviews to ensure output meets client needs.
  • Mentor client engineering staff and junior engineers, coaching on best practices in FEA, DFM, root cause analysis, plastics design, plastics reliability, and design control, and helping implement efficient ways of approaching design problems.