Senior Composite Designer
Wonder · Full-time
Aug 2020 –
Present
5 yrs 4 mos Lawton, MI, United States
Lead prototype R&D design and development---
Design Composite parts and foam mold tooling---
Program and run CNC routers---
Design thermoform tooling and parts; program trimming operations---
3D digital scanning and design from mesh---
3D printing---
Sheet metal to Aluminum composite design and build---
Class A surface development
Design Engineer
Summit Polymers Inc · Full-time
May 2007 –
May 2020
13 yrs Portage, MI, United States
Designed Automotive Interior Plastic components and complex mechanisms for HVAC registers and Console Kinetic components.----Interfaced on and off site with GM, Ford, FCA, VW, BMW as well as some of their tier 1 suppliers and integrators.----Utilized NX teamcenter to handle data transfer to and from OEM's as a tier 1 supplier.
----Supplied Drawings to Conform to the OEM's listed for product release.
Mold Designer
Various Mold Shops · Full-time
Apr 1999 –
May 2007
8 yrs 1 mos undefined, MI, United States
Designed complex injection molds for automotive, medical, appliance, and ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ industries---designed electrodes for EDM's and programed toolpaths for high speed machines.---maintained prints and documentation necessary for industrial operations.
Education
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
AAS, CAD Design
1995 – 2002
Western Michigan University
N/A, Paper Science & Engineering
1994 – 1995