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Process Engineer
Medical
Device/Plastics Processing/Product Development
15908
Resides in Georgia
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a full-time growth oriented opportunity in a medical device
industry emphasizing initiative and advancement that will utilize my interpersonal
and analytical skills, experience and education.
EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts Master of Science
in Plastics Engineering 12/2000 Lowell,
MA
University of Massachusetts Bachelor of Science
in Plastics Engineering 12/1999 Lowell, MA
Government of Polytechnic Diploma
in Plastics Engineering 05/1994
Gujarat, India
EXPERIENCE
MedSource Technologies
Project Engineer
08/02 - 11/03 GA
· Oriented with variable stiffness
Micro Catheter manufacturing processes.
· Interface directly with customers
and identified manpower requirement for prototype and near production
builds, directed and assigned technician in prototype builds, review the
existing process to identify and implement cost, quality and productivity
improvements, developed engineering drawings, work order and bill of materials
and proposed projects for feasibility and applicability of MST technology.
· Involved in process development
and optimization of UAE- Uterine Fibroid Embolization micro catheter assembly
i.e. braiding, stainless steel passivation, fuse-down, split marker band
attachment and injection molded hub design.
· Carried out an FEA analysis for
2.8 Fr. Liver Embolization micro catheter composite tubes using proprietary
Virtual Tubing Model. Parameters were optimized for torquability, circumferential
modulus, kink radius and bending stress.
· Researched on non-metallic fibers
to develop the nuero-MRI guide catheter assembly to perform under 4 Tesla
magnetic resonance. Involved in Chemo therapy, drug delivery and
radiation treatment catheter development.
· Involved in a specialty polymer
compounding to optimize a distal tip fluoroscopic image performance of
UAE catheter.
· Developed a static pressure test
that withstand the burst pressure up to 300 Psi. for 2.8 Fr. Embolization
catheter tubing. Outsourced the vendor to develop and design the test
equipments and software programming.
· Carried out the process flow and
FMEA analysis that resulted into 16% increase in UAE micro catheter assembly
yield improvement, reduction in 22% direct labor cost and 10% in material
cost.
· Worked as a team member of SIX SIGMA
project for the Teflon Coating Process Excellence.
· Developed various process qualification,
validation and test protocols.
· Developed a 0.5-mil to 2.0 mil PTFE
sintering process conducting fluoro-surfactant-Teflon mixing ratio, process
equipment upgradation and improvement, pH controlled bacterial growth
reduction and glass logic based data acquisition system.
· Achieved the most flexible and the
thinnest Teflon inner layer that available among all commercial grade
of PTFE tube. The application resulted into the most flexible distal
tip segment.
· Optimized and developed the silver
clad Cu wire cleaning process to remove the silver oxide from the bare
wire surface.
· Applied Lean Manufacturing principals
in catheter assembly and component production.
Ciba Vision Corporation Process
Engineer
12/01-07/02
Duluth, GA
· Support engineer in a Business and
Technology Innovation Center and liaison between R & D and manufacturing.
· Involved in contact lens mold processing,
optical surface testing, thermal and UV curing, lens separation and coating
processes and inspection of the dry and wet contact lenses.
· Conducted the processing trials
for rats and rabbits for clinical studies.
· Designed a compound for transparent
rods of specific optical properties to reduce the UV reflection and increase
the IR transmission for DailiesÔ lens process. The spectrographs were
obtained to determine a specific color to pass the %UV and %IR light to
make the master batch for Cyclo Olefin extruded rods.
· Carried out the relationships between
molding parameters and lens metrology i.e. center thickness, peak-valley,
radii and sag measurement.
· Involved in a team to develop and
anti microbial compound for lens case cover to reduce the bio film build
-up.
· Conducted the molding trials to
optimize the process parameters for lenses of irregular astigmatism i.e.
toric progressive.
· Knowledge of regulatory standards
and documentation for a Class-III medical device manufacturing environment
i.e. SOP, MPI, DHR etc.
· Trained on GMP Training guidelines
and documentations.
As an effect of reorganization of R& D department resulted into budget
cut and overlapping of my position, CV and I mutually agreed to end the
tenure with the effect of my resignation from July 2002.
Aclara BioSciences Inc. Process Development Engineer
01/01-08/01
Mountain View, CA
· Lead process engineer in a cross-functional
team environment with the program director, biochemist and technicians.
· Involved in a Gene- Chip technology
development through a support role to program manager and design engineers.
· Responsible for process trouble
shooting for plastics materials (auto florescence), processing parameters
(micro-replication), surface treatment (UVO and Plasma), nano-welding,
thermal diffusion bonding and surface hydrophilic treatment. Carried out
ancillary equipment specification and involved in a vendor liaison networking.
· Designed the vacuum assisted injection
mold circuit to compensate the pressure drop and to aid the filling at
27Hg and 2 seconds of evacuation time. Involved in a design review for
Arteas 96 gene chip platform i.e. energy director design, hot runner valve
gate location, gate pitch distance and flow promoter skirt design.
· Performed the 3 factorial DOE to
quantify the effects on micro-replication between the interaction of packing
pressure differential shirk age and mold temperatures. The DOE impacts
on GNDT analysis of a micro fluid dispenser design.
· Involved in a team to help the design
of a terminator for a thermal cycling of an injection mold (Patent in
progress)
· Oriented on nickel electroforming
process and surface hardening effects of the e-form on the micro replication.
The position was eliminated because of cancellation of certain project
due to the available funding.
Black and Decker Inc. Manufacturing Summer Intern
05/00-08/00
Easton, MD
· Certified in Black and Decker SIX
SIGMA M.A.I.C. training and Engle injection molding machine controller
training.
· Helped manufacturing engineers in
commissioning and erection of two-shot injection molding machines and
ancillary equipments.
· Optimized the energy efficiency
of a material handling system based on a throughput balance and barrel
to shot capacity ratio. Set up the DOE to establish the parameters interaction
to optimize the production of glass filled armature assembly.
· Continued a master's study after
end of an internship.
INDUSTRIAL PROJECT AND PUBLICATION
Technical Support Sponsored by: Synventive Molding Corporation (Formerly
known as Dynisco hot Runner Group)
· Accomplished the project on "Sequential
Valve Gating for Thin Wall Injection Molding and Weld Line Relation Study"
· Published and presented the paper
at ANTEC 2000 conference.
· "In-Mold Transient Measurement of
Thermal Diffusivity Using Injection Molded Cylinder for Foam and Glass
Filled Material" published at ANTEC 2002 conference.
ACADEMIC PROJECT AND PRESENTATION
· Simulated and presented the filling
analysis of a snow-shoe (optimized design for gate location, fill time,
fill pressure, wall shear stress, weld/meld line, frozen layer fraction
and clam force.)
· Designed an automated assembly for
a Gillette disposable razor.
· Designed two lumens catheter tubing
crosshead die design using CADKEY 97.5.
· Carried out an economic analysis
of a single step SPVC extrusion sheet plant for blood bags.
SKILLS, PROFESSIONALS SOCITIES AND AWARDS
· ProE rel. 20/2000i, Mold flow MPI
and STATISTICA 7.0
· Familiar with ASTM protocols, rheological
and mechanical testing, blow molding and single/twin screw extrusion,
rotational molding process.
· Working knowledge of cardio vascular-
neuro vascular system and general anatomy.
· Oriented with the FDA and GMP compliance.
· Oriented with ISO documentations,
process validation and qualification and test protocol writing.
· Proficient in statistical analysis
i.e. DOE, SPC/SQC and process capability.
· Member of SPE and ASPE.
· Ticona award for Excellence-1999
and Sterlite Endowment Award-2000.
INQUIRE
HERE Remember Candidate # 15908
Jobwerx
makes no representation as to the accuracy of information transmitted
herein. 12/13/03
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