John Deere, Ankeny, Iowa, USA.
Tool Designer / Project Management 07/2023 - Present
- Create and deliver high quality tool designs that meet stakeholders’ requirements are fulfilled (dates, budget)
- Lead technical discussions with customers (manufacturing engineers) looking to improve their manufacturing process.
- Implementation of small, medium and large-scale tool design projects.
- Manage multicultural team of 10 tool designers (India & Mexico).
- Mechanical design application into agricultural and construction machinery processes.
- Support Tool Room during build and try out portion.
- On-site support to production lines (weld, assembly, gauges, material handling) to solve fixture issues.
- Implementation of automated fixtures using pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical technologies.
- Perform work with internal teams: Factory Automation | Manufacturing Engineering | Material Flow | Experimental
- Tool Room Team Leader expertise, leading +25 people (tool makers & machinist)
John Deere, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Senior Tooling Engineer 06/2021 - 06/2023
- Responsible for delivering engineering activities with quality and on time.
- International Support as a Liaison Engineer on plans, coordinates, develops new concepts and designs for tooling to facilitate the implementation of new and revised products into the core manufacturing processes working with multicultural teams.
- Design and manage weld & assembly fixtures, carts, racks, gauges, presses and fabrication tooling while keeping safety/ergonomics & design for manufacturability principals.
- Performed virtual analysis (FEA) to specific fixtures. Analysis delivery in terms of stress/strain & fatigue
- Effectively lead and communicate with cross-functional teams (Mexico, USA, India & Brazil)
- Design and execute strategies to reduce the learning curve and improve engineering deliverables quality.
- Understanding engineering deliveries to select appropriate talent.
- Provide technical input and manage engineering activities.
- Provide initial training for new Tool Designer members (+8)
John Deere, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Tooling Engineer 06/2018 - 05/2021
- Planned, coordinated, developed new concepts and designs for tooling (weld, assembly, hand tools, racks, carts & gauges) to facilitate the implementation of new and revised products into the core manufacturing processes.
- Managed project implementation on different John Deere world wild locations (Argentina, Brazil & United States)
- Served as a primary contact with additive manufacturing suppliers ensuring their meet John Deere quality and standard.
- Helped to implement the Design, Management and Procurement system under Local Tool Design Team.
- Trained new joints under the tool design principles for Mexico side.
- Coordinate the tool design try out for John Deere Mexico Facilities.
- Budget estimation for additive manufacturing machinery acquisition.
John Deere, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Tool Designer 01/2018 - 05/2018
- Implementation and design of weld and assembly fixtures to local operations
- Implement feasibility testing of proposed engineering solutions, under supervision, to provide feedback and contribute to validation of the design.
- Creation of engineering drawings to support communication, evaluation, and implementation of fixtures.
- Development Tool Design Mexico team capabilities
- Provided operation support on tool design terms on production troubleshooting
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Tool Designer-Inter, John Deere, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico | 12/2016 - 12/2017
Product Design-Intern, Caterpillar, Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, Mexico | 02/2016 - 11/2016
