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I am a creative and experienced mechanical engineer with an interest in high-energy companies that create and utilize sustainable products and practices.  I have in-depth knowledge of engineering principles, expertise with complex modeling using Solidworks, and 8+ years of experience in new product design, development, and commercialization.

Specialties: New product design, Design for manufacturability, Injection molded plastic part design, Process development, Prototyping, Design of experiments, FEA, Project managment, off-shore manufacturing

Software: SolidWorks, CATIA, AutoCAD, LabVIEW, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Word

Certified SolidWorks Professional 
Certified SolidWorks Professional Advanced Surfacing
Certified SolidWorks Professional Advanced Sheet Metal

S?onetics Corporation creates wireless team communication systems for harsh high noise environments 
•Sole mechanical engineer responsible for all aspects of design, development, certification, reliability, and sustaining engineering
•Worked closely with overseas manufacturers to ensure high product quality
•Launched 4 new product lines, included the most comprehensive redesign of the company’s core product resulting in a reliable, waterproof, wireless communication headset 
•Identified and quickly responded to a potential customer need by developing a unique and custom product for a major airline directly resulting in the largest order in company history

Mechanical Engineer

SRS Energy is a start-up company which designs and manufactures aesthetically pleasing building integrated photovoltaic modules

•Lead engineer responsible for testing and certification of novel thin film photovoltaic product
•In charge of UL testing of the PV module resulting in the first ever certified photovoltaic roof
•Designed and implemented comprehensive test program for photovoltaic product including creating test methods, sourcing test equipment, and performing root cause failure analysis
•Assisted in set-up of new manufacturing facility by designing equipment and fixturing, developing processes, and qualifying new equipment
•Ensured readiness of new manufacturing facility for UL factory audit
•Created 3D models and GD&T drawings of our product and equipment using SolidWorks

Lead Reliability Engineer

Aries Electronics designs and manufactures engineered to order test and burn-in sockets

•Designed engineered-to-order chip scale, test, and burn in sockets using SolidWorks
•Experience designing extremely small, tight tolerance, precision components
•Automated the CAD modeling and drawing creation of a major product line using a VBA rule based program with SolidWorks greatly reducing the engineering time per order
•Trained associates on manufacturing processes including high speed CNC driller/router

Product Engineer

Honda designs high quality automobiles is the world’s sixth largest automotive manufacturer 

•Worked with R&D in early planning stages of vehicle development to ensure feasible designs
•Conducted root failure analysis using fault tree analysis and FMEA
•Developed countermeasures to design and manufacturing issues during both product development and manufacturing stages
•Reviewed 2D and 3D models in CATIA to identify any potential design weaknesses

Product Development Engineer

Find out detailed information about Calvin Toothaker,  in Portland, OR

Calvin Toothaker: in Portland, OR

Calvin Toothaker

Sonetics Corporation

SRS ENERGY

Aries Electronics

Honda of America Manufacturing

University of Wisconsin - Madison