About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1879202
MECHANICAL & MANUFACTURING ENGINEER | TOOLING, REVERSE ENGINEERING & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Core Expertise
- Tooling design for production lines, including safety guards, replacement parts, and fixtures.
- Reverse engineering using laser scanning and inspection to convert meshes into manufacturable CAD solids.
- Manufacturing process documentation and validation for carbon-fiber aerospace layup and composite parts.
- CNC programming and automation support for laser, plasma, and router cutting systems.
- Applied GD&T and ASME Y14.5 standards for inspection, tolerance analysis, and producibility.
- Project leadership across tooling procurement, installation, ramp-up, and backup/replacement programs.
Project Background
- Designed production tooling for multiple vehicle conversion platforms, managing procurement and installation.
- Scanned and archived progressive tooling meshes; performed variance analysis against OEM CAD models.
- Authored production procedures and validated laser projection layup files for aerospace composite fabrication.
- Reverse engineered OEM components and produced solid models for replacement tooling and retrofit programs.
- Developed CNC fixtures, templates, and rotary cutting tools for sheet metal and composite assemblies.
Key Skills
- SolidWorks 2023 | PolyWorks Inspector | Point2CAD
- Faro Arm | MicroScribe | 3D scanning & inspection
- AutoCAD | BobCAM | CNC programming
- GD&T | ASME Y14.5 | Tolerance analysis
- Tooling design | Fixture design | Production tooling
- Composite layup validation | Laser projection | Aerospace fabrication
- Reverse engineering | Mesh-to-CAD conversion | Variance analysis
- 3D printing (Markforged) | CNC knife & plasma cutting
Education
- B.S., Manufacturing Engineering — Arizona State University
- A.A.S., Applied Science — Southwestern Michigan College
Why Interview this Candidate?
An engineering professional with 20+ years of mechanical and manufacturing engineering experience across automotive, aerospace, and defense sectors. Demonstrated ability to deliver production tooling, reverse-engineer complex parts, and author manufacturing procedures that improve quality and throughput. Strong SolidWorks and scanning-to-CAD expertise enables immediate contribution to tooling, process improvement, and production ramp initiatives.
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