Alberto Ramos
Tucson
Summary
Experienced Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with over 18 years of experience in medical and defense industries. Motivated self-starter, responsible for the design, documentation, coordination of fabrication, integration, and test of components and systems of varying complexity for cancer diagnostic machinery and artificial heart drivers. Looking to put experience with project planning and product development to use in next challenge.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Mechancial Engineer
Syncardia Systems Inc
Tucson Az
11.2018 - Current
- Created Project Timelines for Design improvements to existing Drivers which led to 80% on schedule delivery
- Latest product improvement led to 90% reduction in most common customer complaint
- Created rapid prototypes to prove design feasibility
- Learned and wrote build process for all products
- Mentored Junior engineers
- Led, managed, and completed projects to reduce sounds by 7dB.
- Created brand new laminar flow check valve.
- Built prototype next gen driver.
Adjunct Professor
Pima Community Collage
Tucson Az
08.2018 - 08.2019
- Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals while providing coaching on effective study habits.
- Graded quizzes, tests, homework and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
- Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
- Used exams, quizzes and assignments to assess student comprehension.
- Taught Solidworks courses, providing instruction to up to 35 undergraduate students
Sr Mechanical Engineer
Roche
Tucson, Az
03.2015 - 11.2018
- Developed Mechanical Machine Designs to handle and stain tissue biopsies for epidemiological diagnosis
- Design Tools, Simplify Designs for easy assembly
- Led Cost Reduction activity based on Cpk of Module Performance
- Led CFD to redesign of slide fluid removal system.
Mechanical Engineer III
Raytheon Missile Systems
Tucson Az
09.2004 - 06.2014
- Wrote and revised maintenance procedures.
- Attended project planning meetings to coordinate mechanical system designs with structural and architecture teams, mitigate design conflicts, and coordinate delivery timelines.
- Conducted research to test and analyze feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components and systems.
- Performed quality mechanical drawing checks to confirm safe, compliant and cost-effective design criteria.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Arizona
Tucson Az08.2004
Skills
- 3D Modeling
- Solidworks
- Design Experience
- Communication
- Mechanical Systems
- Design For Manufacture
- Managing Projects
- Motivated Self-Starter
- Geometric Dimensioning And Tolerancing
- Technical Plans
- Testing
Timeline
Sr Mechancial Engineer
Syncardia Systems Inc
11.2018 - Current
Adjunct Professor
Pima Community Collage
08.2018 - 08.2019
Sr Mechanical Engineer
Roche
03.2015 - 11.2018
Mechanical Engineer III
Raytheon Missile Systems
09.2004 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Arizona