Joseph Kachman
Saint Clair Shores,MI
Summary
Dynamic CAD Designer with extensive experience, specializing in sheet metal stamping tooling design, assembly/weld fixture design, stamping simulation, validation, and DFM studies. Proficient in Unigraphics/NX and Autoform, I excel in delivering innovative solutions that enhance manufacturability. Adept at collaborating with clients to achieve optimal results, I consistently meet project deadlines while ensuring compliance with GD&T standards.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
CAD Designer / Manager
Auto Metal Craft (AMC)
Oak Park, MI
07.2025 - Current
- Design tooling that complies with customer supplied math data and GD&T
- Review and discuss all incoming jobs with management for tooling processes and timing
- Set up, Manipulate, & Run forming simulation (AutoForm)
- Conduct DFM (Design for Manufacturing) studies to assess the feasibility of sheet metal components
- Review & Process simulation results
- Meet & discuss with customers for concessions on parts for better formability
- Design weld / asm fixtures
- Skills used: NX1980, Excel, Word, Power Point, 2D & 3D CAD, Autoform R12, forming Simulation
CAD Designer
Experi-metal (QMC-EMI)
Sterling Heights, MI
10.2020 - 06.2025
- Design tooling that complies with customer supplied math data and GD&T
- Review and discuss all incoming jobs with management for tooling processes
- Set up, Manipulate, & Run forming simulation (AutoForm)
- Conduct DFM (Design for Manufacturing) studies to assess the feasibility of sheet metal components
- Review & Process simulation results
- Meet & discuss with customers for concessions on parts for better formability
- Skills used: NX12, Excel, Word, Power Point, 2D & 3D CAD, Autoform R8/R10, forming Simulation
CAD Designer / Detailer / Data Manager
Elmhirst industries
Sterling Heights, MI
09.2029 - 10.2020
- Design tooling that complies with customer supplied math data and GD&T
- Design check, weld, and assembly fixtures to comply with GD&T for all parts
- Design detailed prints for the floor and engineers
- Review and discuss all incoming jobs with management for tooling line up
- Detail and create BOM (bill of material) for weld fixtures
- Make revisions and changes to tooling and fixtures per customer request
- Skills used: NX12, Excel, Word, Power Point, 2D & 3D CAD
CAD Designer / Detailer / Data Manager
Accu-Rite
Shelby Twp, MI
01.2017 - 09.2019
- Design Steel tooling that complies with customer supplied math data and GD&T
- Review and discuss all incoming jobs with management for tooling line up
- Make revisions and changes to tooling and fixtures per customer request
- Design spot, robot, and manual weld fixture for assembly
- Detail and create BOM (bill of material) for weld fixtures
- Review and document weld results for cut and etch
- Provide salesmen with quote data for incoming packages
- Organize and update all incoming outgoing math data
- General labor (debur parts, stamp parts in press, run laser machines, set up dies, run robot welder, etc.)
- Skills used: NX10,11, &12, Excel, Word, Power Point, Struers Structure Expert, 2D & 3D CAD
CAD Designer / Detailer
IET Intl.
Auburn Hills, MI
09.2016 - 01.2017
- Design kirksite/aluminum tooling that complies with customer supplied math data and GD&T
- Review and discuss all incoming jobs with management for tooling line up
- Make revisions and changes to tooling and fixtures per customer request
- Provide salesmen with quote data for incoming packages
- Organize and update all incoming outgoing math data
- Skills used: NX11, excel, 2D & 3D CAD
CAD Designer / Detailer
Centerline Die & Engineering
Warren, MI
04.2015 - 08.2016
- Design Steel tooling that complies with customer supplied math data and GD&T
- Make revisions and changes to tooling and fixtures per customer request
- Make drawings for Die details
- Organize and update all incoming outgoing math data
- Blank development
- General labor (debur parts, stamp parts in press, run laser machines, set up dies, run robot welder, etc)
- Skills Used: NX 9, Autocad 2010, excel, 2D & 3D CAD
Associate Designer / Detailer
Fori Automation
Shelby Township, MI
11.2013 - 04.2015
- Detailer, detail drawings of parts/asm for machining and assembly
- Make revisions and changes to parts/asm per designer request
- Design parts/asm per engineer request
- Create BOM (bill of material)
- Skills Used: Inventor 2015, Autocad 2015, Made to Manage, 2D & 3D CAD
CAD Designer / Detailer / Data Manager
Elmhirst industries
Sterling Heights, MI
08.2021 - 11.2014
- Data management (receive/organize math data)
- Design Tool and Die per customer math data
- Design check, weld, and assembly fixtures to comply with gd&t for all parts
- Design detailed prints for the floor and engineers
- Provide salesmen with quote packages of all incoming math data
- General shop help (clean mills, run simple mill cycles, debur parts, etc.)
- Skills Used: Unigraphics/NX, autoweb/trubiquity, 2d & 3D CAD
CAD Designer/ Detailer / Data Manager
Ultimate Hydroforming
Sterling Heights, MI
09.2007 - 06.2012
- Communicate with the engineering and understand the technical specifications of the product
- Design 2D and 3D illustrations and ensures that they are identical to the sketches provided by the engineering team
- Ensure that the final designs are in compliance with the design standards
- Complete all the projects within schedule
- Provided detailed quote plots and material specifications for salesman
- Locate, organize, upkeep and export files relating to specified design projection database library and loads data into computer.
- General shop help (debur parts, wash parts, slight fabrication, etc.)
- Skills Used: Cad Key, Tebis, Catia V5, unigraphics, 2D & 3D CAD
Education
Associates - Drafting and Design
ITT Tech
Troy, MI01.2007
Skills
- Inventor
- Autoform
- Autocad
- Unigraphics/NX
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- Power Point
- 2D & 3D CAD
- CAD file management
- Reverse engineering techniques
- Rapid-prototyping techniques
- Surface modeling techniques
- Manufacturing processes
- Solid modeling Techniques
- DFM analysis
- Data organization
- Customer collaboration
- Tooling design
- Forming simulation
- Tool design
Timeline
CAD Designer / Detailer / Data Manager
Elmhirst industries
09.2029 - 10.2020
CAD Designer / Manager
Auto Metal Craft (AMC)
07.2025 - Current
CAD Designer / Detailer / Data Manager
Elmhirst industries
08.2021 - 11.2014
CAD Designer
Experi-metal (QMC-EMI)
10.2020 - 06.2025
CAD Designer / Detailer / Data Manager
Accu-Rite
01.2017 - 09.2019
CAD Designer / Detailer
IET Intl.
09.2016 - 01.2017
CAD Designer / Detailer
Centerline Die & Engineering
04.2015 - 08.2016
Associate Designer / Detailer
Fori Automation
11.2013 - 04.2015
CAD Designer/ Detailer / Data Manager
Ultimate Hydroforming
09.2007 - 06.2012
Associates - Drafting and Design
ITT Tech