Dave Matthews

Tooling Engineer @ Dialight

About

Mechanical Engineering Professional (BS Mechanical Design) having experience in fast paced, highly diverse Engineering environment in the production of thermoplastic and thermoset injection molds, plastic part design and high tolerance assemblies. Responsibilities have encompassed product management, project lead, product design, tool design, tool revisions, data transfer, as well as correspondence with customers via Internet tools and direct communications.

Country

United States

City

Morrisville

Industry

Consumer Electronics

Skill

Troubleshooting, Teaming, Robust Design, Problem Solving, Flow Analysis, Injection Molding, Tool Design, Vendor Management, Product Design, Assembly Processes, Machine Tools, Plastics, Molding, Design for Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Unigraphics, CAD, Product Development, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Experience

Tooling Engineer

Dialight

2011-11 - Present · 14 yrs 11 mos

Roxboro, NC

Product Design Engineer

Balda

2007-8 - 2011-10 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Morrisville, NC

Design Engineer specializing in medical and consumer electronic devices for production at Balda's various global sites throughout Europe and Asia. Role entails product development and design of mechanical assemblies incorporating plastics, stamped metals, and electronics.

Mold Design Engineer

Chicago Mold Engineering

1996-3 - 2007-8 · 11 yrs 6 mos

St. Charles, IL

Mold Designer/Tooling Expert Design and modeling of a variety complex 3-D thermoset or thermoplastic injection molds utilizing Unigraphics NX mold wizard. Projects include Product Design revisions, planning of core/cavity parting lines, mold components, electrodes. Typical mold designs vary from automotive instrument panels, headlight assemblies, domestic appliances and mated housings.

CNC Programmer/Operator

Deluxe Die Mold

1988-2 - 1996-3 · 8 yrs 2 mos

Elmhurst,IL

Design, model, and programming of 3-D Mold Components and electrodes using Unigraphics software. Deluxe Die Mold manufactured molds for automotive, computers, printer assemblies, cameras, as well as many other mated housings.