Tim Lewis

• Execute PD work as assigned by the Senior Mechanical Engineer • Design new mechanical solutions in Autodesk Inventor • Design electrical schematics in Altium Designer • Create and maintain artwork for product labels • Modify and maintain existing electro-mechanical products as required/directed by approved change requests • Produce manufacturing and assembly drawings for contract manufacturers to fabricate products • Build and assemble prototype PCBA and products when required • Fabricate low volume cable assemblies for engineering prototypes • Fit and Remove CASGPS equipment to and from test facilities as directed • Be a point of escalation for Fountaindale or other manufacturing engineering departments to fault find and provide solutions • Participate and report to the Change Control Board for change/configuration management • Control and maintain a register of calibration of COTS test equipment used for validation • Maintain and use 3-D printers for prototype, production jigs and fixtures

Lead technician of CAS (collision awareness system) production team for digital mining. - Mechanical Assembly (hand and power tools) - Crimping (Deutsch, Molex, Military, JST, Spade, Coaxial, Ring) - RF Connections (GPS, ToF, V2V, Bluetooth) - Communications (CANbus, RS232, RS485) - Soldering - Firmware Upgrades - Programming - Quality control and inspection - QA Inspection - Verification and Validation testing - Training - Organise workload of technicians - Technical Support - Procedure updates - Fault Finding - Service Repairs/warranty - Reworks and repairs (PCB, PCBA, mechanical, cosmetic) - Oracle (ERP system) - Continuous Improvement Achievement Highlights - Cleaned and organised workshop - Standardised storage of CAS test equipment - Repaired, improved upon and duplicated existing CAS test equipment to increase production capacity - Installed and modified workbenches to include monitors and supports for a digitised production line - Reorganised and standardised production test records - Created Procedure Update Template to standardise and update over a decade’s worth of procedure documents - Repaired/reworked product that generated millions of dollars of revenue - Fostering good team dynamics and learning opportunities for all technicians - Increasing the communication between Production, Warehouse, Engineering, Quality and Admin for better productivity, shorter lead times, less reworks and more consistent products - Managed Service repairs and warranty requests on top of regular role while department leader was on leave

Part of the Externals Manufacturing team producing accessories and packing items for the Evoke neurostimulator implant. - Medical Device Class 3 soldering - IPC trained Rework & Repair - Mechanical Assembly (hand tools and some low power tools) - Electrical testing - Firmware upgrades - Functional testing - ISO 7 & 8 Cleanroom procedures - QAD (ERP system) - ISO 13485 QMS - GDP & GMP - Lean Manufacturing - Process Improvements - Labelling & packing - Technical support and troubleshooting - 3D Printing ABS plastic components

Undertook a 6 month secondment role part time 4 days a week as Engineering Support for the Mechanical Engineering team in Product Development. - Designed and updated label specifications in SolidWorks - Performed label verification and validation activities - Production labelling troubleshooting and support - Mechanical testing

Responsible for the production and quality control of several Wavelength Selective Switch units and their components. - Mechanical Assembly (hand tools) - Electrical testing with software - ISO 8 and 9 Cleanroom procedures - ISO 9001 QMS - MES (ERP system) - Lean Manufacturing - UV and heated adhesive curing - Process Improvements - Testing prototypes, new software and new techniques with process development engineers, R&D director and manufacturing director

Originally started studying Advanced Diploma of Mechanical Engineering at Ultimo and then transferred to Diploma of Engineering at Hunter TAFE to qualify quicker. Studied part time during the evenings while working full time and raising 2 young kids.

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