J a m e s E. S c h n a r d t h o r s t

2994 County Road 568
Farmersville, Texas 75442
Phone (972)736-6333
or (817)732-5459
Email pete33@airmail.net

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SUMMARY

My background in Pro/Engineer helped me to solve existing and new problems in minimum time. This resulted in reduced production problems and better customer satisfaction.Training Mechanical and Electrical Engineers to use Pro/Engineer helped them to see problems with their design before they reached production thus reducing costs and making products competitive and more profitable.

QUALIFICATIONS

Design and Drafting -

Pro/Engineer

Ecad to Pro/E Conversion

Anvil 5000

Computer Vision

Familiar with ANSI

GD&T Trained

Familiar with MIL-STDs

Instructor Qualified

 

Taught Maintenance of Advanced Military Weapon Systems

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

2000 to Present Senior Technical Associate, Pro/E Mechanical Designer/Detailer
Tyco Electronics, Power Systems, Board Mounted Power, 3000
Skyline Drive, Mesquite, Texas 75149

Reduced the 8 to 32 hours required to import complicated circuit board outline
into Pro/E from Alegro to 15 to 30 minutes.
Redesigned 16 Heatsink Extrusions to help eliminate capacitor damage and circuit
failure that was occurring in some of the Power Supply Units.
Instructed Electrical and Mechanical Engineers basic Pro/E modeling and
Ecad import techniques. Also instructed those personnel interested in
learning Pro/E Basic Modeling.

1999 to 2000 Lead Design Engineer, Packaging Design
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Systems, Grand Prairie, Texas

Designed mechanical parts and assemblies for test sets used in testing the
MLRS) Multiple Launch Rocket System and the Guided MLRS completed the
assigned tasks on schedule and within budget .

1995 to 1998 Design Engineer, Packaging Design
Lockheed Martin Vought Systems, Grand Prairie, Texas.

Designed mechanical and electrical parts and assemblies, cables and
harness assemblies and special fixtures for the PAC3 missile test sets,
supported design efforts of several Electrical and Electronic Engineers

 1994 to 1995 Electronic Maintenance Technician
Mountaisia Entertainment Centers, Plano, Texas.

Maintained 155 Electronic Skill Games and Supervised the ground maintenance
of the 54-hole miniature golf course.

1983 to 1994 Lead Designer, Training Systems Design
LTV Advanced Products Division / Loral Vought Systems Grand Prairie, Texas
Designed simulation type training equipment for the A7E weapon system.
Including the design of electrical and electronic assemblies, cabling, wire
wrap boards, backplanes, instrumentation, and panels. Integrated the Photo
Based Image Generation System circuitry into the three dimensional flight
trainer system.

1982 to 1983 Designer, Training Systems
General Dynamics, Fort Worth, Texas

Helped in design of F16C Desk Top Cockpit Familiarization Trainer, Also
worked on F111C Hot Mockup Crew Trainer.

1979 to 1982 Designer, Training Systems
Vought Aircraft, Grand Prairie, Texas

Electrical Electronic Designer on the Three Dimensional flight Simulator for
the A7E, and the Maintenance Trainer Systems for the A7E Weapons System.

 

EDUCATION

Associate of Science, Electronic Engineering Technology, State Technical Institute at Memphis, Memphis, Tenn.

Associate of Science, Vocational Technical Education, State Technical Institute at Memphis, Memphis, Tenn.

Instructor Training, Instructor Supervisor Training, CPO Academy, Maintenance Management U.S. Navy.

  

 

REFERENCES

Jerry Hegg:

 

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
Head of Packaging Design Group
(972) 603-7470  

Steve Johnson:

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
Project Manager Training Equipment
(972)603-9377

John Jones:

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
Head of Electronics Design Group
(972)603-7405

An Nguyen:

Tyco Electronics Power Systems
Physical Design Engineer
(972) 284-8075