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Client

Pylon Manufacturing Corporation is a leading automotive aftermarket supplier with nearly 40 years of experience, specializing in the design, engineering, manufacture and marketing of wiper blades and appearance chemicals. Located in Deerfield Beach, Florida, Pylon is an ISO 9001-certified company. Pylon is the exclusive licensee responsible for the manufacture and marketing of the Michelin® line of premium wiper blades, the Barrett-Jackson line of Premium Auto Care and the DuPont line of premium wiper blades and Auto Appearance Products.

Highly skilled Mechanical/Manufacturing Design Engineer with over twenty years of successful experience in concurrent engineering and manufacturing design. Expertise in designing and fabricating assembly jig/ fixtures, test fixtures and tools for production. Creates improved manufacturing assembly processes and translates complex ideas into readily understood production instructions. Accomplished at reducing costs and product manufacturing time while improving safety and ergonomic techniques. Proficient in variety of different testing techniques used to evaluate products and design test fixtures. Highly adaptable and flexible in learning many new skills. Fluent in both English and Japanese. Specialties: SolidWorks 2014, Pro Engineering Wildfire, CAD Design – Manual Milling Machines and Lathe, Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM), Assembly Time Analysis (SST), DFMA (Design for Manufacturability and Assembly, Press Brake Safety Training, Ergonomics, ISO 9001, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance, Process Improvement and Measurement Safety and Environmental Protection, Fraud and Business Integrity, Customer Requirements, Guide to Ethical Conduct, Compliance for Global Companies