Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at Phoenix Contact
Middletown, Pennsylvania
TE Connectivity
Development Engineer
2005 to 2012
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area
Phoenix Contact
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area
Phoenix Contact
Mechanical Design Engineer
March 2012 to July 2017
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area
My career began at TE Connectivity as an intern in the RF development area. That transitioned directly into a full time position where, over a 2 year period, I split time assisting senior engineers with projects and participated in an engineering rotation program. During that rotation program I experienced cross functional training in quality, manufacturing, assembly, advanced... My career began at TE Connectivity as an intern in the RF development area. That transitioned directly into a full time position where, over a 2 year period, I split time assisting senior engineers with projects and participated in an engineering rotation program. During that rotation program I experienced cross functional training in quality, manufacturing, assembly, advanced technology, sustaining and project management. After the rotation program came to conclusion, I transitioned into a Power Development position for 3 years where I developed solutions for back plane and cable to cable applications. Lastly, my final position at TE was back in the RF development area where I designed SMA connectors for testing and instrumentation applications.
What company does Mike Sykes work for?
Mike Sykes works for TE Connectivity
What is Mike Sykes's role at TE Connectivity?
Mike Sykes is Development Engineer
What industry does Mike Sykes work in?
Mike Sykes works in the Industrial Automation industry.
đ Summary
Development Engineer @ TE Connectivity My career began at TE Connectivity as an intern in the RF development area. That transitioned directly into a full time position where, over a 2 year period, I split time assisting senior engineers with projects and participated in an engineering rotation program. During that rotation program I experienced cross functional training in quality, manufacturing, assembly, advanced technology, sustaining and project management. After the rotation program came to conclusion, I transitioned into a Power Development position for 3 years where I developed solutions for back plane and cable to cable applications. Lastly, my final position at TE was back in the RF development area where I designed SMA connectors for testing and instrumentation applications. From 2005 to 2012 (7 years) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania AreaSenior Mechanical Design Engineer @ Phoenix Contact Awards Received: President's Club : Lead the effort to secure business for a next-generation cabling system for a leader in the Solar Industry. In addition to the solving design challenges, my involvement ranged from customer visits and weekly engineering calls to traveling to manufacturing facilities in China. The creative design concepts have led to an excellent engineer-to-engineer relationship with the customer, which resulted in a multi-million dollar design win.Technological Performance : Provided a solution to a leader in the electric vehicle charging station industry for a charging handle bracket that solved a weakness in a competitor's design. It also helped spur significant pull through business in other Phoenix Contact products. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania AreaMechanical Design Engineer @ Phoenix Contact ⢠Awards receivedo Technical Excellence: Developed a best in class connector by using CFD software to generate a composite contact design. o Application Excellence: Developed a shielded header for use in high end audio equipment.⢠Split daily responsibilities between new technology development projects and customer driven projects⢠Utilized 3-D printing technologies to compress develop process ⢠Managed budget for engineering supplies and prototyping⢠Developed connector solutions for high power rugged industrial applicationso Industries include: alternative energy, telecom, automotive and industrial automation companies⢠Participated in all aspects of mechanical development processeso Mechanical Concepts, Assembly Workflows, FMEAâs, FEA Structural and Moldflow, Statistical Tolerance Analysis, First Article Inspection, BOMâs, Material and Supplier Selection and Product/Project Costing⢠Generate test plans and sampling schedule for Product Qualification and UL/CSA testing⢠Key resource for corporate FMEA and Design process. Required participation in other business unitâs development process.⢠Oversaw daily activities for a total of 4 mechanical interns and mentored 3 junior engineers⢠Conducted performance reviews and recommended future hiring opportunities ⢠Active member of the corporate wellness committee and the âThink Big STEM Outreach Programâ⢠Generated tooling concepts when needed for development projects⢠Submitted 3 patent application: 1 has been granted From March 2012 to July 2017 (5 years 5 months) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area
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