Donald Sutton

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About Donald Sutton

Design and development of complex electromechanical systems from concept to field support. Printers for home and business, semiconductor processing equipment, and aerospace/defense systems. Integration Engineer and member of cross-functional teams. Specific roles include acoustic (noise) reduction and test management. Design and trouble-shooting of mechanical and electrical components and systems. Tests and fixtures to explore and validate physics that affects performance. Mechanical Engineer for parts and assemblies (in-house design)- plastic, metal, composites, structures, mechanisms; directed subcontracted (out of house) design - e.g. heat exchanger, connectors, heating elements. Materials and Processes Engineer for plastics, adhesives, coatings, wires, electronics, and metals for aerospace hardware. Acoustic and other environmental testing (salt spray, vacuum, thermal, humidity). Plastic injection molded parts and sheet metal; tolerance analysis. DFMA, GD & T. Testing, failure analysis and corrective action; troubleshooting. Coordinate requirements between multiple engineering disciplines and customer representatives. Contamination control, cleanroom trainer. Specification writing and verification. MIL-SPEC, FED-SPEC, ISO Customer presentations, exhibits, and models. CAD: PTC Creo Design Manager, PTC Pro-E, AutoCad, CADAM, I-DEAS. Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint. PE Mechanical Engineer License CA M32592. Specialties: Plastic Injection Molding Mechanism Design Semiconductor Capital Equipment (CVD and PVD) Materials/Processes Engineering EE cross-training skills: Schematics and some circuit design (analog and digital), instrumentation.