Joseph F. Shaff
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 449-0836
shaff_joseph@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/joecad2005/

PCB DESIGNER

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a career as a PCB Designer / Drafter / Librarian

SOFTWARE WORK EXPERIENCE:

PADS Power PCB	1440	
AUTOCAD	9000	
SOLIDWORKS	368	
CADKEY	3000	

EDUCATION:

Associates of Applied Science Degree in Electro-Mechanical Packaging and Design
North Seattle Community College 1992

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE IN:

PADS POWER PCB	IPC-D-275	
AUTOCAD	ASME Y-14.5M-1996	
CADKEY	MIL-STD-100	
MS-DOS	SCHEMATIC CAPTURE	
AUTOCAD SCRIPTS	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD LAYOUT	
AUTOLISP	WIRING HARNESSES	
VISUAL BASIC	LADDER DIAGRAMS	
PADS DECAL & PART CREATION	SHEETMETAL CHASSIS	
MACHINED PARTS	PLASTICS PARTS DESIGN	

EXPERIENCE:

MECHANICAL DRAFTER
2007
Contract Butler International / HoyaConBio 
Milpitas, CA

Our team completed a project for a biomedical device.  Performed drawing conversions for mechanical parts using AutoCAD.   Japanese character fonts were incompatible with the English version of AutoCAD and required re-dimensioning for legibility.  Organized the project using Excel.  Completed forty mechanical part manufacturing drawings with two assembly drawings for in house assembly.  Some view and design corrections were necessary as well.

ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DRAFTER
2007
Contract Volt / ZF Marine Electronics
Mukilteo, WA

Worked on Washington State Ferrys' pneumatic and electrical system drawings also created mechanical part drawings for ZF Marine, using AutoCAD Mechanical 2008 for both.  Revised PLC locations, wire numbers and electrical schematics per. redlines and verbal instructions on a 118-sheet packet.  Including minor changes to pneumatics and a preliminary control panel layout.
Imported mechanical part drawings from 3D models and created shop inspection drawings for parts on ZF Marine Control Heads - both metal and plastic materials.  Required re-dimensioning and converting from metric to English units.
Learned and worked with the inventory system (or MRP) Navision; creating new part numbers, ECNs and drawing numbers as needed.  

MECHANICAL DRAFTER
2007
Contract MDI / Robbins TBM
Kent, WA

Used AutoCAD 2006 Mechanical to create three new drawing packages.  Created drawings of individual parts welded and machined assemblies.  Corrected design for greater accuracy; brought discrepancies to attention of engineering.  Worked with companies drawing management system.  Began training on a 3-D parametric modeling system; completed all part tutorials before contract ended.

MECHANICAL DRAFTER
2006
Contract Apex  Systems Inc. / Flack & Kurtz
Bellevue, WA

Worked as a mechanical drafter in the HVAC team.  Learned HVAC symbols and basic theory.  Created HVAC drawings from redlines, verbal instructions and similar projects.  Calculated preliminary air flows from loads and sized duct accordingly (using ductilator).  Also created drawings for pipe layout of radiant heated flooring under direction.

MECHANICAL DRAFTER
2006
Contract MDI / Robbins TBM
Kent, WA

Used AutoCAD 2005 Mechanical for the creation of machine part drawings and assemblies for the new AMR tunnel-boring machine.  Worked from existing designs detailing and resolving problems to produce excellent manufacturing prints.  Applied geometric tolerancing, welding symbols and company standards. Worked in both English and metric units.

PCB LIBRARIAN
2006
Contract Triad Group / Avocent
Redmond, WA

Used AutoCAD LT 2006 to document electronic certification marks on equipment inventory labels.

MECHANICAL DRAFTER
2005
Contract MDI / Chemithon
Seattle, WA

Began assignment creating floorplan drawings for Cable Racks with new, existing and to be removed cables identified from redlines.  Designed and drafted three phase electrical panel distribution boxes.  Verified space requirements and detailed components mounted on standard din rail such as contacts, timers, terminals, panel heaters and thermostats.  Performed drawing revisions from mark-ups and created new 1-line diagrams for electrical industrial controls including drawings of system control switches.  Also completed some PFD's from redlines.

ELECTRICAL DRAFTER
2005
Contract Volt Technical / Volt Telecommunications
Redmond, WA

Used AutoCAD 2002 to revise electrical facility plans for wireless communication substations.  Worked from challenging photographs to locate and place equipment on plans or correct incorrectly placed equipment.  Added, revised and checked electrical equipment grounding plan to each facility.

MECHANICAL DRAFTER
2005
Contract Volt Technical / Austin Mac Inc.
Seattle, WA

Drafted and detailed screw conveyor assemblies for shop production using AutoCAD 2002.  Worked drafting new structural steel parts and components for the assemblies.  Researched and applied industry standard parts and components for the creation of new conveyor assemblies.  Also created conveyor operation and maintenance manuals with information on bearings, motors, reducers, safety and necessary care information.

PCB PARTS LIBRARIAN
2004
Pentar Avionics / YOH
Bothell, WA

Worked on the companies' electronic component library using PADS Power PCB.  Created a part checklists and new naming convention for the entire parts library.  Researched part specifications for individual electronic components online then corrected errors, mistakes or changes. 

U.S. ARMY
2003-2004
Ft. Benning, GA 31905

MECHANICAL DESIGNER
2002
Contract Westech / Leonards Metals
Auburn, WA

Worked as a mechanical draftsman at a sheet metal fabrication shop.  Performed imported drawing file clean up (removing extra entities) and part detailing.  Used Cadkey as the drafting program completing two to four work orders each day.

ELECTRICAL DRAFTER
2001
Technical / Kelly IT Services
Tukwila / Bothell, WA

Kelly IT Services contract was at Matsushita Avionics using AutoCAD r14 for cable harness assemblies and wiring diagram drafting of In-flight entertainment systems.  I also worked with the company’s document management system (DMS). 
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MECHANICAL DRAFTER
Volt Engineering & Technical
Tukwila / Bothell, WA

Drafted and detailed structural steel shop drawings using AutoCAD r12. Also worked for an Architectural firm Flack & Kurtz on the King County Courthouse contract producing piping and electrical plans for review and submittal, used AutoCAD r14 worked with multiple layer externally referenced back rounds producing scaled installation drawings and one lighting plan.  

MECHANICAL DRAFTER
2000
Contract Technisource - Dillon Works
Mukilteo, WA

Used AutoCAD 2000 for mechanical design on projects for custom exhibition displays.  Created and detailed part geometry for acrylic laser fabricated plastic parts. Performed mass properties extractions and detailing of parts for signs, mechanically animated by a linkage system. 
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ELECTRO-MECHANICAL
Contract Technisource - DATA I/O 
Redmond, WA

Produced terminal block documentation prints for CE certification. Created ECO’s and worked with the company’s revision control program (Agile). Designed and applied necessary modifications and revisions to mechanical projects involving, structural framework, encompassing panels, enclosure devices, and many other related items. Aided in the design of a PCB testing fixture using, PADS to find pin locations. Worked closely with assemblers, purchasing, Sr. Designer, and Engineers, used AutoCAD r14 for documentation.

Contract Morgen Design Inc. - Manufacturing Systems Inc.
Kent, WA

Used Cadkey 99 to create shop fabrication drawings of machine parts and sheet metal parts from an imported Cadkey model.  Determined fastener types and lengths from information within the model.  Worked closely with engineering to resolve issues and apply necessary modifications or changes to drawings.  Forty shop drawings were completed at the end of this contract.

ELECTRICAL CONTROLS DRAFTER
2000
Contract NuWest / Process Solutions
Arlington, WA

Worked as an electrical controls draftsman on food processing plant projects.   Utilized AutoCAD 12w with custom LISP routines for control data.

MECHANICAL DESIGNER
1999
Cloudy and Britton
Mountlake Terrace, WA

Made plant refrigeration layout drawings for sales.  Modified existing Piping and Instrumentation layout drawings from redlines.  Created Isometric piping drawings from existing P & ID’s. Designed and detailed structural steel parts and components, with some isometric exploded assembly views, for food processing refrigeration conveyor systems. Designed and detailed two-truck equipment carrying racks made of structural steel.  Documented new and existing electrical controls using both wiring schematics and ladder logic diagrams working from existing print redlines, requested changes and field electrician.
 	
1999
WYATT Refrigeration Co.
Everett, WA

Drafted one-line and double-line piping and instrumentation drawings from architectural plans and information provided, in the development of a commercial refrigeration system for Alaska Seafood’s International. Designed structural supports and calculated an estimate of loads for roof piping and other various equipment. Detailed company products such as pressure vessels, heat exchangers and water tanks and created detail drawings for planning and submittal.  Electrical ladder diagrams for refrigeration control circuits were also produced.

ELECTRO-MECH DESIGNER
1998
Contract Aerotek - Webpress
Kent, WA

Created mechanical and electrical drawings for new and existing printing press machines using Cadkey 7.1w. Retrieved part and assembly drawings for customer packets and shop work orders. Worked concurrently with product designer, engineering and machine shop completing the new press side frames and related components primarily in 3-D wireframe. Detailed mechanical part drawings and revised parts from redlined drawings and requests from engineering. Worked with the field electrician and redlines to make electrical control drawings (industrial controls) for the new printing press system.  Drafted electrical control drawings for previous customer press-layouts as well.

ELECTRO-MECH DRAFTER
1997-1998
Contract Mini-Systems - IDD Aerospace
Redmond, WA

Performed changes from redlined drawings and Request For Change (RFC's) orders implementing new or modified mechanical and electronic designs to illuminated aircraft panel display products using AutoCAD 12w.

ELECTRONIC-MECH DRAFTER
1996 - 1997	Contract ECA - Innova
Tukwila, WA

Provided CAD support to Senior Mechanical and Electronic PCB Designers. Created faceplate panel drawings for the new SIU-8X Communication Radio controller unit. Applied dimensioning and Geometric Tolerancing in accordance with ASME Y14.5-1994 to panel and cast parts internal to the wireless radio. Documented and designed a radio test fixture for use in an environmental chamber and detailed and designed a removable sheetmetal-carrying handle. Also designed a plastic card guide mold using Pro-Engineer. Worked directly from engineering Change Orders (ECO's) and the company’s revision tracking/control program Change Management. Created new PCB Assemblies from ECO's and redlined drawings, using Cadkey 7 (w/ Draftpak), worked with schematic changes from both ECO's and redlines. Performed some checking of mechanical drawings and made Source Control Documents (SCD's) for purchase of electronic and mechanical component parts. Provided document control with drawings and obtained part numbers for new SCD's.

PCB DESIGNER
1996
Contract ECA - Pacific Systems
Seattle, WA

Designed 4-layer Printed Circuit Boards for "Smart Switches" used in Corporate Aircraft.  PCB's utilized surface mount technology in accordance with ANSI/IPC-D-275. Used PADS Power PCB software for board layout and design working from an imported Viewlogic net list. Created PCB Assemblies and Board Fabrication Drawings necessary for production on AutoCAD LT 3.0 NT. Performed library parts creation and documentation of existing library parts. Created drawings for the mechanical engineering group of electronic equipment for future installations.

ELECTRICAL DRAFTER
1996
G.B. Electric
Las Vegas, NV

Revised new and as-built electrical drawings for storage facilities using AutoCAD R13w. Performed electrical cost estimating for power devices and lighting fixtures. Purchased electrical materials from suppliers.

ELECTRO-MECH DESIGNER/DRAFTER
1996
Structural Instrumentation Inc.
Tukwila, WA

Worked as a temporary project drafter on the company’s new product a disposal-vehicle weighing system. Produced necessary mechanical drawings from engineering sketches and design requirements using AutoCAD 12w. I also designed two flexible circuit boards to replace hardwiring and expedite production.

ELECTRICAL DRAFTER
1995
VECA Electric
Bellevue, WA

Worked on the Microsoft Electrical archives using AutoCAD r12w.  Maintained the currency of electrical as-built drawings of circuits and devices.  Also used Excel to document electrical panel schedules for circuit boxes.  Provided Microsoft with current drawings from new additions and modifications to existing documentation. 

U.S. ARMY
1993
Ft. Benning, GA 31905

AUTOCAD TECHNICIAN 
1991-1993
KCTS-9
Seattle, WA

Worked on the Boeing ITFS project producing necessary conceptual and as-built electrical signal drawings (on AutoCAD 11) for an instructional television system to be used to train Boeing engineers from classes at the UW. Also completed a 3D wire frame model of the KCTS-9 broadcasting tower for antenna location and placement.

ORGANIZATIONS
Designers Council Member
Silicon Valley Chapter