MICHELLE PILLERS, P.E.

Location: Kirkland, Washington
personal website: http://www.edeinc.com/mpillers/ - email: mpillers@edeinc.com

Professional Interest
Product design and project management with a progressive design firm, manufacturer, or start-up that can directly benefit from my 30+ years of experience in new product development and computer aided modeling.

Professional Certifications

• Board certified to practice Mechanical Engineering in the States of California and Washington
• Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP)

Experience summary
Responsible positions for over 20+ years in machine and mechanism design, new product development, injection molded plastics design, and project management. Specialization in the design of new high tech products, complex automatic machinery, and consumer products. Proficient in the use of engineering standards, project scheduling, proposal writing, estimating, vendor control, client interface, and management. A recognized authority in the use of AutoCAD and SolidWorks for mechanical design automation, computer animation, and product development. Experience in the Medical, Electronics, Disk-drive, Nuclear, Semiconductor, and Food industries. Hands-on experience with AutoDesk Mechanical Desktop(4000), HP SolidDesigner(1000h), IronCAD(1000h), SolidWorks(12000h), Cosmos/Works (FEA), Working Model 3D (IPS), Interactive Product Animator, Rhino surface modeler, and Pro/Engineer (1500h). Four patents granted and 2 pending. Click here to see actual examples of work.

Detailed list of experience

1/97 - Present

Evolution Design Engineering, LLC- Managing Partner
website: http://www.edeinc.com/
Leader of this visionary, high tech product development firm utilizing advance 3D solid modeling, long-term relationships, and Internet technologies to provide numerous design and engineering services to manufacturers, marketing companies, progressive design firms and R&D organizations.

1994 - 1/97

Walter Dorwin Teague Associates, Inc. - Director of Product Development /Engineer-in-Responsible-Charge - In charge of the Engineering and Industrial Design Departments; generated job descriptions, job proposals, provided department budgets, articulated group mission statement, and provided guidance and leadership to both groups. Responsible for all of Teague's engineering in the State of Washington; Individual contributor on Coinstar Trolley, Tempress Marine Seat (issued Patents D398,172 & 5,820,221), Synrad Lasers, Boeing Motorized Spindle, Boeing 777 First Class Divider, Biopsys Biopsis Tool, among other projects. Impetus behind Teague's new Information System implementation. Responsible for improved project management throughout the organization. Authored 2 articles on Product Design for international CAD trade magazines discussing the use and implementation of different CAD systems.

1989 - 1994

GVO, Inc. - Project Manager/Sr. Mechanical Engineer - Project Manager and Lead Engineer on the Visioneer PaperMax Scanner (HP Scanjet 4s, issued Patent 5,517,332), ME on Sega's Virtual Reality Headgear project, Project Manager for Ortho's Lock'n Spray hose-end cartridge spray system (issued Patent 5,332,158 ), Project Manager for Lincoln Electric's model LN9-GMA Wirefeeder for arcwelders, Project Manager for Andros' medical CO monitor and smog pump, Lead Engineer for Herman Miller geriatric recliner, Lead Engineer on General Instruments' lottery machine.

1985 - 1989

MJP Development and CAD Service, President/owner - Starting with just myself, built business into a 6 person engineering consulting firm before being absorbed by GVO. The following is a list of clients and associated projects.

• Nutech Engineers: Provided complete design package to build a hydraulic Skid Positioning System for positioning 120 tons of cargo. Entire design done on AutoCAD. (1989)
• Dura-Bond Bearing Company: Provided complete machine design and controls engineering to develop machines that would centrifugally cast babbitt to the interior of steel tubing and "pre-bore" the interior of the same tubing. Entire project was done on AutoCAD. Over 200 drawings were required. (1988)
• Automated Wafer Systems: Provided complete design package to build a unique nitrogen purge system for the manufacturing of semiconductor wafers. Entire design done on AutoCAD. (1988)
• Gant Western: Designed and delivered complete drawing packages of plastic injection molded parts for Breath Analyzer and Laboratory Vial Array for genetic engineering. Designs done of AutoCAD. (1988)
• Guzik Technical: Assisted in the design of two Hard Disk Tester spinstands, one for conventional testing and one for testing with "sidewinder" heads. Designs done on AutoCAD. (1987)
• Nutech Engineers: Lead designer of a Prototypical Spent Nuclear Fuel Rod Consolidation System for the Department of Energy. Designed three major pieces of remote mechanical equipment to be operated in a radioactive "hot cell" with maintenance occurring only once a year. Project included a large number of engineering calculations and use of CAE software. Entire design done on AutoCAD. (1987)
• GHI: Designed tri-temp thermal enclosure for handler, brings IC's down to -50C or up to +150C using heated liquid nitrogen. Designed automatic bulk loading mechanism for same machine. Finite element modeling, spring design, and thermo analysis were all part of these projects. (1987)
• Automated Wafer Systems: Mechanical design of AWS-6000, an automated wafer loading machine for loading wafers from boat transfer machine to horizontal fusion furnace in clean room. (1987)
• Daymarc Corporation: Developed complete design package for production of Prototypical Bulk Loading System for automatic loading of IC tubes to an Integrated Circuit Test Handler. Produced complete design package for automatic transfer of empty tubes from handler's input the the handler's output. (1986)
• Beckman Instruments: Assisted Robotics Technology Department in design and production of a biomedical robotic workstation (Biomek 1000). Developed preliminary designs and concepts for next generation Biomek. Responsible for horizontal and vertical translation of machine, initial design of liquid level sensor, and redesign of the Biomek's casted aluminum tablet. (1985)

Other companies consultant to: Autodesk, Mark Products, Magnex, Exxon Enterprises, Grove Dale, and Commercial Consultants.

1983 - 1985

Magnex Corporation, Mechanical Design Engineer - Automatic production equipment

1982 - 1983

San Jose State University (full-time)

1981 - 1982

Ampex Corporation, Senior Mechanical Designer - Video Camera Division

1980 - 1981

IBM, Co-op Engineer- General Products Quality Assurance Department

1973 - 1980

Tonko Corporation, Mechanical Designer/Project Manager - Product handling equipment design

Education
UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: Bachelor of Science, extension depth requirements completed in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics.

Professional references upon request