Betty Archer

Betty Archer, IDSA

CAREER TARGET: A role, which demands enthusiastic involvement and provides opportunities in the fields of Designer / Product Engineer/ Industrial Design

QUALIFICATIONS

Experienced with over 20 years in Tool Design, Product Design, and Product Deployment for top down design.
Strong background in diverse manufacturing processes including machining, sheet metal, injection molding, casting and thermo-forming.
Created comprehensive documentation packages for product lines in cutting edge industries with ISO, GMP, and TUV/JIT compliance.
Developed and implemented effective processes and procedures for cost analysis, testing,
quality control / assurance, design, and assembly.
Skilled in the use of spreadsheets, databases, word processors, and several CAD and CAD/CAM packages.
Recognized troubleshooter with the ability to identify problems and develop timely, practical, and cost effective solutions.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Pro Engineer Wildfire (on going)
University of Washington BFA Industrial Design (2011)
Digital Electronics-North Seattle Comm. College (1984)
Associate of Applied Science- North Seattle Central Comm. College (1983)

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Raisbeck Engineering, Seattle, Washington (Jun 2011-present).
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro-e Wildfire 4) ) Engineering design of aircraft cargo beds.

Korry Electronics, Seattle Washington (Dec- 2009- Jun 2011)
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro-e Wildfire 4) ) Engineering design of aircraft control panels.

Proto Design Inc., Redmond, Washington (July 2008- Nov. 2009)
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro-e Wildfire) Mechanical Design and Engineering

Lutron Electronics, Coopersburg Pennsylvania (April 2007- March 2008)
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro-e Wildfire) Performed Engineering and design of switch devices, test fixtures, and production tools for the AuroRa pre-programmed, wireless, radio frequency lighting control system. Worked with the machine shop to create poly-jet (a high precision 3D printing process) to generate prototyping and inspection verifications

Korry Electronics, Seattle Washington (July- 2006- February 2007)
MECHANICAL DESIGNER/ENGINEERING SUPPORT- (Pro-e Wildfire) Korry Electronics is an industry leader in providing luminescent electronic indicator switches to the aviation community. Tool Designer and support of avionic switches, panels, and optic group.

Synapse Product Development, Seattle Washington (January 2006-July 2006)
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro-e Wildfire) Engineering, design and development of new to market products.

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington (January 2001 – July 2004)
ENGINEERING SUPPORT – (Pro-E) Hardware Mouse Keyboard. CAD documentation, design, and research support to Senior Mechanical engineers, Tooling engineers, Test engineers, and Program mangers. Assembly checks, Bom structures, Design piece parts, Drafting, ECO creation, and Sustaining engineering for a variety of hardware products and test equipment.

Phillips Medical, Bothell, Washington (July 2001 – December 2001)
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro/E) Engineering support on new product design, drawing creation, SolidWorks to Pro-e software conversion. Worked closely with Senior Engineer in design and documentation conversion, part modeling.

Ahaza Corporation, Seattle, Washington (January 2001 – August 2001)
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro/E) Manufacturer of IPv6 Super router.
Responsible for engineering support on new products, drawing creation, source control documentation and engineering part research, sampling and validation process.

Comet Design Incorporated, Bothell, Washington (July 2000 – August 2004)
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro/E) Product Development services for the consumer electronics industry.
Support on new product designs, documentation of intellectual property

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington (September 1999 – August 2000)
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro/E) Hardware Gaming.
Engineering support and design of Sidewinder force feedback gaming products. Working closely with senior engineers and surfaces to produce full package documentation. Work with patent attorney to provide all product documentation of intellectual property for force feedback product lines.

Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro/E) TDE. (Test Development Engineering)
Design and development of test fixtures for mobile module units of laptops.

Phillips Medical, Bothell, Washington
MECHANICAL DESIGNER- (Pro/E) Scan heads tooling
Design and development of test fixtures for manufacturing line of scan head products