Dave Lombardi
Senior Engineer at Caterpillar Inc.
- Role
- Senior Engineer at Caterpillar Inc.
- Location
- Montgomery, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Senior Engineer
May 2005 — Present · Aurora, IL, US
Worldwide production vehicle lead for 950/962 and 980/982 machines • Led worldwide production ramp-up of K-series and M-series in US, Belgium, and China • Led alternate sourcing coordination from US and Belgium to China and Brazil• Manage all current production quality issues for system teams and component teams • Collaborate with international engineering teams in China, Brazil, Belgium, France and India• Provide expert technical support to assembly lines both onsite in Aurora and remotely to worldwide facilities • Aggressively attack NPI and CPI quality issues from discovery through production implementation• Developed, validated, and implemented hundreds of design changes to improve quality and reduce cost of MWL machines• Organize, perform, and evaluate on-machine tests for major design changes• Work with corporate Product Safety and Compliance team to update machine designs for regulatory compliance and new commercial offerings Examples- Designed and validated retained fastener systems for engine guards to comply with EU Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC - Designed and validated integrated fall protection tie-off point for machines per ISO 14567 • Established new conformance audit inspection process of machines before final shipment • Completed Student Co-Op Program and Engineering Rotational Development Program across several cross-functional departments including machine assembly, detailing and releasing, manufacturing planning, hydraulic excavator design, and large wheel loader design
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mechanical Engineering
2004 — 2008
Skills
- Team Leadership
- Machine Design
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
- Pro Engineer
- Pro/Engineer
- Management
- Account Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Product Design
- Six Sigma
- Engineering
- Cad
- Component Design
- Ptc Creo
- Gd&T
- Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
- Mechanical Engineering
- Engineering Analysis
- Customer Service
- Continuous Improvement
- Design for Manufacturing
- Teamcenter
- Manufacturing
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Computer-Aided Design (Cad)
- Product Development
- Project Management
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