Ray Soliz

About Ray Soliz

Over 25 years of design engineering with supervisory experience in high-tech industries.• Strong motivational and leadership skills with a good eye for detail. • Extensive knowledge (over 19 yeas) of 3D Solid Modeling (Solidworks / IDEAS-SDRC) and experience using PDM Enterprise and Aras file managing programs.• Strong background in rapid prototyping technologies (SLA, SLS, MJM, FDM 3D printers).• Design tooling for manual and automated assembly process. • Solid understanding of injection molding machines, part design and processes.• Operate manual mills and lathe to produce working prototype parts.• Managed and train personnel in model shop equipment (Manual operated mills and lathes).• Mentored and directed junior engineers, designers and drafters.• Interview perspective engineers and drafters. • Tutored and mentored coworkers (technicians and engineers) in design for manufacturability and SolidWorks use.• Familiar with FDA and 13485 expectations involving documentation practices and standard procedures.

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   Vacuum Atmospheres Company

   Oct 2022 — Present · Hawthorne, CA, US

Education

• MTI College

  Certified CAD Operator, Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD

  1994 — 1994

Skills

• Machining
• Root Cause Analysis
• Tolerance Analysis
• Injection Molding
• Computer-Aided Design (Cad)
• U.s. Food and Drug Administration (Fda)
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Solidworks
• Design for Assembly
• Gd&T
• Medical Devices
• Capa
• Product Design
• Testing
• Machine Tools
• R&D
• Cad
• Design Control
• Fda
• Solid Modeling
• Design for Manufacturing
• Corrective and Preventive Action (Capa)
• Engineering
• V&V
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Rapid Prototyping
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Verification and Validation (V&V)