JOAO CASTRO
 
55 Cedar St., Apt 2305	Phone: (978) 729 - 7664
Woburn, MA 01801		E-mail: [Send email using form at bottom]
	
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

•	Proven experience working with multi-disciplinary teams
•	13+ years of experience within the Engineering industry and Product
Development
•	 6+ years of Application Engineering experience
•	 6 + years of working experience with thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and heat
transfer.
•	 Extensive use of AutoCAD and Solidworks
•	 Fluent in Spanish, advanced in French
•	 Awarded Security Clearance
•	 Excellent organizational / communication skills, highest integrity & complete
customer focus
•	 Six-Sigma Green Belt trained
 
 
WORK EXPERIENCE
 
Lytron Inc. (Woburn, MA)              Applications Engineer	Aug. 2005-Present
•	Providing customer technical support on all Lytron products as well as
evaluating and qualifying new OEM custom product opportunities in the medical
field.
•	Writing monthly technical articles on industry related topics.
•	Providing bi-weekly after-hours customer service support within the medical
industry.
•	Creating and improving online product selection tools, catalog, and web page
technical content.
•	Providing technical support and training to inside sales and marketing
departments.
•	Coordinating effort with major flow modeling and computational fluid dynamics
software companies to list all Lytron standard products to generate more business
leads.
 
Mectrol Corp. (Salem, NH)              Product Applications Engineer	2003-2005
•	Resolved all mechanical design and assembly issues with DOJEN and Planetary
product lines, including special customer products for Foster Miller, Owens and
Siemens.
•	Conducted Siemens Motorized Roller assembly and end of line testing training.
•	Validated design of existing Backlash test fixturing, planetary gearbox tare
torque test fixtures 
•	Created and maintained ISO9000 processes.
•	Procured, implemented and maintained production equipment according to GMP
standards
•	Maintained/coordinated document control and design changes for DHF.
•	Processed orders and coordinated design reviews with cross functional groups
and customer.

 


 Yarway Corp. (Plymouth Meeting, PA)             Applications
Engineer	2000-2002
•	Managed $100K plus bids by coordinating customer requirements with design,
quality and purchasing departments. 
•	Coordinated the design and order release of custom valves to production.
•	Provided outside sales and customer technical support. 
•	Provided field quality supervision on systems built for a customer by a
subcontractor
•	Created material selection excel guideline tool based on typical
applications.
 
Durabla Fluid Technology (Lionville, PA)	    Product Development Engineer       
                               1999-2000

•	Managed HI-100 severe service control valve product line. 
•	Designed valves based on product line specifications, ASME Boiler Pressure and
Vessel Code, engineering principles, customer requirements, industry standards
and ISO9000 Quality Program. 
•	Performed stress analysis, valve and actuator sizing as well as material
selection based on customer specifications. 
•	Coordinated timely approval and release of drawings and BOMs to production in
order to meet customer delivery dates. Coordinated and supervised assembly and
testing. 
•	Led effort to standardize product line based on 80% repeated business in
specific applications in the power industry.
 
GE Astro/Lockheed Martin (East Windsor, NJ)              Lead Mechanical
Engineer	Jul. 1993-1999
						
•	Managed all integration and mechanical testing for DMSP S17 spacecraft. 
•	Wrote, maintained and released Fabrication, Test and Flow Alteration
documentation. 
•	Coordinated with quality, mission assurance, engineering, suppliers and
customer the resolution of flight hardware defects associated with S17
spacecraft. 
•	Supervised the daily activities of several mechanical technicians. Assisted
with the design and procurement of spacecraft support fixtures and other
non-flight articles. 
•	Reduced defects by 50% from previous spacecraft by coordinating with other
Lead engineers the root cause of the defects and implementing a corrective action
across the series of 5 spacecrafts using Lean principles.
 

SOFTWARE

•	Advanced Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Solidworks, AutoCAD


EDUCATION
 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(Troy, New York)			
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering					1993
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