Joshua Walles

Current

Project Engineer at Caprock Manufacturing

Past

Associate Plastic Manufacturing Engineer at KeyTronicEMS
Plasma Processing Technician at Biolife Plasma Services
Quality Engineer Co-Op at Goodyear

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Education

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Industry

Plastics

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Joshua Walles’s Summary

2.5 years experience in Plastic Manufacturing with Injection Molding in the Contract Manufacturing Industry.

- Lead start-up of $3M tooling project for mainstream printer company
- Developed protocols for clear acrylic lens molding with no transfer data.
- Assisted in driving change in Juarez Mold Shop to run fully automatic tools and more robots than were using previously to increase cycle control and consistency.

Other Skills:
Spanish Speaker, Intermediate Computer Programming (C++), Basic Computer Programming (Python, C#), User familiarity with Pro/E, Solidworks, and MoldFlow

Joshua Walles’s Specialties:

Engineering applications of computer software (particularly Microsoft Office applications and C++), Plastic Part Cost Estimation, New Product Introduction, Manufacturing Process Development

Joshua Walles’s Experience

Project Engineer

Caprock Manufacturing

(Plastics industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Associate Plastic Manufacturing Engineer

KeyTronicEMS

(Public Company; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

July 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 5 months)

- Responsible for the injection molded parts of 3 customers, who ranged in size from several hundred thousand dollars in revenue to several million, the largest of which is a mainstream printer company.
- Day-to-day duties included assisting customers in new product design and introduction to production as well as the transfer of any existing programs into existing manufacturing facilities and supporting the programs once transferred.
- Developed initial quotes for new customers covering the plastic injection molded parts as well as light manufacturing done in the mold shop at press-side.
- Oversaw production startup and performed technical support for mold shops both on-site and remotely.
- Organized and executed customer-driven engineering changes often in reduced timetables.
- Lead and assisted in research of material alternatives, both those that were cost reduction requests by the customer as well as internally.
- Maintained frequent and direct contact with customer engineering as well as management and purchasing to assure that to the best of our ability, the engineering needs of the customer were met to their satisfaction.
Plasma Processing Technician

Biolife Plasma Services

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

August 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 2 months)
Quality Engineer Co-Op

Goodyear

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GT; Automotive industry)

July 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 3 months)