Brandon Simon

About

Hello! My name is Brandon Simon, a mechanical engineer in search of a position related to electronics packaging. I have a professional background in cable harness and an academic background in mechanical engineering. I’m looking to expand my experience, while providing support with my cable harness expertise. This includes sheet metal design, injection molding, and PCB design.

My current position is as a Purchased Product Engineer III for Honeywell FM&T. The responsibilities for this role begins with part management. This involves reviewing drawings and providing feedback to ensure parts are producible; managing subcomponents and Bill of Materials to ensure items are delivered on time for builds; coordinating with teams managing custom subcomponents; working with vendors to assess capabilities and reliability to adhere to requirements. Part reviews used design for manufacturing guides as well as multiteam input and negotiations with design agencies for increasing producibility as well as guaranteeing adherence to system level requirements. Component tracking and custom component updates were done with teams at the subcomponent level.

Previous work included a position as a Product Application Engineer for Quadrangle Products Inc., a company that focuses on producing custom cable assemblies. The responsibilities began with creating quotes and lead times. This was determined using customer provided drawings; interpreting manuals of off-the-shelf electrical components, such as SBCs; or reversed engineering from a provided part. After receiving an order for a part, I would produce a drawing and bill of material for production. Finally, if there are any downstream issues, they are addressed either internally or by discussing with the customer. Majority of the designs produced are for military contractors and use MIL-DTL-D38999 connectors. Other parts I’ve worked with include PCBs and FPCs, which also involved creating gerber files.

Before thee position with Quadrangle Products Inc., I gained experience designing, analyzing, and fabricating a plane for the SAE aero design competition as my senior design project. This involved considerations on weight, cost, and strength of materials; routing of cables for servo control; mounting of electronics, fuel, and engine; and mounting landing gear all within the fuselage. Analysis of these designs included drag calculations, high impact landing, and thermal considerations. Final fabrication included the use of jigs and joining components with glues/epoxies, screws, t-nuts, and bolts.

My other interests include cars and sim racing.