Steve Remy
Principal Engineer
Chicago | United States
Skills
No information
Interests
Sports science
Outdoor gear
Sustainability/environmentally conscious design
High tech/gadgets
In my own words
— SteveMechanical design engineer with experience developing consumer products, sporting goods, medical devices, and industrial products, including complex mechanisms.
Outdoor enthusiast! I love to ski, snowboard, hike, kayak, and run. I race cyclocross in Chicago on The Chainlink team, and have raced road & mtb in the past.
Knowledge of numerous manufacturing processes, CAD and CAE software, and project management tools. Licensed Professional Engineer.
Specialties: Processes: Plastic injection molding, sheet metal, die casting, rapid prototyping. CAD Software: Expert user of SolidWorks and PTC Creo FEA/CAE Software: SolidWorks Simulation, Pro/Mechanica.
Trajectory
Nov 2009 — Now
Principal Engineer · Concinity Product Design
I founded Concinity to focus on bringing my skills and experience in practical product design, along with an analytical mindset, to projects in fields including consumer and industrial products, sporting goods, and medical devices. I provide clients with high-end CAD modeling skills in (SolidWorks and PTC Creo) along with FEA capability in both software packages, aesthetic sensitivity, project management, creative problem-solving, and experience in numerous manufacturing/fabrication processes and DFM detailing. I work closely with client teams and other independent resources, including industrial designers, electrical engineers, prototype vendors, and contract manufacturers
to ensure that the final design of the product is easily manufacturable, yet maintains the ID vision and desired functionality.
I travel to factories in China on behalf of clients, typically 4-5 times per year
Jun 2002 — Nov 2009
Director of Mechanical Engineering · Creative Engineering, LLC
Senior employee at small consultancy providing mechanical engineering product design services. Product design experience included consumer, medical, toy, and industrial products.
Jun 1998 — May 2002
Senior Mechanical Engineer · Herbst Lazar Bell
Lead engineer and project manager at a leading design firm in Chicago, designing medical, industrial, and consumer products, covering all phases of product design from conceptual development through manufacturing release.
Jun 1993 — Jun 1998
Mechanical Engineer · Motorola
Development projects included: Star Tac Mobile Phone Battery Charger, Cellular Infrastructure Equipment, Traxar GPS Receiver. Traveled to China and Taiwan, as well as within the US, for production support.
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Education history
Cornell University
BSME | 1989 - 1993
