1. MATT COCHRAN
CEL. 714-299-1903 MATTHEWACOCHRAN@GMAIL.COM
EXPERIENCE
Zodiac Aerospace - Aircraft Interiors, Huntington Beach CA
Design For Mfg. & Assembly Manager - April 2013 – Present
Reviewed all manufactured parts on critically important programs to find cost & schedule improvement
opportunities by optimizing design.
 Created training materials & design standards to teach engineers to design for manufacturability.
 Created semi-automated cost estimating tool.
Western Precision Aero. - Aerospace Gear & Machine Shop, Garden Grove CA
Manufacturing Engineer - August 2011 - August 2012
Created detailed manufacturing plans for build to print aerospace parts, defining key inspection
features & spec. requirements to ensure quality finished parts.
Bent Mfg Co. - Traffic Safety Device Mfg., Huntington Beach CA
Machine Shop Manager & Design Engineer - January 2009 - July 2011
Designed plastic products & rubber products, designed the molds that made those products, ran the
machine shop which produced those molds.
 Directed all technical aspects of an effort to change our line of molded rubber products from virgin to
recycled (ground up car tire) rubber.
Aerodyne Precision Machining. - Production Aerospace Machine shop, Huntington Beach CA
Setup Man / CNC Machinist - February 2007- January 2009
Stockton Tri-Industries. - Machine Shop, Stockton CA
Manual & CNC Machinist - June 2006- January 2007
Applied Aerospace Structures Corp. - Aerospace Manufacturer, Stockton CA
Lead CNC Programmer - December 2003 – April 2005
EDUCATION
California State University Long Beach - January 2007- June 2011
Mechanical Engineering Tech, emphasis in Mfg
ADDITIONAL
 Strong interpersonal communication, organizational skills, adaptability, and sense of teamwork.
 Ability to be successful in ambiguous situations
 Fluent English, Spanish, Italian.
 AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Catia, MasterCAM, Photoshop, MS office, Infor (MRP), Smarteam (PLM)