Allen D. Polowinczak has over 25 years of experience in mechanical engineering and product design. He has extensive experience designing mechanical assemblies, sheet metal components, and plastic parts for outdoor displays, food service equipment, and testing equipment. His experience includes product development from concept through production, managing projects, working with vendors, and ensuring designs meet necessary certifications and standards. He is proficient in CAD software like SolidWorks, AutoCAD, and Inventor and has designed products that have received patents.

1. Allen D. Polowinczak
2860 Abbington Drive New Lenox Illinois, 60451
Cell - (815) 919-9926
apolowinczak@comcast.net
Objective:
To utilize diverse Mechanical Engineering experience and mechanical design abilities, demonstrating precise
Product Development and Management techniques for assigned projects, in the Mechanical Design field.
Experience:
Newell-Rubbermaid, Downers Grove, IL July 2015 – Present (Contract)
New Product Design and Development – Senior Engineer- Repatriation Engineer
• Development of digital outdoor menu-board systems, including wind load certification for 150 mph
wind loads, water infiltration, electrical requirements and certification, digital display components, heat
stress and solar impact on components, sheet metal cabinet design – waterproof, internal air
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Florida Plastics International, Evergreen Park, IL December 2012 – July 2015 (Contract to hire)
New Product Design and Development – Senior Engineer
• Development of mechanical assemblies for the enhancement of existing products in service relating
to the outdoor menu-board environment, outdoor menu boards.
• Development of digital outdoor menu-board systems, including wind load certification for 150 mph
wind loads, water infiltration, electrical requirements and certification, digital display components, heat
stress and solar impact on components, sheet metal cabinet design – waterproof, internal air
circulation research and design,
• Complete ETL Certification write up and approvals for outdoor damp environments, for digital and
existing products. Involved with internal ETL audits.
• Project management of designs and internal customer issues involving Engineering, design and
documentation of components, vendor specification thereof, components, sheet metal, plastic
component design.
• Write and publish step by step Installation manuals for existing and new products/launch.
• SolidWorks, AutoCAD Inventor, AutoCAD 2d, Mantis project tracker.
Benda Manufacturing, Tinley Park, IL March 2012 – October 2012 (Contract to Hire)
Design and Development - Engineer
• Designer of custom conveyor systems for various food service plants, both local and nationwide.
Designed in both AutoCAD and AutoCAD Inventor 2012.
• Maintain Engineering projects and schedules, communicating this schedule weekly to ensure
specified due dates and delivery dates are met on the shop floor.
• Specification of correct motors and reducers for plant power and run rates, NSF approved
components, drives and gate motors, elevations from plant measurements on customer site, specialty
components for custom conveyor requirements.
• Final conveyor design review and approval (PSO) prior to shipping, project build support to the shop
floor.
FLEx Lighting II LLC, Chicago, Illinois January 2011 – January 2012
Mechanical Design Engineer
• Mechanical Design Engineer responsible for design and mechanical functionality in assembly of
injection molded PCB enclosures for POP display lighting.
• Set up and management of Engineering documentation area, Quality control and documentation,
general engineering, product BOM, design schedules and flow.
• Specification of all internal electrical connectors, hardware for assembly, electrical harnesses, internal
assembly components and injection mold tooling. Spring forms.
• First article assembly review, part qualification, actual product testing and evaluations of final design,
meeting UL, and NSF standards and requirements.
• Complete documentation of assemblies, sub-assemblies, BOM accuracy for tight inventory control,
and communication of these assemblies to manufacturing. LED research and development.
• Build up of prototype units for component validation and visualization aids for customer evaluations
prior to production tooling.
• Specification of CNC and Rapid prototype machines for in house prototype build.

2. Midtronics Inc., Willowbrook, Illinois August 2008 – May 2010
Mechanical Engineer
• Mechanical Engineer responsible for design and mechanical functionality of injection molded PCB
enclosures for hand held test units used in the automotive industry.
• Responsible for meeting tight project deliverables with tooling vendors, both domestic and overseas,
sheet metal fabricators, PCB vendors and hardware specification for internal purchasing associates.
• Specification of all internal electrical connectors, hardware for assembly, electrical harnesses, and
internal assembly components.
• First article assembly test procedures, actual product testing and evaluations of final design, meeting
UL standards and requirements.
• Complete documentation of assemblies, sub-assemblies, BOM accuracy for tight inventory control,
and communication of these assemblies to manufacturing floor associates, ensuring accurate
assembly.
• Build up of prototype units for software testing, component validation and visualization aids for
customer evaluations prior to production.
• Initiated Midtronics Engineering design standards manual for consistent part design and
documentation within the department. Initiated Cad library component structure with solid models for
approved purchased components, for use in 3D solid assembly and layout/design.
Stern Pinball Inc., Melrose Park, Illinois February 2008 - August 2008
Mechanical Engineer
• Mechanical Engineer responsible for design and mechanical functionality of complex moving
mechanisms used in recreational gaming.
• Research, develop, design and specify components in assembly, for strict product reliability
standards, dictated by SPI. SolidWorks 08.
• Design of injection molded plastic components, vacuum formed plastic components, sheet metal
fabricated parts, for in house assembly.
• Analysis of structural components using FMEA analysis, stress analysis calculations, to meet product
durability specifications.
• Procurement of electronic components, circuit boards, switches, springs, fasteners, and outside
vendor fabricated components.
• Complete documentation of assemblies, sub-assemblies, BOM accuracy, and communication of
these assemblies to manufacturing floor associates, ensuring accurate assembly.
• Project management, project vendor scheduling to meet tight production schedules.
Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Impro - ITW Deltar, Richton Park, IL April 2005 – January 2008
Project Engineer
• Designer of Insert molded plastic components, mainly for use within the Automotive Industry.
SolidWorks 07
• Specification, oversee tool build, qualify and approval of insert injection mold tooling, supplying
electrical housing components based on annual volume demands, driven by customer. Part design
involving in-house factory automation
• Design recommendations for insert metal progression stamped components (lead frames), along with
tooling build, plating specifications, and qualification, for use in the overmold process.
• ISO 9001 QS 9000 Procedures – Team Warrant, FMEA, Control plans, PPAP approval Process
• Quality manuals for molding operators, ensuring customer specifications and standards are met.
• Process sign off (PSO) within molding floor, Production planning and approval (PPAP) and run at rate
qualifications of tooling once component is dimensionally approved and functional, per strict customer
guidelines and standards.
• Design of packaging (thermoformed trays) and specification of component handling used for shipping
product undamaged to the customer’s assembly floor.

3. • Competitive quoting of new products submitted by various core customers. Material
recommendations, injection mold tooling, lead frame tooling, and component pricing based on
fluctuating raw material prices.
SCA ThermoSafe Temperature Controlled Systems, Beecher, IL March 2003 – April 2005
Tech Center – Project Manager
• Designer of Rotational molded plastic containers for numerous dominant companies whose main core
business is Dry ice delivery. Product design and development.
• Maintain Engineering projects and schedules, communicating this schedule weekly to ensure
specified due dates are met both internal and external to customers. Set design parameters initiate
design criteria with initial prototypes or designs from data collected, and distribute projects to any of
three design centers within the United States.
• Lead in project design meetings gathering all necessary facets of the new product concepts, leading
to final design of the product, manufacture and assembly. Ensure all tools for assembly lines are
equipped to complete the manufacturing process effectively and in a time efficient manner. All
Mechanical Engineering completed on AutoCAD 2002, Proficient with SolidWorks 2004-2005.
Awarded 1 Design Patent
Ashland Hardware Systems, Lowell, Indiana June 1992 – February 2003
Senior Engineer
• Designer of injection molded plastic hardware components for a dominant company whose main core
business is in window hardware, for the new construction and replacement window industry.
• Use of proven design methods to reduce tooling costs, and concurrently reducing piece part costs by
using weight reduction suggestions without sacrificing the components intended structural integrity.
Have significant input on injection mold tool design, tooling layouts and approvals. Injection molding
and Zinc die-cast components.
• Department Supervisor responsible for managing incoming new product development, scheduling,
tracking, and assignment of these projects to any of three Engineering associates, working in the
engineering department.
• Specification and adoption of Four SolidWorks CAD workstations, and all management of directory
structures and project CAD file organization. System management. Moved from HPUNIX
SolidDesigner to SolidWorks 98 on through 2002 Plus.
• Responsible for the hiring, timely evaluations, and yearly reviews for three Engineering associates
within the department. Assisted and advised in career guidance establishing annual personal goals.
• Work with sales associates internal and external to continuously improve existing core product lines,
using a team environment approach.
• Work closely with Quality associates to ensure proper assembly methods, and total acceptance
criteria for all manufactured products and assemblies. Involved with mfg. associates to troubleshoot
processing conditions which improved part quality and machine cycle times.
National Engineering, Aurora, Illinois April 1991 - May 1992
Applications Engineer
• Employed by a large Engineering organization which produces large industrial machinery for the
foundry casting industry.
• Responsible for re-design of working parts in assembly, and adjusting tolerances to have all
components interact more closely in assembly, without part failure. Used Intergraph Workstations to
accomplish final designs.
• Implemented design suggestions to reduce component part costs. Outside sand cast foundry molding
• Re-compiled and updated operation manuals for existing machinery and sub-assemblies thereof
Wilson Sporting Goods, River Grove, Illinois April 1990 - April 1991
Product Designer
• Responsible for precision measurements and design of new and generic golf club lines.
• Used CAD workstations to develop CNC prototype production parts.

4. • Developed and designed racquetball and tennis rackets for retail sporting outlets, and observed
manufacturing processes.
• Used Gerber Tech. and Computervision workstations.
Remcor Products, Glendale Heights, Illinois February 1988 – April 1990
CAD Designer
• Managed proper function of six CAD Workstations.
• Responsible for training and assisting operators in everyday problems associated with CAD part
design.
• Development of partprint drawings for sheetmetal fabrication, wire schematics for electrical function,
and tooling drawings for outside vendor production. Control Data 910 workstations.
• Designed and managed some production level assemblies of a TJ-90 dispenser still currently used in
the fast food industry.
Education:
• Purdue University – Calumet City Indiana Completing BS Mechanical Engineering Degree with
understudy in Business Management.
• Triton College - River Grove Illinois 1988-1991 Associates Degree – Mechanical Engineering
Technology
• Lewis University – Lockport Illinois 1984-1987 Minor – Business administration
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD & T) Credit Coarse - 06/06
Notations:
• Currently hold (11) United States Patents for designed mechanical assemblies. One design pending
approval, one amended design pending approval. Patent Pending SCA ThermoSafe
• RJG injection Molding Series 2009, DFMA, Attended Quality Functional Deployment Courses 1997,
Pulsen Injection Molding Courses 1997, Polymerland Design for Function Courses 1998, 99, 01
Safety recognition Courses1998. Multiple project Management seminar 2001.
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers. - Society of Plastic Engineers
• Eagle Scout, Cub Scout of the Year, Dream house design award – Kinzie Grammar school. Lyons
Club distinguished service award.