Bojan Nedic: Tool Engineering Integration Analyst in St. Louis, MO

Designed and documented tooling requirements/specifications by analyzing engineering drawings/bill of materials and 3D solid models in CATIA and NX. Responsible for providing detailed tooling estimates to support commercial and defense programs. Oversaw tooling efforts and answered engineering-related questions from suppliers. Determined make or offload strategy decisions for tooling purchase orders based upon internal and external capabilities, capacity, technical requirements, cost and schedule.

Developed skills in CATIA 3D modeling under 30-year design veteran. Reverse engineered tools, made modifications to existing tool models and developed blueprints to fabricate said tools in CAD. Maintained records of 10,000 GKN tools using Excel and internal systems. Performed detail accountabilities and wrote maintenance tickets on tools missing details or needing service. Worked with tooling staff to return tools to blueprint.

Studied novel bacteriophage to transduce DNA between Salmonella and Erwinia, aimed to simplify the discovery and characterization of genes in Salmonella that can target and lyse prostate cancer cells.

Communicated patient needs to the hospital medical staff.

Assisted in developing wound-healing scaffolds made of gold nanoparticles.