Christopher McCabe: Design Engineer in Portland, OR
Christopher McCabe
Design Engineer
Portland | United States
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Consolidated Metco
Design Engineer | 01/2014 - Current
Olsa Resources
Catia Design Engineer | 03/2012 - 12/2013
Responsible for many design aspects of cab systems in relation to the Freightliner and Western Star trucks. Duties include bracket design for reinforcements, troubleshooting issues through FEA tests, generative shape design, part design, and isometric drawing creation for newly designed parts. I also create arrangements and component collections through a international database parts library. Currently using CATIA V5 Release 19.
MGM Graphics
Pre Press Technician | 12/2011 - 01/2012
Responsibilities included pre-flighting electronic files from clients for flexo printing. This comprised of color correction, manual trapping, revising copy, creating clipping paths for image extrusion, and evaluation of dot densities before printing. This was a contract position to handle a heavy flow of work that needed to be resolved before the new year.
Mercury Plastics, Inc
Graphic Designer | 02/2010 - 05/2011
Employed as a graphic designer in the creation and press setup of electronic files for flexography printing. My responsibilities include creating press ready art work from client sketch ups and direction. I also update files to new layouts, make revisions to older files, and verify files that come from outside vendors are press ready and up to our specifications.
First Impression Printing
Production Artist | 06/2007 - 08/2009
Responsible for tasks such as transfer, pre-flight, and re-assembly of a client’s digital files. Also took steps to ensure that a project was thoroughly prepared for the specific press, and that all color, text, images, and related specifications were achieved. Tasks included color correction, image manipulation, typesetting, and design decision making, creating high resolution proofs for client approval through file imposition.
Hoechstetter Printing / R.R. Donnelly
Pre Press Technician | 01/2005 - 06/2007
Employed as an electronic pre-press operator, and was responsible for transfer, pre-flight, and re-assembly of client’s digital files following the
company standard order of procedures. Tasks included color correction, image manipulation, typesetting, and design decision making.
Education history
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Bachelor's | 2001 - 2005
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