Ivan Tole

Product Designer

Wörth am Rhein, Germany

Experience

Sep 2022 - Present
2 years 11 months
Wörth am Rhein, Germany

Product Designer

RSZ GmbH Karlsruhe/SKA Sitze GmbH Wörth am Rhein

  • Technical product designer specializing in product design and engineering
  • Creating 3D models, 2D drawings, and assemblies, managing and archiving technical documents and CAD data, preparing technical documentation, working closely with development engineers, implementing changes/change management, creating and maintaining parts lists, working independently
Jun 2017 - Sep 2022
5 years 4 months
Straubenhardt, Germany

CNC Specialist

a/m/e GmbH Karlsruhe/Polyrack Gmbh Straubenhardt

  • CNC machining
  • CNC specialist at Polyrack
  • Manufacturing various products for the electronics industry
  • Machine setup, making minor edits to the program used on Datron machines (e.g. changing tool numbers or program zero points so programs match machine setup)
  • All tasks related to the machine in my area of responsibility: order and material intake, machine setup, and complete production according to drawings – these are my regular duties
  • I can also assist with programming
May 2016 - Oct 2016
6 months
Rohrbach, Germany

Design Engineer

Relineeurope AG

  • Designing technical equipment for trenchless sewer rehabilitation
  • Creating detailed designs and order-ready parts lists
  • New technical designs to improve and simplify workflows in existing production facilities
  • Data management using Vault, including maintaining parts lists and revision statuses
  • General CAD tasks
  • Inventor
Jun 2015 - Mar 2016
10 months
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mechanical Engineer

SIK d.o.o

  • Mechanical engineer – design
  • Design, plant planning, work preparation, material procurement
  • Production control up to delivery of various mechanical components to customers mostly in EU countries (Germany (Grob GmbH), Switzerland, Scandinavian countries (Smed Engineering), Italy (Danieli))
  • SolidWorks, CATIA, and AutoCAD
Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
5 months
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Design Engineer

Juwal d.o.o

  • Design engineer for steel and aluminum building elements
  • Development, planning, production, and installation of quality facades and windows made of aluminum and steel
  • Plant planning, work preparation, material procurement, production, and delivery
  • SolidWorks, AutoCAD, and Logikal
Feb 2013 - Feb 2015
2 years 1 month
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Managing Director

IWATA (Eigentümer) – Karosseriebau-Reparatur

  • Bonding, welding, painting, and polishing auto parts
  • MS Office and various tools for painting/repair
May 2010 - Feb 2013
2 years 10 months
Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Design Engineer

EZ Engineering

  • Designing grippers and stations – mechanical fixtures used in production plants. Systems are detailed for welding, bonding, and assembly in the automotive industry.
  • Company receives guidelines from EDAG (a major engineering firm) or automakers, and I create CAD files of the gripper fixtures on KUKA robots.
  • Depending on the project, I used different CAD programs (CATIA for BMW and Skoda, SolidWorks for VW, UG for Opel, and Fides for Ford).
  • Initially I focused on detailing drawings, then on design. Finally, everything was simulated and checked with Robcad.
  • Catia, Unigraphics, Fides, SolidWorks
Aug 2008 - May 2010
1 year 10 months
Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Design Engineer

Feal d.o.o.

  • Designing various steel and aluminum elements mostly for doors, windows, and steel/glass facades
  • AutoCAD
Jun 2003 - Aug 2008
5 years 3 months
Zagreb, Croatia

Design Engineer

Dalekovod d.d.

  • Designing connection and suspension equipment for long-span overhead power lines (transmission and distribution of electricity). I mostly designed various forged and cast parts using CATIA. I also worked closely with the tooling department because the tools were designed based on the 3D models (for example, a 3D model scaled at 1:0.2 was used by the tooling department).
  • Catia, AutoCAD, MathCAD
Jan 2001 - Dec 2003
2 years
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Service Advisor

Jelić auto, AC Boras

  • Service technician
  • Consulting services
  • ETKA, ELSA
Apr 2000 - Jan 2001
10 months
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Maintenance Consultant

Luka-Buna

  • Consulting and sales of equipment used in industrial plants
  • MS Office
Sep 1999 - Apr 2000
8 months
Ljubuški, Bosnia and Herzegovina

School Teacher

Gesamtschule Rudjer Boskovic

  • Teacher in four technical subjects, training technically oriented students
Apr 1998 - Sep 1999
1 year 6 months
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Production Engineer

Alfatrend

  • Woodworking
  • Production manager for 10 employees
  • AutoCAD; woodworking tools and measuring instruments, MS Office

Languages

Croatian
Native
English
Intermediate
German
Intermediate
French
Elementary
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Sep 1990 - Jul 1997

Technische Universität Mostar

Mechanical Engineer · Mechanical Engineering · Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 3,1

Sep 1985 - Jun 1989

Berufsbildende Schule

State-certified Technician · Mechanical Engineering · Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 1,1

Certifications & licenses

CNC Training

Intera Technology Park Mostar

AutoCAD Mechanical Training

Prior Ingenieuring Zagreb

Catia Training

CadCam Design Centar Zagreb

Driving License Car B

Driving License Car C1