Stephan Schumacher

Project Engineer in Structural Steel

Fockbek, Germany

Experience

May 2018 - Jul 2022
4 years 3 months

Project Engineer in Structural Steel

Jan 2015 - Present
9 years 7 months
Fockbek, Germany

Founder

Engineering Ideas GmbH

Providing engineering services as founder.

Services include:

  • Technical product concepts and development
  • User-centered design concepts
  • Translating design concepts into manufacturing-detailed designs
  • Transitioning prototypes and pre-series samples to production status
  • Product analysis and optimization consulting regarding manufacturability, assembly, service, and recyclability; procurement optimization; sustainability; user-friendliness and ergonomics
  • Regulatory compliance checks for relevant standards and regulations
  • 3D design (Inventor, Fusion 360, SolidWorks, other tools by agreement) for parts, assemblies, sheet metal structures, injection molded parts, electromechanical system integration
  • Generative design optimization
  • Simulations (e.g., Autodesk Fusion 360) for nonlinear static and dynamic stresses and deformations, structural buckling, thermal conditions and stresses, weight optimization
  • Creating technical documentation such as standards-compliant drawings and parts lists
  • Sampling
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Coordinating and carrying out functional prototype production

Product groups and clients (excerpt):

  • Manufacturers of machine and plant components and systems
  • Manufacturing companies, e.g. in sheet metal and injection molding, acting as system suppliers
  • Material handling technology, e.g. elevator construction
  • Rescue services and disaster relief
  • Consumer products, e.g. lighting, speaker systems, outfitting and equipment for land/water leisure and travel vehicles
  • Software startups with a physical frontend
Sep 2009 - Jul 2016
6 years 11 months

Development Engineer in Elevator Construction

Sep 2007 - Sep 2009
2 years 1 month

Life Cycle Engineer in Medical Technology

Feb 2002 - Apr 2006
4 years 3 months

Designer in Fine Sheet Metal Fabrication

Summary

  • Technical product concepts and development

  • User-centered design concepts

  • Translating design concepts into manufacturing-detailed designs

  • Transitioning prototypes and pre-series samples to production status

  • Product analysis and optimization consulting regarding manufacturability, assembly, service, and recyclability

  • Product analysis and optimization consulting for procurement optimization

  • Product analysis and optimization consulting for sustainability

  • Product analysis and optimization consulting for user-friendliness and ergonomics

  • Product analysis and optimization consulting for regulatory compliance with relevant standards and regulations

  • 3D design (Inventor, Fusion 360, SolidWorks, other tools by agreement): parts and assemblies

  • 3D design (Inventor, Fusion 360, SolidWorks, other tools by agreement): sheet metal structures

  • 3D design (Inventor, Fusion 360, SolidWorks, other tools by agreement): injection molded parts

  • 3D design (Inventor, Fusion 360, SolidWorks, other tools by agreement): electromechanical system integration

  • 3D design (Inventor, Fusion 360, SolidWorks, other tools by agreement): generative design optimization

  • Simulations (e.g., Autodesk Fusion 360): nonlinear static and dynamic stresses and deformations

  • Simulations (e.g., Autodesk Fusion 360): structural buckling

  • Simulations (e.g., Autodesk Fusion 360): thermal conditions and stresses

  • Simulations (e.g., Autodesk Fusion 360): weight optimization

  • Creating technical documentation such as standards-compliant drawings and parts lists

  • Sampling

  • Rapid prototyping

  • Coordinating and carrying out functional prototype production

  • Manufacturers of machine and plant components and systems

  • Manufacturing companies, e.g. in sheet metal and injection molding, acting as system suppliers

  • Material handling technology, e.g. elevator construction

  • Rescue services and disaster relief

  • Consumer products, e.g. lighting, speaker systems, outfitting and equipment for land/water leisure and travel vehicles

  • Software startups with a physical frontend

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Hochschule Flensburg

B.Sc. Maritime Transport, Nautics and Logistics · Maritime Transport, Nautics and Logistics · Flensburg, Germany

Hochschule Flensburg

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Drives & Controls, Production & Logistics · Mechanical Engineering · Flensburg, Germany