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Jim Rathbun

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New Product Development
Rochester | United States

Skills

  • New Product Dev.
  • FEA
  • CFD
  • CAD

Interests

Creating
Designing
Building
Constant improvement of components
Snowoarding
BMX
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Industries

Bike
Golf
Snow
Surf
Tech
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Work experience

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Terrible One Bicycles

Lead Mechanical Design Engineer (Freelance pos.) | 10/2005 - 12/2017

Responsibilities: • Mechanical designer and engineer of multiple bicycle products for the Terrible One BMX brand • Lead the product development, design and validation for bicycle components, with a strong focus on understanding of material properties and characteristics for optimal design • Products designed: handlebars, stems, sprockets, bicycle frames, pedals, and forks • Constructed multiple FEA simulations for testing the strengths of T1's products and how they would handle bicycle rider loading under extreme situations • Ran mechanical lab Strength / Failure tests on the Steel tubing used for Terrible One's BMX Bicycles frames • Incorporated DFMA principles into product design, allowing for product interchangeability with various other bicycle brands. • All work completed in SolidWorks software while incorporating GD&T fundamentals.
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Coalition BMX

Mechanical Design Engineer (Freelance) | 10/2005 - 12/2008

Responsibilities: • Lead Mechanical designer & engineer of multiple bicycle products for the Coalition BMX brand • Lead the product development, design and validation for bicycle components, with a strong focus on understanding of material properties and characteristics for optimal design • Products designed: handlebars, stems, sprockets, pedals, and tires. • Constructed multiple FEA simulations for testing the strengths of COA's products and how they would handle bicycle rider loading under extreme situations • Incorporated DFMA principles into product design, allowing for product interchangeability with various other bicycle brands • All work completed in SolidWorks using GD&T fundamentals.

Education history

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RIT

Masters of Science | 2007 - 2017

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RIT

BS | 1995 - 2001

Connections

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Steven Andrews

Store Manager/Watersports Buyer
Ski Pro, Inc.

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