Experience

SpotHero

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Dec 2015 - Present

  Greater Chicago Area



Whirlpool Corporation

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Engineer, Project Tech Lead

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  St. Joseph, Michigan In this role, I was responsible for leading the design and execution activities of a mega project in top-load laundry for dryers. Day-to-day activities included: - Decision making in regards to the design tradeoffs of performance, energy, aesthetics, safety, quality, manufacturability, cost, capital and timing. - Translating the product flooring target date and marketing specifications to technical project delivery timeline - Executing prototype engineering builds for developmental… Show more In this role, I was responsible for leading the design and execution activities of a mega project in top-load laundry for dryers. Day-to-day activities included: - Decision making in regards to the design tradeoffs of performance, energy, aesthetics, safety, quality, manufacturability, cost, capital and timing. - Translating the product flooring target date and marketing specifications to technical project delivery timeline - Executing prototype engineering builds for developmental testing plans - Executing production-level part builds to test plans for product approval

• Project Engineer - Heating Systems Engineer

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2013

  Saint Joseph, MI In this product development role, I was responsible for modeling, designing and testing optimal designs for heating systems in household dryers and heat pump dryers. Tradeoffs for this design work included energy usage, performance, safety, quality, manufacturability and cost. This role involved CFD modeling and lab environment prototype testing to test the designs generated from modeling. Within this time, I performed a research experiment at Purdue university involving a new sensor… Show more In this product development role, I was responsible for modeling, designing and testing optimal designs for heating systems in household dryers and heat pump dryers. Tradeoffs for this design work included energy usage, performance, safety, quality, manufacturability and cost. This role involved CFD modeling and lab environment prototype testing to test the designs generated from modeling. Within this time, I performed a research experiment at Purdue university involving a new sensor technology and its applications in reducing household dryer energy usage while I was going for my masters degree.

• WERLD Engineer - Rotation 4: Insulation Materials Scoping and IP Landscaping

  • Jan 2010 - Aug 2010

  Benton Harbor, Michigan Area / Cassinetta, Italy In this role, I worked with the refrigeration group and materials research group to identify the current landscape of insulation material technology, as well as with the IP team to identify developments in materials from within the industry and across industries. During this time, I worked with a senior member of the team to design the database structure in Microsoft Access for tagging and organizing patents of interest and used this to query for the information.

• WERLD Engineer - Rotation 3: Free-standing Oven Range Product Engineering

  • Jul 2009 - Dec 2009

  St. Joseph, Michigan In this role, I led the early development work of a new platform for thermal safety by designing and executing experiments. In this product, the high temperatures seen in self-clean mode challenge the temperature ratings on the internal devices. I built the first prototype unit that had increased internal capacity as well as outfitted it with instrumentation to experiment with factors to optimize the thermal performance of the machine. In this role, I learned and used Excel Macros to… Show more In this role, I led the early development work of a new platform for thermal safety by designing and executing experiments. In this product, the high temperatures seen in self-clean mode challenge the temperature ratings on the internal devices. I built the first prototype unit that had increased internal capacity as well as outfitted it with instrumentation to experiment with factors to optimize the thermal performance of the machine. In this role, I learned and used Excel Macros to automate the data analysis and graphing to accelerate turnaround upon test completion.

• WERLD Engineer - Rotation 2: Manufacturing Cost and Quality

  • Jan 2009 - Jun 2009

  Amana, Iowa In this role, I led projects to reduce the cost of the interior liners of french-door, bottom-mount refrigerators. This involved working with suppliers to review technical specifications of materials offered and the internal product approval group to test proposed changes. During this time, I coded and launched an internal website to showcase the experience of the engineers to aid prospective employer groups around the company and identify program alums to reach out to.

• WERLD Engineer - Rotation 1: Materials Research

  • Jul 2008 - Dec 2008

  Benton Harbor, Michigan Area In this role, I built a test apparatus that used an electromechanical actuator to measure the force and displacement of ice adhesion to hydrophobic materials. I learned LabVIEW and used it to control the temperature of a freezer and automate the testing and data collection. I learned DIAdem and used it to automate the data analysis and presentation of the report.

• Engineer - Whirlpool Engineering Rotational Leadership Development (WERLD) Program

  • Jun 2008 - Jul 2008

  various This program was designed to develop engineers coming in to the company in the various areas of engineering, ranging from research to manufacturing.