Design Engineer

• Sep 2020 - Present

Supply Chain Intern

• May 2019 - Aug 2019

• Joined product development team, responsibilities included participating in design review, communicating feedback from manufacturing for initial build-to-prints, sourcing components, and ensuring adherence to ISO 9001 • Collected and analyzed data to quantify each supplier’s performance and developed a ‘supplier report card’ to report results to executives in an easily readable format, aiding in the company’s effort to ensure top quality materials and products • Negotiated changes to existing contracts with suppliers to aid in the transition away from the vendors deemed inadequate from their historic performance as well as helping to decrease inventory while still ensuring production would not be affected Show less

Engineering Technician

• May 2017 - Aug 2018

• Reduced in-process travel for a product line by 44% through time studies and implementation of Six Sigma principles • Developed a method to recalibrate and qualify 27 laser cut programs used to cut balloon film layers to decrease operation time by nearly 25%, reduce scrap by over 15%, and increase overall throughput of product • Completed IQ/OQ/PQ process to qualify spare UV light sources used to cure adhesive, avoiding costs of $85,000 per week • Modified a tapered plug tool used to mask the Guide sheath ID during hydrophilic coating, increasing guide sheath coating capacity by 70% and reducing coating time by 70 hours per year • Determined root cause and implemented corrective actions for defects identified in manufacturing to avoid duplication of the error Show less