Experience

Haddy
• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Design Engineer

  • Feb 2022 - Present


Local Motors

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research And Development Manager

  • Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

  Knoxville, Tennessee, United States ● Leading research and development for additive manufacturing; including being a principal investigator for IACMI and ORNL research projects ● Acting as ASME advisor for additive manufacturing in automotive ● Conducting mechanical property testing of new polymer and composite materials in large-scale additive manufacturing and creating python programs to interactively work with testing data ● Ensuring projects with an automotive OEM finished according to project scope as lead engineer… Show more ● Leading research and development for additive manufacturing; including being a principal investigator for IACMI and ORNL research projects ● Acting as ASME advisor for additive manufacturing in automotive ● Conducting mechanical property testing of new polymer and composite materials in large-scale additive manufacturing and creating python programs to interactively work with testing data ● Ensuring projects with an automotive OEM finished according to project scope as lead engineer and assistant project manager ● Supervising cost reduction team responsible for 20% reduction in vehicle manufacturing cost ● Designing for additive manufacturing and creating CNC files for additive manufacturing ● Managing engineers, consultants and machine operator for hybrid manufacturing equipment ● Optimizing a hybrid manufacturing process resulting in a production increase of 12.5% Show less



Oshkosh Defense

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Quality Engineer

  • Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

  ● Analyzing metrology data and inspecting parts to determine quality of parts being produced and creating KPI’s and Pareto charts ● Problem solving for process issues to ascertain root cause and determining a solution using quality tools (PFMEA,5 Why and SPC) ● Working with robotic welding and machining cell that utilized CNC milling and PLCs ● Developing and maintaining of Splunk dashboards to monitor labor metrics from hourly employee punching data ● Evaluating and… Show more ● Analyzing metrology data and inspecting parts to determine quality of parts being produced and creating KPI’s and Pareto charts ● Problem solving for process issues to ascertain root cause and determining a solution using quality tools (PFMEA,5 Why and SPC) ● Working with robotic welding and machining cell that utilized CNC milling and PLCs ● Developing and maintaining of Splunk dashboards to monitor labor metrics from hourly employee punching data ● Evaluating and updating manufacturing tolerances to decrease labor time by 7% on low cycle time product Show less



University of Tennessee

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Research Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2019

  Knoxville, Tennessee ● Leading labs on fundamentals of engineering and physics in manufacturing to undergraduate students ● Developing and fulfilling research plans on the extrusion deposition additive manufacturing process and part performance with a focus on fiber reinforced composite materials ● Collaborating with senior researchers at both UT and ORNL on mechanical and material engineering topics ● Composite material characterization to determine mechanical properties, thermomechanical… Show more ● Leading labs on fundamentals of engineering and physics in manufacturing to undergraduate students ● Developing and fulfilling research plans on the extrusion deposition additive manufacturing process and part performance with a focus on fiber reinforced composite materials ● Collaborating with senior researchers at both UT and ORNL on mechanical and material engineering topics ● Composite material characterization to determine mechanical properties, thermomechanical properties ● Development of novel technique for finite element modeling of large-scale composite additive manufacturing parts Show less



Nissan Motor Corporation

• Japan
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reliability Engineer intern

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Smyrna, Tennessee ● Redesigning a process critical mechanism with a fire safety feature for increased reliability ● Created documentation for rebuilding conveyor and assembly trays



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reliability Engineering Intern

  • May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area ● Establishing preventative maintenance programs for the most critical assets in the factory. ● Leading the design, learning materials and layout of a learning center for machinery operators and management to better understand the need for a unified team between production and maintenance to further optimize a factory.



Cargill

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production management engineering intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Fort Morgan, CO ● Conducting several projects ranging from design to preventive maintenance optimization, which involved contacting contractors and orchestrating their duties. I also collaborated with several departments including capital projects, reliability, utilities and engineering. My focus was mainly on continuous improvement and reliability and maintainability.