Experience

Werfen North America

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Engineer II

  • Jun 2022 - Present



NxStage Medical, Inc.

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Disposables Engineer

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  - Compared performance of gamma-sterilized and untreated samples and analyzed results in lab notebook studies - Extensively used SolidWorks to create and update parts, assemblies, and 2D drawings within PDM - Used 3D printing, lathe, and milling techniques to construct test fixtures - Utilized Minitab to conduct hypothesis testing, create tolerance intervals, and determine data distributions - Executed rapid prototyping for a new plastic disposable mounting fixture within a next generation dialysis machine - Brainstormed new concepts for test fixturing and rapid creation of prototype fixtures - Drafted design documents for newly created test fixtures and disposable subassemblies - Developed and executed a novel test method using an Instron machine to evaluate electrical occlusion through a fluid balancing disposable - Fabricated samples for concept phase testing using a high heat staking press and plastic solvent bonding - Conducted thermal-cycling and gamma sterilization processes for feasibility testing of new disposable designs - Evaluated new impulse tube welding equipment and created standard procedure for sample creation - Coordinated component and material ordering and cost analysis for a next generation rapid fluid storage system - Logged part inventory across multiple projects in Excel database to improve sample availability - Improved local SolidWorks material database by cross-referencing and importing plastic material data from Agile - Analyzed and exported test results in an Excel database to communicate to cross-functional team members - Used an Instron machine to perform tensile and occlusion tests on fluid storage and balancing disposables - Generated test procedures, change orders, and test fixture documentation in Agile document control system Show less