Experience

Arete Biosciences, Inc

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Product Development Engineer

  • Jun 2021 - Present



Hirsch Consulting Services Inc.

• Encinitas, California, United States

• Founder and Principal at Hirsch Consulting Services Inc

  • Jul 2020 - Jun 2021



gener8 : Consumables

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Product Development Engineer

  • Mar 2019 - Jul 2020

  Symbient Product Development is an industry leading consulting firm based in Carlsbad California. Symbient uses their unique five phase product development process to help clients bring their ideas to life. Symbient’s primary focus is in the disposable plastic diagnostic medical device industry. While working at Symbient I have participated in multiple projects ranging from design and development of disposable cartridges to developing complete instrumentation devices for use with said disposable cartridges. Show less

• Product Development Engineer

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2019



LISI MEDICAL

• France
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Engineering Project Manager

  • Nov 2017 - Feb 2018

  As an Engineering Project Manager my role grew from a more internal role to interfacing with clients more frequently and becoming the main point of contact for LISI Medical. This included managing interdisciplinary engineering teams between LISI and our cliental. Many of my roles from Associate Project remained the same during every stage of the project but grew to interfacing with customers for all stages of the project. My roles and responsibilities evolved to include: -Manage entire project from initial introduction to the floor to final delivery to customer to ensure project flows smoothly and efficiently.-Work with customers on any design changes and implementing them into manufacturing production travelers.-Provide design for manufacturing (DFM) analysis on new products to help streamline production for customer and generate cost savings for both parties.-Host status update meetings often weekly or daily to provide product launch timelines and provide feedback on any inquiries customer may have. Show less

• Associate Engineering Project Manager

  • Jan 2017 - Nov 2017

  As an Associate Engineering Project Manager, I worked largely with the LISI engineering team managing the implementation of product to the floor to ensure the projects were as efficient and smooth as possible. I managed multi-disciplinary teams to ensure projects stayed on time and the highest-level quality products were realized in the end. My responsibilities included: -Reviewing all quote requests sent to LISI medical and evaluate LISI's ability to manufacture the product with the resources available. If product matched with our services, it was my responsibility to generate the manufacturing process and provide a quotation to the customer for the required quantities within forty eight hours.-Once the business was rewarded, generate validation requirements between customers engineering team and myself and documenting requirements in protocols agreed upon by LISI and OEM. All requirements for vendor validation were established in protocols and executed at LISI medical, these protocols included quality, operational and process validations.-Lead industrialization reviews of all incoming projects to establish manufacturing processes, necessary tooling, and inspection requirements with the LISI engineering team.-Generate routings for all new business based off of industrialization reviews.-Establishing inspection requirements and purchasing all necessary inspection equipment not already onsite at LISI.-Establishing tooling requirements and purchasing all necessary tooling not already onsite at LISI. This includes designing custom tooling for applicable parts.-Establishing outsourcing requirements for parts and requesting quotes and providing timelines to vendors and maintaining said timelines.-Relaying feedback from customers to the team and implementing design changes by the customer into the manufacturing process.-ProJet management often included on the spot problem solving requiring out of the box solutions to maintain customer project timelines. Show less

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  As a Manufacturing Engineer at LISI Medical Jeropa I worked with a team of engineers to develop routings for manufacturing processes, generated tool sheets and maintained the work flow for ongoing projects.



Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student

  • Sep 2012 - May 2016

  Project manager for the development of an unmanned aerial drone for public and private use. Development includes: product research, financial research, funding, initial design phase, product testing, final design and final production, as well as a peer presented presentation of final product Project manager for the development of an unmanned aerial drone for public and private use. Development includes: product research, financial research, funding, initial design phase, product testing, final design and final production, as well as a peer presented presentation of final product



Clean Air Power

• United States
• Automotive
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Oct 2015

  Clean Air Power is the developer and global leader of Dual-Fuel™ combustion technology for heavy-duty diesel engines. The flagship technology is a patented Dual-Fuel™ system which enables heavy-duty diesel engines to operate on a combination of natural gas and diesel. I specialize in engine calibration and testing as well as software design. o Completed electrical wiring design, hardware build, and software design for an engine control unit used to test the functionality of oxygen sensors o Performed engine functionality tests using ATI and MotoTune programs to monitor sensors within the engine and test proper software functionality o Performed future product design and feasibility research to gather information on the necessary software and hardware changes required to complete a next year model system for a Department of Energy grant project progress report o Created a document with mechanical explanations for multiple software strategies for use among calibration engineers and product mechanics o Performed multiple software validations and calibrations using a Hardware Integrated Loop board Show less



BlueBridge Technologies

• Ireland
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  During the summer of 2014 I interned at the consulting firm BlueBridge Technologies in Dublin, Ireland. For over two months I worked alongside a team of engineers employed by BlueBridge on a number of diverse projects for numerous clients. Some of the clients/projects I assisted with/on were, but not limited to, a project for Logitech, a jig for Styker Medical Devices and many more. I used CAD, specifically Solidworks 2014, and Microsoft Office skills to assist in these projects. The internship also furthered my group, presentation, leadership, problem solving skills and more. • Stryker Medical Devices Projects o Designed and constructed a jig to test the reliability and functionality of a classified hip drill o Assisted in a human factor study on packaging designs for surgical blades by monitoring nurse behavior towards surgical blade packaging and provided feedback on improved blade packaging methods o Assisted in the mechanical design for a component of a green LED digital micrometer • Logitech Electronics Project o Developed a classified iDevice accessory from initial brainstorming with a team of engineers to final prototype fabrication for presentation to Logitech o Designed and Fabricated several prototypes using SolidWorks o Performed functionality and reliability tests on 3D printed prototypes o Lead a design review at Logitech Headquarters for the lead Logitech project engineers • Additional Projects o Contributed to the formation of a proposal to the European Union for grant money to perform a feasibility study for a more reliable, real-time, and miniaturized pH sensor for an infant during childbirth to assist in the prevention of birth asphyxiation which was accepted by the EU  Additional help was requested by Blue Bridge in editing a second proposal for additional funding after my departure from the company o Project management for a bridge collision avoidance unit designed for large cargo trucks Show less



Welcome to Home

• Newport Beach California

• Entrepreneur

  • Jun 2013 - May 2014

  I, along with three other colleagues, started a small company which specializes in custom/handmade hats. All aspects of the company; design, production, distribution, marketing, finance were handled in house. This endeavor has taught me the importance of leadership, adaptability, hard work and creativity each of which is extremely valuable in the business arena. I, along with three other colleagues, started a small company which specializes in custom/handmade hats. All aspects of the company; design, production, distribution, marketing, finance were handled in house. This endeavor has taught me the importance of leadership, adaptability, hard work and creativity each of which is extremely valuable in the business arena.