Senior Development Engineer

• Aug 2023 - Present

Senior Development Engineer - R&D, Hardware Spine

• Jan 2021 - Aug 2023

• Responsible for the design of implants and key instrumentation for Surgalign's flagship Posterior Fixation System, Cortera. • Leads projects for Cortera line extensions to offer more capability for our surgeon partners. • Interfaces with vendors to efficiently and effectively manufacture products. • Applies knowledge of machining, assembly, and inspection methods to create realistic, applicable designs. • Collaboration with surgeon partners to determine effectiveness of… Show more • Responsible for the design of implants and key instrumentation for Surgalign's flagship Posterior Fixation System, Cortera. • Leads projects for Cortera line extensions to offer more capability for our surgeon partners. • Interfaces with vendors to efficiently and effectively manufacture products. • Applies knowledge of machining, assembly, and inspection methods to create realistic, applicable designs. • Collaboration with surgeon partners to determine effectiveness of designs and areas for improvement. • Align with marketing to establish applicable design inputs. Show less • Responsible for the design of implants and key instrumentation for Surgalign's flagship Posterior Fixation System, Cortera. • Leads projects for Cortera line extensions to offer more capability for our surgeon partners. • Interfaces with vendors to efficiently and effectively manufacture products. • Applies knowledge of machining, assembly, and inspection methods to create realistic, applicable designs. • Collaboration with surgeon partners to determine effectiveness of… Show more • Responsible for the design of implants and key instrumentation for Surgalign's flagship Posterior Fixation System, Cortera. • Leads projects for Cortera line extensions to offer more capability for our surgeon partners. • Interfaces with vendors to efficiently and effectively manufacture products. • Applies knowledge of machining, assembly, and inspection methods to create realistic, applicable designs. • Collaboration with surgeon partners to determine effectiveness of designs and areas for improvement. • Align with marketing to establish applicable design inputs. Show less

Development Engineer - Customs and Specials

• Feb 2020 - Jan 2021

• Designed customized surgical instrumentation to provide surgeons with the best tools to improve the efficacy of patient outcomes • Concurrently managed multiple instrument designs for different product lines, serving surgeons domestic and abroad • Communicated with sales reps and surgeons to determine surgeon need, process workflow, and product requirements for new instrument requests • Collaborated with in-house and third party vendors to improve DFM • Re-designed… Show more • Designed customized surgical instrumentation to provide surgeons with the best tools to improve the efficacy of patient outcomes • Concurrently managed multiple instrument designs for different product lines, serving surgeons domestic and abroad • Communicated with sales reps and surgeons to determine surgeon need, process workflow, and product requirements for new instrument requests • Collaborated with in-house and third party vendors to improve DFM • Re-designed failed/broken/malfunctioning instruments after performing failure analysis and root cause determination • Performed quality inspection of customized instruments with the applicable equipment and processes to verify and validate that the instrument met specified requirements

Associate Development Engineer - Customs and Specials

• Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

Waiter

• Jul 2013 - Apr 2019

Waiter Promotion November 2015 Captain Busser Promotion February 2014 Employee of the Month November 2013 • Assist guests with making menu choices in an informative and helpful fashion • Provide an enjoyable dining experience to guests based upon in depth menu knowledge, personality, and skilled ability • Skillfully anticipate and address guests’ needs. Waiter Promotion November 2015 Captain Busser Promotion February 2014 Employee of the Month November 2013 • Assist guests with making menu choices in an informative and helpful fashion • Provide an enjoyable dining experience to guests based upon in depth menu knowledge, personality, and skilled ability • Skillfully anticipate and address guests’ needs.

Reliability Engineering Intern

• May 2018 - Mar 2019

• Categorize aircraft maintenance and failure data for analysis and corrective action • Assist responsible engineers in examining aircraft component failures to determine root cause and implement corrective action using FRACAS process • Create a task-tracking web layout within SharePoint in order to organize employee and department workflow and to measure productivity • Categorize aircraft maintenance and failure data for analysis and corrective action • Assist responsible engineers in examining aircraft component failures to determine root cause and implement corrective action using FRACAS process • Create a task-tracking web layout within SharePoint in order to organize employee and department workflow and to measure productivity