Experience

Dura Supreme Cabinetry

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process Improvement Engineer

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Howard Lake, Minnesota, United States



Bekkala Engineering

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

  Dassel, MN Worked with sales and customers to design and build custom automation equipment. Created plant layouts using lean methodologies. Utilize Solidworks simulation to preform failure analysis. Create Microsoft Excel documents utilizing VBA programming to analyze data. Worked as a project lead and a mentor for a new hire.



Sensata Technologies

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2019

  Bloomington, Minnesota Work on a team that designs, prototypes, and tests joysticks and hand controls. Utilize Matlab and Infolytica to create a magnetic models used it to predict sensor response. Updated the cycle test bench program and HMI to be more user friendly. Create Microsoft Excel documents utilizing VBA programming to improve workflow.



St. Cloud State University

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student

  • Aug 2011 - May 2016

  St. Cloud, Minnesota Studying for my bachelors degree in mechanical engineering



Waste Control International

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Technician

  • Nov 2014 - Aug 2015

  Howard Lake, Minnesota Assisted in designing, assembling, and testing recycling equipment. Programmed PLCs. Created 3-D cad models and production and manufacturing drawings. Created electrical and hydraulic diagrams. Designed hydraulic systems. Installed and maintained equipment.



JEM Technical

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineering Technician

  • Jun 2013 - Oct 2014

  Orono, Minnesota Create test procedures, design test fixtures, and help set-up production standards. Help set-up manufacturing engineering guidelines and procedures. Test bench and assembly line upgrades and maintenance.

• Assembler II

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2013

  Orono, Minnesota Assemble, test, and troubleshoot hydraulic manifolds. Troubleshoot the test benches.



Hennepin Technical College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Work Study

  • Jan 2009 - May 2010

  Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Fluid power lab set-up and maintenance.



Tradesmen International, Inc.

• Carpenter

  • Jul 2008 - Dec 2008

  Framed and trimmed homes on a variety of crews that were supervised and unsupervised.



Boltz Builders, Inc.

• Carpenter

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

  Annandale, Minnesota Set-up, poured, and finished concrete floors, slabs, driveways, and sidewalks. Laid block and stone. Framed and trimmed homes. Maintained and repaired equipment including skid loaders, construction fork lifts, and air compressors.



Inselmann Concrete

• Mason & Finisher

  • Jun 2005 - Jun 2006

  Set-up, poured, and finished concrete floors, slabs, driveways, sidewalks, and walls. Laid block and stone.



Eastling Welding

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

• Fabricator & Welder

  • Sep 2004 - Jun 2005

  Manufactured parts. Machinery repair and maintenance duties.