Senior Engineering Designer

• Jul 2023 - Present

Engineering Designer

• Jul 2022 - Aug 2023

Mechanical Engineer In Training

• May 2021 - Jul 2022

• Planned and drafted plumbing, sanitary, storm water, and HVAC systems for commercial, residential, long term care and educational buildings. Areas of work on projects include the schedules, site plan, overalls, suite plans, amenity spaces, riser diagrams, and details. Drafting proficiency in AutoCAD. • Performed Carrier HAP (hourly analysis planning) calculations to estimate fresh air requirements and heating/cooling loads for buildings. • Coordinated domestic water, sanitary and storm drainage pipe sizes, invert locations and elevations with civil engineers. • Updated architectural floor plans, executed the required changes to the mechanical plans, and communicated the changes to the electrical team. • Drafted demolition plans using site photos, markups and survey notes for reference. Show less

Research Assistant

• May 2020 - Aug 2020

• Collaborated on a research paper published to the Physics of Fluids journal, alongside researchers from the university's Multi-Physics Interaction Lab and Pan Lab. Areas of work included reviewing and summarizing published research, developing Python and shell scripts to post-process CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulation data, and identifying data trends that ultimately contributed to the published research findings. • Collaborated on a research paper published to the Physics of Fluids journal, alongside researchers from the university's Multi-Physics Interaction Lab and Pan Lab. Areas of work included reviewing and summarizing published research, developing Python and shell scripts to post-process CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulation data, and identifying data trends that ultimately contributed to the published research findings.

Mechanical Automation Designer

• Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

• Designed machine guarding in SOLIDWORKS, preventing operator contact with energized machinery and minimizing machine noise to a safe decibel level for operators. • Corrected dimensions, tolerances and notes on existing engineering drawings, guaranteeing the correct manufacturing of parts and assemblies. • Identified parts that are most susceptible to wear and requested the order of spare parts, minimizing machine downtime. • Designed machine guarding in SOLIDWORKS, preventing operator contact with energized machinery and minimizing machine noise to a safe decibel level for operators. • Corrected dimensions, tolerances and notes on existing engineering drawings, guaranteeing the correct manufacturing of parts and assemblies. • Identified parts that are most susceptible to wear and requested the order of spare parts, minimizing machine downtime.

Research Assistant

• Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

• Designed a die set for the university's Forming and Crash Lab, used to test the formability of sheet metals. The design process included the review of existing die sets from published research, designing the die set in SOLIDWORKS, creating the engineering drawings, reviewing the design with machinists and issuing the die set for manufacturing. Design for manufacturing and assembly and GD&T (geometric dimensioning and tolerancing) were applied throughout the design process. • Prepared test specimens by means of machining, sanding, polishing, measuring and paint speckling for sheet metal fracture characterization studies. Show less

Continuous Improvement Specialist

• May 2018 - Aug 2018

• Designed fixtures in SOLIDWORKS, constraining the motion of large aerospace parts to facilitate the inspection process. Prepared the engineering drawings for the fixtures, collaborated with machinists for design review, manufacturing and assembly, and tested the fixtures. • Drafted floor layout proposals to accommodate new machinery using AutoCAD, presented the layouts to the management team and supervised the floor rearrangement efforts. • Created maintenance manuals for CNC machines and brake presses to meet AS9100D standards. Show less

Junior Engineering Co-op

• Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

• Corrected GD&T (geometric dimensioning and tolerancing) on tooling engineering drawings, achieving the production of electrical contacts that met client specifications. • Optimized the electrical contact layout on furnace boards, increasing the production capacity by 25%. • Reverse engineered undocumented fixtures using caliper and CMM (coordinate measuring machine) measurements, and created 3D models and engineering drawings for the fixtures in SOLIDWORKS. • Drafted floor layout proposals to accommodate new machinery using AutoCAD, presented the floor rearrangement plan to the engineering and production staff, and supervised the floor rearrangement efforts. Show less

Industrial Engineering Co-op

• Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

• Initiated root cause analysis and corrective action reports, eliminating the most costly product quality issues. • Planned and implemented a 'just-in-time' mould changeover procedure that reduced the changeover time from hours to minutes. • Executed floor layout changes in AutoCAD and supervised the floor rearrangement efforts, ultimately decreasing station-to-station travel time and increasing production rates. • Identified process and labour standards for meeting daily production goals. • Created instructional videos for training new hires on injection moulding manufacturing processes. Show less