Experience

HNI Corporation

• United States
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Development Engineer I

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  New Product Development- Benching, Systems and Height Adjustable Tables• Design new product concepts and prototypes with input from Market, Operations, Installers and Supply Chain• Create and maintain product’s technical data including installation instructions, BIFMA test processes and UL Certifications• Communicate with suppliers in the US and Asia to manage the lifecycle of new and existing product lines• Collaborate with Product Marketing to research competitor product, evaluate VOC feedback and manage brand intent of new products• Execute timely responses to customer support inquiries to assist in design application• Lead Engineering Change Requests to improve product quality, customer experience and operational safety

• Product Development Engineer- Early Career Development Program

  • Jun 2020 - Jun 2021

  Six, eight week rotations in Quality, Product Development, Operations and Supply Chain along with two electives (located at a separate facility) focused on Project Management and Data Management.



Kohler Co.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  ● Work in the Current Product Development Department with warranty returns● Document returns and determine action items for parts and their specific complications● Locate data on returned product via company database and organize data via Excel spreadsheet● Communicate with colleagues via email on what action needs to be taken for each product● Analyze Decision Trees used by Customer service to find repetitive, unnecessary or incorrect questions that are being asked of customers before solution to product issue is found



HNI Corporation

• United States
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Development Intern

  • May 2018 - Aug 2018

  ● Assigned to a project to help refresh old product line and design new products for it based on customer feedback and current market trends● Worked on creating new, worksurface organizational cubes that met designer, manufacturing and business needs● Created prototypes of possible solutions and presented final ideas to a team● Designed solutions using Creo, a software I was not very familiar with at the start of the summer● Anticipated problems with designs and brainstormed using 3P with members of different teams in order to solve them



MSI Mold Builders

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Utilized 5S skills and Excel Spreadsheets to better organize shared tooling • Utilized 5S skills to better organize and standardize multiple Operators’ work benches • Conducted multiple time studies of Operators and utilized Spaghetti Diagrams• Assisted with the dimensioning and rearranging of machines on Manufacturing floor using Draftsight Program• Used Solidworks to design a plate with FCS Technology that was manufactured for a brand-new machine• Used Solidworks to design a stop block that was manufactured to upgrade to an older machine with FCS Technology



Rockwell Collins

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Technical Intern

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  ● Primary Investigator-Validation/Qualification of 01005 Component Technology Assessment○ Design of experiments, physical failure analysis, statistical assessment of data, coordination with factory engineers on AOI evaluation and rework/repair protocols. Completed project final report including conclusions and recommendations to program leadership.● Team Member- Program Project Support○ Cross-sectional failure analysis, visual inspection , component restoration, project technical writing, Design of Experiment methodology, thermal cycling reliability testing of solder joints DoD Security Clearance - In process



Rockwell Collins

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Technical Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  • TEAM MEMBER- LEAD FREE SOLDER JOINT RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT PROJECTo Tasks Included- Cross-sectional failure analysis, thermal cycling reliability testing of solder joints • TEAM MEMBER- LEAD FREE SOLDER JOINT RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT PROJECTo Tasks Included- Cross-sectional failure analysis, thermal cycling reliability testing of solder joints