Experience

Mixer Design Group
• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Mechanical Designer

  • Nov 2021 - Present


YETI

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Design Engineer

  • May 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Lead engineering efforts on a number of consumer projects working with early stakeholders such as Industrial Design and Category Management to deliver products meeting performance, cost and, qualty standards associated with the YETI brand. • Utilized SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD to create parts meeting design intent while also incorporating complex parting lines for tool ejection. • Created 2D CAD and tolerance stacks as part of Request for Quote (RFQ) packages. • Worked with cross functional teams on DFMEA documents to identify potential failure modes of designs and implementation of mitigation measures to minimize risk during development • Worked with contract manufacturing (foreign and domestic) incorporating design feedback (DFM) to create tools and parts that met product performance requirements • Produced Design Validation Plans (DVPs) in coordination with validation engineers setting acceptance criteria meeting functional requirements of each program. Show less



Sauber INC.

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Engineer

  • Aug 2017 - May 2019

  • Created initial prototype of Server rack mounted Environmental sensor using Industrial design input to create an enclosure for LCD screen and PCB Board Utilizing Solidworks 2016. • Designed injection molded over-molds for a custom USB to lightning cable which will be made for IPhone complaint. • Performed inspection and rework on prototype machined and printed parts to create true to CAD functional units. • Created initial prototype of Server rack mounted Environmental sensor using Industrial design input to create an enclosure for LCD screen and PCB Board Utilizing Solidworks 2016. • Designed injection molded over-molds for a custom USB to lightning cable which will be made for IPhone complaint. • Performed inspection and rework on prototype machined and printed parts to create true to CAD functional units.



Screen Innovations

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• New Product Development Engineer

  • Mar 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Lead Controls engineer on the creation inspection and revision of four projection screen products now in production. • Designed electrical hardware for the control and lighting of an aspect ratio changing projection screen now in production. • Lead effort to as internet of things (IoT) functionality to all current stationary screens. • Performed parts inspections, maintained Bill of Materials (BOMs), oversaw Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) • Lead Controls engineer on the creation inspection and revision of four projection screen products now in production. • Designed electrical hardware for the control and lighting of an aspect ratio changing projection screen now in production. • Lead effort to as internet of things (IoT) functionality to all current stationary screens. • Performed parts inspections, maintained Bill of Materials (BOMs), oversaw Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)



Systems & Materials Research Corporation

• United States
• Research Services

• Research Technician

  • Aug 2013 - Mar 2016

  • Planed coordinated and rapidly developed mechanical design solutions for various government agencies as part of the SBIR Program. • Designed prototype systems in CAD and assembled them utilizing additive manufacturing and shop tools. • Designed and tested using SOLIDWORKS, modifications to a COTS 3D printer to allow for food depositing. • Designed and optimized machine code to create food structures from SOLIDWORKS models. • Worked with NASA’s food sciences team to model additional components able to do advanced tasks such as mixing powders and liquids in low gravity environments. • Performed research on other novel materials for 3d printing, such as clays, and created a report in order to advise on the future utility of our prototype. • Incorporated electronics onto Fives auto-drill to measure material stack up heights to an accuracy of 10 thousands of an inch. • Wrote code for a Fanuc CNC to precisely mimic drilling programs used in F-35 fabrication. • Constructed a sensor system and a noise filtering circuit to detect current from auto drill to produce a clear signal. • Analyzed large data sets collected from tests using Excel VBA in order to refine a point picking algorithm. • Fabricated a sample test chamber to expose aerospace coatings to multiple corrosive factors such as gasses, salts, and UV radiation. • Evaluated components created IPO’s and managed inventory for multiple projects. • Designed over 50 structural parts and fixtures in Solidworks and milled them out various materials such as aluminum and polypropylene using a 4 axis CNC maintaining tolerances on the order of ~3 thousands of an inch. • Constructed and integrated self-indexing Magazine for multiple round types by integrating a vison system, motor controller, and 2 absolute encoders. Show less



CVI Melles Griot

• Laser Technician

  • Nov 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Responsible for assembling testing and repairing solid state VESEL diode lasers. • Worked in a class 1000 clean room • Responsible for implementing improved work methods leading to the elimination of backlog and a steep reduction in laser rework. • Responsible for assembling testing and repairing solid state VESEL diode lasers. • Worked in a class 1000 clean room • Responsible for implementing improved work methods leading to the elimination of backlog and a steep reduction in laser rework.



Implant Sciences Corp.

• Intern

  • Jan 2012 - Nov 2012

  • Worked as part of a team to develop a new system using a quadruple mass spectrometer to detect explosives. • Collected experimental data, analyzed findings with excel and Matlab creating 2D and 3D graphs. • Created reports of results for supervisors and participated in discussions about the direction for further research. • Modeled parts for assemblies in solid works and potential arrays in SIMION and ran simulations. • Worked as part of a team to develop a new system using a quadruple mass spectrometer to detect explosives. • Collected experimental data, analyzed findings with excel and Matlab creating 2D and 3D graphs. • Created reports of results for supervisors and participated in discussions about the direction for further research. • Modeled parts for assemblies in solid works and potential arrays in SIMION and ran simulations.


Oakland Athletics
• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 400 - 500 Employee
• Stadium Operations

  • Jun 2007 - Sep 2010