Experience

Nammo Defense Systems Inc.

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Engineer

  • Jun 2022 - Present



Los Alamos National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D Engineering Manager - Experimental Device Engineering and Assembly

  • Dec 2018 - Oct 2021

  Facilitating high explosive assembly operations (350+ annually), classified weapon part accountability (20,000+ assets), and continuous hazmat shipping activities totaling ~$14M annually. Leading daily coordination meetings to make project assignments, de-conflict priorities, and plan resources. Integrating operations into LANL Weapon Directorate project schedule through twice weekly customer meetings. Conducting staffing planning, salary management, performance appraisals, recruiting and hiring, and personnel issues.- Lead safe and secure operations at record assembly throughput supporting concurrent nuclear stockpile modernization, flight test, science campaign, and global security programs- Collaboration lead for weapon assembly tooling and training at Pantex Plant

• Engineering Team Leader - Experimental Device Engineering and Assembly

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2018

  Provided technical oversight to assembly and inspection operations. Interfaced with weapon customers on project planning, cost estimating, and design for manufacturing. Mentored engineering team in requirements distillation, tooling design and analysis, and complex assembly strategies. - Associate Laboratory Directorate for Weapon Engineering professional mentor

• Mechanical Assembly Engineer - Experimental Device Engineering and Assembly

  • Apr 2014 - Aug 2017

  Executed 50+ complex explosive test assemblies annually (average ~$300K each). Developed technical procedures and reports, designed high-consequence assembly and below-the-hook tooling. Teamed with physics and system engineering customers and experimenters to produce high-quality devices with accurate experimental data return. Coordinated part movements, quality assurance checks, tooling fabrication, assembly, radiographic inspections, and shipping under demanding schedule requirements.- Supported Programs: B61 LEP ($10B) and W88 ALT370/940 qualification; W76 Joint Test Assembly; B-2, F-15E, F-16, F-22 , F-35 Flight Testing; Hydrodynamic Testing; PBX-9502 Lot qualification; Subcritical Experiments; Global Security- Developed assembly and handling operations and tooling to stand up a brand new large scale, high explosives (HE) centrifuge testing capability- DOE Human Reliability Program (active presently)- Qualifications: Explosives Handler, Explosives Safety Officer, Crane operator- Authorized Derivative Classifier

• Research And Development Engineer - Weapon Surety System Engineering

  • Oct 2011 - Mar 2014

  Conceptualized, designed, fabricated, analyzed, and tested mechanical, pneumatic, fluidic, and energetic surety system prototypes. Provided solid modelling, finite element analysis, fluid flow analysis, data acquisition system programming to support design and testing efforts. Co-mentored five undergraduate engineering interns in design and testing.- Proficient in ProE/CREO Parametric CAD/CAM, CREO Simulate, PDMLink - Basic experience in ABAQUS FEA, Mathcad, LabView- Test lead and assembly engineer for essential $1M hydrodynamic test. Successfully executed under budget

• Process Engineer - Detonator Production

  • Jun 2005 - Sep 2011

  Process Engineer for war reserve (WR) detonator production. Responsible for all high explosives (HE) operations including: high and low density HE pressing, mechanical assembly, laser welding, dielectric potting, Hi-Pot electrical testing, radiographic inspection, flexible cable lamination, and diffusion bonding. Teamed with product, design agency, inspection, and quality engineers; technicians; and safety professionals to develop qualified WR production operations.- Supported production development and evaluation activities and successfully achieved First Production Unit (FPU) milestones for W76, W78, and W88 stockpile weapon systems.- Active DOE Q clearance with Sigma 15 authority (active presently)- Lean / Six Sigma Green Belt certified- GD&T (ASME trained, and broad professional experience)- Proficient in Solidworks