Aaron Grossman Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Engineering and design consultancy providing assistance to various clients in the consumer and medical space. Offer a range of solutions from subcontract work, inserting talent as part of the clients team, to fee-for-service as a fully functional outside team.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pink Pistols advocate for self-defense within the sexual minority communities.Restarted founding chapter after several years of dormancy.Primary contact for host venues.Build and maintain website and contact tools.Run monthly events, including a social gathering and trip to a local shooting range.Introduce less experienced attendees to principles of safety, proficiency, and responsibility.Source and maintain equipment and consumables.Primary voice for media relations, interviews, etc.Invited speaker at several venues including Yale and Harvard universities.

Worked in interdisciplinary teams on consumer and pro-sumer products ranging from barware to home appliances and commercial audio-video devices. Collaborated with design and engineering teams at client companies including OXO, Euro-Pro, Procter and Gamble, and Comrex. Focused on creating stable, scalable models in SolidWorks and Pro/Engineer using advanced modeling and surface techniques.

Mechanical Engineer for refresh cycle to correct customer concerns regarding system reliability and performance, resulting in release of Scooba 390, on schedule and on budget. Worked in interdisciplinary team to improve User Interface and Experience. Designed and tested improvements to system while minimizing part changes, with attention paid to manufacture and assembly concerns. Created component documentation.

Designed and modeled tower assembly for revolutionary wind-turbine design. Worked with team members spread throughout the United States to bring design tasks together. Designed generator enclosure and heating/cooling system. Created several solutions to project-critical problems, many of which currently have patents pending. Lead selection process for various components, including large scale bearings. Lead migration to Pro/Engineer. Maintained office CAD workstations and VNC, file, and FlexLM servers.

Modeled parts and assemblies for prototype and manufacture using Pro/Engineer WildFire and SolidWorks. Used master and merge parts to simplify design process of molded assemblies. Drew models for underlay use by industrial designers. Designed sheet-metal assemblies and weldments, as well as machined, thermoformed, rotomold, and RIM parts. Built blue-foam and foam-core models for proof of concept. Contributed to product ideation discussions. Researched and contacted vendors regarding new components and prototyping. Assisted with website redesign.

Designed AmbiStore Random Access Carousel (Backbone of the SteriStore, TundraStore carousels)Designed and revised several iterations internal carousel, component placement, hotel capture systemAlso designed plate hotels in arrangements for various sized well-platesFound vendors, got competitive prices, and ordered partsBuilt two prototypes of the AmbiStore CarouselPioneered use of aerogel (solid smoke) to insulate the TundraStore and SteriStore, making them the first units in the industry to use the revolutionary material Worked on revisions on the MicroBlast. Helped build more than 20units of this device

Modeled parts and assemblies for prototype and manufacture using Pro/Engineer WildFire and SolidWorks. Used master and merge parts to simplify design process of molded assemblies. Drew models for underlay use by industrial designers. Designed parts to be blow and injection molded, extruded, and stamped. Built prototype models for proof of concept. Contributed to product ideation discussions. Performed preliminary FEA for material stiffness comparisons. Researched and contacted vendors regarding new materials and prototyping. Provided software and hardware maintenance and upgrades to 15+ office workstations.

Created and revised build documentation to assist in production of three lines of fiber-optic gyroscopes. Attended daily meetings regarding build process of these lines. Assisted in drawing reviews to ensure compliance with current manufacturing practices at ISO 9001 certified facility. Edited Test Procedures and wrote associated data tracking software. Reviewed build documentation for three completed Inertial Reference Units (IRUs) in presale audit. Interacted with outside auditors regarding build books. Created new MSDS labels for use by Production Control. Used Matrix1 PDM for document control.

Project managed ten waves of GI Joe through all stages of manufacturing. Communicated with marketers, designers, and foreign and domestic engineers concerning all stages of production. Collaborated with QA to meet strict US and international safety standards. Assisted in redesign and troubleshoot of figures and accessories in several lines. Built yellow-foam concept models. Performed materials analysis to aid in cost analysis of figures. Rewrote cost analysis sheets for fellow engineers, streamlining and unifying their appearance.