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Aurora, Ontario, Ca

Leading hardware and systems team in autonomous robotics programs.- Led hardware development and systems testing efforts for an autonomous grocery delivery bot. Coordinated with partner software company to develop features and capabilities meeting customer requirements. Successfully launched and operated 2 proof-of-concept deployments, achieving over 8000 deliveries while meeting customer KPIs.- Led investigation of hardware maturity and made recommendations for the acquisition of an existing AMR company and assets.- Led new hardware development, systems integration and testing for acquired AMR assets. Directed efforts for deployment solution readiness including HARAs, FMEAs. Managed agile development process in Jira and introduced robot asset tracking tool and bug triage process. Led cross-functional organization with software, autonomy, and infrastructure teams to integrate and deploy AMR system. Managed hardware and systems team budget.- Led adoption of Teamcenter PLM with Solidworks integration.- Researched advanced sensor technologies for AMR roadmap.

Led and supported team across multiple sensor projects, training, and professional development.- Led project management efforts for a strategic risk-reduction radar design - including: - Scope, schedule and cost management. - Communication across multiple sites and achieving stakeholder agreement. -Delivery of prototype parts for validation and a plan for production.- Supported team members’ radar and camera projects.- Fostered a culture of innovation by leading brainstorms and supporting patent filing.- Developed team members’ skills with organized group trainings.- Increased team’s prototyping and testing capability with new equipment purchases.

Boston, Ma, Us

Led design, analysis, sourcing, prototyping and testing of several safety-critical systems on autonomous electric vehicles.- Led design, prototyping, and testing of sheet metal electronics enclosure and modular 3D printed snap-fit housings for vehicle computers, networking and power electronics.- Developed external sensor mounting hardware (lidar, radar, cameras, gps), including class A aesthetic covers (fiberglass, 3D printed, and urethane cast), sourced parts and validated on-vehicle.- Established vehicle environmental standards for on-board hardware, including random vibration characterization, temperature profiles, and ingress protection ratings.- Mentored colleagues in FEA best practices and designing for vibration.

Somerville, Ma, Us

Led design, analysis and sourcing of parts for an automotive-grade thermoelectric generator to convert waste heat to electricity.- Developed comprehensive vibration model of system in Matlab and used it to reduce systemresponse forces through parameter optimization.- Utilized engineering fundamentals to quickly assess and build framework for new designs, thenoptimized structures with FEA and fluid flow/heat transfer with CFD.- Researched and selected optimal manufacturing methods (laser welding, hydroforming, incremental sheet forming) for vacuum sealed enclosure.- Sourced and selected suppliers for prototype and production parts.

East Hartford, Ct, Us

Leader and mentor of internal and outsourced teams of engineers, performing design and analysis of next-gen gas turbine aircraft engine systems.- Led simultaneously two teams of 3-4 engineers to design and analyze new fuel system andafterburner igniter systems, met review deadline and reduced system weight by 6%.- Analyzed and performed vibration testing on prototype hardware which achieved 4% thrust increase in a production engine.- Sourced, quoted and selected vendors by assessing their capability to analyze and design to the program specs and objectives.- Automated analysis techniques by writing APDL macros, gaining 20 hrs/week of productivity.- Granted two patents for designs of load transfer systems in a gas turbine engine (US10633990B2, US10815832B2).

Boston, Ma, Us

Performed advanced structural and multiphysics simulations in ANSYS to optimize designs and inform decision making, validated through physical testing, and presented results. Mentored colleagues, and led multiple design projects to fulfill customer orders.- Coupled ANSYS Maxwell and Mechanical analyses to simulate electromagnetic forces and non-linear behavior on alloys and composite materials in complex assemblies.- Designed and performed parametric non-linear buckling analysis of a novel safety mechanism under thermal expansion loads.- Coupled ANSYS Maxwell and CFX to simulate steady state heat rise of busway system. Reduced physical testing time by 6 weeks by selecting and optimizing best design concepts.- Led design and qualification of a commercial busplug with UL in less than 8 weeks for a $1.4mil order, and another busway product in 4 months for $950k order. Worked closely with sales to understand customer objectives, documented in a design record book. - Took over several design aspects of a $6mil product integration project when it was behind schedule. Performed tolerance analyses for complex assemblies. Worked with a global team of 20 to successfully bring it to production in under 6 months. - Filed 2 patents for control and bracing mechanisms for an innovative busway product.

Boston, Ma, Us

Completed the two year Edison Engineering Development Program, which consisted of four intensive six-month rotational assignments on various products while completing a total of 64 weeks of engineering training courses, and a team based engineering project.Circuit Breaker Manufacturing Line Leader:- Managed and trained team of 5 assembly technicians for prototype production line. - Led action workouts to improve production processes and implemented 14 testing and assembly fixtures. - Applied FastWorks principles to accelerate production capacity by 1000% in 4 months.Lead Materials Lab Engineer:- Managed the materials lab and completed over 50 test requests while supervising two lab technicians.- Operated Keyence measurement device, Instron tensile tester, hardness testers, scanning electron microscope, x-ray machine, salt fog tester, UV and thermal chambers.- Performed root cause failure analysis and applied statistical analysis with Minitab software.Edison Team Project – GFCI Circuit Breaker:- Identified $1mil product gap, developed a technical specification, teardown of competitor samples, analyzed existing solutions, compared conceptual designs, and FMEA risk analysis. - Completed detailed CAD design, prototype, and functional testing to prove feasibility in less than 6 months with no budget. Circuit Breaker Design Engineer:- Designed, simulated, and prototyped composite component for a new circuit breaker mechanism. Simulated the breaker linkage system in Pro/E Mechanism and optimized in ANSYS Mechanical. Switchgear Design Engineer:- Established new best practice for evaluating safety factor in ANSYS involving elemental mean stress and statistical analysis in Excel.- Developed algorithm using Excel Solver to accurately predict switchgear weight, which was used to determine the optimum placement of lifting components. - Increased z-score of weight prediction model from 0.84 to 4.8 as a Six Sigma Green Belt project.

Schenectady, Ny, Us

Amherst, Massachusetts, Us

Danvers, Massachusetts, Us

Developed engineering standards for patented devices used in low NOx pulverized coal burners.Communicated with engineers and management to analyze and solve engineering problems.Aided in the translation/interpretation of engineering documents from a Spanish company.Employed advanced techniques in MS Excel (plus Visual Basic) to organize, prepare, and analyze large quantities of data.Studied CFD modeling (ANSYS Fluent) approach to designing burner and boiler systems.Prepared PowerPoint slides to present work to management at monthly department meetings.

Designed piping and pumping systems for subsurface wastewater disposal systems using AutoCAD.Organized and prepared various state permits, inspection reports, and other key documents for clients.Met customer’s financial and aesthetic constraints while adhering to state regulations and town by-laws.Presented designs and results to the Department ofPublic Works and Board of Health in various towns for approval.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering