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Portland, Oregon Area

Responsibilities include design review for certification requirements which standardizes data production and distribution to the FAA. Work to refine design and company process to ease approval of company STC and PMA products.

Aurora, OR

Lead Mechanical Designer for an updated Flight Data Recorder installation into Boeing 234 aircraft. Incorporation of equipment on an accelerated schedule to maximize aircraft "working time" and minimize financial impact on bottom-line. Regularly evaluate existing aircraft installation for potential re-use of existing engineering effort. Digitize legacy.

Bend, Oregon

Lead designer for US Army, Blue Devil II Airship; VTOL turbine-engine installations. This role required me to design engine mounts and arrange all critical components for engine function including inlet installation, exhaust routing/mounting, engine cooling performance analysis and Carbon-fiber nacelle design. Also required was development of a custom.

Bend, Oregon

Collaboratively worked to develop dual-axis solar tracking systems of which over >300 have been successfully installed across California and produce nearly 3.0MW of renewable solar power. Performed supply chain management for new and existing vendors and when necessary performed on-site quality audits.Implemented Solidworks PDMworks vault for design data.

Bend, Oregon

Lead design for the first HID landing light in the business jet market. The light currently flies on the Gulfstream G650. The unit utilizes FDM 3D printed components to accurately manufacture traditionally difficult components.Created the first STC for Bell 206/407 helicopters, to install combination HID landing/taxi light and Infrared camera for use in.

Bend, Oregon

Project Lead for Victory Jet empennage section. Coordinated design between structural requirements and mechanical requirements. This included engine installation, flight controls and composite structure design and layout.Provided sustaining engineering support for production EpicLT aircraft. Developed assembly tooling and jigs to ease manufacture and.

Redmond, Oregon

Primarily worked with aircraft builders constructing Lancair kit planes to develop useful and unique instrument panel designs.Created an extensive AutoCAD library of aircraft avionics to expedite design timelines as well as standardize installations and improve product quality. Managed production relationships with the vendors necessary to create these.

Certificate, Computer Aided Drafting And Design

Diploma