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Boulder, Colorado

• Defined top-level test procedure for payload-level satellite.
• Wrote test scripts (Ruby) for assembly-level test procedures.

Louisville, CO

• Enabled the company’s technical and management teams to fully utilize R&D and production data. Architected production database schemas, defined data entry process. Created SQL queries & scripts for data extraction.
• Performed GR&R on multiple measurement systems (force gauge, gas purity sensor, 4-wire voltage). Identified failing measurement steps and generated corrective actions.
• Commissioned and ran a product test lab and associated electrolysis test equipment. Coordinated and performed equipment installation and commissioning activities. Defined test protocols and equipment O&M procedures.
• Redesigned test equipment to allow enhanced process monitoring. Modified mechanical, electrical and software systems to implement changes. Design changes allowed safety monitoring of explosive gas mixtures and.
• Created uncertainty analysis budget for gas production efficiency model and used results to define inappropriate operating regions. Defined alternate measurement devices enabled a passing uncertainty window for the.
• Defined material serialization strategy to ensure traceability of goods through the manufacturing process.

Boulder, CO

• Led DFMEA activities for Integrated Product Team (IPT) design review process and trained others on methodology. Completed DMFEAs for over 25 designs. Mitigated over 400 potential single point failures in system designs.
• Defined functional system architecture and configurations for over 100 land- and aquatic-based sensing field sites, and generated the keystone document for Manufacturing, Logistics and Project Management departments to.
• Completed system verification and site acceptance testing on atmospheric, soil, and aquatic sensor system designs. Used results from this testing to refine prototype designs into production-grade for successful design.
• Assumed facilitation role for a struggling cross-functional team tasked with managing data generating devices. Defined team objectives and roles, developed master device list for team tracking and drew together.
• Served as Quality stakeholder for configuration management (CM) on subsystem designs and BOMs. Thoroughly reviewed hundreds of change proposals; guided originators towards successful change approval.

• Directed all facets of semiconductor process and equipment qualification for the expansion production line including writing qualification specs and schedules, beta testing equipment control software, creating process.
• Led a cross functional team to improve uniformity of electrical performance across the 2’x4’ module by addressing non-uniformities of film thickness.
• Designed test methodology to segregate non-conforming raw material (glass panels) that would have led to line-down situations had it been used. Developed and implemented material reclamation plan.

• Redesigned the process-complete requirements on a new product line to address an intermittent false complete signal that was resulting in high material scrap levels.
• Reduced product variation by implementing automatic process control (SCADA) at critical process steps on a new technology line.
• Mentored junior Equipment and Process Engineers in data analysis and presentation with emphasis on the importance of showing clear and compelling data and correlations to the Change Review Board.
• Led team to reduce planned equipment downtime by streamlining maintenance and operating practices using Lean methodology.

Richmond, Virginia, United States

• Coordinated new equipment start-ups during a plant ramp-up.
• Used SPC techniques to reduce defect levels on a critical, high-visibility manufacturing process.
• Identified and implemented a fix to a recurring and costly equipment failure and safety hazard.
• Created and documented a new material flow process for the equipment parts cleaning area.
• Designed database to track removable parts by serial number to determine usage, location and repair status.

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Acted as technical representative for multi-year vendor service contracts and part sourcing negotiations.
• Tracked equipment uptime and part usage data, and wrote scripts to analyze and predict operating costs.
• Created and conducted a 3-day in-house training class for a legacy equipment set.
• Planned and maintained the maintenance budget for assigned equipment for 3 fiscal years.
• Coordinated and performed installation, relocation and de-installation on multiple equipment types during plant restructuring / expansion.

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B.S., Mechanical Engineering