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Torrance, Ca, Us

Torrance, Ca, Us

Torrance, California, Us

Torrance, California, Us

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

- Integrated Product Team Technical Lead for spaceplane umbilical retraction system, led cross-functional New Product Development team of 10+ engineers from development testing to system qualification. Actively managed program scope, schedule, and team resources to meet customer schedule and requirements. - Owned system design, manufacture, and test of moving mechanical assembly providing electrical/hydraulic continuity and enabling spacecraft stage separation, consulted with analysts and subject matter experts to assess and optimize system thermal, structural, and dynamic performance. - Led plant-wide sustaining engineering support for legacy umbilical connectors and space mechanisms, interfacing with customers and plant operations to lead failure investigations, navigate component obsolescence, and qualify legacy products in novel vehicle applications. - Led New Product Development programs for harsh-environment and space-grade connectors, moving mechanical assemblies and separation devices, principal engineer guiding cross-functional teams to execute to internal and customer requirements. - Prepared, reviewed, and executed test plans, procedures, and reports for development, acceptance, and qualification tests to assess system workmanship, performance, and compliance to customer and NASA requirements. - Routinely reported to division executives regarding program status and milestones. Prepared reports and presentations for Office of Chief Engineers communicating program technical risk, test results, and Root Cause and Corrective Action for failure analysis. - Mentored junior engineers on Eaton Aerospace Common Engineering Standards, New Product Development Phase Gate process, Design for Six Sigma, and engineering best practices. Created and delivered product training for new employees to establish a foundational understanding electrical connector fundamentals, the concept of operations for stage separation umbilicals, and separation mechanisms.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

Technical Lead - Sierra Space Dream Chaser Umbilical Retraction System - Development Testing through QualificationLed engineering effort to qualify and manufacture electrical and hydraulic Umbilical Retraction System enabling stage separation of Dream Chaser and cargo moduleResponsible for sustaining engineering of legacy launch umbilcals and stage separation interconnects.

Pfäffikon, Sz, Ch

- Designed a novel high-voltage connector for hybrid vehicles resulting in the annual delivery of several units by gathering requirements pertaining to voltage, amperage, environmental conditions, and physical size before engaging in meticulous design and testing processes within different environments to ensure functionality and durability. - Devised and implemented a new connector to greatly reduce the disconnection time of high-power power supplies for national research facility, allowing equipment to be connected/disconnected in a matter of seconds as opposed to hours. Additionally, I eliminated excessive downtime costs and developed a standard product line with a variety of applications. - Worked with a high-volume manufacturer to design a customized plug for small medical devices and utilized cold forming process to expedite implementation onto millions of products. Among my Key Responsibilities, I: - Oversee the entire lifecycle of custom product designs of electrical connectors, working alongside sales team to gather client requirements. - Conduct research based on needs and requests to determine feasibility of applicable solution prior to engaging in design process. - Complete drawing packages and other design-related work while supporting products into production, corresponding with manufacturing team to perform DFM/DFA analysis and optimization prior to delivery. - Write test protocols and build samples for compliance testing and performs data analysis to ensure accuracy of information before compiling test reports. - Actively engage in ECO process, redesigning inefficient and obsolete products by editing drawings to promote specification compliance. - Regularly report to engineering manager, providing weekly updates during informal status meetings and relaying information to direct reports as necessary.

Davis, California, Us

- Identified an inefficient equipment sourcing partnership and negotiated a cost-effective contract with new vendor, evaluating rates via market research to determine a fair price resulting in significant cost savings. Among my Key Responsibilities, I: - Managed team of up to 5 employees providing maintenance services for 20+ campus computer labs, assessing all audio and video equipment including monitors, printers, and projection systems to implement technical solutions and ensure operation. - Onboarded, coached, and supported new hires throughout troubleshooting procedures to ensure functionality and accessibility of computers for academic classes and drop-in users. Provided training for 2 sets of employees including technical support staff and customer service representatives.

Davis, California, Us

- Assisted with the development of Arduino based robots for the elementary education environment.- Researched and designed optimal press fit connection of 3D-printed parts. Designed and built 3D-printed parts to interface between custom robots and Lego Mindstorms hardware.- Created custom 3D-printed wheel encoder mounts implementing space and material-saving features into the design. - Built online C IDE and compiler with accompanying lessons to teach math and programming in C.

Davis, California, Us

- Worked on a team supporting 650 computers and printers in 21 labs across the campus, assisting thousands of unique clients with lab access and printing million of pages annually.- Provided advanced technical computer and printer support to faculty, students and staff. In a call center environment, provided remote troubleshooting and repair of MAC and PC systems. - Built and moved computer labs on campus. Tested, debugged and maintained newly-installed hardware and software.

Paddington, London, Greater London, Gb

- Worked alongside technicians to characterize and optimize assembly process, observing current procedures as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and providing strategic recommendations. - Reduced assembly time by upwards of 33% thus expediting time-to-market during NPI.

Irving, Tx, Us

- Proposed and implemented a mill-wide pipe labeling standard based on ANSI Pipe Marking Standards.- Traced piping for 4 process and instrumentation diagrams and placed thousands of standardized pipe labels on hundreds of pipe segments.- Created Solidworks models and working drawings for out of production consumable parts.- Participated in 4 professional development courses; Fastenal Fastener Selection and Installation | Equipment Grouting Design and Implementation | ITT Fundamentals of Reliable Pump System Design and Maintenance | Ludeca Laser Shaft Alignment for Rotating Machinery.

Brea, California, Us

- Performed execution time testing on a servo motor gearbox with increasing mass to simulate higher rotational inertias.- Analyzed execution time results to determine if a replacement gearbox with a higher rotational inertia was an acceptable cost saving alternative.- Developed and implemented a process for automated linux patching on over 100 linux hosts and 2 different linux distributions using Oracle Enterprise Manager.- Wrote a custom Python script to automatically record linux account creation and delete expired accounts.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

- Worked with a team responsible for the analysis, design, and implementation of helicopter rescue hoists and systems. Created SolidWorks models from 2-D sketches for next-generation sonar hoist and performed stress analysis on parts to determine potential failure points.- Setup, optimized and maintained rescue hoist housing fatigue test, designed to cycle housing upwards of a million times with 2300 lbs. of pull on rescue hook cable. Relocated cylinders and valves to reduce pressure loss which reduced cycle time from 8 seconds to 4 seconds. - Developed new cable attachment technique to eliminate specialty cables and reduce cost. Maintained logs of the fatigue testing, cycle counts and parts failures. Documented the project with pictures and video for company records.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

High School Diploma