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Minneapolis, Mn

As a Manufacturing Engineer, I oversee ongoing manufacturing efforts for over one-thousand unique products with end use in high reliability applications including medical diagnostic, semiconductor, space flight, aerospace, defense, and power generation. My accomplishments include:• Leading the cross-functional team that invented a new manufacturing method for thin foil heaters (US Patent Application No. 18/007,913 – Jun 7, 2021), which resulted in greatly enhanced process capability and more than $80k/month in cost savings.• Analyzing product, process, labor, and quality data to find opportunities for improvement and executing changes resulting in optimized line and work center flows, increased manufacturability, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of annual cost savings.• Creating, reviewing, and amending thousands of controlled documents including specification drawings, work instructions, product control plans, inspection plans, verification plans, and standard process instructions through the New Product Introduction and Engineering Change Order processes.• Producing and maintaining thousands of Bills of Material and Routings within the Enterprise Resource Planning system to facilitate accurate costing, and appropriate material, staffing, and lead time planning.• Designing, creating, and managing hundreds of tools and calibration equipment pieces to ensure consistent product and process outputs, measurements, and quality controls.• Organizing, leading, and documenting recurring meetings with customers, vendors, and internal stakeholders to discuss products, processes, and quality through all levels of the supply chain.

Minneapolis, Mn

As a Design Engineer, I managed development of products from prototype through sustained production. My achievements include: • Conceptualizing, quoting, and designing more than seventy unique products.• Reviewing thousands of technical clauses, purchase orders, drawings, and specifications to evaluate feasibility and ensure conformance with customer requirements.• Leading ongoing manufacturing efforts for over five-hundred unique products through production support, product and process improvements, and cost saving activities.• Implementing design improvements, manufacturability enhancements, and salvage opportunities that resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars of cost savings.• Investigating line incidents, product failures, customer returns, and other quality conditions to identify root cause and implement corrective and preventative actions.

Ramsey, Mn

As a Mechanical Design Engineer, I collaborated with manufacturing engineering, product management, purchasing, and design engineering to verify assembly drawings and products were consistent with company and industry standards. my accomplishments include:• Training and Leading the 3-person team that updated the drawings for sixty-five Hammer Strength products.• Creating and verifying hundreds of assembly, sub-assembly, and weldment drawings using SolidWorks 3D CAD (Computer Aided Design) and PDM (Product Design Management).

Minneapolis, Mn

As an Integration Engineer, I worked with the integration, fleet engineering, technical publications, and data management groups to support the logistical merger of Delta and Northwest Airlines. My accomplishment include:• Creating and reviewing substantiation packages for interchangeability of aircraft parts, recommending thousands of technical document updates to fleet engineering to ensure consistency with configuration control, procurement, and inventory.• Training, reviewing the work of, and coaching a twenty member satellite division to ensure quality and consistency.

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Aerospace Engineering And Mechanics

Business and Astrophysics Minors