Caleb Richards Email & Phone Number

Tempe, Arizona, United States

As a Senior engineer my responsibilities include teaching the next generation of junior engineers about manufacturing, design principals for assembly, best practices for CAD, and reviewing and correcting engineering procedures and prints. I currently am design lead on a development project seeking to replace the seats in an existing airframe with new seats targeting vibration reduction and reduction of fatigue for enhanced mission awareness in high stress situations. The seats must meet various lifetime environmental requirement, MIL standards, ANTHRO requirements, high stress no-yield landing conditions, high stress crash conditions, and use of mechanical logic to protect the airframe from inadvertent damage.Use of CAD and mechanical conceptualization skills to develop novel solutions to existing problems requiring mechanical solutions, and use of end user feedback to advocate new design requirementsApply design principals from manufacturing knowledge for DFM, best assembly practices, and GD&T to reduce manufacturing costs and improve assembly processes reducing overall cost of products as well as maintenance cost for customerDetail drafting of CAD components for manufacturing and review of drawings from peers.Stress analysis on SW non-linear of parts for weight optimization on both component and system level. Analysis includes fatigue, buckling, high load non-yield and high-load yielding without ultimate failure. Oversight of analysis on ANSYS.Material selection for galvanic corrosion prevention and system longevity.Technical documentation for test planning, installation procedures, brochures, maintenance manuals, meeting PowerPoints, work instructions, and proposal efforts.Hands on building of prototype and testing processes

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Worked under experienced mechanical engineers to learn about the defense industry and government contracting, primarily through SBIR contracts and developing innovative technologies to protect the warfighter, both from combat threats and long-exposure threats.

Tempe, Arizona

Team lead and planner for rapid prototype manufacturing group within company. I am an estimator for small batch build to print machined parts, often running small scale within 2 week time-frame. After order is issued I manage parts as they go through manufacturing process, allocating materials, outsource processes, shipping, communicating manufacturing concerns directly with the engineers, and working with supply chain management on deadline and part pricing.Responsibilities include:Rapid response to RFQs, locating materials through suppliers and distributors, determining machine time, team workload, and handling customer communication.Setting up jobs to run through shop, material allocation, and deadline management.Working with customer engineers to resolve part features to improve manufacturability and reduce cost.Apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to manufacturing processes.Problem solving when manufacturing problems cause delays, responsible for RCCAs using "5-why" when parts are late to promise.

Tempe, Arizona

Promoted from engineering aide to a design engineer for the duration of a large project for semiconductor industry.Was responsible for significant design modifications to multiple systems within a fully automated chemical bath process. Design had to be altered to meet SEMI safety requirements for new customer. The existing design had to be largely modified to make more compact and fit within new fabrication building.Was responsible for multiple sub-systems within tool, including gantry system, mechanical agitation system to move baskets while in chemical baths, and reducing dryer system footprint by 50%.Ran project through complete design process including SolidWorks modeling, multiple detailed FMEAs, stress analysis, motor specification, model simulations, detailed print packages, complete Bill of Materials, and prototype assembly and testing.

Tempe, Arizona

My responsibilities included manage document control and assist in setting up quotes and jobs for going through the machine shop.I was responsible to build print packages and verify bill of materials for incoming work.Started to learn and understand geometric dimensioning and tolerancing for estimating parts.