• Developed a complex exterior assembly as the Direct Responsible Engineer. Took the project from initial concept to production ready designs• Collaborated cross functionally with other groups to resolve clearance, interference, and system interaction issues. Personally identified numerous issues early on and led meetings to find compromises and solutions• Worked with the industrial design team to convert styling concepts and surfaces into manufacturable parts and assemblies• Quickly learned design requirements for injection mold parts and worked with consultants and suppliers to resolve molding and feasibility issues. Worked to a lesser extent on stamped metal components• Indirectly managed an offshore design team, assigning them tasks, meeting with them bi-weekly, and providing them detailed design direction• Developed an assembly level DFMEA and Design Validation Plan• Worked with CAE team to analyze and update our designs to ensure they are meeting CAE targets• Completed complex tolerance stacks and developed GD&T and locating schemes• Released parts and drawings into production using Navistar’s official process, including coding in the configuration management database• Managed engineering cost estimates and ultimately kept the system cost under the target budget• Learned to concisely communicate engineering issues and resolution paths to upper management

• Designed and developed production and testing equipment including four-wire resistance testers, a precision wire cutter, an automated electrical tester, a high-pressure hydrostatic tester, an explosive powder oven, a vibratory feeder, a resistance welder foot pedal, and laser welder fixturing• Assisted with preliminary design, process development, DFT builds, DFT testing, tech data development, and PDR preparation for a Navy DOTC R&D contract to redesign two cartridge activated devices• Contributed to a R&D effort to update the tech data of a cartridge actuated device for an Air Force contract by writing a quarterly report, verifying sources of supply, proposing alternative designs, redlining drawings, and developing process fixturing• Gained experience working with industrial electronics, PLCs, pneumatic systems, and hydraulic systems• Generated complex CAD parts, assemblies, and drawings using Creo 4.0 modeling software• Produced detail drawings for production parts and fixtures, using GD&T callouts when necessary• Produced manufacturing documentation for processes and equipment including standard operating procedures, job instructions, management of change forms, travelers, and process hazard analyses• Spent time on the floor communicating with production personal, repairing equipment, working in the machine shop, building fixtures, assembling custom electronics, and performing engineering testing

• Collaborated with the manufacturing team to drive parts through machining, waterjet cutting, tube notching, sheet metal bending, and welding processes• Created SolidWorks CAD models, manufacturing drawings, and CNC programs to assist in the production of parts and assemblies for various customers and in house projects• Designed, prototyped, and developed products for the off-road racing and oil and gas industries• Developed quotes for customers by estimating setup and run times and requesting material pricing• Progressed my manufacturing skills by operating equipment and helping with project builds

• Supervised and instructed students as they operated CNC mills, manual mills, manual lathes, band saws, various hand tools, an ironworker, a MIG welder, a TIG welder, and an optical comparator• Created CNC programs using CAM software and machined dozens of parts for faculty and student projects• Managed the university’s 3D printers, which included reviewing and printing student designs• Completed maintenance procedures for department equipment

• Managed a team of 34 students to design and build a formula-style vehicle for the 2018-19 season, directly contributing to the design and manufacturing process of every system on the vehicle• Volunteered approximately 2,000 unpaid hours towards the project over the course of four years• Developed a variety of machining, fabrication, and assembly skills throughout the process of building a new vehicle each year• Led the CNC team for two years, creating CNC programs using CAM software for and machining 20+ parts• Designed fixtures to machine complex parts, to improve process repeatability, and to reduce process times• Selected, calibrated, and tuned a standalone engine control unit in the 2018-19 season• Designed and manufactured the 2016-17 and 2018-19 wiring harnesses• Led the electronics team to design and program a custom circuit board for the 2017-18 dashboard• Organized multiple seven-day trips from Colorado to Michigan for 18+ students• Managed a $20,000+ budget for two consecutive years as the treasurer

• Fabricated hybrid graphene-polymer membranes for testing and analysis in a doctoral research laboratory• Performed data collection procedures with instrumentation including pressure transducers and source meters • Collected data using software including LabVIEW and Excel• Developed 400+ line scripts in Matlab to automate the following processes: sorting numerical data files, performing numerical analysis on data sets, and outputting tabulated results to Excel files