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Rocket research and development

See our Website: www.tanktoad.comCo-founder and product development lead for Meadowlark Solutions, LLC, an agri-tech business. In charge of engineering, manufacturing and other technical functions. Meadowlark Solutions focuses primarily on developing technology products that meet the needs of livestock operations. The Tank Toad provides real-time water level updates on stock tanks to operators over satellite and cellular networks.What I do:1. Primary Responsibilities - Manage team - Identify customer needs - Product requirements - Hardware design/implementation (box build and electronics) - Software design/implementation (bare metal firmware, backend architecture) - Design for manufacturing - Procurement (BOM, sourcing hardware and electronics) - Manufacturing (internal assembly with company resources, negotiating with contract manufacturers) - Testing (research, field-hardening, diagnosis and troubleshooting, quality control) - Installations - Customer service (issue resolution, assistance during setup)2. Additional responsibilities - Administration - Inventory - Contracts - Support documentation (installation guides, etc.) - Marketing (website, brochures, videos, etc) - Hiring - Accounting - Taxes

Developed an experimental gyroscope module on a 7-layer controlled impedance PCB to reduce white noise and drift bias within strict application boundaries (bandwidth, sample rate, interface requirements, and physical volume). Tested gimbals for EMI performance - logged critical EMI emission data against Mil-Std 461 RE -102 that eventually led to the final model surpassing said guidelinesTested gimbals for Thermal performance - recorded component temperatures within an immersion chamber across a wide temperature range. The results provided information for a revised design which raised the maximum operating temperature by 20 deg C

Designed new Payload Mounting System and installed in several UAV platforms, which improved field operations by reducing the time between launchesCompleted a Vertical Takeoff and Landing conversion for an unmanned airplane, which became a platform for new experiments with hybrid VTOL / conventional aircraft controllersConducted flight operations gathering spectral data above farmland that furthered research in remote crop surveillance

Operated heavy equipment primarily harvesting and handling hay.Learned how to repair, maintain, and control heavy equipment. Experience with large tractors, swathers, cultivators, semi trucks, balers and various implements.