Responsible for production tool/fixture design and modification in order to support the manufacture of crashworthy rubber fuel bladders.

Managed multiple engineering disciplines to assure design manufacturability. Responsible for preparing site for production by meeting manufacturing readiness requirements for pre-production phase gate exit reviews with senior leadership. Managed integrated supply chain cost accounts to keep deliverables and costs on track with project baselines. Worked to get Design for Manufacturability feedback from vendors. Managed capital equipment procurement. Developed Unit Production Cost analyses to define cost targets and worked with cross functional teams to assure targets were met. Created New Product Development program schedules and milestones. Performed capacity analyses. Responsible for assuring correct hours were loaded for Full Time Employee Allocation. Led engineering design teams on Key Characteristic development. Set up Statistical Process Control of Key Characteristic data. Worked with cross functional teams to monitor and control test yield issues.

Produced work instructions and oversaw assembly of spacecraft antenna systems. Used 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing tools to investigate the causes of process variability and waste and implemented control plans to reduce their impact. Designed integration level assembly fixtures. Designed CNC fixtures for part machining. Site focal for company FOD implementation initiative.

Reviewed EIDP’s. Interfaced with customers for source inspections. Disposition of product discrepancies.

Mechanical engineer for spacecraft and aircraft antenna systems. Performed structural and thermal analyses including mass transfer using Finite Element Analysis. Provided antenna cooling solutions by analyzing flow path designs, designing heat exchangers, and identifying/procuring variable speed fans based on Computational Fluid Dynamics analyses. Created 3-D CAD models, detail drawings, and interface control drawings of GD&T controlled parts and assemblies. Designed mechanical test fixtures for antenna systems. Fixtures included solutions for simulating antenna positions and functionality within aircraft.

Worked in a team environment to design and develop rugged mobile industrial computers. Redesigned a hand held computer to integrate RFID capabilities. Designed and built: a fixture for testing read distances of RFID equipment, a device to test touch screen impact resistance, and a pallet jack mounting solution for RFID scanning equipment. Defined, conducted, and reported on various environmental tests of hand held computers to determine performance acceptability.

Designed complete tooling solutions from customer drawings for aerospace composite and thermoform part fabrication. Created work instructions for tool development. Oversaw tool construction to production readiness. Inspected tooling and parts using Coordinate-Measuring Machines. Maintained schedule deadlines per customer requirements.