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Austin, TX, US

San Francisco, California, US

• System Reliability Engineer responsible for Origin Sensor Pods comprised of Sensors, ECUs, Thermal Management Hardware, and Sensor Cleaning Systems
• Developed, planned, and managed execution of system, component and subcomponent testing approach to validate sensor pod reliability
• Collected and synthesized precipitation, solar, and temperature data to determine system requirements and test parameters
• Developed RBDs and performed Monte Carlo analysis to estimate spare quantities and determine service frequency
• Led DFMEAs with x-functional teams to prioritize risks, identify design and test requirements and managed reliability requirements and validation in JAMA

San Francisco, California, US

• Reliability Engineer responsible for custom AV hardware including edge processing devices, data offload modules (mmWave), electrical connectors, and reliability physics modeling
• Developed and managed Engineering, Design, and Production Validation test programs for custom AV hardware to improve designs and ultimately demonstrate target reliability over expected the life of the part, while.
• Stood up in-house PCBA reliability simulation capabilities and processes and served as ANSYS Sherlock SME to provide design improvements and feedback to EE and ME teams
• Partnered with Embedded Systems (FW) and Manufacturing Test (SW) to develop functional monitoring schemes to validate component health throughout testing
• Performed Weibull analysis based risk assessments

San Francisco, California, US

• Test Engineer responsible for validation testing of compute modules, sensors, and other custom AV hardware
• Designed tests and equipment to validate AV hardware including random vibration, mechanical shock, environmental exposure, and other custom tests to simulate product use and wear
• Led component root cause analysis (8D) and failure analysis including TDR measurements, x-ray, CT scan, EDX, FTIR, surface profilometry, cross-sectioning, and dye-and-pry, to identify actions to resolve design failures
• Performed thermal characterization and testing of various liquid, fan, and passively cooled compute modules
• Designed, procured, and managed builds of fixtures and automated test equipment including piping, pneumatic circuit, and wiring diagrams, mechanical part design, actuator selection, accelerometers, pressure sensors.
• Developed LabView and TestStand programs for test automation and DAQ, and Python and MATLAB scripts for data analysis

Cupertino, California, US

• Reliability engineer for Apple Watch accessories
• Led the reliability efforts from prototype to development through ongoing reliability testing and established reliability specifications for Apple Watch accessories
• Managed the execution E/D/PV testing and associated activities including FA, DOEs, documentation of SOPs, procurement of standard and custom equipment, auditing of testing and measurements
• Performed rigorous test development including user studies, analysis of field data, and design and procurement of custom equipment to simulate product usage
• Analyzed test results in JMP and Reliasoft to identify trends and perform statistical analysis to quantify projected failure rates in field

London, England, GB

Reliability engineer for a 24/7/365 process unit at a petrochemical manufacturing facility

London, England, GB

Rotating Equipment Engineer lead for pump packages during FEED and detailed design of a $6B+ ethylene cracker project

London, England, GB

Internal consultant for Shell, supporting major Upstream and Downstream projects

West Lafayette, IN, US

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering