David Villegas Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Supporting commercialization and technology roadmapping efforts for fusion-enabling technologies

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Technoeconomic analysis of nuclear microreactors: - Developing a tool that helps institutions evaluate the cost efficiency of including nuclear microreactors as part of their power and heat supply portfolio

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Provided systems engineering support to the Canadian Surface Combatant Program. Areas of contribution include the integration of specialty engineering efforts and management plans, technical risk management, certification, communications management, and cross-organizational alignment of systems engineering processes. Also supported the integration of navigation equipment into the ship through interface design and requirement definition.

Montreal, Canada Area

Developed process improvement proposals in the area of requirements management, validation & verification at enterprise level Implemented methods & tools to decompose requirements across the product architectureContract through Belcan

Montreal, Canada Area

Reliability and Safety Engineering– Aftermarket• Coordinated multidisciplinary engineering work to verify the root cause of complex issues affecting the integrity of products in service• Led failure investigations and establishing fleet containment strategies to improve product reliability • Interfaced with multiple internal departments to gather necessary inputs • Identified product safety concerns and implementing corrective actions to prevent future failures in the field• Effectively communicated investigation status and conclusions to upper management through presentations and reports.Contract through Actalent

Montreal, Canada Area

• Worked with different stakeholders to define and validate project requirements• Developed and executed strategy to verify that the proposed system design adequately addressed project requirements (engine testing, analytical models, and other). • Identified and manage technical and project risks by leading multidisciplinary meetings and implementing mitigation plans. • Completed project closure activities, including writing standardization reports, identifying future initiatives and lessons learntContract through Actalent

Montreal, Canada Area

Supported engineering service engagements with clients and internal personnel development in the systems engineering functional area (Power Generation): • Prepared budget estimates for new statements of work• Created and tracked project plans • Developed and documented best practices• Supported onboarding and training for new hires

Montreal, Canada Area

Created statistical models and tools to quantify the production of regulated emissions in existing combustion systems for the design of new-generation, low-emission gas turbines

Candidate, M.S. In Engineering & Management

Fellow, System Design and Management (SDM) Jointly offered by MIT's School of Engineering and the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Chemical Engineering