Derek Leen Email & Phone Number

Boise, Idaho, United States

Boise, Idaho Area

• Oversee the design, buildout, programming, and commissioning of military Access Control Point Control Systems in accordance with UFGS 34 71 13.13
• Assess, plan, and retrofit/repair existing crash-rated vehicle barrier equipment and controls for high-profile clients to reliably achieve their current needs
• Integrate vehicle barrier controls into site Access Control Systems
• PLC programming
• Communicate directly with clients to coordinate schedule, set expectations, and establish rapport
• Overseas work in sometimes austere environments, successfully completing projects on schedule and minimizing costs due to well-executed planning and preparation of multiple contingencies

Fremont, CA

• Helped demolish, prepare, and install an automated production line system at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, CA
• Installed, tested, and troubleshot automation hardware in the industrial environment
• Fabricated roughly a mile of custom automation cables including 120VAC, 24VDC, D‐code RJ45, 4‐Pin I/O, etc.
• Install and route custom cabling and interface hardware with I/O blocks
• Use lock out/tag out safety procedures around industrial robots and automated conveyance systems
• Help Tesla meet production deadlines through production line fault mitigation

Menlo Park, CA

• Generated wiring diagrams interfacing telemetry systems and hardware with flight computer
• Performed quality control on previously wired systems, delegated tasks, and troubleshot problems as they arose under tight time constraints
• Completed wiring harness and fabricated custom cabling solutions for an award-winning prototype Hyperloop pod in the SpaceX sponsored Hyperloop Pod Competition with great speed and accuracy
• Fabricated and installed various brackets, fixtures, etc. for the pod
• Supervised and directed packaging of the pod for transport from Menlo Park, CA to Hawthorne, CA.

Livermore, CA

• Developed conceptual design of a multi‐function system used to evaluate performance of sputter coated materials on special nuclear material specimens. Tasks included design of nuclear material qualified glovebox.
• Completed redesign and documentation of diagnostic raft components including electronics enclosure, marker beacon mast, and raft retrieval mechanism for joint defense agency flight tests executed at Reagan Ballistic.
• Completed detail and assembly drawing packages for linear shaped charge mitigation experiments used in various high explosive applications
• All design activities were performed using PTC Creo CAD software, Windchill database management systems; conformed to ASME Y14.5M‐1994 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing Standard, LLNL Design Safety Standards, LLNL.

Gridley, CA

• Used fabrication tools such as welder, grinder, saws, etc. to create gates, panels, and ornamental/functional metal products
• Assisted in the on-site installation of gates and panels
• Used CAD software (SolidWorks) to design gates and other structures for production

Oroville, CA

• Used Machine tools (lathe, CNC mill, manual mill, etc.) to create parts for the repair of large-scale industrial packaging equipment
• Used Fabrication tools (welder, grinder, saw, etc.) to repair and create parts
• Ran first production of a new product (Smokin' Bull barrel smoker)
• Designed basic CAM programs using GeoPath to be output to CNC machinery
• Made drawings from and for machined parts using SolidWorks

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering, 3.614 Cumulative Gpa, Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: American Institute of Mechatronic Engineers

Mechanical Engineering, 3.91 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Association of CAD and Modeling