Responsible for design of processes and equipment for product manufactured at Salt Lake City, UT facility. Lend production/engineering support to resolve manufacturing problems. Collaborate with product engineering regarding products so as to preclude manufacturing obstacles. Analyze build vs. buy of new equipment. Create standard work instructions in order to establish and maintain process control. Design gages, tools, fixtures, etc. in SolidWorks, Continuous improvement of processes, equipment, and operations. Create capital expenditure requests for procurement of equipment.Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Machine Shop, Hoyt Archery Inc. Nov 2014- present• Managed 4 projects whose capital expenses totaled over $500k in 2016• Procured and implemented CMM• Removed bottlenecks throughout machine shop• Support Tooling Engineering with fixture development and designManufacturing Engineer, Hoyt Archery Inc. January 2007- Nov 2014• Plant wide responsibility for processes and equipment• Designed automated bow press using PLC, HMI touch screen, linear actuator, and servo drive• Designed and fabricated 6 pneumatic bow presses for assembly line• Developed composite tooling for bonding process of state-of-the-art carbon fiber bow riser• Designed and implemented tooling for various applications as customer need demanded throughout factory• Implemented welding system and trained all maintenance techs to make satisfactory weldments for the first time in company history• Design for manufacture of Hoyt’s FUSE accessories product lineMachine Shop Manager, Hoyt Archery Inc. April 2006- January 2007• Lean Manufacturing facilitator; helped eliminate waste, decrease WIP and inventory, and promoted 5S principles• Managed machine shop comprised of 45 employees and 18 3-axis CNC mills• Spearheaded SMED (Lean) initiative for milling machines and reduced set up time from 8 hours to less than 1 hour