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● Training and mentoring engineers on how to successfully introduce new projects to mass production by following Columbia Tech’s Scaled Product Launch (SPL) Engineering procedures.● Introducing Amazon’s VAPR project in record time alongside multiple cross-functional teams to begin production in early November 2024 to satisfy customer’s tight schedule.● Implementing customer engineering change orders (ECOs) following good documentation practices to ensure congruence betweeninternal and customer provided documentation.●Successfully introduced new production assemblies from Vecna Robotics to mass production by following Columbia Tech’s New Product Introduction (NPI) policies and working with multiple cross-functional teams. Supported the customer during co-build activities and suggested proper documentation and BOM structure practices to facilitate the handoff of the project to Columbia Tech.●Redesigned Cynosure’s work cell floor layout to incorporate single piece flow and inventory replenishment, optimizing available floor space and visual inventory management resulting in a 50% improvement in production output. Created Cynosure assembly work instructions with pictures and detailed steps optimized for the newly redesigned work cell.● Developed Columbia Tech’s Replenishment Guidelines to standardize replenishment implementation across the company and provide common issue solutions for efficient troubleshooting.

•Provided floor support for the PATRIOT Program by actively tracking production and testing schedules and reporting daily progress.•Supported the creation of a failure tracking system in MS Excel to find failure trends, identify root causes, and improve design.•Developed Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) for internal design and clerical changes.

•Tested Andco actuator units to confirm mechanical and electrical parameters complied with customer-provided requirements.•Tested the control card on Sure 65-model actuators to validate operation parameters at high temperatures per qualification requirements.

•Tested DCR-model actuator units to validate mechanical and electrical parameters in preparation for UL certification and release.•Troubleshooted the test fixture and actuator units, and improved testing time by 25%.•Performed root cause analysis (RCA) of rotary gas meter components to investigate major flaws in current product designs.

• Led a team of twenty-five engineering students from electrical, mechanical, and industrial disciplines throughout the development and manufacturing of a solar-powered car.• Organized semester goals through the use of Gantt-charts and members-specific task assignments to assure a consistent progression of vehicle development.

• Led a team of three mechanical engineering students during the design and manufacture of the suspension assembly of a solar-powered car.• Designed the suspension A-arms, uprights, and hubs used on the solar car, and performed finite-element analysis to verify engineering stress, strain, and fatigue.• Manufactured components using industrial machinery such as lathes and milling machines during the manufacturing process of the car.

Developed and manufactured the braking system and pedal assembly of the solar vehicle that competed in the Formula Sun Grand Prix of 2017