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California, United States

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Engineering development for Google ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects) group -- skunkworks team and in-house technology incubator.

Chicago, Il, Us

Geochord provides product development services that leverage multidisciplinary expertise to maintain design intent and provide unique user-centered experiences. An environmental and socially-responsible perspective is also considered throughout the product development process. Our approach draws on a proven track record of delivering innovative, award-winning product designs to market (see www.geochord.com for more info).Specialties: Mechanical engineering development, ProE CAD modeling, patent research, innovative concept generation, technology research, mechanism development, prototyping

Chicago, Il, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

* Engineering development of automotive aftermarket HUD unit + accessories for mass production – including 3D parts / assemblies and 2D drawings for tooling / validation* Engagement with multiple overseas suppliers to coordinate production readiness, as well as optimizing design for manufacturing and assembly* Captured industrial design intent using Creo advanced surfacing tools in top-down master model to drive parts / assemblies* Researched and tested materials and component technologies

Chicago, Illinois, Us

>> Developed, researched, and proposed innovative product concepts for personal communication devices, with an emphasis on:* Mechanisms* Materials (e.g. sapphire glass for phone lenses, CNC aluminum housings)* Manufacturing processes* Component technologies>> Created complex surface Pro/E "master models" to capture industrial design intent of the overall product, as well as details necessary for part manufacturability and assembly.>> Provided technical guidance throughout the product development process (particularly in the early systems-level stages) as a liaison between industrial design, engineering development teams, marketing, project management, and external suppliers>> Managed fabrication of functional prototypes, and coordinated accelerated life testing to determine implementation feasibility>> Reviewed technical aspects of patent disclosures (including prior art searches) as a voting member of “Mobile Devices” Patent Committee

Lake Zurich, Illinois, Us

>> Designed and developed consumer products with emphasis on creative, multi-disciplinary approaches to user-centered solutions.>> Managed new "Vertical Punch" manual hole-punch project, which included:* Generating concepts* Modeling designs (using "master model" technique) with industrial design input* Synthesizing/analyzing mechanisms in Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/MECHANICA* Performing engineering analyses* Coordinating prototypes and testing* Estimating mass production BOM costs* Designing for die-casting, sheet metal, powder metal and injection-molded plastic manufacturing processes

Chicago, Illinois, Us

* Developed Desktop Charger and Hang-Up Cup cellular phone accessories, including generating concepts with adherence to marketing, industrial design, manufacturing, and assembly requirements* Created advanced 3-D models (including complex surfacing) using Pro/ENGINEER* Performed design optimization and tolerance analysis calculations* Generated production-level drawings* Coordinated tooling, production, and documentation requests with local and overseas suppliers* Analyzed failures and implemented design changes based on testing results

Plymouth, Michigan, Us

Performed various product design and development functions on automotive, furniture, industrial, and consumer safety products, including:* Generating concepts* Creating parts and assemblies in Pro/ENGINEER* Performing design optimization and tolerance analysis calculations* Analyzing failure modes using FEA in Pro/MECHANICA* Generating production-level drawings* Creating Test Specifications* Managing prototype procurement and testing* Creating and presenting reports throughout the design process

East Hartford, Ct, Us

MECHANICS OF MATERIALS & STRUCTURES (Co-op Quarter #6):* Designed and expedited fabrication of testbed to determine physical properties of materials/partsJET ENGINE TEST & FIELD SUPPORT (Co-op Quarter #5):* Performed tests investigating design changes & data acquisition softwareROCKET PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (Co-op Quarter #4):* Verified and updated computer model for rocket component* Collected build/test data and created relational database application to expedite test correlation and anomaly investigationSPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE-ATD PROJECT (Co-op Quarter #3):* Procured and supervised assembly of turbopump hardware* Drafted layouts and compiled instructions to implement hardware design changesTOOL DESIGN (Co-op Quarter #2):* Designed new manufacturing tool for state-of-the-art F-119 engineTURBINE DESIGN (Co-op Quarter #1):* Created wind tunnel test procedure to evaluate new concepts