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Little Rock, Arkansas, US

• Worked as part of a collaborative team to support PAC-3 missile production and sustainment in order to meet contractual commitments.
• Worked hand in hand with quality, product design, and materials & process engineering to safely resolve defects on flight hardware in an explosives and electrostatic sensitive environment, while maintaining design.
• Worked with Operators to create specialty tooling to increase efficiency, safety, and ergonomics with a focus on simplicity and ease of use. Designed and implemented effective tooling to safeguard critical components.
• Used modeling software and 3D Printing technology to rapidly prototype design ideas to lower costs and material waste while saving critical machining time.
• Evaluated processes with Design Engineering to meet contractual and design requirements.

• Co-led a team through an aerial traveled soil sample collection project that required CAD modeling, autonomous programming, and hands-on construction to meet sponsor deliverables.
• Utilized accelerometers and laser distance sensors to ensure the device would have ample time to begin soil collection.
• Designed and conducted experiments to verify the device could ensure repeatable collection of soil per the quantity requirements, as well as ensuring repeatability of the device to effectively collect multiple soil.
• Developed technical writing skills for engineering applications by creating reports and summaries of the project.

• Collaborated with contractors to create a layout for electrical, pneumatic, and tooling locations for a new Manufacturing building.
• Collaborated with engineers to meet production goals and meet all quality control procedures.
• Assisted with setup of a new production line to support a Research and Development effort.
• Designed work aids to assist Operators with material movement on the production line.