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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Systems design engineer working on the liquid sodium heat transfer loop for the Natrium Demonstration sodium fast nuclear reactor near a retired coal fired power plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

Mcgregor, Texas, United States

Led a dynamic team of 5-8 engineers and specialists to support rocket development and product acceptance testing. Team was responsible for designing, building, maintaining, and upgrading multiple rocket test stands and the supporting infrastructure. Includes cryogenic propellant storage/distribution depots, vacuum chambers, hypergolic propellant storage.

Waco, Texas Area

• Fluids technical lead for new Falcon 9 Stage 2 Test Stand project, part of a $15M capital project.
• Lead a team of 4 engineers responsible for fluid system design, building, and commissioning.
• Mentored interns: wrote performance reviews and held weekly 1-on-1 meetings.
• Drove requirements and developed in-house custom P&ID tools, a fluid system Part Catalog, and Reuse Library used to improve engineering productivity.
• Wrote training materials and hosted in-person training events for newly developed productivity tools.

Waco, Texas Area

• Falcon 9 Stage 1 Booster Structural Qualification Test Directoro Responsible for booster tank structural test campaign; gathering requirements, test article preparation, test cadence, and directing the test on-console.
• Led commissioning of new Falcon 9 Stage 2 structural test facility, troubleshooting newly installed valves, pressure transducers, temperature sensors, and control logic.

Waco, Texas Area

• Falcon 9 Stage Separation Testing Project Leado Lead a team of 12 engineers to design, build, and commission a new test stand configuration in 106 days to test a novel stage separation system.o Responsible for schedule.
• Falcon 9, Stage 2 Structural Qualification Project Leado Lead a team of 4 engineers to design, build, and commission a new test stand configuration to perform Stage 2 structural testing.o Managed schedule and budget.
• Merlin Vacuum Engine Test stand upgrades Co-Leado Oversaw night shift of welders & fabrication technicians.o Drove a 1-month production test stand downtime to completion.
• Spaceport America, New Mexico Launch Facility, Assistant Project Leado Oversaw day-to-day operations and daily coordination with fabrication teams on a green field launch facility build.o Designed the initial site.
• Designed, sourced equipment and materials, oversaw build, commissioned, and operated complex cryogenic, hydrocarbon fuel, gaseous, and hydraulic fluid systems.
• Designed, oversaw fabrication & build of structural elements for personnel access platforms, pipe supports, testing primary structures, and other structural elements.

East Aurora, NY

• Responsible for performing static, harmonic, and modal analysis of circuit boards in ANSYS Workbench.
• Tested, evaluated, and recommended automated torque tools for usage in electronic enclosure boxes production line.
• Tested, evaluated, and recommended a foam to apply consistent, non-relaxing pressure to circuit boards.

East Aurora, NY

• Responsible for performing static, harmonic, and modal analyses of actuator assemblies, and individual piece parts in ANSYS Workbench.
• Advised design engineers and prepared materials for customer design reviews.
• Developed and documented a novel analysis process for determining torque curves of a coreless DC motor in ANSYS.
• Presented analysis results during customer design reviews.

Warminster, Pennsylvania, United States

• Analyzed Tigershark UAV muffler test data and selected the design to optimize noise, performance, and fuel economy.
• Assisted with further muffler design refinements.
• Assisted with UAV pneumatic launcher sled testing and design refinements.
• Simulated sonar-buoy trajectories after launch from a high-altitude aircraft, to characterize the effects of drogue parachutes on impact location and speed.