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Mountain View, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

Southampton, Hampshire, GB

Palo Alto, CA, US

- Battery manufacturing (tooling, cell processing, laser bonding & resistance welding, assembly & safety)- Avionics & Propulsion prototype & manufacture- 3D printing, including rapid tooling & part manufacture- Design & build of custom automation

Fort Worth, Texas, US

Salisbury, GB

• Leading process improvements, safety initiatives, product development, and daily problem solving activities as a main production engineer for 2 highly energetic material production and assembly lines.
• Executing installation, commissioning, and industrialisation of two semi-automated 50 ton hydraulic pyrotechnic presses for current production and future projects.
• Design and introduction of new tooling and equipment to support and develop sustaining product and NPI intobusiness, including low rate production, verification and serial manufacture.
• Creation of new manufacturing lines, including development of manual and automated processes, driving a 300% production capacity increase by implementing design for manufacture and lean techniques.

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Lead new technology initiatives, including capital investment, equipment upgrades, and installation, reducing operation cycle times by 80%.
• Facilitated of all aspects of manufacturing engineering, from progress planning, tooling, inspection, lean methodologies and process capability.
• Undertook research project "Wing of the Future," which centred on new design and assembly methods for future generation aircraft manufacture.
• Supported the integration of new product packages to the business (NPI), facilitating all aspects of manufacture from design to manufacturing requirements.

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt certified through installation of semi-automated tooling, which lead to a 28h per month saving.
• Worked closely with other members of the Engineering departments, providing support to the wider team, playing an integral role in executing short and long-term projects.
• Provided technical support to production teams in a vast range of manufacturing processes as part of a team and as an individual.
• Problem solved day to day production issues, including quality, tooling, and documentation.

Derby, GB

• The role was for a pro-active undergraduate with a logical and organised approach to problem solving and excellent interpersonal skills. This was within the Engineering team, reporting directly to the Engineering.
• Working in a low volume, high precision and high complexity manufacturing environment
• Reading and communicating information presented on complex engineering drawings.
• Working with Production, Quality, Sub-contractors, Customers and other internal departments to improve manufacturing processesThe opportunity arose to work on a number of different projects, including:-
• Machine installation, commissioning & programming
• Cost savings

Bachelor Of Engineering - Beng, Manufacturing Engineering

Diploma Of Industrial Studies, Manufacturing Engineering

A-Levels