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Carson, CA, US

• Led projects in all technical aspects through the entire development of new and redesigned products from initial ideation through production.
• Created prototypes using 3D printers and other rapid prototyping techniques to validate designs.
• Worked with Quality and Compliance Departments to identify any potential risks or concerns and ensured design accounted for these.
• Worked with Artists and Industrial Designers to turn complex 3D sculpts and surfaces into modifiable 3D models.
• Specified materials and created tool ready CAD that was sent to overseas vendors for manufacturing.
• Reviewed DFM documents and tool plans and worked with vendors to revise before giving approval to start tooling.

Dallas, Texas, US

• Assist with the entire development of new and redesigned products from concept design, pricing, structural design and sampling into production.
• Design and engineer new structures with appropriate hardware considering aesthetic, assembly, panel yields, and material costs.
• Work directly with overseas vendors to provide high quality samples and production goods, while also working to improve efficiency and ease of manufacturability.
• Work closely with Industrial Designers and use SolidWorks to quickly and accurately turn sketches into 3D models and 2D drawings.
• Complete quick and accurate pricing estimations with awareness of potential assembly or compliance issues and provide confirmation that the item can be mass manufactured by the intended ship date.
• Design and engineer new injection-molded plastic components to help reduce an item’s overall hardware and quantity while improving ease of assembly for customers.

Irving, Texas, US

• Design and model custom connectors and burn-in sockets using SolidWorks.
• Work closely with the sales and manufacturing departments to ensure all the customer requested features are incorporated into the design.
• Create engineering drawings, bills of materials, and document packages for fabrication and assembly.
• Work with our in-house machine shop and injection molding facility to ensure parts meetspecification, as well as approve first article parts that will be produced in volume.
• Collaborate with the quality department to diagnose any issues the assembly floor or the customer has and develop corrective action plans.
• Train and mentor junior engineers.

Cleveland, OH, US