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Tustin, California, United States

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Aliso Viejo

Manage equipment design group, machine shop, engineering lab

Irvine, CA

Southern California

Development of implantable medical devices for limb lengthening, scoliosis treatment.

Irvine, CA

• Developed automated robotic micro-assembly system for production of newly developed ophthalmic surgical laser probes.
• Created overall system mechanical and control concepts with knowledge of process assembly steps.
• Led design for all fixtures / tooling and specified motion control products for system which included 25 motion control axes, 11 interchangeable robotic end of arm tools, and 8 machine vision systems.
• Performed all programming of FANUC LRMate 200iC six degree of freedom articulating robot.
• Created several novel concepts for dealing with material handling of micron sized parts to be assembled.
• Designed control system in 19 inch rack package.

Irvine, CA

• Developed automated test equipment (ATE) for performance testing of prototype and production hydraulic flight control systems used in military (F15 / F18) and commercial (Embraer MLJ / MSJ / VLJ / LJ, Gulfstream G650).
• Responsible for design of entire iron bird set of fixtures / associated instrumentation for flight control systems integration labs at Embraer and Parker facilities on new development EMB MLJ/MSJ program. Fixture.
• Saved over $1,000,000 in tooling costs by planning design of integration fixtures for fabrication in China.

Santa Ana, CA

Designed, built, integrated, and tested automated process control systems / test equipment racks / instrumentation for control of various vacuum processes used in manufacturing of nano aluminum, zinc, silver cobalt and other materials.

Cayey, Puerto Rico

• Responsible for routine and emergency maintenance and troubleshooting of existing control systems; involved in planning / design of new control systems.
• Support of control systems using Allen Bradley PLC and Honeywell TDC 3000 controllers.
• Provided training for plant equipment and instrumentation technicians.
• Calibration procedures, operating procedures.

Irvine, CA

• Developed automated test equipment (ATE) for performance testing of prototype hydraulic flight control systems used in F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
• Specified design of active load control system to simulate external flight air loads to unit under test.
• Programmed load servo control software using National Instruments Labview 7.
• Developed safety oversight system using National Instruments Fieldpoint Controller.

Santa Ana, CA

• Performed mechanical design for parachute deployment systems using Solid Edge 3D CAD software.
• Designed and coordinated manufacture of Ballistic Recover System hardware for the Space Exploration Technologies Falcon I program, a commercial launch rocket with an operational cost one third that of current.
• Designed packaging for electronic control assembly for T-50 aircraft spin/stall recovery system.
• Designed airbag landing system installation mockup using stereo-lithography process.

Santa Ana, CA

• Developed automated machines to produce nano-aluminum powder in bulk quantity, enabling solid rocket motor burn rates 10 times faster than those made with conventional aluminum powder.
• Programmed process control software using Labview 6.i, and Allen Bradley RSLogix PLC programming languages.
• Performed mechanical design of new production system using Solidworks 2000.
• Ran production process, supported and maintained equipment.

Irvine, CA

• Worked to develop systems in the AX28 automated exposure machine, used for imaging electronic printed circuit boards for companies such as Intel and Chrysler.
• Originally hired to remedy a crisis situation in which poor reliability of existing circuit board transport system had put company in jeopardy of losing its largest contract.
• Designed and led development of linear servo motor controlled transport system to remedy problem. Went from concept to production in less than 2 months. Saved contract, and reduced circuit board transport cycle times.
• Demonstrated lifecycle of new transport system to be over 1 million cycles through testing.
• Supported manufacturing and field service during production of transport systems. Performed several field retrofits at customer sites to incorporate into older generation machines.
• Developed an improved illumination source for a proprietary laser alignment system.

Irvine, CA

• Developed machine for automated production of Teflon sealing rings for automotive seal division. Development cost recuperated with just 6 months of production cost savings.
• Developed several types of automated production equipment using servo / stepper motor controls, pneumatic / hydraulic systems, and PLC’s.
• On Parker's Air Turbine Starter Team, developed data acquisition and control programs used for acceptance testing of ATS Units used on the F-22, C-130, and several other military aircraft.
• Led development test program for newly developed and patented digitally controlled electronic refrigeration management system used in automotive air-conditioning systems. Responsible for instrumentation of vehicles and.
• Supported testing of a prototype Parker electronic motion controller to pin-point hardware/software faults. Worked with several types of servo and stepper motors.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Cum Laude, Mechanical Engineering (Specialization In Design, Dynamics And Control)

Activities and Societies: U.C. Regents Scholar, UCLA Departmental Scholar, Golden Key National Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society.