Manlio Castillo Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Washington, US

• Designing molded pulp and sustainable foam packaging capable of sustaining standardized dynamics product testing procedures.
• Using simulation tool to analyze drop performance relative to target G-force thresholds.
• Analyzed products’ sustainability and plastic footprint against company’s goals.
• Helped HP Inc. bring their next consumer inkjet printer to market, the Envy 6555 All-in-One printer.
• Responsible for data analysis, prototyping, systems engineering, and mechanical design.
• Empirically and experimentally validated designs for high-volume manufacturing.

Vancouver, Washington, US

• Managed personnel of 60+ engineers, technicians, and support staff who complete work at clients' locations, under RLA's Managed Services Provider model.
• Managed relationships with RLA’s clients, supporting 40+ R&D engineering managers.
• Consistently partnered with client managers to seek and assess performance feedback for each employee.
• Supported client managers by immediately addressing concerns, and assessing and anticipating needs.
• Engaged and communicated with client managers to coordinate employees’ schedules & time off requests.
• Increased employee engagement by systematically scheduling monthly one-on-one meetings with each employee to discuss ongoing progress and accomplishments, and address employee concerns.

Vancouver, Washington, US

• Helped HP Inc. to bring the next consumer printer to market, the DeskJet 3755 All-in-One Printer.
• Invented mechanisms internal to inkjet printers for picking and feeding paper.
• Designed, developed, and tested personal inkjet printers for consumer/small-business markets.
• Supported prototyping and production operations by traveling to 3rd party factories in Chongqing, China.
• Released subsystem to production manufacturing by managing system BOM and 2D drawings.
• Provided a design for manufacturing under time constraints; received patent covering design inventions.Patent No.: US 20180297799 A1, Lift Mechanisms; Pub. Date: Oct. 18, 2018

Vancouver, Washington, US

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) coach. Internship Program Manager
• Developed and managed internship program: recruited, screened, and determined eligibility for over 320 high school students.
• Placed and case-managed over 250 students from 18 high schools, across 8 school districts into STEM-specific internships with a completion rate of over 96%.
• Recruited over 50 businesses for internship opportunities, trained supervisors on program objectives, assisted in developing student projects, and ensured employer satisfaction.
• Created weekly and quarterly reports to inform partners and grantors on performance goals.
• Developed and delivered workshops on networking, college preparation, teamwork, problem solving, and communication skills in sessions of over 30 students.Advanced Placement (AP) Mentoring Program Manager

Houston, Texas, US

• Developed and improved mechanical designs for paper motion throughout consumer inkjet printers across the product design cycle: from prototype builds through manufacturing ramps.
• Designed plastic parts used across four different products on different schedules, providing parts on schedule and within budget through multiple design cycles.
• Traveled to manufacturing facilities across Asia to support prototyping and manufacturing efforts.
• Responsible for preliminary design/system testing in an inkjet printer cost reduction project obtaining experience in transmission systems (gearing and shifting), injection molded plastic part design, manufacture.
• Wrote firmware that enabled the first prototype of the Photosmart C5200 printer to print on rigid media (e.g., CDs, DVDs).
• Developed thermal imaging system to measure motor heating and performance to reduce motor failures.

Arlington, VA, US

• Member of the Mechanical, Structural, EVA, & Robotics team for the International Space Station (ISS).
• Analyzed ISS mechanical systems, including the Mobile Transporter System and the Space Station Robotic Manipulator System (SSRMS), using Multibody Dynamics software.
• Created Matlab optimization routines to solve the 7-DOF SSRMS' inverse kinematics, which enabled simulations of SSRMS motion and capabilities.
• Developed relationships and reported to NASA counterparts on analyses and simulation results.
• Ensured safety and reliability of mechanical components during various loading scenarios, such as impacts, base-shake analysis, and berthing of truss segments.

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering