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Quincy, Ma, Us

Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Woods Hole, Ma

• IPT and Mechanical Lead on the design and development of a line docking nose for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) on long-endurance, under-ice missions.• IPT and Mechanical Lead on the design and development of an anchoring subsystem for an ultra-long endurance undersea glider.• Project Engineer and Mechanical Engineer working on the design, development, and test of an open-loop, seawater buoyancy engine for a large displacement underwater vehicle.• Mechanical Lead for the design, development, and analysis of a Very Low Frequency (VLF) Acoustic Mooring Unit with a depth-regulated, high-pressure air compensation system.• Analyzed multiple pressure vessel housings, mooring structures, and other mechanical assemblies for stress, buckling, and vibration using ANSYS Workbench.• Worked with internal stakeholders and external vendors to develop and maintain project schedules for the design, manufacture, assembly, and validation of four major mechanical subsystems for an experimental extra-large undersea vehicle.• Collaborated closely with Program Management and Business Development to develop new concepts with mechanical renderings and BOM estimates for quick-turn proposal efforts.• Presented conceptual ideas, preliminary design reviews (PDR), and critical design reviews (CDR) to government and industry sponsors.

Palm Bay, Fl

• Chief Mechanical Engineer and Test Lead on a multi-million-dollar maritime robotics program.• Led the design, analysis, integration, and testing effort for a coupled undersea perception and manipulation payload for a Falcon ROV.• Electro-Mechanical System Design Lead for an IRAD effort to develop an ultra-high resolution subsea perception and autonomy payload for an IVER3 UUV system.• Mechanical Lead on the design of a winched seafloor buoy system with an Iridium relay for remote data capture.• Packaged multiple undersea and surface electronics payloads.• Designed a cathodic protection system for a large undersea structure with multiple dissimilar metals using DNVGL-RP-B401.• Offshore Test Director managing the launch and recovery of unmanned vehicles and seafloor test target arrays.• Test Lead preparing Test Plans and Test Readiness Reviews (TRR) for all at-sea system testing events.• Provided technical and scheduling support for multiple Bid and Proposal efforts.• Collaborated with multi-disciplinary engineering teams on multiple rapid prototyping efforts.• Teamed with COTS vendors to select hardware for successful integrations. • Presented conceptual ideas and technical work to multiple government customers.

Richmond, Ca

• Revised prototype unmanned surface vessel (USV) designs for production by leveraging DFMA and manufacturing process analysis.• Collaborated with vendors to minimize cost and increase manufacturability.• Developed production-level jigs for manufacturing and assembly.• BOM cost estimations for all prototype and production designs.• Coordinated the planning, preparation, and analysis of all at-sea testing.• Authored detailed instruction manuals for both manufacturing technicians and vehicle customers.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Ocean Engineering

Maritime Robotics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering