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Long Beach, California, United States

United States

Test Engineer for Northrop Grumman strategic space systems. Supporting release devices/ordnance.

Greater Detroit Area

• 2018, 2020, and 2021 Baja Sae North America national championions!
• Responsible for success of 2019-2020 vehicle including sponsor relationships, fundraising, recruiting, and vehicle completion.
• Brakes subsystem lead for the 2018-2019 car: Sized piston and rotors using weight transfer and friction data. Validated design with lockup pressure and thermal testing. Redesigned o-ring grove geometry and pad.
• Brakes subsystem lead for the 2018-2019 car: Sized piston and rotors using weight transfer and friction data. Validated design with lockup pressure and thermal testing. Redesigned o-ring grove geometry and pad.
• Steering subsystem lead for the 2017-2018 car: Reduced steering slop from 8° to 1°. Achieved a 10% reduction in mass by eliminating components, creating a full subassembly FEM to drive mechanical design, and revising.
• Experience with CNC/manual mill and lathe including HAAS mill and lathe. CAM experience in Autodesk Fusion and GibbsCAM. Manual mill and lathe trainer as well as student staff responsible for maintaining the machine.

Hawthorne, California

• Qualified tubing on multiple subsystems to ensure flight readiness. Managed work orders for all samples including updating planning to resolve defects and working with material planners, welders, and technicians to.
• Wrote qualification test plan for tubing section to validate analysis model. Wrote justification to help reduce testing scope and timeline. Created supporting test… Show more
• Wrote qualification test plan for tubing section to validate analysis model. Wrote justification to help reduce testing scope and timeline. Created supporting test fixtures, part drawings, and work orders to preform.
• Preformed fastener testing to reduce integration timeline by over one hour per sift per flange type. Created test matrix to determine the effects of parameters such as thread preparation. Preformed fastener analysis to.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Worked with design team to develop desk clocks based on existing De Bethune movements emphasizing manufacturability and service. Was responsible for determining feasibility and initial conception of mechanical elements.
• Worked in the machine shop to gain experience in high precision manufacturing, forging, heat-treating, and surface finishing including specialized oxidation techniques to create blue titanium.
• Updated and translated documentation and press… Show more
• Updated and translated documentation and press releases into English for use in marking and social media publications Show less