Michelle Huddleston Email & Phone Number

Cupertino, California, United States

Manufacturing design engineer for soft goods

Austin, Texas, United States

• I left semiconductor to return home and dive into building the inventions of my imagination! Since officially wielding a soldering iron as my weapon of professional choice, I've made:
• An interactive projection mapped head, showcased at parties around town
• A meditative table the generates music and visuals based off 2 people's heart pulses, showcased at Bee Cave Buzzfest and on show at the Hive Galleria in Austin, Texas
• A mindfulness lamp that expands and contracts with users' breaths
• A mood ring that changes colors based on heart rate variability
• A Magic 8 Ball inspired watch that reveals mantras when shaken

Colorado, United States

• Monitored equipment performance on LAM4720s and implemented long-term solutions that increased OEE and yield
• Increased up-time by 8 hrs per week by resolving chronic issues due to mismatched equipment parameters
• Increased up-time by 2 hrs per week by triggering a PM based on interlocks rather than on schedules
• Standardized data collection on the fleet and wrote data visualization programs with Excel VBA and JMP
• Designed and qualified 2 new parts for safer, faster, and easier installations and for eliminating scrap events

Austin, Texas Area

• Design:
• Design user-centered tools in Solidworks for easier and safer equipment maintenance -> $175k parts savingsAnalysis:
• Analyze FDC and SPC trends to resolve chronic issues -> $100M/month savings
• Collected data to convince management to increase NPW weights and upgrade parts -> 4.75% stop loss and 50% drop in particle fail count
• Discovered 4 particles signatures and created response guide -> 3% stop loss and $90k parts savingsSkills:
• Responded to daily mechanical and electrical failures in robotics systems with hands-on troubleshooting and with quick, data-driven decisions to guide and direct manpower

Austin, Texas Area

• Human Computer Interaction:
• Designed, prototyped, and built Rattler, a first-of-its-kind cave computing environment
• Conducted all steps in product delivery (customer interviews, brainstorming, market research, prototyping, material selection, stress-analysis, CAD, bill of materials, assembly instructions)Virtual Reality:
• Designed 3D models and animations for virtual reality environments using Blender, Unity, Daz3D, and Photoshop (2 years)

Austin, Texas Area

o Reorganized SharePoint website to optimize document organization, file-sharing, and communications

Austin, Texas Area

o Won top awards for technical writing and business presentation for each of x3 yearso Designed and manufactured mechanics for national 2nd place robot

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.5

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Studied abroad spring of 2015