Mechanical Design Engineer
CurrentDesigned and developed hydraulically-powered specialty drilling tools for making and breaking drill pipe joints in the oil and gas industry. Headed engineering department for the majority of employment.• Produced a revolutionary new roller spinner with the versatility to handle all oil well tubulars, incorporating automatic centering and size adjustment. Invented and patented the planetary gear system internal to the rollers to achieve the API standard recommended torques for casing.• Coordinated engineering effort to move from pneumatically-piloted to hydraulically-piloted systems. Planned the future upgrade to electrically-piloted systems.• Improved design of pedestal mounted drill pipe power tong by consolidating all valves to one centralized hydraulic manifold and modifying the extension arm to remedy all interference locations during extension/retraction.• Initiated and supervised implementation of SolidWorks Enterprise PDM system to boost company design data organization and overall efficiency. Trained fellow engineers how to properly use the software.• Showcased drilling tools at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in 2016.