• Manage a cross functional team of 5 test and validation engineers responsible for validation of Rivian’s NCA and LFP battery packs on multiple platforms, from proof of concept phases to engineering sign off and production• Drive team prioritization to balance testing across multiple programs with varying timelines and maturities• Guide and Support DFMEA and NUDD efforts to develop robust design validation plans used to characterize and validate battery performance, safety and reliability• Lead multi-disciplinary efforts where highly accelerated life testing (HALT) is employed to increase battery line yield rates, and reduce scrap• Provide technical guidance around testing practices and methodology, emphasizing a first principles approach to structural and environmental testing that quantitatively accelerates the pack and component aging to meet internal reliability and durability targets• Establish workflows to define and enable better cross-functional collaboration with design, systems, and manufacturing• Direct group best-practices and demonstrate standards for how to prioritize, plan, execute and report out on testing and results• Emphasized team product and output optimization for stakeholder utility and digestion, with focus around automation of data processing and storage through python scripting, AWS, and custom interfaces for querying, visualizing, and analyzing data

• Served as lead to a team of system and component validation engineers to manage project priorities aligned with program and department objectives, and oversee validation test development and execution efforts• Cross-functional collaboration with systems, design, and reliability teams to establish and ensure standardized and consistent approach to testing, validation, and reliability practices• Development of mechanical and electrical validation plans for high-voltage battery pack system and internal sub-systems and components, including translation and clarification of vehicle requirements to battery system requirements, specification of test objectives and procedures, and development of test setups and instrumentation plans• Collaborative development and review of component and system DFMEA and DVP&R for both in-house and 3rd-party designed energy storage systems, including driving provisions for design and requirements change management• Cross-functional development, execution, and review of homologation and regulatory battery system tests• Drive root cause analysis and investigations to troubleshoot, solve, and drive design improvements highlighted by test failures and manufacturing issues, utilizing root cause analysis tools like 5-why and 8-D processes• Co-lead development and implementation of test data pipeline and database to organize and analyze large test datasets to provide test and data-driven insights into battery design performance and reliability

• Development of validation plans and test details/methods for high-voltage battery pack system and internal sub-systems and components• Support development and verification of component DVP&R verification tests• Support the root cause analysis process to troubleshoot, solve, and support design improvements driven by test failures and design issues• Acquisition, organization, and analysis of large test datasets to provide test and data-driven insights into design performance and reliability

• Interior Controls Design Release - managed highly successful and collaborative relationships with component suppliers, performed testing and validation of interior vehicle electronic controls, and maintained product delivery and vehicle integration schedules meeting milestones under a tighttimeline• 12V Battery Design Release - drove delivery of 12V battery to vehicle for production including performing detailed system level DFMEA, in addition to developing proposal for standaloneprogrammable battery management system for higher-accuracy vehicle power management

• Dynamics shock test system design - served as project manager and responsible engineer in development, design, test, and implementation of new pneumatic shock test system• Propulsion valve engineering - designed upgrade of relief valve on Falcon 9 rocket, achieving design capable of multi-flight reuse• Vehicle dynamic environments - responsible for delivering full-vehicle vibro-acoustic analysis results; drafting, reviewing, and releasing test plans; and providing dynamic loads and guidance in hardware design

• Provide technical support to staff departments across campus. Heavy emphasis on customer service, communication skills, and timely assistance. • Responsibilities include: software and hardware support; knowledge of a variety of programs and their configuration settings; knowledge of Cal Poly’s AFD network configuration; wiping, restoring, and reconfiguring operating systems for redistribution to new staff members.

• Analyzed flight data to predict vibrational, acoustic, and shock environments and produce test levels for flight vehicles and their components.• Contributed to and led a launchpad acoustic test project, gaining hands-on test experience with Design of Experiment (DOE) methods, fabrication and assembly of test stands, in addition to exposure to launch site operations control.

• Performed testing, analysis, and contributed design considerations for samples to simulate and ensure reliability while enduring severe space environments. Equipment and skills include thermal vacuum chamber, vibration table, drop shock testing, and SolidWorks.• Additional work and exposure to the flight project and mission development team, assisting with various end-to-end mission requirements and functions for the proposed Mars Sample Return campaign.• Also performed small task consisting of assembling the control box and circuit for an underwater core drill and sampling device.

• Developed a training guide in Microsoft PowerPoint for a new workflow management software structure.• Gathered a list of critical idents for launch confirmation, progression, and risk management.• Verified hardware transportation requirements using DOORS.• Assisted with the development of an improved “Lessons-Learned” database with workflow and tracking capabilities launched through Microsoft SharePoint.