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Saint Paul, MN, US

Shakopee, Minnesota, United States

• Mechanical design lead for next-generation pressure transmitter
• Initiating and managing technology studies
• Technical mentor to engineers within pressure and temperature design

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Position Overview:Mechanical design engineer responsible for designing custom performance and durability test systems within the large custom test system organization. I currently am the lead mechanical engineer for the Kinematics & Compliance (K&C) test system and am the supporting engineer for the Multi-Axial-Simulation-Table (MAST) systems. Key.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

- Initiated development of a new MEMS electrical isolation structure that reduces cost by $1.5M/year over legacy design (co-inventor, patent pending)- Created concept for a low-cost method for integrating a pressure measurement within a temperature probe (co-inventor, patent pending)

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

• Developed a redesigned pressure containment structure that reduced cost by $150K/year (co-inventor patent pending)- Developed and implemented two new MEMS pressure transducers for new pressure range markets- Developed.
• 60% of time spent in concept development
• 20% of time spent in detailed design
• 20% of time spent in test and implementation

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

• Recognized with 2017 Rosemount Quality Award designing out failure mode responsible for 26% of global product returns
• Granted two patents (US20170089787A1,20180087988) related to design of high overpressure protection in Silicon pressure transducers
• Developed and implemented alternative etch technology that increases process capability by 4x over legacy process and enabled new design capability
• Optimized pressure sensor strain gauge design to reduce performance variation by 50%
• Created general FEA model for MEMS pressure transducer design
• Created general FEA model for glass-metal seal design

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

• Reduced scrap cost at sensor die attach process by $75K
• Completed >12 supplier qualifications
• Supported manufacturing development for 4 new product launches
• Provided support to design through FEA modeling
• Performed structured problem solving for various manufacturing issues to drive to root cause
• 50% of time spent in process development and optimization

• Worked in the machining department gaining practical manufacturing and design experience
• Practically applied skills learned in academia
• Designed, modeled, and tested tools, racks, and fixtures for machine shop
• Created and updated standard documentation for 80 percent of machine shop
• Familiarity with union shop procedures

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering, 3.78

•Emphasis in computational analysis (FEA & CFD) •Completed Masters program while practicing engineering full-time in industry.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.286

Activities and Societies: Dean’s List (5 semesters), Student Senator for College of Engineering and Architecture, Honor Committee Chairman.

High School Diploma