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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 Responsibilities:- Full mechanical design/development from initial concept stage to system delivery/integration/validation- Develop preliminary design concepts for pre-sale opportunities- Develop system specs and costing for pre-sale opportunities- Provide manufacturing support during system assembly- Lead cost reduction programs on standard systems- Design support for existing customer systems- Provide FEA support for the analysis group- Provide design support to transducer organizationKey Projects:- R&D: Development of overdetermined Multi-Axial Simulation Table (MAST) for high-frequency (>200Hz) testing of EV battery technology- R&D: Development Next Generation Passenger Car Kinematics and Compliance (K&C) system - R&D: Development of custom 6-DOF load cell- R&D: Development of 6-DOF Coordinate Measurement Arm

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 and implemented a redesigned pressure vessel for high pressure transducer product line that reduced cost by $100K/year and allowed for entry of higher-pressure market- Developed and implemented high pressure glass-metal compression seal design to serve high pressure product lines- Improved fatigue life of welded process connection by over 4x- Developed FEA strain-life fatigue model for laser welded stainless steel structures • 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• Completed Six Sigma project that achieved goal of reducing scrap cost by $80k• 60% of time spent in test and implementation• 30% of time spent in concept development• 10% of time spent in detailed 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• 50% of time spent in manufacturing support for new product development

•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