Mitchell O'Brien Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Product Engineer – Lighting (Lamps, Chandeliers, Novelty Lighting)-Lead product development specialist for all lighting products. Serve as the product expert for hundreds of products such as lamps and chandeliers, bringing in multimillions in revenue.-Define product specifications and communicate these to global manufacturers. Validate quality documentation, such as Bill of Materials (BOM), Manufacturing Variability Form (MV), and Assembly Instructions (AI)-Perform market research to develop new business strategies, such as a customer design program

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Product Engineer - Furniture-Manage over 40 products at once in development and work closely with manufacturers. Responsible for performance of all hardwood furniture products generating multimillions in revenue annually.-Develop testing protocols and devise new test methods to ensure product passes all federal testingguidelines and meets customer’s needs-Work closely along industrial designers to bring conceptual designs to fruitionProduct Engineer - Electronics-Identify and initiate design process for electronic products that Target does not have under their own brand assortment.

Fairfax, Va, Us

-Designed large scale system using 3D Computer Animated Design (CAD) for boats to lay underwater communications cable-Created and tested all prototypes to ensure system could withstand high forces-Experimentally validated designs and communicated results to customer

St. Paul, Mn, Us

-Work in New Production Introduction in a cross-functional role bringing products from development to production. -Evaluate manufacturing processes of new product designs and manufacturing transfers. Design test and assembly fixtures to improve device builds and make more robust products.-Managed inventory, wrote assembly and packaging procedures, and utilized a FDA regulated configuration system to begin manufacturing a new ventilator product in response to COVID-19

Washington, Dc, Us

-Managed projects via short-term logistics/requirements planning-Took SOLIDWORKS certification course and applied CAD package knowledge for use in designing readily manufacturable products-Rapidly prototyped my designs using injection molds, industrial SLS and FDM 3D printing, and clay forming-Performed machine operations via waterjet cutting, lathe, CNC Router, and 80/20 aluminum

St. Paul, Mn, Us

-Led weekly design meetings with customers and industrial designers to communicate my concepts and display my prototyped CAD models to demonstrate how design requirements were being met -Designed and prototyped a transport case for housing a donor’s heart while in route to an organ recipient. Experimentally tested product using thermocouples to measure temperature while in use-Designed mechanical system of marking blood donation bags after treatment to remove pathogens

St Paul, Mn, Us

-Evaluated 6 different competitor products through data analysis techniques and used creativity of experimental design to assist marketing team in $3.5 million sale-Designed experimental procedures to assure quality of over $10k worth of product held from market, exposing downsides in past testing methods

Minneapolis, Us

Work on small teams of five members as a consultant for local businesses across the Twin-Cities Metro. Every semester, a team works alongside a new business to design a product of their choosing. The design process is closely followed, beginning with benchmarking, market research, SWOT analyses, PUGH Charts, and customer personas. From there, the team moves on to problem identification, blue sky ideation/brainstorming, and prototyping. Eventually, a final product is given as a deliverable to the client. I have thus far designed a disposable water bottle for a company called "Make It Simple" in their launching of a new sports drink, in addition to designing an inflatable chair/sleeping pad for a company called "VL Mountaineering," with hopes of a patent pending inflation technique.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General

Bachelor'S Degree, College Of Science And Engineering, Mechanical Engineering