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Bayport, Minnesota, United States

Subject matter experts for weatherstrip technologies throughout the Andersen enterprise. - Guide design engineers on their material and design options for weatherstrips and make recommendations based on their specific application - Develop robust test plans and or new test methods, execute all tests and analyze testing results to determine the best option(s) for new products or improvements to existing ones - Lead cross functional teams in the implementation of new or updated weatherstrip designs - Evaluate new materials, suppliers and designs to help improve current window and door performance

Urbandale, Iowa

Lead validation engineer on 2 exhaust valve brakes and 2 charged air throttle built in and for the European heavy duty truck industry, and 1 exhaust gas return valve built in India for the European off road diesel application - Planned, setup, conducted, analyzed results, and generated reports for all the testing activities related to the project. Tests included vibration testing, durability testing, environmental testing, and other test designed specific for the application - Helped develop new test procedures based on specific customer applications - Lead root cause analysis activities in the form of 8Ds to resolve issues found during on-site and customer engine testing - Communicated with our industry leading customers to ensure testing was conducted according to their specification when necessary - Collaborated with production sites in India and Netherlands to ensure new products are built according to their design specification - Was a vital member of a cross functional new product development teamHelped develop a new scheduling system to ensure that equipment is available for testing when needed and is properly utilized

Pella, Iowa

Product design work - Brainstorming and prototyping concepts - Design validation testing - Work with supply chain group to procure parts and work with vendor on - Provide support for part setups in Oracle system and test the Pella ordering system - Assist process engineering to implement parts into plantMiscellaneous: - Participate on continuous improvement teams as needed to support the plant - Support other areas of the business on questions related to technical aspects of our hinged patio doors - Develop new field service methods and create new instructions, parts and packages as needed - Various other project work as needed - Certification/recertification of products as needed

St. Louis Missouri

Mechanical intern in the design engineering and new technologies division- Created Solidworks drawings and models of various brackets and lenses- Created prototypes by programming a turret press and operating a press brake- Wrote install manual for a bracket I designed and made- Operated and troubleshot a Replicater 2 3D printer, printing with PLA- Wrote 3D printing instruction manual for future use by Code 3 engineers

Columbia, Missouri Area

Summer Intern at Nordyne's manufacturing plant located in Booneville MO. Worked on plant drawings using AutoCAD and implemented lean manufacturing principles along manufacturing lines.

Greater St. Louis Area

Collect and process money from various locations in the park.