Rachael Rich Email & Phone Number

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Lead mechanical engineer on projects, working on a cross-functional to bring products from concept through development and into production- Experience taking a mechanical device from design to production- Experience designing parts for machining, injection plastic molding, casting, and sheet metal fabrication processes- Skilled at mechanical design.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Clinical/sales representative for Minnetronix in the hospital neurology intensive care unit at 4 different locations across the United States- Completed training to operate a device design for cerebral spinal fluid filter for subarachnoid hemorrhage via spinal catheter and to facilitate the collection of data during first-in-human safety trials.

Shakopee, MN

• Determined the feasibility of a technological design and implemented new functions in the company’s new haptic grip project. The assignment was completed in 3 months and will be considered for the final product design.
• Conducted an in-depth research of piezoelectric technology for the project
• Designed, built, and tested iterative prototypes with haptic feedback capabilities
• Developed electro-mechanical equipment and procedure to quantitatively test prototype output

Edina, Minnesota

• Contributed to research, testing and prototyping of the Throwbot XT with Audio Capabilities
• Designed test methods and equipment to assess functions based on customer requirements
• Operated mill, lathe, jigsaw, and various shop and soldering tools to make equipment for robot testing
• Wrote official procedure and results documentation for testing to compare the prototype to company standards and existing products

• 5th and 6th grade math: fractions, multiplication, division, basic geometry
• Create games in order to use the student’s strengths in reading and art to learn and understand the subjects within mathematics
• Use patience and creativity to teach the subject areas, discipline to implement organization and consistency as a teacher