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Houston, Tx, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Lead a team of six highly skilled technicians and one fleet engineer to work directly with engineering, manufacturing, and software teams to devise sophisticated workflows to identify and address technical challenges with software, hardware, mechanical, and structural components on multiple Autonomous vehicle platforms.Drive and oversee fleet department ramp-to-market program efforts to sustain robot delivery operations, including recovery software applications and tooling.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Hired, managed, and scaled a team of 8 Fleet Support Specialists across multiple facilities and cities responsible for the deployment, recovery, and first-line troubleshooting efforts of Nuro robots on public roads.Led the development and implementation of the Fleet Support Specialist role with an aggressive ramp to on-road operations across two cities.Owned weekly leadership reporting of hardware uptime and deployment metrics of Nuro bots for the Houston, TX fleet team.Managed on-road deployment planning and scaling ramp effort, creating programs and processes from the ground up.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Led deep-level fault isolation efforts on autonomous hardware, computer, and software issues to resolve challenging system faults.Implemented Linux and command line computer code to check, troubleshoot, and update firmware on hardware components related to current Software iterations and releases. Analyzed voltages and signal output with multi-meters and Oscilloscopes from Lidars, radars, and other related hardware components to diagnose issues.

Zurich, Ch

Indirect control operations at Waymo working as the safety net for all FSD operations across multiple city deployments. interpret sensor and software data from vehicles.Use quality control measures to track and monitor operations working cross-functionally with engineering groups.

San Bernardino, Ca, Us

A&P mechanic on Boeing 767 and 737 aircraft fixing routine and non-routine discrepancies on aircraft components, flight control surfaces, and structures.Utilized diagnostic and pitot static test equipment to facilitate functional tests and checks to fine-tune flight controls and surfaces.High viz Boeing 767 outfitted to be leased to the New England Patriots football team after completion of C check and applied livery.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Fuel Cell and bladder Overhaul mechanic (D check/ full teardown and rebuild) on E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System(JSTARS) United States Air Force Aircraft.Conducted thorough quality checks on fuel tanks to ensure no leaks or contamination; identified and resolved 20+ issues, reducing rework by 25%

Washington, Dc, Us

Planned and coordinated maintenance and inspection program amongst all shops involved with the aerial refueling stores program on a daily basis.Led two to four-member teams of mechanics to facilitate maintenance and inspections on aircraft engines, fuel cells, external fuel tanks, and aerial refueling stores to include engine changes and fuel cell components.Participated in flight deck aircraft carrier operations as a power plant mechanic on board the U.S.S Enterprise and Nimitz during two tours/ deployments.Managed tool program and tool accountability for our maintenance shop.Monitored high and low-power diagnostic runs on turbine engines and interpret findings.Perform NDI inspections using borescopes to inspect internal hot and cold sections of engines.Worked with Boeing engineers to monitor, fix and properly troubleshoot new aircraft problems and procedures.Aircraft: F/A 18-F Super Hornet / F14-D TomcatEngines: F414-GE-400 Turbofan, TF30-P-414A

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Social Sciences

Certificate Of Completion, Aerospace Technology