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Reno, Nv, Us

Reno, Nevada, United States

• Managed projects to achieve required schedule, budget and technical requirements• Selected vendors based on technical and project management capabilities• Collaborated with cross functional team to ensure that concepts meet customer needs• Designed over 20 manual stations for Cybertruck Battery Line with 55 second cycle time• Saved over $2 mil in labor by developing automation for 7 historically manual processes • Led concept and build of $800k power electronic pilot line with 1k part/week capacity• Developed >80 station Battery Pack line layout and increased volumetric density by 35%• Improved equipment specification standard to capture equipment design best practices• Hosted design reviews to obtain feedback from cross functional team on equipment design

Sparks, Nevada

• Designed weld fixturing to improve assembly quality and reduce scrap by $175k/year• Process Engineering Team Lead: trained and developed new team of 8 engineers• Launched four Model 3 Body-In-White lines with 7000 car set/week capacity• Led engineering team efforts to hit 97% yield goal and improve yield by 1.3% in 12 days• Sped up longitudinal dispense process to increase enclosure capacity by 178 car sets/week• Led dimension inspection optimization project to increase capacity by 106 car sets/week• Developed proposals to increase capacity by 3k/week for Enclosure output expansion • Managed +$100k budget, 36-hour E-coat shutdown involving 2 vendors and maintenance• Developed and executed DOE trials for material runout worth $7.1 million• Overhauled longitudinal install process to double process Cpk and save $1.2 mil scrap/year• Identified torque rundown failures as supplier issue to improve Enclosure yield by 2%

Sparks, Nevada

• Root caused equipment failures and passed on learnings to maintenance team daily• Created manufacturing instructions to ensure a controlled and efficient operator process• Designed process flow and BOM structures using Tesla’s Manufacturing Operating System• Improved serialization laser etching process to enable Top Cover consumption• Revamped 3 critical dispense and inspection processes on Enclosure to save $225k/year• Trained Process Technicians on rework and process adjustment procedures

Columbus, Georgia

• Supported product launch by developing compact design to replace a single bowl feeder with a two-bowl system• Lead interdisciplinary team to improve uptime in grid casting by 9% by focusing on equipment standardization • Developed fixture to measure thickness of pasted plates to increase precision by 290%• Utilized DMAIC process to develop and implement plan to reduce battery plate pasting process variation• Managed capital expenditure projects for purchase/install of a new pasting machine and a paste mixer rebuild• Designed robotic end of arm tooling to thread vents into battery cover which eliminated manual process

Kathleen, Georgia

• Organized and optimized raw material storage system using 5S methodology • Led quoting of storage equipment repairs and security upgrades• Motivated team members to achieve project goals by sharing project vision

Anderson, South Carolina

• Collaborated on patent project for a Refrigerator Freezer Drawer Lift Assist • Managed 10 quality projects totaling over $650,000 in savings • Designed wire harnesses, fan bracket, and packaging with cost savings in mind • Used lab testing and manufacturing trial run results to select best design for parts

Bachelor'S Of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Alumni

Pre-Engineering Transfer Program