Mechanical Engineer
CurrentElectrical Systems Integration Mechanical Engineer• Lead team responsible for designing 3D electrical harnesses and drafting 2D drawings for prototype aircraft in accordance with FAA, SAE and IEC standards• Institute tiger team of internal engineers and external contractors to fast-track design, release, and manufacturing of 100+ brackets for first pre-production prototype aircraft• Design, review, and approve brackets (machined, bent sheet metal, composite) and draft respective drawings (part, assembly, installation)• Acting liaison for ClickBond and Electrical Hub part sourcing, selection, and new developmentsElectronics Packaging Engineer• Perform system architecture studies to gather requirements, generate ICDs/ICMs, and managed 2D/3D installations of system electronics by collaborating with 10+ groups• Facilitate subsystem discussions in order to package electronics in first production prototype aircraft• Collaborate with the Flight Test Team to integrate antennas, radios, data acquisition instrumentation, and additional equipment required for remotely piloted flights• Primary maintainability and zonal safety analyst of system electronics in first production prototype aircraftSystem Electronics Design Engineer• Designed and released metallic enclosures housing CCAs/PCBs optimizing for mass, cost, thermals, vibration, manufacturability, competing requirements, and drafted corresponding drawings via GD&T• Performed hand calculations and stackup tolerance analyses of assemblies housing triplex inertial measurement units, accelerometers, magnetometers, and MOOG resolvers• Led preliminary design reviews regarding key design characteristics against DO-160G• Collaborated with manufacturing engineers and technicians on prototype electronic assembly builds to debug signal drops, and eliminated repeatable installation issues• Collaborated with numerous German suppliers to rework their certified air data probes to properly interface with airframe