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Old Town, Me, Us

Developed a custom woodworking tool, and formed an LLC to produce and distribute it.Currently prototyping a new headlamp for cavers. • Responsible for all electrical, mechanical, and firmware design.• AC/DC supplies, Brushless motor drivers, and high current switching converters.• Box build design, including extrusion profile, tolerancing, heat dissipation.• Overseas sourcing, local manufacturing, testing, and quality control.• Financial analysis, BOM costs, tariff management.• www.electromechanical-llc.com

Racine, Wi, Us

Responsible for all Electrical Engineering in Watercraft and Camp Divisions. • Project leader for new product, cost reduction, and continuous improvement efforts.• Managed multiple successful updates to battery powered high current (50A) DC motor systems.• Conducted root cause analysis for electronic field failures and returns.• Proposed new capital equipment purchases and maintenance.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Lead Engineer for projects on small and medium unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). • Performed extensive redesign and debugging of Li-Ion and NiMH battery systems.• Ground up design of new 1.5kW battery safety system.• Architected and developed an NSA compliant cybersecurity solution.• Managed ongoing supply chain issues across multiple critical designs.• Utilized Earned Value Management and extensive review of Navy contract requirements.

Framingham, Massachusetts, Us

Various positions, supporting development of best in class audio products. • Design of high speed, miniaturized, flex, and rigid-flex PCB layouts.• Extensive test and debugging, including Ethernet, I2C, I2S, DSI, UART, Crystals, Bluetooth, and NFMI.• Focused on system integration and cross-team collaboration.• Authored ”Bose Standards for PCB and FPC Routing”, a document to standardize best practices for high speed and miniaturized PCBs.

Gray, Maine, Us

Oversaw a class III SMT line• Worked with manufacturing and engineering to find root cause of de-fects and improve efficiency

Orono, Me, Us

• Supervised lab groups and graded papers for multiple introductoryclasses and Electronics I/II• Designed circuits and PCBs for use in undergraduate classes• Assisted with lab space redesign and modernization

Orono, Me, Us

Supervise and work for the Collins Center for the Arts as a stagehand for many shows and events that come to the theater. This includes operating and maintaining lighting and audio instruments.

Orono, Me, Us

Designed and built a sound meter for use in the Consider Engineering summer program. Created and refined layouts for several 2-layer PCBs. Assisted in circuit design, part selection and tutorial writing for upcoming fall classes.

Houston, Tx, Us

Lead the transistion between two different inventory management systems, and field-verified data in the system.

I was hired as intern for the summer to work on debugging software being developed for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). My work was extended into field testing an autonomous threat identification system, as well as researching and developing a system to recover rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) while underway.