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California, United States

San Francisco

San Francisco

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Develop new standard and custom products from initial ideation through production for the automotive, heavy truck, solar, and agriculture industries based on customer and market needs• Work closely with internal marketing, tooling, processing and production departments• Perform high-level FEA analysis on designs using Solidworks Simulation• Accurately inspect parts, tools, and inserts using stereoscopes and vision system to confirm design intent, cause of failures, and part integrity• Perform testing on new, existing, and prototype parts to determine if parts meet design specifications, customer needs, and compliance standards (UL, MIL, etc.)• Helped introduce in-house 3D printing to the company by researching, purchasing, and implementing a system that results in savings of thousands of dollars per year versus outsourcing the same parts

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Worked closely with Industrial Designers, Mechanical, Electrical and Software Engineers to bring products from the idea stage through to manufacturing and market• Designed hundreds of plastic parts utilizing SolidWorks based on proper injection molding design rules• Excelled in a high pressure, fast paced work environment with strong time constraints under limited supervision by managing 7 projects simultaneously while meeting deliverables ahead of schedule• Designed and prototyped a set of small metal and plastic parts including a custom 4-start lead-screw, nuts, gears, bearings and motors• Provided manufacturing support for 6 projects being manufactured and prototyped in the USA and Asia• Interacted directly with clients and made design decisions and changes based on customer feedback• Performed stress analysis and preliminary FEA on plastic and metal parts to ensure part integrity• Experienced taking (and creating) a-side CAD and transforming it into toolable geometry with b-side CAD