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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