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San Jose, CA, US

• Actively involved in the design and optimization of Mass Spectrometers (including vacuum chambers), Ion Sources, Hyperspectral Imagers, Spectral Meters, and other opto-mechanical products.
• Create, Review, Modify, and Manage CAD part and assembly configurations for R&D and Production teams using Solidworks 2021.
• Create, Revise, and Detail part and assembly drawing files for manufacture and procurement of mechanical parts.
• Communicate with machine shops and manufacturers about pricing, lead times, issues, and solutions to current projects.
• Support and be involved with R&D to design and 3D print conceptual opto-mechanical prototypes.
• Work with optical and electrical engineers to design and integrate PCB assemblies onto Sheetmetal structures, enclosures, and housings for mass spectrometers and opto-mechanical products.

• Included in the patent of “Electrochemical Sensor and Packaging and Related Methods” with sister company, Spec Sensors, LLC. (Publication Number: 20170131230, Publication Date: May 11, 2017)
• Assisted in the research, development, mechanical design, and manufacture of laminated printed electro-chemical printed gas sensors.
• Assisted in the development and setup of in-house manufacturing processes to improve efficiency and throughput of manufacturing sensors.
• Designed and/or modified in-house fixtures for stenciling, silk screening, liquid dispensing, gas-testing, laser dicing processes using CAD software Solidworks.
• Assisted in conducting highly accelerated life cycle testing (HALT HASS) on sensors in environmental chamber by cycling through temperature and relative humidity.

• Set up concert venue housing 5,000 attendees in withing time constraints.
• Inspect, perform maintenance procedures, and troubleshoot electrical, lighting, audio, video, stage, and rigging equipment.
• Generate reports for every concert/event managed.
• Completed 20 trainings including but not limited to safe work practices, safety harnesses, safe rigging, troubleshooting with signal flow, defensive driving.

San Jose, CA, US

• Aided with the development of a prototype pipe climbing inspection robot.
• Took lead to design parts, components, and assemblies on SolidWorks of gripper arm.
• Utilizing SolidWorks Simulation to perform finite element analysis (FEA) on design parts and modify as needed.
• First-in-line communication with machine shop to report status of parts and lead times.
• Maintained and inspected mechanical mechanisms to ensure proper functionality.
• Assisted in a successful prototype testing at Berkeley Earthquake Test Site.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelors Of Science, Mechanical Engineering