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L'Hospitalet De Llobregat, Barcelona, ES

• Research, develop and implement manufacturing process enhancements to existing instrument assembly lines including fixture design, procedure revision and tooling refurbishment and upgrades
• Resolve critical, line-down issues affecting instrument assembly production output
• Study and implement Lean Six Sigma enhancements to instrument assembly processes
• Support new instrument development activities

US

• Developed custom vacuum furnaces through design and manufacturing process as lead mechanical engineer
• Maintained overall project scope, integrated customer requested design changes and upheld schedule
• Interfaced with departments downstream from engineering including purchasing, quality control, fabrication, assembly, testing and field service
• Oversaw and delegated project tasks to designers including modeling, drafting, analysis, etc.
• Designed, modeled, assembled and drafted for manufacturing various components for vacuum furnaces including, custom fabrications and complete subsystems as designer under lead engineer
• Performed various calculations for vacuum furnace design including mechanical properties, thermal dynamics, fluid mechanics, component specification, fit, form, function, etc.

Clinton, MA, US

• Performed installation/removal of plastic injection molds including ejection systems, cooling/hydraulic systems, hot runner controller, servo systems and auxiliary systems
• Completed FOT (First Off Trial) of plastic injection molds including gate seal off, injection velocity/pressure analysis and fill analysis
• Produced precision components for molds on trak milling machine, manual lathe, wet/dry grinder
• Performed assembly of molds including component assembly, troubleshooting, inspection, functionality testing and refurbishing/reconditioning alongside professional mold maker
• Progressed through various trainings in preparation for mold design

Burlington, MA, US

• Performed valve leakage testing for new concept fluid path connector design
• Designed, using Autodesk Inventor, a holder and flexible dust cover for connector
• Produced and tested holder and flexible cover on Objet 3D printer
• Performed characterization analysis of Sonotek nebulizer to categorize droplet size, flow rate and droplet concentration for bacterial challenge
• Produced injection molded parts to be tested for functionality during design of connector

• Performed analysis of failure samples and tracked trends of failures
• Performed analysis of production of scrap production on various machines
• Installed and provided operation instruction for measurement and inspection equipment, including a Proton Laser footage counter, EZ Thump fault locator and Clinton fault locator
• Expanded digital part database by cataloging parts being produced
• Performed studies on footage count accuracy of various machines

• Managed lawn care services for five properties
• Worked independently to perform many tasks including heavy machinery operation & fork lift operation to help ensure smooth transitions throughout various seasons
• Delivered produce to customers on-time and maintaining good quality
• Participated in the decision-making of logistical conversations

• Produced CAD drawings for parts to be machined
• Managed inventory ensuring tools and parts were available for completion of project
• Inspected machined parts to maintain quality control of production
• Programmed machines to run parts

Bachelor Of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

High School Diploma - Class Valedictorian, Manufacturing