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Denver Metropolitan Area

Renton, Washington, United States

Led cross-disciplinary teams in root cause analysis, displaying leadership in resolving complex design challenges, showcasing a detail-oriented and collaborative skillset.Developed and implemented innovative hardware design solutions, ensuring compliance with customer requirements and design for manufacturing best practices.Modified test platform for validation and verification of interior assemblies to better conform to current products and factory tooling. Designed and ordered specialty tooling to be used with this test platform.Created and modified CAD models of hardware components in designing new hardware. Released engineering drawings in PLM software for new parts and assemblies. Utilized Boeing and FAA drafting standards, including ASME Y14.5 in drawing review and drafting.Created and interpreted Interface Control Documents, including updating and improving interiors ICD website. Experience with top-down design methods and designing to customer requirements, working with customer engineering to introduce new products.

Renton, Washington, United States

Supervised the completion of a full-scale physical mockup of a complex interior, demonstrating oversight and project management skills in ensuring accuracy and quality.Designed additions to build integration production process to improve tolerance stack up review and to improve both manufacturing processes and work instruction generation.Verified new complex interior installation. Outcomes of verification process included redesigning tools, rewriting assembly instructions, resequencing the part installation sequence, improving interior protections processes, creating new mechanic process flows and providing in-depth training to mechanics prior to final assembly.Provided support on the factory floor for installation of complex interior. Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders, including FAA, to perform first article inspection and first article verification processes. Provided immediate response to all production engineering needs.

Renton, Washington, United States

Presented at multiple design reviews and report outs to upper management. Point of contact between interior and exterior stakeholders on multiple projects.Wrote and modified build plans by collaborating with mechanics and engineers, optimizing build flow and decreasing build time.Designed mock-up of the entire forward section of a new complex interior including wiring and 3d printed metal components, with mock-up requirements centered around verifying build instructions, tooling, and mechanic training.

Taught nearly 50 students in smaller classroom size settings and online.Created and modified curriculum to cater to the interests of student groups.Created numerous programs and demos on extremely short turnaround times to showcase techniques available to the students.Taught students from 2nd Grade to 6th Grade coding and coding techniques.Taught Python, MIT's Scratch, and Minecraft modding among other languages and skills.

Longmont, Colorado, United States

Created as far as preliminary review designs for an off the grid power and telemetry system for at least 10 untethered chicken coops powered via solar, delivering temperature, humidity, light, and particulate sensor data, and delivering the data to end user via SMS message.Designed power, feed, water, heating, lighting, wi-fi, and egg collection solutions for medium-sized laying farm.Fabricated custom power, feed, water, wi-fi, power, and egg collection solutions in off-grid environment.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Taught CAD, engineering drawing (including GD&T) and hand dimensioning to approximately 50 students, in cadres of approximately 25Instructed student teams in designing and fabricating a final class project from student-created components, that they manufactured using mills, lathes, hand presses for sheet metal, and additive technologies.Trained and mentored students to complete the CSWA/CSWP certification, including how to reduce time to create drawings and assemblies using custom keyboard layoutsTaught basic fabrication techniques on both lathe and mill, basic tool and shop etiquette, and what machinists look for in acceptable drawings.

Aurora, Co

Taught courses in workshops to both both technically adept students and students new to the field.Created curriculum and one-on-one training for courses in circuits, electronics, Arduino programming, soldering, additive technology/3D printing.Provided guidance on the paperwork required for a successful design, and how to navigate preliminary design reviews and critical design reviews. Utilized experience inside and outside the classroom to help teams and individuals successfully complete the Colorado Space Grant Consortium Robotics Challenge.Provided mentorship and tutelage for teams participating in the COSGC Rocksat-C Suborbital Launch.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Associate Of Science - As, Atriculation - University Of Colorado Boulder

Preliminary coursework for transfer to University of Colorado - Boulder. Goal: Mechanical Engineering Major, Electrical Engineering Minor.