Zach Hein Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, United States

Bothell, Washington, United States

Development of designs for the consumer electronics industry, including:-3D/2D CAD-High volume manufacturing-Rapid prototyping-DOE for root causing, and trade-off curves

Vancouver, Wa

𝐇𝐏 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐣𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬. 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬. 𝐌𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞:•Design and fabricate electromechanical devices, with minimal oversight from senior engineers•Deliver subassemblies to program that meet design specs, and are suitable for high volume manufacturing (760k+ per month)•Strong collaboration between several disciplines (firmware, EE, reliability, UX, manufacturing)•Subject matter expert for several topics•Strong ability to present technical designs/data, in addition to forecasting time and resources•Travel internationally to collaborate w/ partners

Vancouver, Wa

Vancouver, Wa

Bozeman, Montana

𝐔𝐂 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐲: •Developing a system model of the hardware response and control system, using Simulink® •Selecting affordable, readily available, and easily integrated hardware suitable for the application (as informed by Simulink® model) •Delivering a solution meeting all functional design specifications, costing 1/46th of the original instrument, that could be assembled by a non-engineer researcher using only an allen key, and set of screw drivers

Vancouver, Wa

𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.•Solution was 60% cheaper than previous design•Wrote test script to interface w/ sensors•Analyzed data and summarized key points for team and management•Worked closely with EE's and FW to determine details of implementation• Awarded runner up (#3) out of 40+ interns at Innovation Fair by a panel of department heads𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭.•Designed test bed to evaluate how much dimensional variation design could accommodate•Advised that product was feasible based on prototype data, and tolerance study

Vancouver, Wa

•Learned PTC Creo® Elements/Annotation•Designed assembly fixture and associated documentation for CM•Developed solution for a binding component using Instron® UTM, and high speed video•Learned how to use model shop equipment, including end-mill, band-saw, laser cutter

Camas, Wa

𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐲:•Collected information about variables that impact project cost and lead time, from several business groups, and engineers•Designed an intuitive project quotation application, that was easily adaptable for future industry developments•As of September 2015, application is operational in UL’s North America High Technology group