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Work experience
Technical Designer/Drafter
Heatcon Composite Systems
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June 2022 - present
● Maintained and operated a 3D printer to print prototype and production parts.
● Modified parts using SolidWORKS to be printable.
● Created solid parts in SolidWORKS from AutoCAD drawings.
Staff Engineer
Forest Concepts
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June 2021 - February 2022
● Used a highspeed camera to record and analyze wood chips being crumbled.
● Maintained and operated a 3D printer to print prototype parts.
● Modified parts using SolidWORKS to be printable.
● Worked on design and construction of a prototype machine.
Mechanical Engineer
Astronics Custom Control Concepts
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November 2014 - January 2020
• Streamlined vendor file process.
• Created 1st snap together 3D printed part for the company.
• Lead designer on several monitors and 100s of switch panels.
• Used SolidWorks to design units with housings that are CNC milled and/or 3D printed.
• Write assembly instructions for cables and top-level units.
• Create and write mechanical drawings for piece parts and top-level assemblies including customer facing documents.
• Make vendor files for production using SolidWORKS, AutoCAD, Insight, and Corel Draw .
• Design labels for the housings in SolidWORKS.
• Create dashboards and wallboards in Jira to show tables and graphs for tasks that need to be completed, show status of tasks, assist management in clearly visualize the department status.
• Work with the electrical engineering department for circuit card fit and to obtain information for customer facing documents.
• Work with the software department when troubleshooting products.
• Work with production to design for manufacturing.
• Walk production through first time builds of new units.
Education
Washington State University
Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering
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January 2005 - January 2010
● President’s Honor Roll
● Order of the Engineer
● Courses Included: MATLAB, SolidWorks, DFMA/Lean Manufacturing, CAD (includes Pro-E and CATIA)
● Designed and built props for a haunted house including a 2' X 3' dog head with a PVC frame where the jaw can be opened and closed
● Senior design project with Con-Agra to design a system that will arrange potatoes to have their centers scooped out.