Summary

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, M.S in Computer Science. Mechanical engineer/software engineer looking for next opportunity. Extremely skilled in tooling design, design-for-manufacturability, and design-for-injection-molding. Certified SolidWorks Expert.

Professional Experience

FLASHPOINT, Senior Software Engineer

(Junior: Mar 2022 - Sept 2023, Senior: 2023 - Present)

Develop internal tooling to empower my team and increase their productivity: slackbots, web UI’s for interfacing with complex systems more easily, command-line scripts to automate tedious processes.
Developed dozens of standalone web scraping applications (and supporting libraries) for dark-web data collection.
Maintained a system that parsed and processed millions of web documents per day, and expanded it to allow my team to add plugins for quick and effective extension of the service.
Led 3-4 projects/year, budgeting, planning, coordinating dependencies, keeping teammates unblocked and managers up to date, while delivering high-quality software for clients on time.

PROTOQUICK, Lead Engineer, Project Manager, Quality Manager

(Oct 2015 - Jan 2022)

Provide DFM support for molding and machining projects to customers in a wide variety of fields. Update and modify their CAD files for them as needed.
Design injection molding tools for prototype and production use, and manage each project from initial customer RFQ through to tool validation.
Grow customer base by creating and maintaining an ISO 9001- and ISO 13485-compliant quality system required by large medical companies.
Inspect parts using traditional metrology equipment as well as optical and touch-probe CNC equipment. Program automated inspections and generate inspection reports.
Lead, train, and mentor engineers and quality technicians to maintain well-crafted and functional designs.
Work closely with customers to ensure their parts are as manufacturable as possible while still meeting their functional requirements. Provide quotes based on timeline, tolerance, material, and quantity needs.
Work closely with vendors to help customers select materials and processes that best align with their goals. Request quotes from vendors and generate orders.

SMI, Mechanical Engineer

(June 2014 - Oct 2015)

Saved over 100 hours/year of engineering time by replacing a manual, Excel-driven process with a Python analysis program that interfaced with a NIST FORTRAN library.
Perform design calculations, build models of compressor and turbine parts and full assemblies, generate drawings using both SolidWorks and AutoCAD for vendors, inspect finished components, and assemble finished systems.
Organized, catalogued, and implemented searchability of hundreds of often-referenced hardcopy technical drawings with a custom MS Access front end to a SQL database.
Wrote a book of training documentation for the company’s ANSYS turbomachinery processes. Went from beginner to functional expert and complete training manual in under a year.

Education

Master’s in Computer Science (Intelligent Systems Focus)

Lewis University, Romeoville, IL (6/2021)

Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA (6/2014)

Certifications

SolidWorks Certified Expert - Mechanical Design (CSWE) (2017)

Includes associated stepping-stone certifications including the CSWP, and CSWA for Advanced Drawing, Sheet Metal, Mold Tools, and Surfacing.

Triplebye Certified Generalist Software Engineer (2020)

Skills

SolidWorks, SolidWorks Plastics, AutoCAD, ANSYS. Data science. Mechanical design, turbomachinery, dimensioning, tolerancing, deviation/rework analysis, DFM. Strong skills in Excel-based and Python-based data analysis and design calculations. Extremely effective communicator, teacher, and mentor.