Mechanical team lead for class II UAV semi autonomous drone
Early system scaling, concept design through detailed design and prototyping
CAD administrator and system owner
Scheduling, resourcing, and cross discipline collaboration
Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer
ZT Systems
2022 – 2023
Mechanical ODM technical lead for cloud compute servers
Design, initial investigation, early prototype testing and large volume ramp to deliver rack level functional hardware
Conceptual design, 6s design, early prototyping and functional design of sheet metal, die casting
Design and transition production quality mechanical hardware to multiple contract manufacturers for hard tooling
Senior Mechanical Engineer
The Boring Company
2021 – 2022
Part design through integration and operation
Machined parts and weldment drawings
Assembly instructions, build planning and integration into larger subsystem
Functional debugging and system upgrades
Weldment design using plate and tube steel
Structural analysis in SIMSOLID
Backup systems Responsible Engineer
Electromechanical integration of medium and low voltage hardware
Mechanical system layout: cabling and hydraulics routing, subsystem packaging
Mechanical integration of industrial automation equipment
Grease systems Responsible Engineer – Fixed displacement pump operation and distribution integration into backup system
Principle Mechanical Engineer
NI
2021 – 2021
Mechanical Discipline process team lead. Define and implement discipline documentation, workflow, and cross team collaboration tools.
Custom design and modelling of products with multiple mechanical commodities: sheet metal, injection-molding, cabling, extrusions, machined parts, PCBAs, fans
Senior Mechanical Engineer
NI / National Instruments
2018 – 2021
Mechanical team lead for PXIe test and measurement chassis
Concepts multiple architecture concepts and works with stakeholders to weigh cost and design and cost trade-offs for feature implementation
Creates early prototype designs for thermal and mechanical proof of concept to reduce development schedule and identify key risks
Custom design and modelling of products with multiple mechanical commodities: sheet metal, injection-molding, cabling, extrusions, machined parts, PCBAs, fans
Guardian for PXI chassis line sustaining, cost reductions, and technical input to internal product teams
Mechanical Engineering Process control team lead. Develops and manages company wide mechanical process checks for product development.
Staff Mechanical Engineer
National Instruments
2015 – 2018
PXIe-1095 mechanical team project management and sheet metal design lead. Coordinated mechanical design and validation across multiple mechanical and electrical developers. BOM, model and drafting/drawing management.
PXIe-1095 Timing & Sync module upgrade concept generation and implementation. Mezzanine PCBA expansion space for flexible customer focused implementation.
Mechanical Engineer
National Instruments
2011 – 2015
National Instruments modular CAN extension cable architecture design and testing. Created new NI c-Series thermal architecture for thermally dissipative cables. Overmolded PCBA design with custom test solution in coordination with cable supplier.
Re-branding and resell of custom spec RAID and 1U server arrays. System level thermal and mechanical validation. Custom parts and product rebranding.
Teaching Assistant
University of Texas
2010 – 2011
Thermal Fluids and Thermodynamics
Created and led biweekly weekly lesson plans with problem examples and technical concept reviews
