EXPERIENCE - Brad Trammell

Everett, Washington

Lead initial product ideation and design for class I and II Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Vehicle system design from early concept through low-rate prototype development
- Designed aero surfaces and vehicle outer mold layer using composite airframes and additive manufacturing
Vehicle and subsystem performance analysis and sizing for micro-turbine jet engine UAS platform
Prototype production and early manufacturing scaling
Built and maintained CAD system infrastructure and PLM backbone (Siemens NX / Teamcenter)
Mechanical Discipline Lead: tools and best practices, drafting, technical reviews, commodities

Mechanical ODM technical lead for new architecture of cloud compute server line
- Conceptual design, early prototyping and 6σ functional design of sheet metal, die cast, machined, and injection molded parts
- Electromechanical integration: PCBA component selection, connector interfaces, cables
- Serviceable component design: latches, interlocks, cams, ergonomics, serviceability studies
Designed and transitioned mechanical hardware to contract manufacturers, utilizing numerically controlled turret (NCT), soft, and hard tooling

Part design through integration and operation
- Concept, production CAD, part and assembly drawings
- Part selection and ordering, build planning, inventory and integration
- Functional debugging and system upgrades (in situ / planned)
Weldment design using plate and tube: structural and hydraulic
- Lifting bars, structural framing, routing brackets and racks
- Cut and rolled high and low pressure hydraulic tube and pipe
- Structural analysis in SIMSOLID
Responsible Engineer for Prufrock 2 and 3 TBM Backup Systems
- Electromechanical integration of low voltage analog and digital hardware: electrical cabinet layout, cooling, packaging, part selection, routing
- Power systems: single line layout, cable routing, framing, and termination for modular fast deployment gantry connect/disconnect
- Hydraulics: single line layout drawings, high and low pressure SAE termination and manifold design for in tunnel serviceability and instrumentation
- User access and environmental hardening: ingress protection, technician access
Responsible Engineer for Grease Systems
- Fixed displacement pump operation and servicing
- TBM distribution into stationary shell, screw, and backup system
Introduced sheet metal into company mechanical commodity line for cost, lead time, and weight savings

Mechanical team lead for PXIe-1090 test and measurement chassis
- Conceptualization of multiple mechanical architectures for new 2-slot PXIe chassis architecture
- Work with stakeholders to weigh cost, design, and technical trade-offs
- Detailed design and technical implementation of entire mechanical part list and BOM
Mechanical Engineering Process team lead
- Develop and manage companywide mechanical process checks for product development
- Best practices, internal standards, project management and documentation standardization
- Development and introduction of DevOps for hardware teams

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.

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.

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.

Thermal Fluids and Thermodynamics
Created and led biweekly weekly lesson plans with problem examples and technical concept reviews
Individual and group tutoring and help
Technical reviews and grading