NPI Engineer at American Tubing International (ATI) (2025-04 – Present)
- Designed and developed fixtures, bend formers, punches, and clamping systems for tube bending and brazing processes.
- Evaluated manufacturability of new products and defined tooling requirements for production.
- Reduced setup scrap by implementing 3D-printed bend gauges for first-piece validation.
- Performed load and moment analysis for lifting devices, identifying critical risks and proposing design improvements.
- Collaborated with tool room and production teams to manufacture, validate, and release tooling.
- Supported NPI phases (EVT/DVT/PVT) ensuring smooth ramp-up to mass production.
- Generated and maintained technical documentation to support production and tooling standardization.
Senior Tooling Design Analyst at Trinity Rail (2023-01 – 2025-04)
- Designed and optimized fixtures, templates, and tooling for railcar manufacturing processes.
- Performed pre-analysis for line changes, ensuring tooling readiness for new product configurations.
- Calculated center of gravity and load distribution for lifting and rotation operations.
- Designed lifting devices, structural platforms, and material handling racks with safety factor validation.
- Performed FEA using Autodesk Inventor to validate structural integrity and performance.
- Reduced changeover time from 1–2 days to a few hours through fixture standardization.
- Developed and documented 150+ rack designs improving material handling efficiency.
- Implemented 3D printing for lightweight templates, improving ergonomics and operator efficiency.
- Created simulations and visual presentations to communicate engineering solutions.
Senior Tooling Design Analyst at Trinity Rail (2023-01 – 2025-04)
Key Projects
- Designed a universal fixture for 15+ railcar models, reducing setup time significantly.
- Developed a rotator base system reducing setup time from 12 hours to 1 hour and improving operator safety.
- Implemented a rack catalog system (150+ designs) for faster material selection and logistics optimization.
- Led implementation of 3D printing for tooling and templates in production.
Industrial Designer (Tooling) at EMDEP Testboards (2022-06 – 2023-01)
- Designed 4+ validation modules per day for automotive wiring harness testing.
- Developed systems for continuity, presence, color, leak, and vision-based validation.
- Implemented poka-yoke solutions to prevent assembly errors in similar harness configurations.
- Generated CNC-ready designs and supported CAM programming.
- Integrated pneumatic systems for clamping and detection applications.
Product Engineering Intern at Kandor (2022-02 – 2022-05)
- Designed welding fixtures for grills and smokers manufacturing.
- Developed sheet metal components and laser cutting layouts.
- Performed reverse engineering for U.S.-based clients.
