Mechanical Engineer (Contract) at Orbit Fab (2026-03 – 2026-09)
- Responsible engineer for an internal program
- Successfully brought the product through hands on assembly and testing while overseeing multiple technical disciplines
- Designed space flight hardware
- Re-designed structural panels of the payload and mounting attachments to ensure the engineering requirements were met
Student at Colorado State University (2024-05 – 2025-12)
Master of Engineering. Aerospace Engineering Specialization
- Completed classes: Turbomachinery, Chemical Rocket Propulsion, Aerospace Vehicles Trajectory and Performance, Orbital Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Material Issues in Mechanical Design, Additive Manufacturing
- Designed a theoretical process for lunar dust removal from water (unpublished)
Mechanical Engineer (Contract to Hire) at Ophir Corporation (2020-02 – 2023-11)
- Designed and assembled an internal aerospace project that was later successfully test flown
- Brought the project through the conceptual phase, detailed design, piece part analysis, ASME Y14.5 drawings, assembly and testing
- Became the acting point of contact and managed a team of 4 for all assembly activities
- Re-designed an existing sub assembly
- Reduced the weight of the assembly by two thirds and the height by half while still maintaining the structural requirements using static and dynamic FEA. Generated mixed mesh in FEMAP
- Brought system cost and complexity down
- Worked with various manufacturers to loosen unnecessarily tight tolerances to aid in manufacturing cost (20% price reduction) and turnaround time
- Developed initial size weight and power estimates for a spacecraft using SolidWorks
- Generated preliminary design concepts for a spacecraft component in SolidWorks
Mechanical Design Engineer (Contract) at James Fisher Technologies (2018-09 – 2019-10)
- Utilized hand calculations to analyze and verify the structural integrity of various nuclear field components. Reviewed drawings to ensure the GD&T reflects the design intent
EDM Machinist at Precision Machined Products (2018-01 – 2018-09)
- Manufactured aerospace components using EDM wire, EDM sinker, mill and lathe machines
- Coded the tool paths using Mastercam
- Verified dimensional tolerances using gauge pins, CMMs, micrometers, and calipers
Engineering Intern at Woodward Inc. (2017-05 – 2017-08)
- Modeled an internal project for FEA analysis using Creo
- Utilized MATLAB to develop a mathematical model to determine loads
- Created a 3D animation for the customer using the animation software MAYA
Engineering Intern at Engineering Research Center (2016-05 – 2016-08)
- Designed a cryogenic radial pump for the use of laser cooling
- Generated GD&T drawings for manufacturing
